Augmedix, Inc., a Google Glass-focused digital health startup announced it has raised $17M in strategic funding from leading healthcare systems including Sutter Health, Dignity Health, Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), TriHealth Inc, and one more. The strategic round was led by Redmile Group with participation from founding institutional investors Emergence Capital and DCM Ventures. Augmedix has raised $40 million in total funding to date. The strategic investment from the five healthcare
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8 Best Practices to Integrate Mobility Solutions for Healthcare Providers
Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by Samsung.Today’s healthcare sector strives to achieve profitability and success under some of the most challenging business conditions driven by declining margins and provider consolidation. When deciding where and how to begin integrating mobility solutions into day-to-day operations, providers should keep the following eight best practices in mind: 1. Establish Strategy Team & MakeupThese are the actual users of the mobile solutions and should be
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ResApp Nabs $12.5M For Smartphone App That Instantly Diagnose Respiratory Diseases
ResApp, a Australian-based digital health startup that has developed a smartphone app that can diagnose respiratory diseases based on the sound signatures of the coughs, announced it has raised $12.5 million in funding. The oversubscribed round was led by Jett Capital Advisors, Empire Capital Partners and CPS Capital Group. The company plans to use the funding to accelerate the FDA approval for its adult diagnostic test and expand US market access beyond telehealth into in-clinic use, including
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Mobile Engagement Provider mPulse Mobile Raises $13M in Oversubscribed Round
mPulse Mobile, a mobile engagement solution provider that spun out of the healthcare division of mobileStorm has raised $13 million in Series A funding. Less than a year since the company’s founding, the latest financial investment in mPulse Mobile, from partners Cambia Health Solutions (Cambia) and Rincon Venture Partners, brings the total amount raised to more than $13M, oversubscribing and closing the Series A round. In January, the company announced it secured $10M in its first close of
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FTC Releases New Guidance For Developers of Mobile Health Apps
The Federal Trade Commission has created a new web-based tool for developers of health-related mobile apps, which is designed to help the developers understand what federal laws and regulations might apply to their apps. The FTC developed the tool in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).The guidance tool asks developers a
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Google’s New Patent: Drone-Assitsed Medical Aid Delivery
Google has been awarded a patent that indicates its interest in using drones for transporting and delivering medical aid. Unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs – also known as drones – have long been a topic of conversation among healthcare innovators, who hope to use the fast flying technology to deliver medical aid at record speed. The patent describes the drone as having a housing with at least one interface configured to accept one or more inputs that are each indicative of a particular medical
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Smartmedical Launches Emotion Recognition App for Apple Watch
On Tuesday, Tokyo, Japan-based Smartmedical Corp announced the official launch of EmoWatch, the first vocal emotion recognition app for the Apple Watch. Based on Empath, Smartmedical's proprietary vocal emotion recognition technology, the app identifies and tracks users' emotions from their voices, regardless of language, by analyzing multiple vocal properties such as intonation, pitch, speed, and volume. By analyzing multiple physical properties of the voice, EmoWatch can identify emotions in
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Cohero Health, Presspart Group Announces Commercialization of Connected Metered Dose Inhaler
Cohero Health, an NYC-based digital health company focused on developing connected health tools and technologies to improve respiratory care and Presspart Group, a specialist medical device and pharmaceutical component manufacturer, has announced the completion of their connected metered dose inhaler (eMDI). eMDI is the result of a multi-year development effort between Cohero Health and Presspart. The relationship has resulted in production of functional devices, now readily available to the
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Fitbit Ships 1 Million Fitbit Blazes & Alta Devices Within First Month of Availability
Wearable device maker Fitbit announced it has shipped more than one million Fitbit Blaze™ devices in its first month of availability, exceeding internal Fitbit sales forecasts. During this time, Fitbit Blaze has captured the ranking of #1 bestselling device in both the smart watch and heart monitor categories on Amazon. Priced at $199.95, Fitbit Blaze puts the emphasis on next generation health and fitness features first and foremost, such as PurePulse® continuous, wrist-based heart rate
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How Mobile Devices Are Transforming Home Healthcare
Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by Samsung. With the first of our highly independent Baby Boomers entering into their 70s, home-based healthcare will undoubtedly become a high-growth segment. Because this ever-growing population now prefers to stay in its home longer, providers now need to figure out how to bring healthcare to them. Utilizing mobile devices that most of us already use is the most effective method for doing so. For even the most stubborn technology stragglers, today’s
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