Two in five physicians agreed that using digital health technology to communicate with patients will improve patient outcomes, according to data from Manhattan Research's Taking the Pulse® U.S. 2014 study. The study found more than a third of physicians said that they had been evaluated or rewarded based on metrics measuring cost of treatment, patient outcomes or referrals over the past year. The Taking the Pulse® U.S. 2014 was fielded online among 3,066 U.S. practicing physicians in Q1 2014.
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Samsung Launches $50M Digital Health Initiative To Accelerate Innovation in Personal Health
Samsung just put the digital health space on notice with the announcement of their new Samsung Digital Health Initiative based on open hardware and software platforms designed to bring developers, healthcare professionals, academics and health enthusiasts together to create a healthier world.
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SAP Accelerates Genomic Data Research with Strategic Collaborations With Stanford School of Medicine and GA4GH
SAP AG today announced a strategic collaboration with Stanford School of Medicine to research the contribution of genetics, environmental exposures, behavior and other factors to disease susceptibility using the power of the SAP HANA® platform. The company also announced its participation in the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, a council of industry leaders working toward accelerating worldwide efforts to responsibly share and analyze large amounts of genomic and clinical data.
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Should Facebook Have Access To Our Medical Data?
Leslie Saxon, chief of cardiovascular at the Keck School, USC talks how companies such as Facebook wants to have access to our medical data and why at the recent Wired Health summit.
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Could Oculus Be A Game Changer for Telemedine?
Facebook is known for making waves with new acquisitions, and one of the latest is no exception: Oculus, a virtual reality gaming company Facebook acquired for $2 billion that includes $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of Facebook stock. Though Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Oculus will continue to focus on gaming in the short term, the deal is actually about staying ahead of the curve and embracing the next big computing platform shift.
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Rock Health V6 Startups Focuses on the Consumerization of Healthcare
Rock Health, a San Francisco-based full service seed fund for digital health startups today announced its sixth cycle of companies known as "Rock Health V6". Five out of the seven startups selected for this class are focused on the consumerization of healthcare ranging from a health insurance recommendation engine to a national virtual practice allowing patients to have a video visit with a board certified doctor.
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Google Glass Could Help Air Force Medics Treat Wounded in Battlefield
The Air Force is currently evaluating the effectiveness of Google Glass in battlefield informatics that could allow medics to treat the wounded, WSJ reports.
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Want to Hack Healthcare? Solve the People Equation
"It’s very simple. If you want to hack healthcare, you’ve got to solve the people equation."
Fard Johnmar, founder and president of Enspektos, describes a conversation he recently had with Aman Bhandari, who formerly served as a senior advisor to Todd Park, the U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and now helps lead digital health innovation efforts at Merck.
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Blueprint Health Startup Healthify Raises $500k To Address Patients’ Costly Social Needs
Blueprint Health network startup Healthify has announced that it has closed a $500,000 seed round to help insurers better address patients’ costly social health needs led by a group of angel investors.
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Amy Tenderich, Founder of DiabetesMine Talks Why We Can’t Wait for Digital Health Innovation
Amy Tenderich, patient activist and founder of DiabetesMine talks why the diabetes community needs realistic and useful digital health innovation.
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