Today, GE Ventures announced a strategic partnership with Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institute for Medical Research providing up to $200 million in joint funding over seven years to support the opening of a new Center for Bioelectronic Medicine (CBEM), and advance diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for Alzheimer’s, cancer, diabetes, hypertension and more. The new alliance will greatly build upon groundbreaking work that started between the Feinstein Institute and a team of GE scientists
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Siemens Healthineers Launches Global Digital Ecosystem for Healthcare Providers
Today at HIMSS17, Siemens Healthineers has announced the launch of a global digital platform for healthcare providers as well as for providers of solutions and services. The aim of the platform is to foster the growth of a digital ecosystem linking healthcare providers and solution providers with one another as well as bringing together their data, applications and services.Digitalization in healthcare is expected to drive the much-needed change towards widespread value-based care and
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Emanate Wireless Launches AI-based Temperature Sensors for Hospitals, Clinics
Cleveland, Ohio-based Emanate Wireless, a builder of solutions that continuously monitor the operation and productivity of key clinical assets at healthcare facilities unveiled new AI-based temperature sensors for its PowerPath™ Temp Solution. Emanate has created this solution for hospitals and clinics that dread the decades long challenge of having to monitor clinical assets such as refrigerators manually to maintain the safety of vaccines and medicines.This ultra-low temperature sensor allows
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Telemediq Unveils NFC Technology to Automate Nurse And Physician Workflows
Healthcare communications solution provider Telemediq has unveiled Near Field Communications (NFC) solution that will automate nurse and physician workflows to reduce administrative overhead and improve patient care. Although a nurse’s primary responsibility is patient care, secondary to that are the coordination of non-clinical tasks required to support patient care. If a patient needs water, a room needs cleaning, a patient needs transporting or a supply closet needs restocking, the nurse must
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Accenture: 1 in 4 US Consumers Have Had Their Healthcare Data Breached
One in four U.S. consumers (26 percent) have had their healthcare data breached from technology systems, according to new survey from Accenture released at HIMSS17. The survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers reveals that half (50 percent) of those who experienced a breach were victims of medical identity theft and had to pay approximately $2,500 in out-of-pocket costs per incident, on average.“Health systems need to recognize that many patients will suffer personal financial loss from cyberattacks of
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Philips Unveils IntelliSpace Enterprise Edition for Hospital-Wide Healthcare Informatics
Today at HIMSS17, Royal Philips announced the introduction of IntelliSpace Enterprise Edition, a highly performing, secure and scalable healthcare informatics platform, that enables health systems to manage the growth and cost of their clinical enterprise with a managed service and pay-per-use model. Philips IntelliSpace Enterprise Edition offers a full suite of interoperable healthcare informatics applications and services for hospitals and integrated health networks. It helps health
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HealthTap Launches Voice-Activated Doctor A.I. Through Amazon’s Alexa
HealthTap, a Global Health Practice providing 24/7 immediate access to top doctors via video, text, and voice has launched a voice-activated Doctor A.I. through Amazon’s Alexa. Powered by artificial intelligence and a voice-activated interface, Doctor A.I. gives Alexa users personalized, doctor-recommended insights, helping them find the right care at the right time at the right cost. Like a sympathetic physician, Dr. A.I. is trained in bedside manner to ask intelligible, dynamically generated
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TigerText Unveils Role-based Scheduling Automation, Amazon Alexa integration
TigerText, a provider of clinical communication solutions for the healthcare industry has unveiled role-based scheduling automation that dynamically populates role assignments and user profiles within the TigerText messaging app in an elegant, highly intuitive way. Role-based Scheduling Automation was developed in tight coordination with TigerText client feedback and refined through rounds of interviews, marketplace research, and user testing. Because the app leverages data from popular
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Report: Deep Learning in Medical Imaging Market to Reach $300M by 2021
Deep learning will increasingly be used in the interpretation of medical images to address many long-standing industry challenges. This will lead to a $300 million market by 2021, according to a new report by Signify Research, an independent supplier of market intelligence and consultancy to the global healthcare technology industry.Market DriversIn most countries, there are not enough radiologists to meet the ever-increasing demand for medical imaging. Consequently, many radiologists are
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Healthcare Blockchain Startup Hashed Health Lands $1.8M in Funding
Hashed Health, a healthcare technology consortium building blockchain solutions and supporting blockchain network development has raised $1.8 million in funding led by Martin Ventures and Fenbushi Capital. Founded in 2016, the Nashville, TN-based company provides value-added services such as product management, product development, regulatory guidance, and technology support services for blockchain solutions and blockchain networks.For most healthcare organizations, Blockchain technology will be
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