Following the tragic death of one patient and hospitalization of five others in a French clinical study earlier this year, the call for improved patient safety both before and after market approval of drugs and other medical interventions has become a global conversation. Just last month, France’s investigative body determined the clinical research organization and drugmaker were at fault for various lapses throughout the clinical trial.To help solve this, Deloitte has unveil a new cloud-based
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Behavioral Telehealth Startup AbilTo Taps Rob Rebak as New CEO
AbilTo, a provider of behavioral telehealth programs proven to improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs has appointed Rob Rebak as its new Chief Executive Officer. In his new role as CEO, Mr. Rebak will be responsible for shaping the vision and strategy of AbilTo going forward, as well as for building upon the company's history of clinical innovation and strong performance.Rob Rebak Background/ExperienceA 25-year healthcare industry veteran, Rebak brings a broad range of strategic and
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Jamaica Hospital Launches Pilot for Virtual National Diabetes Prevention Program
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (JHMC) has announced a pilot program to offer a virtual National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) platform to 66k New Yorkers. The program will deploy mobile coaching platform Noom to provide a user-centric, mobile coaching experience that engages and empowers individuals achieve their health goals and effortlessly monitor their progress in real time via their smartphone.With more than five million people in New York with prediabetes, Jamaica sought out a
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Study: Remote Patient Monitoring Saves $8K Per Patient Annually
Remote patient monitoring yielded a savings of $8,375 per patient annually, which, for a typical one-million-member health plan could translate into about $1.1 million saved each year. The results stem from a year-long remote patient monitoring pilot from Geneia,an analytics and technology leader in transforming healthcare delivery. @Home Pilot Study OverviewThe @Home pilot study compared the experience of Capital BlueCross members diagnosed with heart failure (HF), who enrolled and actively
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Fitbit Rolls Out New, Personalized Sleep Schedule Feature
Wearable fitness leader, Fitbit, today unveiled a new, personalized sleep schedule feature to help millions of Fitbit users around the world improve their sleep consistency and overall health. Available now, Sleep Schedule features on the Fitbit app will help you meet your sleep goals and maintain a more consistent pattern of sleep through these tools:- Sleep Goal: Based on your sleep data from your Fitbit tracker, you can follow the app’s personalized recommendations or set your target number
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Medisafe App Adds ‘Auto-Populate Meds from Pharmacy’ Capability
Medisafe, a personalized medication management platform with nearly three million patient and caregiver users has unveiled its new ‘Import from Pharmacy’ feature. The new "import from pharmacy" feature enables consumers to auto-populate medications from tens of thousands of pharmacy locations including Walgreens, CVS and Rite-Aid directly into the Medisafe app. The new feature tackles a vexing consumer health challenge – integrating personal health information from multiple data sources that
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AstraZeneca Launches Patient Savings & Support App, AZhelps
AstraZeneca has expanded its expanded its patient support offerings with the launch of mobile health app AZhelps, which provides patients and caregivers a resource to save, track and learn all in one place. While several health companies have apps with various fitness or medication reminder features, AstraZeneca’s AZhelps is a comprehensive and unique connected health management program.The app offers an industry-first, multi-brand savings card (stored in the app and can be added to Apple Wallet
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Diasend Integrates with Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre to Simplify Diabetes Data Management
In collaboration with the diabetes care business of Abbott, the global healthcare company, Diasend now introduces seamless integration using the mobile app LibreLink*, designed for the FreeStyle® Libre flash glucose monitoring system. Starting now, it is possible for patients using Abbott's FreeStyle Libre system in countries where the LibreLink app is available to import information directly into diasend® – the industry leading solution for diabetes data management. All that is needed is a
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Fitbit Launches New Corporate Wellness Service, Fitbit Group Health
Wearable fitness leader, Fitbit, today announced the launch of a new corporate wellness service, Fitbit Group Health, which brings together offerings to corporate partners, weight management leaders, insurers, researchers. Additionally, the company introduced Wellness Insighter, a new service for its customers that helps corporate wellness leaders validate corporate wellness investments with data that can be compared against that of industry peers. These offerings were introduced as part of
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New Pain Diversion Technology Helps Ease Patient Discomfort
Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by Samsung. A new case study has been released in conjunction with Southern Hills Hospital, Samsung and AccendoWave, creator of a patient satisfaction platform that provides feedback on a patient’s pain level and distress. With the help of Samsung’s mobile devices, AccendoWave partnered with Southern Hills in a six-month pilot program to test the pain diversion technology in an effort to understand and help ease patient discomfort and create better patient
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