Researchers with the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) have completed enrollment in the first clinical trial of the Scanadu Scout, a wireless health sensor that analyze, track, and trend your vital signs in few seconds. Enrollment in the clinical trail was recently closed after participation surpassed over 4,000 people. Participants were recruited from more than 5,000 backers of Scanadu's record-breaking Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign that were the first consumers to receive the
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Mayo Clinic, Hootsuite Debuts Social Media Training Credential for Clinicians
Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media (MCCSM) and Hootsuite, a widely used platform for managing social media has debut a new social media training credential for medical and health care professionals. The training certification program is being launched at the first international Health Care and Social Media Summit presented by Mayo Clinic in Brisbane Australia, September 1-2.
Social Media Training Credential Details
The training program developed by Hootsuite and Mayo Clinic will teach
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DynoSense To Bring Tricorder-Size Health Scanner to China
DynoSense, developer of the world’s first fully integrated multi-function health scanner has announced a strategic partnership with JKOM Cloud Health Technology Co. Ltd to bring its digital health solutions to the Chinese market. Under the terms of the partnership, JKOM will be responsible for the marketing and distribution of DynoSense’s existing Dyno technology, as well as future products, through an existing network of healthcare providers who actively serve more than two million
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Google Life Sciences, Sanofi Collaborate on Creating Digital Health Tools for Diabetes
Google Life Sciences, the new division under the recently established Google Alphabet is teaming up with French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi to improve care and outcomes for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, adding to recent partnerships with Novartis AG and DexCom Inc. The collaboration aims to explore ways to collect, analyze and understand multiple sources of information impacting diabetes.. This includes health indicators such as blood glucose and hemoglobin A1c levels,
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8 Recent Trends on How Millennials Shop for Healthcare
Millennials overtook Baby Boomers this year as the largest living generation; and while Baby Boomers may currently consume most healthcare resources, the move to value-based care and increased focus on prevention is driving healthcare providers to better understand and reach Millennial patients.
As part of its ongoing research on the changing practice of the art of medicine, Nuance Communications, Inc. today released new data on generational patient behaviors and the slideshare
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Tienda Diabetes, IBM Launch First-Ever Specialized Online Drugstore in Mexico
IBM is collaborating with Tienda Diabetes, a leading Mexican healthcare provider to launch Farmacia Online, the first-ever specialized online drugstore in Mexico. The partnership will provide diabetes patients with affordable same-day delivery options for medicines, treatments and personalized care. By using IBM Commerce capabilities, online sales have soared 50 percent, with the average order value increasing by more than 60 percent.
Diabetes is one of Mexico's top health
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J&J, PCH Launch Hardware for Health Accelerator to Bring Hardware Health Startups to Market
Johnson & Johnson is collaborating with hardware manufacturing company PCH to launch the Hardware for Health accelerator to bring innovative health hardware entrepreneurs from concept to consumer. Under terms of the collaboration, Hardware for Health combines PCH’s experience in consumer hardware and startups with Johnson & Johnson Innovation’s knowledge and access to the pharmaceutical, device and consumer health markets in a custom-fit program to bring hardware health companies to
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New Self-Test Kit Can Detect Cancer and Prevent Heart Failure – with a Simple Prick of the Finger
Dr Now, a UK-based medical diagnostic and delivery mobile platform from Now Healthcare Group, has unveiled a self-test ‘tumor marker’ kits to help diagnose ovarian cancer and assess the severity of potential future heart failure. The self diagnosis test kits allow patients to administer a thorough blood test themselves, simply by pricking their finger and providing a small blood sample. Results are then returned to the patient within 24 hours of the sample being received by the Dr Now
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5 Tips for Helping Med Students Conquer Information Overload
The practice of medicine includes dealing with tons of information, from prescription drug updates to the latest evidence-based treatment guidelines. How does a med student keep current with disease, drug and guideline data while making rounds and learning the ropes of clinical care all at the same time?
With medical schools starting up again for the year, the physician-editors of DynaMed Plus offer their suggestions for med students. The DynaMed Plus editors are all MDs or DOs at
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Google’s Alphabet Launches Life Sciences Company
After Google's announcement to restructure into Alphabet, Google has launched a Life Sciences company as the first new company under the Alphabet umbrella. "3 years ago we embarked on a project to put computing inside a contact lens -- an immensely challenging technical problem with an important application to health. While I am delighted at the progress that project has made, I could not have imagined the potential of the initiative it has grown into -- a life sciences team with the mission to
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