Today, the FDA announced the beta release of precisionFDA, a community platform for NGS assay evaluation and regulatory science exploration. The online , cloud-based, portal will allow scientists from industry, academia, government and other partners to come together to foster innovation and develop the science behind a method of “reading” DNA known as next-generation sequencing (or NGS). precisionFDA is the FDA’s answer to its role under the White House’s Precision Medicine
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Federal Court Denies Texas Medical Board Motion to Dismiss Teladoc Lawsuit
On Monday, December 14, Judge Robert Pitman, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, denied the Texas Medical Board’s (TMB) motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by telehealth provider Teladoc. The decision marks the seventh occasion in the last four years that various Texas courts have sided with Teladoc against the Texas Medical Board’s repeated attempts to limit access to affordable, quality health care in the state.
In May, Judge Pitman blocked a TMB rule that would
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Kaiser Permanente Ventures Pumps $10M into Vidyo for Telehealth
Kaiser Permanente Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Kaiser Permanente has invested $10 million in high quality visual communications Vidyo for telehealth and video collaboration. The Vidyo funding round also includes $5M from existing investors, for a total of $15M follow-on round of funding. The company will use the funds to accelerate growth in vertical markets.
The VidyoWorks platform has a FIPS 140-2 certified crypto-kernel, providing HIPAA-compliant encryption, and a rich
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Rock Health Releases 2015 Digital Health Funding: 11 Trends to Know
Rock Health, provider of full-service funding to promising entrepreneurs breaking into healthcare has released their Digital Health Funding: Year in Review 2015 Report, an in-depth analysis report of all digital health funding in 2015. The report found digital health funding in 2015 surpassed $4.3B, up from $4.1B in 2014. This represents 278 deals across 248 companies, closing with a new record average deal size of $15.6M.
The report produced by Halle Tecco, Mara Perman, Teresa Wang, Emily
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Google’s Verily Wants to Develop Surgical Robots
Verily Life Sciences, which was formerly known as Google Life Sciences announced on Thursday announced a strategic collaboration between Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson medical devices company to form a surgical solutions company called Verb Surgical Inc. The new company aims to develop a comprehensive surgical robotics-assisted platform that will incorporate leading-edge robotic capabilities and best-in-class medical device technology for operating room professionals
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7 Factors Influencing How Consumers Will Dictate the Doctor Experience in 2016
Editor's Note: Jim Prendergast is a digital health entrepreneur, and the CEO and Co-Founder of HealthiestYou, a telehealth and wellness delivery innovator. Jim recently led the company through a $30 million round of growth funding from Frontier Capital.
The healthcare industry is experiencing a new driver at the wheel. In 2016 this will become more apparent than ever. It’s you. And, it’s me. It is in fact, all of us who want less-hassle healthcare access, cost containment and a complete
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The Top 9 Most In-Demand Medical Jobs
Anyone who is looking for job security in the coming years has to look no further than the medical field. As the American population lives longer and the Baby Boomer generation ages the need for medical treatments and disease prevention is growing. The healthcare industry has been a huge economic driver in recent years, and this year hospital jobs grew more rapidly than any other time since 1991.
Another important caveat is the fact that now 89% of people in the U.S. have health insurance.
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Medtronic, Samsung Expand Alliance to Develop Solutions for Neuromodulation Patients
Medtronic, the global leader in medical technology and Samsung today announced a broad-based strategic alliance to accelerate the development of digital health solutions for the millions of people suffering from chronic pain, movement disorders, incontinence, and other conditions who could benefit from neuromodulation therapy.
The alliance will leverage Samsung's deep understanding of consumer technology and mobility to develop advanced tools, based on the Android operating system,
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Students Donate 3D Printed Hands to Children
Creighton University students Marc Petrykowski and Adam Carson are designing and 3D printing hand devices for children in their local area for free. Through a research project with the e-NABLE global network, Petrykowski and Carson utilized Ultimaker2 and Ultimaker2Extended 3D printers to create and donate a variety of functional assistive hand and arm devices to children in their local Omaha area and across the nation.
Since beginning their research project with e-NABLE, Petrykowski and
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SAP Unveils New Solutions to Advance Personalized Medicine
SAP SE announced SAP Foundation for Health and the SAP Medical Research Insights solutions built on the SAP HANA platform to realize the full potential of personalized medicine.
By unlocking patient data and uncovering insights in real time, the new solutions reveal the value of patient data, from biomedical data to EMRs to clinical trials. They facilitate data integration and provide real-time analysis and reporting that together lead to improved personalized medicine and patient care.
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