Pressures on the US healthcare system coupled with evolving consumer expectations have fueled the appetite for funding of digital healthcare startups and have ushered in a new era of industry innovation. A digital disruption in healthcare is being played out, as witnessed by the emergence of new business models and technology offerings that change social interactions, alter consumer expectations and ultimately improve health outcomes.
Billions of dollars are being poured into healthcare
Read More
Digital Health | News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant
Hospital to Create Emergency Experiences Using Virtual Reality
Next Galaxy Corp, a developer of fully immersive consumer virtual reality (VR) technology has inked a multi-year agreement with Miami Children's Hospital to help educate and train medical staff using VR. Next Galaxy will develop immersive virtual reality medical instructional content for patient and medical professional education. Per the agreement, Next Galaxy and Miami Children's Hospital will jointly work on creating creating VR instructionals on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and other
Read More
Cleveland Clinic, Human Longevity Partner to Accelerate Genomic Sequencing
Cleveland Clinic is partnering with Human Longevity, Inc. (HLI) to first sequence and analyze blood samples from Cleveland Clinic's GeneBank study of de-identified patients. As part of the agreement, the two organizations will apply whole genome, cancer and microbiome sequencing focusing on a subset of samples with the goal of discovering novel disease genes and disease pathways associated with heart disease.
"In medicine we are constantly exploring opportunities to better understand how
Read More
Precision BioSciences Raises $25.6M to Expand Genome Editing Platform
Genome editing-based company, Precision BioSciences announced it has closed $25.6 million Series A financing led by venBio. The Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based company's oversubscribed round was also joined by Fidelity Biosciences, Amgen Ventures, Baxter Ventures, Osage University Partners, the Longevity Fund, and two well-known public market investors. As part of the Series A round, Robert Adelman of venBio and Ben Auspitz of Fidelity Biosciences will join Precision’s Board
Read More
ONC Awards $300k to 6 Digital Health Projects
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced the winners of the inaugural ONC Market R&D Pilot Challenge. The ONC Market R&D Pilot Challenge breaks down the barriers between promising start ups and health care stakeholders by helping early-stage digital health companies connect with health care organizations that would host pilot programs. The innovative technologies developed by these companies are integral to improving consumer engagement
Read More
Boehringer Ingelheim, Sutter Health Establish Digital Health Research Collaboration
Pharma giant Boehringer Ingelheim and Northern California-based health system Sutter Health has announced the start of a five-year research and health care innovation collaboration, which will explore and test the value of digital health solutions, mobile technologies, and insights from advanced data analytics in the delivery of health care.
The initiatives will combine Boehringer Ingelheim's research and development expertise in novel medications to address unmet therapeutic needs with
Read More
14 Centers to Use IBM Watson for Cancer Genetics
Fourteen US and Canadian cancer centers announced it will used IBM Watson to compare a patient’s tumor genetic fingerprints to databases of cancer genes and findings of scientific papers and clinical trials on cancer in a matter of minutes, BI reports. Oncology is the first specialty where matching therapy to DNA has improved patient outcomes and has inspired President Obama’s “Precision Medicine Initiative” announced in January.
Typically, drugs targeting cancer-causing mutations can takes
Read More
Wearable Fitness Leader Fitbit Files for IPO
On Thursday, wearable fitness tracking company Fitbit Inc. announced it has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), according to SEC filing. The company is looking to raise $100 million and will trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol FIT. In March, the fitness tracking company valued itself at roughly $1.2 billion. Fitbit's platform features six wearable connected health and fitness trackers that automatically track users’ daily steps, calories burned, distance
Read More
Gartner Names the “Coolest” Vendors for Healthcare Providers and Payers, 2015
New Gartner report highlights 2015's “coolest” innovative vendors for healthcare providers and payers.
What makes a healthcare vendor cool? Innovative solutions that solve real challenges for the healthcare C-suite and payer market, according to recent Gartner reports. Each year, Gartner carefully selects a list of “Cool Vendors” representing innovative technologies and business models.
For healthcare providers, these vendors offers provider CIOs, CMIOs and IT leaders offer innovative
Read More
IBM Watson, Welltok Help Centura Health Deliver Concierge Consumer App
Digital health company Welltok, today announced that the Centura Health Heart and Vascular Network is implementing a new consumer engagement solution called CafeWell Concierge, an app powered by IBM Watson. Centura Health, a leading network of heart and vascular care is the first organization to embrace the app and roll it out to consumers who are transitioning back to everyday life after experiencing a heart condition.
App Features
The goal is to support and guide consumers in their
Read More
