What You Should Know: - Cognizant, a Fortune 200 leader in technology and
professional services, recently partnered with XPRIZE on the Pandemic Response
Challenge, a global competition aimed at fighting the pandemic and mapping a
course for safely reopening societies using artificial intelligence. The
challenge began in November 2020 and recently entered its final phase. - The 48 finalist teams from 17 countries were selected
from 104 semifinalist teams from 28 countries following an
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87% of Americans Want to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Information From Their Providers
What You Should Know: According to a recent Updox survey, 87% of Americans say
they want to receive information from their healthcare provider on COVID-19
vaccine-related news/updates, with their healthcare providers cited as the most
trusted source on the topic (34%) -- behind health protection agencies (32%),
government entities (9%), and the biotechnology companies developing the
vaccines (4%). When it comes to means of communication with their
healthcare provider, consumers’
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Biden Administration Appoints Micky Tripathi New ONC National Coordinator for Health IT
- The Biden administration has appointed Micky Tripathi the new National Coordinator for Health IT, succeeding Don Rucker, M.D. who held the post since April 2017. - The
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is the
principal entity charged with coordination of nationwide efforts to implement
and use the most advanced health information technology and electronic exchange
of health information. As National Coordinator, Tripathi will be at the
forefront of the
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Solving the 50-Year-Old EHR’s Midlife Crisis: How Platform EHRs are Finally Delivering Clinical Intelligence
Over its first 50 years in existence, how did the EHR lose its way? Given that EHR adoption doubled between 2007 and 2012 and EHR expenditures in the United States grew an annual average of 5.4% from 2015 to 2019, totaling $14.5 billion in 2019, this may sound like a strange question to ask. But it’s earnest, and asking it acknowledges that electronic health records, first conceived and implemented during the presidential administrations of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, haven’t lived up
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Itamar Medical Acquires Technology and Assets of Spry Health
What You Should Know: - Itamar Medical Ltd. acquired the technology and assets
of Spry Health in a move to expand its product offering beyond Sleep Apnea identification. - Itamar Medical’s acquisition of Spry Health will enable
the company to develop a wearable watch-like remote patient monitoring
solution. Itamar Medical Ltd.,
a medical device and digital health company focused on the
integration of sleep apnea management into the cardiac patient care
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3 Common Missteps for Manufacturers to Avoid When Securing Medical Devices
Over the last several years of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a variety of global medical device manufacturers. Recently, I have also started working with some new organizations that are not yet global in scale. A theme that I have discovered is that these organizations haven’t yet established true ownership for security within the organization, even though there is increasing regulatory pressure for building security, evidenced by updated FDA guidance and recognition of
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M&A: Zipari to Merge with Healthx to Create Leading Consumer Experience Platform for Healthcare Payers
What You Should Know: - Zipari, the first and
only consumer experience platform built specifically for health insurance,
today announced a strategic growth investment from private equity firm Thoma Bravo, valuing the company at more
than half a billion dollars. As part of the strategic investment, Zipari will merge
with Healthx, a provider of
trusted healthcare engagement technologies, to create the leading CX platform
and solutions for health insurance payers and third-party administrators.
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M&A: Gainwell to Acquire HMS for $3.4B in Cash
What You Should
Know: - Veritas Capital (“Veritas”)-backed Gainwell Technologies
(“Gainwell”), a leading provider of solutions that are vital to the
administration and operations of health and human services programs, today
announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Gainwell
will acquire HMS, a technology, analytics
and engagement solutions provider helping organizations reduce costs and
improve health outcomes. - With over 7,500 employees, Gainwell Technologies
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Philips Unveils Vendor-Neutral Radiology Operations Command Center, Automated Radiology Workflow Suite
What You Should Know: - Philips unveils a new multimodality virtual imaging command center that enables real-time, remote collaboration to broaden expertise between technologists, radiologists, and imaging operations teams across multiple sites via private, secure telepresence capabilities. - In addition, Philips debuts
AI-enabled, automated Radiology Workflow Suite at RSNA 2020 to
advance precision diagnosis into clear care pathways and predictable outcomes. Philips today
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AliveCor Lands $65M to Advance Remote Cardiology Platform Worldwide
What You Should Know: Today AliveCor, the leader in AI-based, personal ECG
devices and cardiology platforms, announced they closed $65 million in Series E
funding to accelerate its growth. To date, AliveCor’s FDA-cleared Kardia devices have
recorded more than 85 million ECGs. Since the pandemic began, nearly 15 million
ECGs were taken which is an increase of 70% year-over-year. AliveCor, a Mountain
View, CA-based provider of AI-based
personal ECG technology and provider of enterprise
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