IBM Watson Health today announced plans to acquire Truven Health Analytics, a provider of cloud-based healthcare data, analytics and insights for $2.6 billion. The acquisition will boost IBM Watson Health to one of the world’s largest and most diverse collections of health-related data, representing an aggregate of approximately 300 million patient lives acquired from three companies. Through the Watson Health Cloud, healthcare organizations will be able to take previously disparate data sets,
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PwC Launches DoubleJump Health to Accelerate Innovation in Consumer Health
PwC's Health Industries Group today launched DoubleJump Health, a consumer health accelerator that speeds the pace of innovation in person-centered health and brings medical and scientific breakthroughs to the market more quickly. The two-initiative will evolve our approach to medical research that includes 1) a new data sharing platform aimed at expediting medical discovery by breaking down health data barriers among the diverse array of healthcare industry players and 2) a digital
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Healthcare API Platform PokitDok Lands Strategic Investment from McKesson Ventures
McKesson Ventures has made an strategic investment in healthcare API platform startup PokitDok . The financial details of the strategic investment were not disclosed. PokitDok believes the relationship with McKession Ventures will help foster productive innovation in healthcare interoperability. Tom Rodgers, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at McKesson Ventures will join PokitDok as a board observer.
“McKesson is an established provider of enterprise-level healthcare data
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Kaiser Permanente Ventures Pumps $5M in In-Home Care Startup Hometeam
Kaiser Permanente Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Kaiser Permanente, has invested $5 million in New York-based in-home care startup Hometeam, bringing its total funding to date to $38.5 million, Fortune first reports. Hometeam transforms the aging experience by providing families expert caregiver matching, custom iPads, and a care team to promote healthy & active days. The capital will be used to accelerate its medical and technology development as it continues to experience
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7 Key Trends in EHR Technical Support to Know in 2016
Quality EHR technical support/experience is the key to continued EHR loyalty, utilization, and overall customer satisfaction, according to recent Black Book survey of nearly 2,200 health It users. Conducted in Q4 2015, Black Book surveyed hospital and network physician based EHR software users, employing eighteen key performance indicators specific to comprehensive technical support experiences in Q4 2015. Managed tech support vendors evaluated included EHR and HIS vendors, EHR partnered
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New App Helps Consumers Save Up to 85% on Prescriptions
Nearly one-third of prescriptions written are never picked up by patients because they can't afford them. To solve this, Blink Health is launching a free mobile app and website that provides anyone the lowest prices on generic prescription drugs. Available to everyone regardless of insurance status, Blink Health can save consumers up to 85% on their prescriptions at over 60,000 pharmacies, including Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Wal-Mart,Duane Reade and most independent pharmacies.
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Pfizer, Galvanize Partner to Launch Health & Wellness Innovation Program
Galvanize and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare (PCH) has announced a joint health and wellness innovation program that will enable up to ten startup companies specializing in the development of potential solutions for improved sleep, stress management, energy, aging and nutrition to access Galvanize’s network of technical talent and investors.
The first cohort of companies will be jointly selected by Galvanize and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare for a six-month program beginning on March 7, 2016, that
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Jiff Adds Garmin, Glooko, Others to Enterprise Health Platform
The digital health space is growing rapidly, and more and more digital health solutions (wearables like Fitbit, telemedicine like Doctor On Demand, and chronic condition coaches like Omada) are reaching millions of consumers through their employers. Jiff, the company that helps employers offer all of these solutions in an easy-to-manage platform, is announcing today it's expanding its platform to include some major players in the health space: Garmin, My Dietitian, higi, and Glooko.
These
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Digital Health Accelerator Dreamit Health Lands $325k Grant
Digital health startup accelerator Dreamit Health has received a$325,000 grant from Blackstone Charitable Foundation to accelerate more high-potential digital health startups, strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Philadelphia. Developed in collaboration with Penn Medicine and Independence Blue Cross (Independence), the grant will also allow Dreamit to expand its high-impact accelerator practices based on the program's previous three years of success.
The funding will also grow the
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Report: Wearables Poised to Dominate Medical Device Market Share
A new patent landscape report from iRunway reveals a tectonic shift in the medical devices industry, with new technology players poised to take significant market share from traditional medical device manufacturers in the non-invasive monitoring arena.
Medtronics, General Electric, Eli Lilly Company and others have long controlled sizable and lucrative healthcare monitoring markets, and they will likely continue to dominate invasive monitoring. However, Jawbone, Fitbit, Google, Garmin and
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