Editor's Note: Amit Kumar, Ph.D, is an expert in cancer diagnostics with over 20 years of experience in cancer research. He is the Vice Chairman of ITUS Corporation and Executive Chairman of Anixa Diagnostics Corporation, which is developing a blood test (Cchek ™), for the early detection of tumor-based cancers. This article first appeared in The Journal of Antibody Drug Conjugates and has been republished with permission.
A seemingly healthy patient walks into the doctor’s office for a
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Constant Therapy Raises $2M for Customized Brain Rehab Apps
Constant Therapy, a Boston-based innovator of science-based, customized brain rehabilitation apps announced it has raised $2 million in Series A funding led by Golden Seeds. The round included participation from Kapor Capital, Launchpad Venture Group, Pond Capital and Community Health Network of Connecticut. The company plans to utilize the funding to accelerate the scientific research, data, marketing and development behind its product.
Constant Therapy provides victims of brain trauma —
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Reflexion Health Appoints Dr. Joseph M. Smith CEO
Reflexion Health, a digital health and telemedicine company dedicated to bringing personalized healthcare into patients' homes has announced the appointment of Joseph Smith, MD, PhD, as the company's new CEO. Dr. Smith has been serving as interim CEO since December 2015 and has been a member of Reflexion Health's board since October 2012.
The San Diego-based company recently secured 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Vera™ system, an innovative
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New Predictive Dashboard Hopes to Create Quiet Hospitals, Healing Environment
Quietyme Inc., a venture-backed sensor technology company, has unveiled a new solutions dashboard and reporting suite designed to help nurses and hospital administrators reduce patient noise disturbances in hospitals. The new predictive analytics solution is a proprietary technology platform built on the real-time streaming data of the company's decibel sensor network currently used in dozens of hospitals, hotels and residential buildings.
In 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human
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Digital Health Startup Oncora Medical Raises $1.2M for Radiation Oncology Platform
Oncora Medical, a Philadelphia-based digital health startup developing software to transform the way physicians treat cancer with radiation has raised $1.2M in seed financing from San Francisco-based iSeed Ventures, Philadelphia-based BioAdvance, and well-known medical physicist and entrepreneur, Dr. Thomas “Rock” Mackie.
Proceeds from the financing will be used to build out their engineering team in Oncora’s Philadelphia headquarters and accelerate early product installations with leading
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Welkin Health, Face It TOGETHER Partner to Use Real-Time Data to Transform Addiction Care
Face It TOGETHER and Welkin Health, a San Francisco-based digital health company specializing in patient relationship management, have partnered to improve the care and management of drug and alcohol addiction. The partners will apply evidence-based digital support tools to recovery coaching with the goal of improving outcomes and reducing costs so that more people suffering from addiction can get well and stay well.
The collaboration will focus its efforts initially at Face It TOGETHER’S
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AbilTo Study Finds Tele-behavioral Therapy Can Reduce Depression in Diabetic Patients
AbilTo, a provider of behavioral health programs proven to improve medical outcomes and lower costs for high-risk medical populations, today announced that Telemedicine and e-Health has published the results of a study AbilTo conducted on the impact of tele-behavioral therapy on diabetes patients with depression.AbilTo’s study documents significant decreases in depression, anxiety, stress, and glucose levels, as well as increased frequency of glucose self-testing, among
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Beyond the Smart Home: The Health Hub of the Future
Editor's Note: This article is based a panel discussion taking place onMarch 11, 2016 at SXSW Interactive, titled, “Home, Sweet Home: The Health Hub of the Future.” For more information, click here. Almost every day, we see announcements about yet another “connected” product that is hailed as creating a “smarter” home environment. These types of products promise an easier, more convenient way of living, but they aren’t always connected to our lives—or all that smart. But there is an important
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Navigating Cancer, CCBD To Develop A Patient-Centered Cancer Care Solution
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD), an innovative cancer treatment center, and Navigating Cancer, the software and service solution experts for patient activation and engagement, are teaming up to co-develop a new tool for patient-centered cancer care.
Understanding the value of triage pathways in managing Oncology Medical Home payer contracts, CCBD and Navigating Cancer are combining their respective expertise in clinical content and technology to create a next-generation
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Why Telemedicine Is Not A “Internet of Things” Solution
Medullan’s Dutch Dwight talks about the state of telemedicine and the virtual direction its headed in healthcare.
As telemedicine teeters on the edge of an explosive state of expansion, so many questions come to mind, including how it will transform healthcare delivery as we know it. With value-based reimbursement and a push to serve the underserved growing in the U.S, telemedicine stands to gain a lot of traction and quickly. Still, it’s important to remember the flesh and blood human
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