The American Heart Association (AHA) has inked a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), a cloud computing infrastructure, to enable and advance discoveries in cardiovascular science and medicine using cloud technology.AHA’s Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine aims to advance the science and practice of precision medicine to improve cardiovascular health in both individuals and populations by fostering research that takes into account the systems biology arising
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From Startups to Success: What Does It Take to Innovate in Digital Health?
Blueprint Health’s Jean-Luc Neptune shares his insights on what makes a good digital health startup and what it takes to make it in the competitive space.Innovation is inspiring. It’s what drives the evolution of technology. Take digital health, for example: billions of investment dollars have poured into the space in support of technologies slated to transform healthcare delivery. But fresh ink on a blueprint and enthusiasm only gets you so far, and surprisingly, investment dollars may not take
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AMC Health, Glooko Partner to Deliver BYOD Solution To Patients With Diabetes
AMC Health, a provider of proven remote patient monitoring and engagement solutions and Glooko Inc., a population health platform for diabetes management has announced a partnership to help clinicians and patients improve diabetes outcomes at lower costs.Glooko is one of many FDA 510(k) cleared devices now integrated into AMC Health’s expanding FDA-cleared CareConsole® virtual care platform. Glooko is currently being used in 1,000+ health systems, health plans and employers in the USA, including
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Digital Health Funding Tops $3.9B in First Half of 2016
Digital health funding in the first half of 2016 reached a record breaking $3.9B compared to the previous record of $3.5B in 2014, according to StartUp Health Insights 2016 Midyear Report. Early stage deals accounted for more than 65 percent deal volume. The report revealed that patient/consumer experience as the most dominant market in the first half of the year raising $958M over 51 deals. Additionally, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City Metro San Diego and Boston continues the trend
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Parkview Health Taps Vocera for Secure Texting, Voice Communication
Parkview Health has selected Vocera Communication to implement Vocera secure text messaging and voice communication in three of its hospitals. The Vocera Communication Platform will be deployed on Zebra MC40-HC mobile computers, as well as hands-free voice communication on the wearable Vocera B3000n Badge.Once the platform is implemented, the enterprise platform will enable thousands of staff members at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Parkview Hospital Randallia and Parkview Whitley
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Shouldn’t We Have A Human Genome Project for Mental Illness As Well?
Success in understanding, treating and preventing specific diseases has often resulted from concentrated research initiatives backed by strong sponsors and robust funding. A great example: the extraordinary 13- year long national Human Genome Project (HGP) that not only achieved its goal of mapping the genes in human DNA, but also unearthed the genetic roots of many diseases. Jointly undertaken in 1990 by the Department of Energy and the National Institute of Health, with a total cost of $3.8
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4 Things to Consider Before Implementing a Telehealth Solution
CIOs in the healthcare field are finding themselves in a unique and evolving position as their organizations work to provide medical care to more people while keeping costs and personnel in check. As a result, more organizations are turning to telehealth as a viable alternative to routine in-office physician visits. Implementing telehealth can help physicians reach people in remote or rural areas who may not be able to travel to a particular facility or specialist as well as those in more
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With iOS10, Apple Brings National Organ Donor Registration to iPhone
Apple and Donate Life America has teamed up to offer iPhone users national organ donor registration via the Health app with the release of iOS 10. All registrations submitted from iPhone are sent directly to the National Donate Life Registry managed by Donate Life America. Donate Life America manages and promotes the national brand for donation, Donate Life, and assists Donate Life State Teams and national partners in facilitating high-performing donor registries including the management of the
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NHS, Google DeepMind Launch AI Research Project to Detect Eye Diseases
Google DeepMind has teamed up withMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation in London to launch an AI-focused research project to detect eye diseases. As part of the research project, DeepMind will investigate whether machine learning algorithms can identify early signs of 2 age-related eye conditions: macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. The partnership marks DeepMind's second research collaboration with NHS.Research Project DetailsMoorfields Eye Hospital will share a set of one
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Mid-Year: 5 Trends Shaping Telemedicine in 2016
Editor's Note: Steve McGraw is the CEO of REACH Health, an enterprise telemedicine software company. Steve has more than 25 years of experience in leading software companies and has significant experience with Cloud-based healthcare software. The telemedicine industry is an exciting, dynamic place to be right now. As with many maturing industries, not only is telemedicine itself evolving, but also the trends that drive its evolution. Let me explain what I mean by this. The earliest telemedicine
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