- One Drop’s wireless glucose meter kit and supplies for diabetes management are now available at hundreds of Walmart stores in the United States.- Retail expansion increases accessibility of healthcare technology and support for people with chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension.One Drop, a New York City-based provider of digital therapeutic solutions for diabetes and other chronic conditions, today announced that its wireless glucose meter kit and supplies are now available at
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Mon Ami Lands $3.4M to Tackle Social Isolation in Aging with Companions
- Mon Ami raises $3.4M in seed funding led by Freestyle Ventures and Cowboy Ventures to tackle social isolation in aging.
- By pairing older adults with college students for social visits, Mon Ami's marketplace focuses on life enrichment, not just life extension and fills a much-needed gap in the home care service industry.
Mon Ami, a Palo Alto, CA-based digital health company tackling social isolation in aging, today announced the closing of its $3.4M seed financing led by
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Drugmaker Bayer to License One Drop’s Digital Diabetes Management Platform, Leads $40M Series B Funding
- Drugmaker Bayer leads One Drop’s $40M Series B funding round and enters commercial agreement to license One Drop's digital diabetes management platform in its global bio-digital efforts in therapeutic areas. - Bayer will leverage One Drop's data science and predictive capabilities, and harness its mobile platform to deliver innovative bio-digital solutions across a broad array of therapeutic areas.- One Drop provides personalized health programs to drive sustainable behavior change as part of
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Intermountain Launches New Kidney Care Center with Telehealth Care
- Intermountain Healthcare launches new Kidney Care Center that will provide at-home dialysis with telehealth-enabled video visits to patients.
- Patients will be able to schedule kidney dialysis treatments that fit their schedule.
- The Intermountain Kidney Care Center will also focus on pre-emptive transplants, where patients are matched with living kidney transplant donors prior to end-stage renal failure.
Intermountain
Healthcare in Salt Lake City announced it is launching a
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4 Areas Where Big Data is Transforming Healthcare Right Now
Joel Landau, Founder at The Allure Group
Leveraging technology in the right ways can make or break the future of healthcare. One of the ways that healthcare will become more efficient, more affordable, and save more lives is through the use of big data.
What is Big Data?
Big data refers to a large amount of information being digitized, consolidated, standardized, analyzed and modeled. In healthcare, big data uses specific statistics from a population or an individual to research new
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iRhythm, Verily Collaborate to Develop Atrial Fibrillation Detection Solution
- iRhythm and Verily collaborate to develop health management solutions for atrial fibrillation patients.- The iRhythm and Verily collaboration aims to address this underserved population at risk for asymptomatic or silent AFib.- iRhythm will make an upfront payment to Verily of $5 million and potential milestone payments of up to $12.75 million.iRhythm Technologies, Inc. is teaming up with Verily, an Alphabet company focused on the development of digital health solutions aimed at improving the
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Telehealth Adoption: Convenience & Cost Drive Adoption For Consumers
Convenience and cost are the key drivers of telehealth adoption for American consumers, but lack of awareness is an issue, according to recent findings from American Well’s Telehealth Index: 2019 Consumer Survey. Telehealth leader American Well commissioned Harris Poll to conduct an online study among over 2,000 adults to measure usage and sentiment toward telehealth. The results are weighted to be representative of the American adult population across standard demographics.Majority of Consumers
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UM St. Joseph Taps Prenatal App Babyscripts for Remote Pregnancy Care
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, a not-for-profit regional medical center in Towson, MD, and member of the 13-hospital University of Maryland Medical System has entered a partnership agreement with virtual care platform for obstetrics Babyscripts. As part of the partnership, expectant mothers who receive care at UM St. Joseph will now have free access to the Babyscripts app and remote monitoring support throughout—and beyond—their pregnancies.Using internet-connected devices for
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CVS Uses Analytics to Expand Transform Diabetes Care Program
More than two years since its launch, pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) CVS Caremark’s Transform Diabetes Care program has helped PBM members better control their diabetes through a combination of highly personalized member support and coaching focused on improving medication adherence and better control of HbA1c. In fact, more than 50 percent of members with uncontrolled diabetes who enrolled in the program have moved to a controlled status and, on average, members have improved HbA1c by 1.2
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Rimidi Adds Aggregated Cardiovascular Disease EHR Data to Platform
Across the United States, cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to threaten populations. It’s the leading cause of death, with nearly half of all U.S. adults suffering from some form of CVD. Rimidi, a cloud-based software platform that enables personalized management of chronic cardiometabolic conditions across the population has expanded its cloud-based platform to include a view for CVD. Working within the electronic health record (EHR) workflow, clinicians can seamlessly navigate between the
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