XLerateHealth, a Louisville, KY-based healthcare accelerator announced it has selected nine digital health startups to participate in its 2019 Louisville accelerator cohort. This is the 8th cohort to be selected into the bootcamp program since XLH’s launch in 2013.XLerateHealth (XLH) Accelerator Program OverviewThe accelerator’s 12-week intensive program will help the early-stage healthcare companies build out their commercialization strategy, which includes their intersection with Payers,
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Cerner Names Amazon Web Services (AWS) As Preferred Cloud Provider
Cerner names Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider to power enhanced clinical experiences, etc.Cerner Corporation (CERN) today announced a multi-faceted, strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, to accelerate healthcare innovation across the globe including naming AWS its preferred cloud provider. This expanded relationship is expected to power enhanced clinical experiences, increase efficiencies by lowering operational burdens for
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Q&A: Dr. Geeta Nayyar Discusses the State of Physician Burnout & EHRs
Before drifting off to sleep, most of us put on pajamas when it’s time to curl up with a good book or binge-watch what’s trending on Netflix—but not today’s doctors.
According to one previous study, physicians spend nearly two hours conducting EHR/paperwork every night at home. This after-hour activity is known in healthcare as “pajama time,” but don’t let the cutesy nickname fool you. Turns out, time spent mired with EHR data is becoming a growing problem for physicians. A subsequent study
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Mayo Clinic to Leverage Viome’s Microbiome Analysis Platform in Study to Help Understand Sleep and Obesity
Mayo Clinic is collaborating on a study with Viome, a company transforming health through personalized nutrition based on individual biology to better understand the role of nutrition in disease and to explore the potential of Viome's AI-driven personalized diets in helping manage sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and obesity.
Understanding Microbiome
A person’s microbiome is the entire collection of microbes living in and on the body. The microbiome forms a living layer over your skin
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StartUp Health Adds 6 New Healthcare Transformers to its Portfolio
StartUp Health, a platform where health transformers, partners, customers, investors, patients, and caregivers connect and accelerate the progress of the health moonshots announced it has added six new companies to its army of Healthcare Transformers.Every quarter, StartUp Health coaches its army of Health Transformers on how to create value, amplify their story, and ultimately achieve their Health Moonshot. Each company is supported for the entire journey of their business, through multiple
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DrChrono EHR Adds AI-Powered Medical Notes Integration for Medical Practices
Electronic health record (EHR) provider DrChrono has announced an integration partnership with DeepScribe to enable medical practices DrChrono EHR can use AI to automate medical notes from physician appointments and integrate it right into their Electronic Health Record (EHR).EHR Integrated SOAP Notes for Medical PracticesDeepScribe uses advanced deep learning technology to generate accurate, compliant, and secure SOAP notes right within a practice’s EHR. Practices using DeepScribe have reported
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3 Use Cases for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Artificial intelligence is bringing about major innovations in healthcare in a number of different ways. While so much regarding artificial intelligence involves the future, but within healthcare, it is not just plans or intentions, but AI is already a concrete reality in the field.
It has all been set in motion by advances in machine learning and fueled by the increasing availability of healthcare data. AI aims to simulate human cognitive functions. It can replace human judgment in
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5G in Healthcare: 7 Advantages & Disadvantages for Providers to Know
It’s a fact. The more bandwidth-intensive connected medical devices and mobile devices our hospitals deploy, the more we are straining our health IT infrastructures. Something has to give. Many communications leaders see 5G technology’s real-time high bandwidth and lower latency access as powerful new technology features that are needed to expand healthcare applications’ capabilities and the functioning of medical devices, robotics, and mobile devices. Some say 5G will be transformative. Others
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UCLA Spin Out DEARhealth Lands $6M for AI-Powered Pathways for Chronic Care
DEARhealth, a health IT spin-out
from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has raised $6.8 million
in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered pathway platform for chronic care.
Participants in the Series A funding round include Philips Health Technology
Ventures, Vesalius Biocapital III and Health Innovations.
DEARhealth was founded in
2011 by Daniel Hommes as a research project when a team of UCLA specialists
designed a value-based care program for the management of chronic
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Notable Nabs $40M to Expand Drug Discovery Platform for Personalized Oncology
Notable, a San Francisco, CA-based company redefining cancer treatment with a clinically validated platform that rapidly advances cancer drug development has raised $40M in Series B funding. The Series B round is co-led by B Capital Group and LifeForce Capital. LifeForce is a returning investor, joined by new investors B Capital and Industry Ventures. This latest round brings Notable’s total funding to over $55M.Notable was founded in 2017 by Matt De Silva after helping his own father Marc, who
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