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Johnson & Johnson Innovation Opens Life Sciences Incubator in Houston

by Fred Pennic 03/03/2016 Leave a Comment

Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Johnson & Johnson Innovation announced the opening of JLABS @ TMC, a new 34,000-square foot life sciences incubator providing entrepreneurs shared lab space, private offices, and modular laboratory suites. The Houston, TX-based incubator is equipped with a medical device prototype lab, including a 3D printer, which will provide entrepreneurs access to highly specialized tools, as well as skills building programs to design and develop smart health technologies. JLABS @ TMC is housed within
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Allscripts, Garmin Partner to Integrate Wearables with Population Health Tools

by Jasmine Pennic 03/02/2016 Leave a Comment

Garmin and Allscripts Enter Strategic Relationship to Improve Patient Care

To help clinicians better manage patient care, Garmin will join with Allscripts to integrate its vívofit suite of wearable devices into the FollowMyHealth and CareInMotion platforms, designed to address specific population health management priorities. Berkshire Medical Center (Pittsfield, Mass.) will serve as the beta site for this 2016 initiative. As part of pilot, Berkshire Medical Center will identify a specific patient population to wear vívofit devices and use the Index Smart Scale.
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IBM Launches SleepHealth App, Unveils Watson Health for ResearchKit

by HITC Staff 03/02/2016 Leave a Comment

Sleep Study App

Today at HIMSS16, IBM Watson Health and the American Sleep Apnea launched the SleepHealth app to help identify connections between sleep habits and health outcomes. SleepHealth is the first ResearchKit study to run on the data-rich Watson Health Cloud that will enable participants to easily complete tasks and submit surveys right from the SleepHealth app.  SleepHealth Study Overview In concert with researchers, physicians and patient advocates in the US, the SleepHealth study will
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HIMSS: 52% of Hospitals Currently Use 3 or More Connected Health Technologies

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Connected Health_Mobile Health

According to the new 2016 HIMSS Connected Health Survey, more than 50 percent of hospitals currently use three or more connected health technologies with many organizations planning to implement additional technologies to improve engagement and quality of care with patients. The survey reveals an optimistic outlook on the emerging trend of connectivity within the healthcare ecosystem. Conducted in partnership with the Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHA), HIMSS surveyed 227 IT,
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Scrypt Acquires HIPAA-Secure Messaging App DocbookMD

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DocBookMD

Scrypt, Inc., a leader in helping healthcare and lending customers streamline paper-intensive processes has completed the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based DocbookMD, a HIPAA secure patient care team collaboration platform. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.  DocbookMD allows providers to send HIPAA-secure messages containing patient information and images such as X-rays, EKGs or photos from anywhere. Providers can set a 5 or 30 minute priority on a message and be
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Philips Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance of Clinical Management Solution

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Philips Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance of Clinical Management Solution

Philips Respironics, today announced it received 510(k) FDA clearance for its cloud-based clinical management software application, Care Orchestrator. Care Orchestrator is a first to market solution that seamlessly connects clinical data and informatics for clinicians, caregivers and patients from the hospital into the home. Powered by Philips HealthSuite digital platform, complete view of sleep and respiratory patient data now available in one place for easy information exchange Building on
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UnitedHealthcare, Qualcomm Collaboration Provides Financial Incentives for Using Wearables

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UnitedHealthcare Motion

UnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm are teaming up to launch UnitedHealthcare Motion™, a wellness program that provides employees with wearable devices at no additional charge and enables them to earn financial incentives of up to $1,460 per year for meeting specific walking goals. The collaboration will focus on new UnitedHealthcare programs and services that incorporate the latest generation of wearables, medical devices and home diagnostic tests that utilize Qualcomm Life’s 2net™ Platform for
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Medisafe Launches Medisafe Providers™ for Physicians to Track Patients’ Med Adherence Between Visits

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Medisafe Launches Medisafe Providers™ for Physicians to Track Patients’ Med Adherence Between Visits

Medisafe®, a cloud-based mHealth platform for medication management approaching three million patient and caregiver users, today announced the launch of Medisafe Providers™, enabling physicians, care teams, and pharmacists to track their patients’ medication adherence between visits. Providers can also view adherence alongside patient biometric measurements – blood pressure, glucose, weight, amongst others – which Medisafe users can self-report or bring into the Medisafe mobile app through
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WellDoc, Lifespan Partner to Deliver Diabetes-Focused Digital Health Solution

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WellDoc

WellDoc, a digital health technology leader, today announced a collaboration with LifeScan, Inc., a business within the Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Care Companies to deliver a best-in-class digital health solution for patients living with Type 2 diabetes.  Under the collaboration, WellDoc’s BlueStar product, the first FDA-cleared digital therapeutic for adults who live with Type 2 diabetes, will be integrated with LifeScan’s OneTouch Verio Flex™ Bluetooth® Smart blood glucose monitoring
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Report: Personalized Medicine Is Having A Positive Measurable Effect on Patient Outcomes

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SAP Personalized Medicine

A new approach to research, pharmaceutical development, and clinical care is remaking healthcare. Known as personalized medicine or precision medicine, it promises improved patient outcomes, cost savings, and progress against previously intractable illnesses. Yet substantial challenges remain to be addressed if personalized medicine is to deliver on its potential. A new research program from Oxford Economics shows what healthcare and pharmaceutical organizations are doing to hasten this
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