French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and Google today announced its plan to establish a new virtual Innovation Lab that will leverage emerging data technologies to spur the transformation of healthcare delivery. The partnership will change how Sanofi develops new treatments and will focus on three key objectives1. Better understand patients and diseases,2. Incease Sanofi’s operational efficiency3. Improve the experience of Sanofi’s patients and customersVirtual Innovation Lab
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CredSimple Raises $14M to Redefine The Provider Credentialing Process
CredSimple, the a NYC-based cloud-based healthcare credential verification organization, has raised $14 million in Series B funding led by Questa Capital. The round also included participation from existing investors including Windham Venture Partners who led the company's Series A round and Primary Ventures who co-led its seed investment.Outdated Credentialing ProcessTraditionally, credentialing has run on outdated systems, spreadsheets, and repetitive manual work that only increases work,
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Dassault Systèmes Acquires Clinical Trial Platform Medidata for $5.8B
French technology giant Dassault Systèmes has agreed to acquire Medidata, a life sciences digital transformation company in an all-cash deal for $92.25 per share valued at $5.8 billion. With the acquisition of Medidata and its clinical and commercial solutions, Dassault Systèmes plans to increase market penetration into the Life Sciences industry with an integrated business experience platform for an end-to-end approach to research and discovery, development, clinical testing, manufacturing and
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Telegenomics Company Genome Medical Nabs $23M to Bring Genomic Medicine to Everyday Care
Genome Medical, a leading nationwide telegenomics company providing genomic-based medicine, today announced that it has raised $23 million in Series B financing to accelerate the development of its technology and medical services which support patients, physicians and healthcare systems in all 50 states. The Series B round was led by Echo Health Ventures, a strategic collaboration of Cambia Health Solutions and Mosaic Health Solutions with additional new investors LRVHealth, Casdin
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Neurotrack Raises $21M for Digital Cognitive Health Platform
Neurotrack, a Redwood City, CA-based digital health company has raised $21 million in Series C funding round led by existing investor Khosla Ventures, with new strategic investments from Dai-ichi Life and SOMPO Holdings, and participation from existing investors Sozo Ventures, Rethink Impact, and AME Cloud Partners. The new round brings the company's total funding to date to more than $50 million.Alzheimer's is quickly becoming the greatest healthcare challenge of our generation, but its impact
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How Patients Suffer From The Worst Kept Secret in Health IT
Recently, articles in The Atlantic and Fortune highlighted a risk that plagues the healthcare system but is rarely talked about. The in-depth pieces uncover real-life patient stories resulting from mismatched and incorrect patient medical records. These tragic stories unfold in the articles and highlight scenarios that include permanent brain damage in a 5-year old; a cancer scare due to an incomplete radiological history; the missed diagnosis of a fatal brain aneurysm in a 47-year old woman;
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How Hospitals Can Improve Patient Flow Through Location-Aware Healthcare IoT
Nearly every healthcare setting wants to improve their patient flow.Overcrowded emergency rooms. Convoluted surgery schedules. Clunky patient handoffs between departments. Delayed discharges. Ambulance diversions. Long wait times for care or, even worse, patients abandoning treatment due to long wait times.Disruptions in the patient flow need to be taken seriously.But what kind of data do hospital administrators need to make informed changes to their patient flow and where do they find it?Rich,
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Companion Medical Integrates Smart Insulin Pen with Rimidi Diabetes Management App
Rimidi and Companion Medical announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to enhance data visualization for clinicians treating high-risk patients with diabetes who are on insulin therapy. The collaboration integrates Companion Medical’s connected device, InPen™, the first and only FDA-cleared, smart insulin pen paired with an integrated diabetes management app, into Rimidi’s platform by pushing insulin dosing data from the InPen through the cloud.Integration BenefitsThis partnership reduces the
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Cloud-Based Patient Matching Expands with Verato and MyDirectives Partnership
Verato, a provider of cloud-based patient matching, today announced that digital advance care planning company, ADVault, Inc., is the first partner in its new Powered by Verato(PBV) program. The program offers healthcare technology firms a next-generation patient matching solution that is highly accurate, secure, cost-effective, and easy to implement—all as a utility—using the Verato Universal MPI for patient matching.Powered by Verato Program BackgroundPatient matching is at the core of
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3 Major Problems With the Medical Device and Wearables Market in 2019
Technology can improve human life in significant ways and aid in the fight against troublesome illnesses. Unfortunately, no technology is perfect — and newer technologies are especially prone to growing pains.There are three major problems in today's medical devices and wearables market: potential sabotage of the devices themselves, devices as a backdoor into networks and patient data, and device manufacturers taking advantage of regulatory loopholes to get their products on the market.1. Many
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