Medecision, a provider of population health management solutions for risk-bearing entities has acquired of over 50 clients from AxisPoint Health. The acquisition includes clients that currently use CCMS and VITAL, recently rebranded as AXIS. AxisPoint Health’s services businesses, including CarePoint, GuidePoint, and Analytix, are not included in this transaction and remain under management by AxisPoint Health. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Once the acquisition is closed,
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Dario Health Expands Smart Diabetes Platform to German Market
DarioHealth, an Israli-based global digital health company with mobile health and big data solutions has announced the expansion of its smart diabetes platform to the German market. The announcement makes the smart diabetes platform commercially available in 9 countries worldwide. The Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System combines an all-in-one compact glucose meter that connects directly to your smartphone via the Dario app to provide people with diabetes a simple and accurate way to improve
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Zynx Health Launches $20k Innovation Challenge for Prototype Using Zynx Clinical Content
Zynx Health, a provider of providing evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions, today announced details of its two-phase Innovation Challenge Contest to encourage the exploration of new use cases that leverage Zynx clinical content to enhance the delivery of patient care and reduce clinical and financial variation. Zynx Health will award a total of $20,000 in prize money to the teams with the best concepts and prototype.Phase 1 of the Innovation Challenge Contest is open
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Boston Children’s IDHA Launch Secure “Task Manager” App for Clinical Teams to Avoid Burnout
Boston Children’s Hospital’s Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA) today unveiled Dock Health, a secure mobile and web application that gives clinicians and their teams an essential tool for managing the numerous tasks that are part of clinical care. Founded by Michael Docktor, MD and Keather Roemhildt , Dock Health received an accelerator grant from IDHA in 2016. As of early September, the app is being piloted in several Boston Children’s departments (Gastroenterology,
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Black Book Rankings: 50 Disruptive Health IT Companies to Watch
Black Book Rankings, a full-service healthcare-centric market research company, today unveiled their list of top 50 disruptive health IT companies. The companies were recognized by healthcare providers and payers attempting digital transformation and innovation efforts highlighted in Black Book’s recent 2017 Emerging Vendors survey. The selected health IT companies stood out above others because they offer some disruptive capability or opportunity and received top scores in the Black Book
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Novo Nordisk, HITLAB Launches $75k Challenge to Develop Voice-Activated Technology for Diabetes Care
Novo Nordisk has teamed up with HITLAB (Health Innovation Technology Lab, Inc.) to launch the 2017 HITLAB World Cup of Voice-Activated Technology in Diabetes presented by Novo Nordisk awarding prizes totaling $75,000. Managing diabetes requires strict adherence to dietary, physical activity, and medication protocols. For people living with diabetes, voice-activated technologies are an important way they can manage their disease. Innovators should focus on enhancing patient outcomes, lowering
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Sharecare Launches 3D Virtual Human Body Platform With Real-Time Medical Accuracy
Sharecare, the digital health company helping people manage all their health in one place, today announced the launch of YOU, its proprietary software platform that gives healthcare providers, educators, students and patients unprecedented visual context to discuss and accurately simulate healthy organ and system function, as well as disease, and therapy. Available starting today on Viveport, the HTC VIVE™’s global VR app store, Sharecare founders Jeff Arnold and Mehmet Oz, MD announced the
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Analytics 4 Life Lands $25M to Advance AI-Driven Cardiac Imaging Apps
Analytics 4 Life, a digital health startup using artificial intelligence to develop medical imaging solutions has raised $25 million in Series B funding supported by an international syndicate of accredited investors, including physicians, healthcare professionals, and medical device experts. The company will use the latest round of funding to advance its proprietary imaging technology designed to assess coronary artery disease in a revolutionary way. The Series B round brings the Analytics 4
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University City Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator Unveils Third Class of 7 Startups
The University Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator (DHA) has announced its third class of seven digital health startups. From flushable pregnancy tests, remote patient monitoring systems, augmented reality to prepare for emergency situations – these are among the focus of the seven technologies being developed by the third class of startups. Each startup selected to the 12-month digital health accelerator will receive up to $50k in funding, professional mentorship, and networking
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Backed by Premera Blue Cross, Cardinal Analytx Raises $6.1M for Predictive Analytics Platform
Cardinal Analytx, a Palo Alto, CA-based digital health startup using machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve care and reduce healthcare costs for patients has raised $6.1 million in Series A funding. Spun out of Stanford University, Cardinal Analtyx Solutions was founded by Stanford professors Drs. Arnie Milstein and Nigam Shah, who created the company with lead investor Cardinal Partners. Other investors include the Stanford-StartX Fund and Premera Blue Cross, which also
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