If health systems are going to retain and attract new customers, femtech is a critical starting place: it’s what women want.
In 2012, investments in female-specific health technology (femtech, as it has been coined) totaled $57M. By the close of 2019, they’re projected to reach $1B. That’s a 1651% increase in a mere seven years — and the numbers continue to climb.
The boom can be pinned to a multitude of causes, not least among them a growing (though still very much in the minority) number of
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5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Digital Pathology
- As the digital pathology market grows, facilities that rely on digital pathology will start using artificial intelligence (AI) to assist. AI could help health professionals cope with the gigantic quantities of data - Discover why healthcare facilities increasingly realize that AI could help achieve significant impacts with digital pathology.Thanks to approvals from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for applications such as primary disease diagnosis, digital pathology is rapidly becoming
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Geisinger Launches Solution for Women to Request, Store, and Share Breast Health Records
- Geisinger has selected Life Image’s Mammosphere solution to enhance its breast health care offering for women. - Mammosphere is a digital tool that allows women to request, store, and share their breast health records, including prior mammograms, which are essential for accurate and efficient cancer detection.- By putting women in control of their own prior images and records, Mammosphere is overcoming some of the biggest hurdles in breast health management — helping Geisinger to streamline
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UCSF Launches Center for Intelligent Imaging to Accelerate AI Adoption in Radiology
- UC San Francisco launches Center for Intelligent Imaging named ci2 to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology to improve patient diagnoses and care.
- ci2 researchers will work with NVIDIA Corp. to build infrastructure and tools focused on enabling the translation of AI in clinical practice.
- The center will serve as a hub for the multidisciplinary development of AI in imaging to meet unmet clinical needs and provide a platform to measure the impact and
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Using Patient Relationship Management Tools to Improve Preventive & Chronic Care
Every year, another 1.5 million people learn they have diabetes. The number of people in the U.S. managing chronic diseases has been growing steadily for several years. In addition, there is more and more pressure on providers to help patients manage these conditions to improve outcomes and avoid complications or readmissions.
The challenge providers face is that visits are short, often just 15 minutes, and patients struggle to retain the information given to them during the appointment.
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Ambry Genetics Launches Paired RNA and DNA Testing for Hereditary Cancer
- Ambry launches a new genetic test, +RNAinsight that changes the standard for “clinical grade” testing, with higher accuracy.- +RNAinsight enables clinicians – for the first time ever – to conduct both DNA and RNA genetic testing at the same time.- Ambry is the first and only lab to offer paired RNA and DNA genetic testing for hereditary cancer.Ambry Genetics (Ambry), a clinical genetic testing company, announced today the launch of +RNAinsight, a major advancement in genetic testing.
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Life Image Offers Breast Health Management App to Consumers Free During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Life Image to offer breast health management platform, Mammosphere free of charge to consumers during breast cancer awareness month in October. - Mammosphere allows women to electronically request their breast imaging records from doctors, store them on a secure and HIPAA-compliant platform.- Life Image’s My Data, My Rights campaign will run throughout October with a focus on key regions across the U.S., including the Chicago metro area, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, North and
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OSF HealthCare Integrates CancerIQ with Epic EHR to Expand Genetics to Primary Care
- OSF HealthCare integrates CancerIQ’s genetic cancer risk assessment program with Epic’s EHR platform to reduce cancer disparities and deaths. - OSF has screened nearly 70k patients using CancerIQ’s platform and will be deployed to primary care practices throughout the system. OSF HealthCare, an integrated healthcare network with locations in Illinois and Michigan, has integrated CancerIQ’s genetic cancer risk assessment program with Epic’s EHR platform as part of a system-wide population
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MyHealthTeams Lands $9.44M to Expand Social Networks for Chronic Condition Communities
MyHealthTeams, a San Francisco, CA-based creator of the largest and fastest-growing social networks for people facing chronic health conditions raised $9.44 million in a Series B financing round led by strategic investor UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company. This financing brings total investment in MyHealthTeams to $26.84M, building on the company's Seed and Series A1, A2 and A3 rounds. Existing investors including Adams Street Partners, Qiming US Ventures, CVS Health, The Westly Group,
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Mayo Clinic Backs Imago Systems to “Re-Visualize” The Mammogram for Breast Cancer Detection
Mayo Clinic has signed a know-how license agreement with Imago Systems, a medical imaging company with an advanced machine learning software that is designed to dramatically improve a clinician’s ability to detect cancer and other abnormalities earlier and more accurately. Imago Pilot DetailsAs part of the know-how license agreement, a breast imaging research specialist at Mayo Clinic will spearhead Imago's pilot and pivotal studies to clinically validate Imago's visual intelligence software as
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