The Rare Genomics Institute (RG) is launching a new study aimed at determining how crowdfunding can promote scientific research to help rare disease patients called Amplify Hope Initiative. RG is an international non-profit providing rare disease patients with access to state of the art genomics sequencing technology, connections to scientists and researchers, and help for payment of these services through grants, insurance, or crowdfunding.
Study Details
Patients will be lead through
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IBM Watson Health, Epic, Mayo Clinic to Apply Cognitive Insights to EHRs
IBM Watson Health is collaborating with Epic and Mayo Clinic to advance patient health by applying the cognitive computing capabilities of Watson to EHRs. As Watson's capabilities are applied to EHRs, patients and providers benefit from more rapid and thorough analysis of the medical factors that could impact an individual's health and wellness.
Epic Integration with Watson Details
For Epic, interoperability with Watson will enable these institutions to apply the cognitive capabilities of
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Health Tech Accelerator HealthBox Unveils South Florida Class of Startups
Healthbox, a healthcare technology focused business accelerator today announced the brand new class of innovative health tech startups for its upcoming Miami Studio, to be kicked off Wednesday, May 6, at The Idea Center at Miami Dade College. Healthbox selected the companies through a rigorous, competitive process in collaboration with anchor partner GuideWell, the parent company of Florida Blue.
Through its partnership, GuideWell and Healthbox are rotating the program across Florida with
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Interface Health Launches Global Digital Health Accelerator
Interface Health Society, a not-for-profit digital health organization based in Vancouver, BC, has officially launched Interface Health, which is a global digital health accelerator and online community. The accelerator is a place for digital health innovators to find the resources they need, anytime, anywhere. That means faster access, reduced costs, improved experiences and better outcomes for everybody. Interface Health is an integrated multi-platform consisting of an annual global
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12 Emerging Technologies That Will Revolutionize Neurological & Psychiatric Care
On Wednesday, Boston-based Partners HealthCare announced its selections for their first annual “Disruptive Dozen” that highlights 12 emerging technology that can potentially revolutionize neurological and psychiatric care over the next decade. Partners developed the “Disruptive Dozen” to reinforce its commitment to embrace medical innovations that can deliver the best care possible to its patients. The technologies were featured as part of the World Medical Innovation Forum held in Boston this
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Connected Health Researcher Wins Google Wearables Healthcare Challenge
Professor Brian Caulfield, a connected health researcher from University College Dublin (UCD), has won the 2015 Google Wearables in Healthcare Pilot Challenge for his successful orthopedic rehab surgery platform project using mobile phones, Silicon Republic reports. The challenge held last week at Google’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts was organized by Medistro in partnership with MedTech Boston and Google.
Prof. Caulfield’s wearable orthopedic rehab support platform provides
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Cox Enterprises Invests In Diabetes Management Platform Rimidi
By the year 2050, one in three Americans will have Diabetes. To help relieve the anxiety and simplify the management of diabetes. Cox Enterprises has announced a strategic investment in Atlanta-based Rimidi, a digital health company focused on diabetes and other chronic conditions. The funding will be utilize to accelerate expansion of their enterprise diabetes management solution and further expansion into additional markets.
Rimidi’s flagship product, Diabetes+Me is a cloud-based enterprise
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Independence Blue Cross, TowerView Health Launches Medication Adherence Pilot Program
The Independence Blue Cross (Independence) Center for Health Care Innovation announced this week that it will collaborate with TowerView Health and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine) on a pilot program to help chronically ill people who have multiple prescriptions make sure they take the right medication at the right time each day.
Pilot Details
People with health coverage from Independence Blue Cross who qualify for this study and choose to
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Validic Raises $12.5M To Accelerate Digital Health Ecosystem
Validic, a leading digital health platform for aggregating health data, announced today that it has secured a $12.5 million Series B round led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Kaiser Permanente. The additional capital will be used to build out their team, product offerings, client and device reach.
In the current healthcare environment, many companies are trying to solve the problem of integrating, managing and updating connections to the rapidly expanding
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Samsung Eyes Elderly Care Market With Mybitat Partnership
IoT is starting to make real impact on our lives and with 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day in the U.S., one area poised to benefit the most is elder care. Samsung and Mybitat (an AGT company) are now working together on a joint solution with the goal to improve quality of life, allowing the elderly the freedom to securely live at home longer without requiring family assistance.
Using Mybitat data fusion and big data analytics, along with new sensors and IoT Intelligence algorithms
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