More than three-quarters (78 percent) of consumers say they’d be interested in receiving virtual healthcare services, but only one in five (21 percent) have had the opportunity to receive services in this way, according to a new survey from Accenture. The Accenture survey of 1,501 U.S. consumers reveals that growing consumer demand for virtual healthcare services is putting increasing pressure on providers and payers to expand delivery options for on-demand health services. The research
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Propeller Health, Novartis Partner to Develop Custom Add-On Sensor for Breezhaler Inhahler
Propeller Health and Novartis Pharma are collaborating to develop a custom add-on sensor for the Breezhaler inhahler, a device used for the company’s portfolio of COPD treatments (UltibroTM BreezhalerTM, OnbrezTM BreezhalerTM and SeebriTM BreezhalerTM), integrating these medications into Propeller’s digital health platform in Europe. The partnership reinforces Propeller’s position as the leading platform in respiratory digital health and position as the partner of choice for major respiratory
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BloodCenter of Wisconsin Launches Pilot Program to Digitally Track Blood Via RFID
BloodCenter of Wisconsin, part of Versiti, and Fresenius Kabi, have launched a pilot program at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin using radio frequency identification technology (RFID) to digitally track blood usage and inventory. As part of the pilot, the program will use specialized RFID tags applied to blood bags prior to shipment to hospitals that can automatically as the blood moves through the hospital, and to the point at which it is used to treat patients. This process allows for
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LifeDojo Nabs $51M for Employee Health Engagement & Coaching Platform
LifeDojo Inc., a provider of person-centered corporate health behavior change has raised $5.1 million in Series A funding led by Sodexo Ventures, the strategic venture capital fund of Sodexo, with participation from Launchpad Digital Health, GP Ventures, JD Investments and the Telluride Venture Fund. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand its employee-led health improvement platform, mobile app and health coaching in order to better serve employers. Founded in 2013, LifeDojo offers
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MAP, Intent Solutions Partner to Track Patient Adherence to Medication Via Biometric Pill
MAP Health Management, LLC has partnered with Intent Solutions to track patient adherence to medication protocols for patients with a Substance Use Disorder diagnosis who are served by MAP’s patient engagement technology. As part of the partnership, both companies will launch a pilot program in early March to target patients whose risk for relapse is continuously measured by MAP’s technology will be provided a TAD™ device.The device will send real-time data to MAP’s platform when a patient takes
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Jupiter Medical Center to Implement Watson for Oncology for Data-Driven Cancer Treatment Decisions
IBM has announced that Jupiter Medical Center will implement Watson for Oncology's platform to provide physician insights to deliver personalized, evidence-based cancer treatment. The announcement marks Jupiter as the first U.S. community hospital to adopt Watson for Oncology, which is scheduled to go-live at the beginning of March.Trained by Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), Watson for Oncology provides information to oncologists to help them deliver evidence-based treatment options by analyzing
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Ascensia Diabetes Care, Glooko Partner to Integrate Diabetes Data for Consumers
Ascensia Diabetes Care and Glooko, a remote patient monitoring platform for diabetes has announced an integration partnership to improve diabetes data management and analytics. The integration includes Glooko's Diabetes Data Management Platform and Ascensia's blood glucose monitoring systems that will allow people with diabetes and health care professionals to access and analyze highly accurate blood glucose data through the digital platform of their choice. The collaboration includes all
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GoodRx and Iodine Merge Quietly to Bring Transparency to Drug Pricing
GoodRx, a Santa Monica, CA-based startup that compares retail prices of prescription drugs from different pharmacies in the United States has quietly merged with San Francisco-based startup Iodine, FastCompany first reports. The merger was not announced publicly, but Iodine CEO Thomas Goetz confirmed the deal took place at the end of 2016. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed.Founded in 2013, Iodine mines clinical data to help consumers make better decisions about their medications.
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CAE Healthcare Unveils First Mixed Reality Ultrasound Simulation Solution
CAE Healthcare announced the release of CAE VimedixAR, an ultrasound training simulator integrated with the Microsoft HoloLens, the world's first self-contained holographic computer. The announcment marks CAE Healthcare as the first company to bring a commercial Microsoft HoloLens application to the medical simulation market.VimedixAR delivers an unprecedented simulation-based training experience, allowing learners to interact and move freely within a clinical training environment that is
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Penn Medicine Launches Center for Digital Health to Probe “The Social Mediome”
Penn Medicine has launched a Center for Digital Health to probe “the social mediome” -- a way of collectively describing people or groups based on their digital data merged with their health record data. To lead the newly Penn Medicine Center for Digital Health efforts, Penn Medicine has appointed Raina Merchant, MD, MSHP as the Associate Vice President for the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Director. New areas of research focus for the Center for Digital Health include
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