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HLTH21: TytoCare Launches Enhanced Telehealth Video Capabilities Powered by Amazon Chime

by Fred Pennic 10/18/2021 Leave a Comment

COVID-19 Spikes Deaconess Health Adoption of Remote Medical Exams

What You Should Know:  - Today at HLTH21, TytoCare launched an expansion of its video capabilities, including enhanced video quality, multi-party calls, and the ability for clinicians to conduct remote visits on any tablet, including iPads. - The enhanced video capabilities include top-of-the-line video quality on Windows and MacOS, iOS and Android, and tablets, including iPads; multi-party calls to include primary care providers, interns, specialists, interpreters, caregivers, and
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AWS Healthcare Accelerator Launches for Digital Health Startups

by Jasmine Pennic 06/21/2021 Leave a Comment

AWS Healthcare Accelerator Launches Digital Health Startups

What You Should Know: - Today, Amazon announced the launch of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Healthcare Accelerator program, delivered by KidsX, a global ecosystem of pediatric innovators. - The AWS Healthcare Accelerator is a four-week technical, business, and mentorship accelerator opportunity open to U.S.-based healthcare startups or international healthcare startups that have existing U.S. operations. - A cohort of 10 healthcare startup companies with an established
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UPMC Health Plan Launches Virtual Concierge for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant Devices

by Fred Pennic 05/24/2021 Leave a Comment

UPMC Health Plan Launches Virtual Concierge for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant Devices

UPMC Voice Assistant Alexa 3 - Fine_Cut_0322 - UPMC Health Plan What You Should Know: - UPMC Health Plan announced today the launch of a Virtual Concierge that will assist commercial plan members with some of their most frequently asked questions related to their benefits and coverage and how to access care and services. - The Virtual Concierge is available 24/7 to provide audible responses and can even send helpful links via messages. - The Virtual Concierge tools directly
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Amazon Offers Mental Health Benefits for US Employees & Their Families

by Fred Pennic 05/20/2021 Leave a Comment

Amazon Offers Mental Health Benefits for US Employees & Their Families

What You Should Know:  - Amazon today launched a new mental health benefit, Resources for Living, that provides every U.S. employee, their family, and their household with a single place to start for personalized, convenient, and confidential support for mental health and daily life assistance. These services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and include access to free counseling sessions in-person or through the phone, video, or text. - This system-wide benefit, called
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Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity

by Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP) 04/12/2021 Leave a Comment

Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity

The first quarter of 2021 has been one of investor optimism as the vaccine rollout continues ahead of expectations and economic activity begins to accelerate in response.  Within the Health IT industry, the already strong investment and M&A trends seen in 2020 have only accelerated.  Over the course of the quarter, we observed $7 billion in private equity and venture capital investment across 158 companies.  By comparison, Q1 of 2020 saw $3.2 billion and 127 investments.  Health IT
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AWS Launches Next Phase of Diagnostic Development Initiative

by Fred Pennic 04/12/2021 Leave a Comment

Amazon Web Services Launches Next Phase of Diagnostic Development Initiative

What You Should Know: - Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the next phase of Diagnostic Development Initiative and expanded funding scope. - In the first phase of the initiative, AWS has supported 87 organizations to date through this effort ranging from startups, nonprofits, research institutions, and businesses in 17 countries and awarded $8 million in computing credits and customized expertise from AWS Solutions
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Next-Generation Cloud Storage: Enabling Collaboration & Analytics for Pharma Research

by Russ Kennedy, Chief Product Officer, Nasuni 03/29/2021 Leave a Comment

Next-Generation Cloud Storage: Enabling Collaboration & Analytics for Pharma Research

Pharmaceutical companies today are distributed, global organizations, with research centers, manufacturing facilities, and regulatory management hubs spread all over the globe. To develop new treatments and bring them to market, all of these different functions need to collaborate more closely than ever. Using traditional, on-premises storage technologies, however, makes it difficult to share data quickly and securely, especially given that the research and manufacturing process can generate
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Novo Nordisk, TetraScience Partner on Cloud-Based Instrument Data Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 03/23/2021 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know: - Novo Nordisk A/S, a leading global healthcare company, and TetraScience, the leading global Life Sciences R&D Data Cloud, announce a new partnership to design a cloud-based instrument data platform for drug R&D, built natively on Amazon Web Services. - Novo Nordisk will leverage the TetraScience Platform for automated instrument data acquisition and scalable in-cloud processing from heterogeneous sources and data streams, including plate readers, robotic
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Why Patients, Not EHRs, Deserve our Undivided Attention

by Prayus Tailor, MD, FASN 02/24/2021 Leave a Comment

Why Patients, Not EHRs, Deserve our Undivided Attention

We cannot earn patients’ trust and respect if we are tethered to a computer in the exam room, navigating the EHR concurrent to a visit or otherwise in a hurry to finish so we can return to our office where data entry to the EHR awaits us. ______________________________________________________ I am a physician married to a physician, and for years, our evenings consisted of putting the kids to bed, then sitting next to each other, laptops open, finishing our charting. If you are a
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HealthTensor Secures $5M to Scale AI-Powered Medical Diagnosis Platform

by Fred Pennic 02/02/2021 Leave a Comment

HealthTensor Secures $5M to Scale AI-Powered Medical Diagnosis Platform

What You Should Know: - HealthTensor, an LA-based startup that uses AI to ensure no medical diagnoses are overlooked, has raised $5 million to scale operations. - To date, HealthTensor has helped physicians write more than 2,000 notes and has identified overlooked medical conditions in 95% of cases. HealthTensor, an LA-based artificial intelligence digital health startup that is creating software to help augment medical decision making, announced today that it has raised a $5 million
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