This week, Anthem Inc. unveiled its new health Innovation Studio in midtown Atlanta’s Technology Square. The 6,500 square feet studio will house a multi-disciplinary team focused on creating new digital health solutions to enhance the consumer health care experience, improve the quality of care, and lower health care costs.The Innovation Studio work will focus on further advancing Anthem’s three strategic pillars: I. consumer experienceII. managing the cost of careIII. Provider
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Johnson & Johnson, HP Partner to Create 3D Printing Solutions for Personalized Care
Johnson & Johnson and HP Inc. has announced a collaboration to use 3D printing technologies to create better health care outcomes at reduced costs. Together, both companies plan to combine their scientific, clinical, material science and technological expertise, and deep insights to develop products and solutions which can be manufactured quickly and customized to the needs of an individual patient or consumer. Collaboration DetailsThe collaboration will focus on personalization of
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Fitbit Acquires Wearable Payment Assets from Digital Wallet Coin
Connected health and fitness market Fitbit Inc. has acquired wearable payment assets of digital wallet startup Coin. The deal includes key personnel and intellectual property specific to Coin’s wearables payment platform. Currently, Fitbit states it has no plans to integrate Coin’s wearable payments technology into the 2016 Fitbit product roadmap. The acquisition also excludes Coin's 2.0 "universal card" solution. The company wrote on its blog that "Coin will no longer sell its line of smart
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PokitDok Unveils 3 New Pharmacy APIs for Real-Time Digital Access
Healthcare API platform startup PokitDok has unveiled a new suite of pharmacy APIs to bring quick data access prior to writing prescriptions and sending patients to pick them up. Starting today, physicians, EMRs and other digital innovators can have a consolidated view of patient prescription plans, qualified formularies, in-network pharmacies, and related financial information.Lack of Real-Time IntegrationWhile hospitals and medical practices maintain EHRs to house patient health history, the
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SAP, Dell, Intel Team Up to Deliver Personalized Care through Actionable Insights.
This week during SAP Sapphire NOW, Dell has announce an optimized architecture for SAP Foundation for Health, which is built in collaboration with Intel and SAP. The collaboration will offer a clear path to analytics value and personalized medicine for organizations in health, life science, and other industries.With patient care, first time accuracy, speed and reliability as top requirements in the medical field, this architecture enables healthcare organizations to analyze large amounts of
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American Well Unveils Supply & Demand Telehealth Exchange Platform: 6 Things to Know
National telehealth provider American Well, today has unveiled its newest enterprise telehealth service called the Exchange allowing healthcare organizations the ability to redistribute their services online to new patient populations. Here are six key things to know about the new Exchange: 1. With the Exchange, the virtual barriers between the supply and demand generators and their distinct telehealth services are lifted. Now, these organizations can connect and exchange their services with
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Jean-Luc Neptune Outlines Blueprint Health’s Approach to Digital Health Innovation
Blueprint Health’s Jean-Luc Neptune explains what makes the accelerator tick and where he sees digital health innovation headed in healthcare.The tale of how digital innovations will revolutionize U.S. healthcare has yet to be fully told, but by now, we all know of its blockbuster beginning. Billions of investment dollars have poured into the space, yet building longevity in the market may be a different story for innovators all together.Last year, an Accenture study proposed more than half (51
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ARC Devices, VSee Partner to Create Remote Patient Monitoring Kit
ARC Devices Ltd., a provider of digital, non-touch thermometry has announced a partnership with telehealth platform provider, VSee, to design a wireless connected thermometer embedded into a remote patient monitoring kit. With this integration, ARC's thermometer will provide real-time temperature data to power a new generation of video and data-driven telehealth connectivity.Clinicians around the world agree that an accurate temperature reading is one of the most important elements of any
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Fitango Health Add Telemedicine Visits to Platform
Fitango Health, an patient centric platform for chronic care management has unveiled its new telemedicine module to facilitate telehealth visits, extending its population health platform. With Fitango Health, care providers can receive real-time clinical data when patients report on vital measurements, and may opt to receive alerts between appointments. This enables remote providers to intervene as necessary and address health issues before they escalate.How It WorksDuring a telemedicine
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38% of Executives Want to Implement Telehealth Through EMR/EHR
38% of executives most want their organizations to implement telehealth video visits through the EMR/EHR, and adopt mobile apps for provider-to-provider and patient-to-provider communications, according to recent findings from a national telehealth survey conducted by Avizia. The report, “Closing the Telehealth Gap,” surveyed more than 280 healthcare leaders from U.S. hospitals, physician groups, ambulatory centers and other healthcare groups, and exposed a major disconnect between how
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