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
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
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
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
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
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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American Well Unveils Multiway Video Telehealth Visits, Patient Self-Scheduling, Sidekick Photo App
Telehealth service provider American Well, today announced the launch of AW9, its newest product release, featuring an industry-first multiway video solution that enables joint doctor appointments. Multiway video allows a patient or provider to invite other participants, such as a specialist, caregiver, health coach, family member or language translator into a live, video visit.
Additional features of the AW9 include patient-self scheduling and the introduction of Sidekick, a photo app for
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FDA Clears Box DICOM Viewer as Class II Medical Device, Access Images Via Mobile, Web
Enterprise content management platform Box, today announced during HIMSS16 that the Box DICOM Viewer has been FDA cleared as a Class II Medical Device, enabling it to be used for diagnostic purposes. Box DICOM Viewer allows users to store, view and share any DICOM file (x-rays, MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds) on a web browser or mobile device. Medical professionals can now collaborate across facilities, remotely diagnose patients, share imaging studies with patients, and securely transfer
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Wanda, Dignity Health to Launch Digital Health Oncology Platform OncoVerse
Wanda, a NetScientific Inc. portfolio company that commercializes transformative biomedical and healthcare technologies has signed a collaborative deal with Dignity Health, to launch OncoVerse, a digital health oncology care platform. OncoVerse was initially conceived by a Dignity Health physician who wanted a tool to improve team collaboration, especially when evaluating a complex cancer case and determining the appropriate treatment plan.
OncoVerse is a software platform designed to
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East Jefferson Hospital Taps Teladoc to Provide Telehealth Services to New Orleans Residents
East Jefferson General Hospital has selected telehealth service provider Teladoc to deliver telehealth services to residents in New Orleans and surrounding areas. The addition of Teladoc’s on-demand health care services will enable more local residents to have greater access to care – when, where, and however they want – via smartphone, mobile app or secure online video. The relationship also further cements East Jefferson General Hospital’s position as a leading health care system in
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