What You Should Know:
- More than 1500 Stanford faculty and alumni announced the launch of StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force featuring 70+ StartX Med Innovators with medical breakthroughs for the prevention, diagnostics, and treatment of coronavirus mobilize efforts to fast-track public health needs during the pandemic.
- The StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force will collaborate on outreach to government agencies, regulatory bodies and healthcare systems in the interest of public health for
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Fitbit, FibriCheck Expand Partnership to Deliver CE-Marked Heart Health Detection App in Europe
- Fitbit and FibriCheck have expanded their partnership to enable users in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain to monitor their heart rhythm for irregularities, such as Atrial Fibrillation (AFib), directly from their Fitbit smartwatch.
- The partnership was first announced in September 2019, when the FibriCheck app was made available to Fitbit smartwatch users in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Since the app launched on Fitbit OS, more than 150,000 heart rhythm measurements have
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FDA Clears Eko’s AFib, Heart Murmur Detection Algorithms for AI-Powered Stethoscope
- StartX company, Eko, announced today that the FDA has cleared Eko’s AFib and heart murmur detection algorithms, making it the first AI-powered stethoscope to screen for serious heart conditions. - Eko’s algorithms alert clinicians to the presence of heart murmurs and atrial fibrillation (AFib) during the physical exam, converting the classic stethoscope into a powerful early detection tool. Eko, a digital health company applying artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against heart disease,
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3 AI Trends for 2020: Moving Beyond Dazzle to High-Impact Collaboration
Jordan Bazinsky, EVP and Administrative Officer for Cotiviti
From the first artificial skin to driverless cars that navigate busy streets with ease, 2019 brought a dazzling array of artificial intelligence (AI) discovery. In 2020, the progress made toward AI-fueled collaboration will be as critical as AI innovation—especially in healthcare.
We’ve reached a point where AI has proven its utility. In radiology, for example, AI is well-oriented to interpret diagnostic imaging studies, with FDA
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FDA Breakthrough Status Granted for Heart Failure Algorithm by Eko
- Eko announced the FDA has granted “breakthrough status” for an algorithm that could provide an easily accessible screening test for heart failure during routine physical exams.- This designation is awarded to novel innovations that demonstrate the potential to address unmet medical needs for life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases. - Heart failure is often left untreated until it’s too late due to costs, inaccessibility to echocardiogram testing, or misdiagnosis. With nearly six
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Heart Failure is Detectable at Point of Care Using ECG-Enabled Stethoscope, Mayo Clinic and Eko Finds
- Eko and Mayo Clinic announced they have proven that heart failure is detectable during routine physical exams, further validating the Eko DUO digital stethoscopes as a heart failure screening tool. - Today’s news marks the first time that a point of care device with a single lead ECG combined with an AI algorithm identified low ejection fraction in patients.- The results of these findings, which are comparable to research published earlier this year in NatureMedicine, were presented over the
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Research: October Health IT M&A Activity, Public Company Performance
- Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health merger & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of October 2019
During the month of October, Health IT continued its evolution into an amorphous market that is increasingly trending away from a specialized niche of healthcare and into a key component of larger sectors such as Enterprise Software, HR Administration, Insurance, Care Delivery, Suppliers, and BioPharma.
The
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ECG Management Consultants Joins Siemens Healthineers As Stand-Alone Unit
- ECG Management Consultants joins Siemens Healthineers and will operate as a stand-alone unit as part of the global Enterprise Services business of Siemens Healthineers.
- ECG, as a separate consulting business, will continue to focus on strategic, financial, operational, and information technology services and operate independently of the medical technology business of Siemens Healthineers.
- As part of the agreement, Siemens Healthineers will acquire a majority stake in ECG
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Eko Raises $20M to Expand Machine Learning Platform for Cardiac Monitoring/Analysis
- AI-driven digital health startup Eko raises $20M led by ARTIS Ventures with participation from 3M and Mayo Clinic.
- Funding will be used to accelerate research and development (R&D) and commercialization of Eko’s machine learning platform for cardiac screening/analysis.
- Eko’s cardiac monitor combines digital stethoscope and ECG technology both for in-clinic and at-home monitoring, which enables patients to seamlessly and consistently send cardiac data to their
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Emory Researchers to Use Wearable ECG Patch to Predict Coronary Artery Disease
· New Emory University study is using VivaLNK’s medical wearable ECG sensors to evaluate autonomic function in predicting coronary artery disease (CAD).· VivaLNK’s ambulatory ECG patch will study patients undergoing coronary angiography in order to measure autonomic function. · The research goal is to better understand the role of the autonomic nervous system in depression and coronary artery disease, and to develop better tools for clinical assessment.An Emory University study is using
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