- Xealth announces that it is a finalist in Accenture’s HealthTech Innovation Challenge, a recognition that supports innovative approaches and solutions for improving the way people access, manage and finance healthcare in North America.- Selected finalists presented to an exclusive panel of judges comprised of senior executives from globally recognized health companies at one of two regional events. One was held in Boston on Nov. 7 and the second in San Francisco on Dec. 5. For those selected
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Partners HealthCare Launches $100M, 5-Year Digital Health Initiative to Reshape the Patient Experience
- Partners HealthCare launches $100M, five-year digital health initiative focused on patient experience, clinical transformation, scaling research and development, and streamline hospital operations. - The digital health initiative will incubate innovative programs under development with the goal of expanding programs that show provider adoption and patient impact.Partners HealthCare today announced it has launched a five-year digital health initiative to improve the patient experience, boost
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Express Scripts Launches First Digital Health Formulary for Apps & Devices
- Express Scripts launches its first digital health formulary that will allow employers and health plans to effectively manage a fast-growing segment of healthcare while improving access for patients.- Starting in January 2020, Express Scripts Digital Health Formulary will initially include 15 solutions for remote monitoring services and digital therapeutics that aid in the management of eight of the country's most common chronic conditions: diabetes, prediabetes, hypertension, asthma, pulmonary
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Bridge Connector Raises Additional $5M for No Code, Health Integration Platform
- Bridge Connector raises an additional $5M reaching a total of $25M in funding for its data-driven workflow automation to solve health IT interoperability challenges. - The additional financing will support Bridge Connector’s continued scalability and its upcoming launch of Destinations, a new “no-code” integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that connects health data systems without the need for code.- The company plans to close on Series B funding in the second quarter of 2020, further
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3 Themes Driving Today’s State of Gender Equity at Healthcare Startups & VCs
- Latest Rock Health reports reveal the in-depth survey results of 218 men, women, and non-binary respondents working at healthcare startups and VCs to understand perceive how their organizations are actively advancing gender equity. - The report reveals we are far from gender parity and the most common initiatives to promote gender equity may not be the most effective approach. - Conversations with leaders outline five core strategies for building a workplace supportive of gender equity.Despite
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XRHealth Launches Telehealth VR/AR Platform to Connect Doctors and Patients Remotely
- XRHealth just announced at the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Tech Summit, their telehealth VR/AR medical platform that connects doctors and patients from remote locations.- The XRHealth telehealth platform allows patients to grant access to their healthcare data to key participants – doctors, caregivers, or family members.XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth a provider of extended reality and therapeutic AR and VR applications for the medical industry has announced the launch of their new telehealth
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Analysis: November 2019 Health IT M&A Activity, Public Company Performance
– Healthcare Growth Partners' (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of November 2019We did a doubletake when we noticed all of the HGP healthcare indices climbed approximately 10% during the month of November. Year-to-date, the S&P 500 is up over 25% and the HGP healthcare indices are all hovering in that range. In the two month period since September, when talk of universal healthcare reached
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Mayo Appoints Dr. John Halamka As President of Mayo Clinic Platform
- Mayo Clinic names John Halamka, M.D. president of Mayo Clinic Platform, starting January 1st, 2020.
- Under his leadership, Dr. Halamka will help shape the future of Mayo Clinic Platform as part of Mayo Clinic’s digital health initiatives to support healthcare transformation.
John Halamka, M.D., has been named the president of Mayo Clinic Platform, starting Jan. 1, 2020. In his new role at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Halamka will oversee the future direction of the Mayo Clinic Platform that will help
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Digital Transformation In Healthcare Is Not Happening As Fast As It Should — And There’s One Reason No One is Talking About
At first glance, the healthcare field seems to be a goldmine for digital innovation. An overextended workforce, outdated protocols, hundreds of wasted hours in administrative tasks, a patient population that is wide open to digital solutions, a multitude of inefficiencies and redundancies — the opportunities for digital overhaul in healthcare are myriad. Yet every year the graveyard of digital health tools gets more crowded as innovators fail to overcome healthcare’s uniquely complex barriers to
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Health Gorilla Becomes Largest Interoperability Provider in Puerto Rico
- Health Gorilla expands clinical interoperability efforts in Puerto Rico with four new partners adopting its secure interoperability solution. - Through its expanded client base and patient reach, Health Gorilla has become the largest interoperability solutions provider in Puerto Rico.Health Gorilla, a Silicon Valley-based secure interoperability solution, announced today new partners that have adopted its technology platform to advance clinical interoperability efforts in Puerto Rico. Health
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