Cerner Corporation has announced the development of the Cerner Learning Health Network to help clinicians more easily and efficiently gain health insights and guide care. As part of the development, Cerner and the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) have joined together to pilot the Cerner Learning Health Network and innovate clinical research registries in the process.Learning Registry by the DCRI Pilot ProjectThe pilot project and study, named the Learning Registry by the DCRI, will use
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HIM Provider Ciox Health Lands $30M to Expand Health Data Repository
Ciox Health, a provider of health information management solutions has raised $30 million in equity investment capital led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHIF) and private equity owner New Mountain Capital. Every record represents a real person. Each data point is a potential game-changer in someone’s life: a connection to be understood and acted upon. Ciox rapidly and securely facilitates access to clinical records on behalf of its healthcare provider customers, enabling
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Joe Kvedar, MD Elected Next President of American Telemedicine Association
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) today announced the election of Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, as President-Elect. Beginning in April 2020, Dr. Kvedar will become President for a year-long term, succeeding John Glaser, Ph.D., Executive Senior Advisor, Cerner, who will become Immediate Past President.
Dr. Kvedar Background
Dr. Kvedar is Vice President of Connected Health at Partners HealthCare, and Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kvedar previously served as President of
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Stanford, Sutter Health to Explore Joint Cancer Care Services in East Bay
Stanford Health Care and Sutter Health have signed a letter of intent to explore opportunities to jointly provide cancer care for patients and their families in the East Bay region of the San Francisco/Oakland metropolitan area. The intent of the collaboration is to increase access to high-quality cancer care for patients as close to home as possible by building on the strength of Stanford’s leadership in cancer care and clinical research, the Stanford Medicine network and Sutter’s integrated
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Analysis: Philips’ Evolution to a Pure-play Healthcare Technology Vendor
The last two-to-three years we have seen Philips complete its transformation into a pure-play healthcare technology vendor. It has reduced its interest in its remaining non-healthcare business Philips Lighting/Signify (now owning only a 16.5% share), made 16 healthcare technology acquisitions since the start of 2017 and organized its internal business units into three core healthcare technology segments, Personal Health, Diagnosis & Treatment and Connected Care. A few weeks ago, several of
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Syqe Medical Releases Pharmaceutical-Grade Medical Marijuana Inhaler
Syqe Medical, an Israeli pharma-tech company, recently launched its newest administering device for cannabis in the form of a non-combustion inhaler.
The Syqe Inhaler™ is the company’s flagship product that utilizes innovative technology to administer proper doses of cannabis for medical marijuana patients in Israel. Syqe’s breakthrough drug delivery technology introduces complex respiration technique automation, electronic selective dosing, remote clinical monitoring and dose
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Amp Recover CEO Talks The Current State of Digital Health Adoption in Orthopedics, PT, Sports Med
David Nichols is the CEO is of AMP Recover, a health intelligence platform that empowers healthcare organizations with actionable data to improve the patient experience, produce successful outcomes and achieve their business goals. This transition from current workflows to a modern, data-driven approach does not happen overnight. The Atlanta, GA-based company works with providers focused on Injury Prevention, Physical Therapy and Sport, Performance and have developed a sequence of digital
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SubjectWell Raises $10M to Expand Risk-Free Clinical Trials Marketplace for Patient Recruitment
SubjectWell, an Austin, TX-based risk-free clinical trials marketplace for patient recruitment has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Windham Venture Partners, with participation from previous investors Healthy Ventures and Geekdom Fund.
SubjectWell
Clinical Trials Marketplace
Founded in 2012, SubjectWell is increasing participation in clinical research by providing a single marketplace that allows prospective patients to match to any available clinical trials. Instead of using
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Glooko Appoints Dr. Mark Clements as Chief Medical Officer
Glooko, a provider of diabetes data management solutions, today announced the appointment of Mark Clements, MD, Ph.D., CPI, FAAP, as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Clements joins the senior management team of Glooko having served on its medical advisory board since it was formed in 2015 to provide expertise to the organization in the areas of clinical studies and diabetes analytics.
Dr. Clements comes to Glooko from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, where he is Associate
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Verily Launches Baseline Health System Consortium with Duke, Mayo, Vanderbilt
Verily, an Alphabet company, today announced a new Project Baseline initiative, the Baseline Health System Consortium, comprised of Verily, Duke University Health System, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Mayo Clinic, Regional Health in South Dakota and the University of Pittsburgh. Verily launched Project Baseline in 2017 with the Project Baseline Health Study to develop the technology and tools to help researchers create a more comprehensive map of
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