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Google, Mayo Clinic, Harvard Team Up for Easy Symptom Search

by Jasmine Pennic 06/24/2016 Leave a Comment

Google, Mayo Clinic, Harvard Team Up for Easy Symptom Search

 Roughly 1 percent of searches on Google are symptom related. Starting  this week, when consumers access Google’s mobile search for information about certain symptoms, they will quick, accurate facts on relevant related medical conditions up front on their smartphone or other mobile device.Announced in a blog post by Veronica Pinchin, a product manager on Google's search team, the goal of the new symptom search feature allows consumers to quickly explore and navigate health conditions related to
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XPrize, IBM Watson Launch $5M Artificial Intelligence Competition

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XPRIZE has teamed up with IBM Watson to launch IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, a $5 million, four-year global competition challenging teams to develop and demonstrate how humans can collaborate with powerful artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to tackle the world’s greatest challenges.The $5M prize will focus on creating scalable AI apps that benefit consumers and businesses across a multitude of disciplines including healthcare, education, energy & environment, global development and
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HealthPrize Nabs Series B for Medication Adherence Gamification

by Fred Pennic 06/24/2016 Leave a Comment

HealthPrize

HealthPrize, a digital health startup focused on patient engagement and medication adherence solutions has announced the closing of its Series B round of financing to support the company’s internal growth and international expansion. Participating investors in the financing round includes Mansa Capital, an investor group which includes seasoned healthcare investors Robert Dahl and Trygve Mikkelsen, as well as former pharmaceutical executives Anthony Wild and Richard DeSchutter. Dahl and
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Mayo Clinic, GE Set to Unveil Innovative Compact MRI Scanner

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Mayo Clinic, GE Set to Unveil Innovative Compact MRI Scanner

On June 28th, Mayo Clinic will unveil a new first of its kind compact 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner developed in collaboration with General Electric's (GE) Global Research Center. The investigational, research device was developed under a National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Research Partnership between GE Global Research and the Mayo Clinic.Compact 3T MRI Scanner OverviewThe new MRI scanner is designed specifically to perform head scans, as well as small extremities, such
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Telehealth Provider American Well Appoints Freshman as New CTO

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American Well CTO

Telehealth provider American Well has appointed longtime executive team member and engineering lead Jon Freshman to become the Company's Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In his new role as CTO, Jon will oversee the three arms of American Well's technology creation – research and development (R&D), technical services, and quality assurance – and will help steer the company's telehealth technology innovation and strategy. Jon reports directly to CEO Dr. Roy Schoenberg. He previously served as
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Jamaica Hospital Launches Pilot for Virtual National Diabetes Prevention Program

by Jasmine Pennic 06/23/2016 Leave a Comment

Noom Health

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (JHMC) has announced a pilot program to offer a virtual National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) platform to 66k New Yorkers. The program will deploy mobile coaching platform Noom to provide a user-centric, mobile coaching experience that engages and empowers individuals achieve their health goals and effortlessly monitor their progress in real time via their smartphone.With more than five million people in New York with prediabetes, Jamaica sought out a
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Iggbo Nabs $13M to Scale On-Demand Blood Draw Service

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Iggbo, a digital health startup focused on bringing personalized medicine to more people through on-demand blood draws and medical testing has raised $13M in Series A funding led by Heritage Group. Founded by Dr. Shaiv Kapadia, Nuno Valentine, and Mark Van Roekel, Iggbo is currently operating in over 120 cities with a workforce of over 8,000 blood draw professionals. The company plans to utilize the funding to offer on-demand blood collection services to diagnostic laboratories, health systems,
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StartUp Health, Aurora Health Calls for Startups to Create a Personalized Population Health Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 06/23/2016 Leave a Comment

StartUp Health and Aurora Health Care

StartUp Health, global entrepreneurship development company investing in the world’s largest community of healthcare transformers, and Aurora Health Care, a leading not-for-profit health care system has announced an innovation for digital health startups to integrate into a personalized population health platform. The population health platform is intended to provide targeted care to Aurora’s patient population and the surrounding community, and could be applied to patients using the Medicaid
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IBM Forms Watson Health Medical Imaging Collaborative

by HITC Staff 06/23/2016 Leave a Comment

Agfa HealthCare Joins Watson Health Medical Imaging Collaborative

IBM has formed a Watson Health medical imaging collaborative, a global initiative comprised of more than fifteen leading health systems, academic medical centers, ambulatory radiology providers and imaging technology companies.  The goal of the collaborative is to bring cognitive imaging into daily practice to help doctors address breast, lung, and other cancers; diabetes; eye health; brain disease; and heart disease and related conditions, such as stroke.Collaboration DetailsEach member of the
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Reflexion Health Lands $18M for FDA-Cleared Tele-Rehab Platform

by HITC Staff 06/22/2016 Leave a Comment

Reflexion Health

Reflexion Health, a digital health startup dedicated to transforming traditional medicine and delivering meaningful, patient-centered care has raised $18 million in Series B funding. The company plans to utilize the funds to complete clinico-economic evaluation of its first FDA cleared product VERA™. Why Tele-Rehabilitation?Tele-rehab drives patient engagement, enhances continuity of care, and delivers a concierge rehab experience in the comfort of the patient's home. Vera System
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