The game-changing digital health transformation of medicine is emerging into a new phase, according to Robert M. Wah, M.D., president of the American Medical Association (AMA), and there is reason for great optimism in the future of this evolution as the AMA helps physicians take on a greater role in leading changes that will move technological innovations forward.
Today, in his keynote address to the 2015 Annual HIMSS Conference Innovation Symposium in Chicago, Dr. Wah discussed the AMA’s
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Validic Launches Mobile Health Developer Platform with HealthKit Integration
Similar to Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Google’s APIs and resources to help developers build directly to their platforms, Validic has launched Validic Connect™ to enable app and devices developers to build directly to the Validic digital health platform. Validic Connect™ officially launched at the start of this quarter. The company also announced today the addition of 36 new clinical and fitness devices to its marketplace – growing its ecosystem by 20% in the first quarter of this year.
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Cleveland Clinic Innovations Launches Store to Sell Digital Health Products
Cleveland Clinic Innovations — the healthcare provider business development arm — quietly launched ADEO, an e-commerce company designed to sell digital health care products directly to hospitals, physician practices and patients last October.
The store currently has 13 products available in the store, which is described as the "first online marketplaces for medical innovations.” The name “ADEO” comes from the Latin phrase meaning “to go forward.”
The service is an outgrowth of the Global
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SERMO’s Social Network for Doctors Expands Reach to UK
SERMO, as the leading US social network for doctors, today announces its international expansion by adding the UK as its first new country, uniting 38,000 UK physicians to the existing US social network of 305,000 US doctors. Together, SERMO is now the first global medical social network exclusively for physicians with 343,000 members. SERMO aims to unite physicians in multiple countries by the end of 2015.
The Power of Medical Crowdsourcing
SERMO is a virtual doctors’ lounge, teaching
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Are Drones the Future of Medical Air Transport?
Unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs – also known as drones – have long been a topic of conversation among retailers, who hope to use the fast flying technology to deliver packages at record speed. But there are many other options for drones, and some of the most exciting potential applications come from the world of medicine.
Drones and Medicine: How Does That Work?
Drones are small, rotary wing aircraft that can be controlled remotely or preprogrammed to fly certain routes. They are
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AARP Launches Digital Health Initiative to Accelerate Innovation for Aging Americans
AARP is launching a new digital health initiative called Project Catalyst that provides developers of popular and emerging products insight into how Americans 50-plus use technology in order to identify ways to improve the devices for mature consumers. The first study will be focused on popular activity and sleep trackers performed in conjunction with UnitedHealthcare and Pfizer Inc. It will serve as the first of several technology studies that AARP will conduct with the goal of accelerating
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Livongo Health Nabs $20M to Expand Diabetes Management Program
Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases to live better has raised $20 million in Series B funding from investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), DFJ and previous investor General Catalyst.
The capital will enable the company to further develop its chronic disease management ecosystem and accelerate the adoption of the company's digital diabetes management program, Livongo for Diabetes, among self-insured
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Consumer Health Engagement Platform Novu Raises $20M
Novu, a consumer health engagement platform that focuses on individual wellness and employee well-being through a daily lifestyle practice has raised $20M in funding from SSM Partners and Noro-Moseley Partners. The company will use the capital to further establish its leadership position and propel its technology and product roadmap to support existing and new market opportunities.
Through Novu, insurers, health care providers and employers can engage consumers to create
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MEDITECH Selects Validic To Integrate Patient-Generated Data
Validic, a leading interoperability platform for aggregating digital health data, announced an alignment with MEDITECH to integrate clinical, fitness, and wellness data to help deliver more efficient remote patient monitoring, home care, patient discharge management and wellness initiatives.
"Today's healthcare environment is value-based and outcome-driven, which means healthcare providers need to evaluate every aspect of their patients' health, not just those factors that contributed to their
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Rock Health’s Halle Tecco Talks Why Gender Diversity Matters in Healthcare
Are women workers valued in the healthcare? Not enough, apparently. Rock Health’s latest report: The State of Women in Healthcare points to some sobering, and perhaps, surprising statistics about women working in today’s healthcare industry.
The report, which surveyed more than 400 women across the healthcare sector (including entrepreneurs, investors, industry executives, and healthcare professionals), revealed that women make 80 percent of the personal health decisions for their families,
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