'The future of digital health is changing rapidly. The advent of the connected system has fueled a new generation of companies trying to turn healthcare into a system where information can flow more easily to drive more efficient and effective care. The excitement around the possibilities has driven billions of dollars of investment over the last few years. But based on what we are seeing, what does the future really hold?'
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Can Big Data Provide the Trust We Need To Improve Healthcare?
Can data provide the trust we need in health care? (via Strata - Making Data Work)
One of the problems dragging down the US health care system is that nobody trusts one another. Most of us, as individuals, place faith in our personal health care providers, which may or may not be warranted.
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Google Glass Startup Augmedix Nabs $3.2M to Rehumanize the Doctor-Patient Interaction
Google Glass startup Augmedix announced today it has raised $3.5 million in venture funding from DCM and Emergence Capital Partners to rehumanize healthcare through Google Glass.
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Can Google Glass Transform Medical Education?
Google Glass looks exciting for the medical world, and presents a particularly powerful opportunity for medical education
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Toshiba’s New Breathalyser Detects Diseases in 30 Seconds
Japan's Toshiba unveiled a breathalyser which it says can detect a wide range of diseases just 30 seconds after users blow into the machine.
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Joslin Diabetes Center Partners with TVM Capital Healthcare Partners
TVM Capital Healthcare Partners, the region's first private equity firm dedicated exclusively to the healthcare sector, has signed an affiliation with Joslin Diabetes Center.
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Mana Health Selected To Build HIE Patient Portal for Healthcare Access San Antonio
Healthcare Access San Antonio (HASA), the Health Information Exchange (HIE) for South Central Texas, has selected Mana Health's Patient Gateway as its patient portal solution.
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EHR Vendor Develops EHR App for Google Glass to Improve Clinician-Patient Interaction
Ambulatory care market EHR vendor, IOS Health Systems (IOS) has deployed a native EHR App for Google Glass aimed to improve clinician-patient interaction. Their current Medios platform is web-based and accessible on any device (iPad, Android, Smart Phone, Mac, PC, etc) and any browser, making it remarkably simple for physicians to adopt and use within their organizations.
How it Works
The Medios-Glass application which works directly with the ONC-ATCB certified Medios EHR
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Baby Boomers Push Medical Technology to New Heights
Since they came into the world, baby boomers have been changing it. The U.S. Census Bureau defines a baby boomer as someone born between 1946 and 1964 -- that makes them 75 million strong. Now that they are reaching retirement age at the rate of three million per year, baby boomers are poised to change the face of healthcare with technological advances that meet their demand for smart, savvy and easy solutions to cope with the issues of aging.
Baby boomers are definitely embracing new
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Wearable Device Allows Clinicians to See “Through” A Patient’s Skin
New wearable device allows clinicians to see "through" a patient's skin for fast, accurate and precise venous access.
40% of IV starts require multiple attempts to locate and access a vein contributing to patient discomfort and dissatisfaction, according to studies. To solve this pain point, Evena Medical has recently unveiled a pair of glasses that allows clinicians to 'see through' a patient's skin to easily locate veins for intravenous placement. Evena’s point-of-care Eyes-On system is
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