What You Should Know:
- Cardiopulmonary digital health company Eko raises $65M
in Series C funding to close the gap between virtual and in-person heart and
lung care.
- The latest round of funding will enable Eko to expand
in-clinic use of its platform of telehealth and AI algorithms for disease
screening and to launch a monitoring program for cardiopulmonary patients at
home.
Eko, a
cardiopulmonary digital
health company,
today announced $65 million in Series C funding led by
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FDA Extends RCA With COTA to Explore COVID’s Effect on Cancer
What You Should Know:
- The FDA just extended its research collaboration
agreement (RCA) with COTA, specifically looking at how COVID-19 is affecting
cancer.
- With this expanded agreement, COTA and the FDA will use real-world data to explore the impact of COVID-19 and the pandemic on cancer treatment, with the opportunity to expand into other oncology questions in the future.
COTA, Inc., a healthcare technology
company that uses real-world data to bring clarity to cancer care,
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Fern Health Taps 10M Mass General De-Identified Patient Records for Pain Management
What You Should Know:
- Fern Health will reveal a
first-of-its-kind collaboration with Mass General Hospital where it will inform
existing and future digitally-delivered pain management programs through the
marriage of AI + predictive analytics with 10 million de-identified Mass
General patient records.
- MGH will validate emerging Fern Health products and pilot new products in clinical environments, setting the stage for Fern expansion into all aspects of non-invasive multimodal pain
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Northwestern to Deploy FDA-Cleared Deploy AI-Guided Cardiac Ultrasounds
What You Should Know:
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the first in the
nation to deploy FDA-cleared AI-guided ultrasound by Caption Health, including
measurement of ejection fraction – the most widely used measurement to assess
cardiac function.
- Caption Health's AI-guided cardiac ultrasound enables clinicians – including those without experience – to accurately perform diagnostic-quality exams -- accelerating the availability of information and saving lives.
- Caption AI has been
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FDA Clears First-in-World Hematology App, Unlocking Potential of Diagnosis
What You Should Know:
- Scopio Labs announced FDA clearance of its AI-powered
X100 microscope and decision support system with Full Field Peripheral Blood
Smear (Full Field PBS) application.
- Using advanced computational photography imaging and tailored AI tools, Full Field PBS gives clinical laboratories an unprecedented ability to capture digital scans with full-field view of the monolayer and feathered edge at 100X oil immersion resolution level.
- The global market for
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FDA Grants AppliedVR Breakthrough Designation for Virtual Reality Chronic Pain Treatment
What You Should Know:
- FDA awards AppliedVR Breakthrough Device designation for
treating treatment-resistant fibromyalgia and chronic intractable lower back
pain
- AppliedVR’s EaseVRx program helps patients learn self-management skills grounded in evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and other behavioral methods.
AppliedVR,
a pioneer advancing the next generation of digital medicine, today announced
its EaseVRx product received Breakthrough Device designation
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3M and Eko Launches 3M Littmann® CORE Digital Stethoscope for Clinicians
What You Should Know:
- 3M and Eko team up to launch 3M Littmann® CORE Digital
Stethoscope to deliver a game-changing tool for clinicians as they assess,
diagnose, and monitor their patients.
- The new 3M Littmann CORE Digital Stethoscope offers
clinicians access to both analog and digital auscultation options and connects
to Eko’s software and AI algorithms* to help clinicians better interpret sounds
and detect heart murmurs.
3M™ Littmann® Stethoscopes and Eko, today announced the
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Fujifilm & Volpara Partner to Help Clinicians Determine Patient Breast Density
What You Should Know:
- FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. and Volpara
Solutions announced the extension of their partnership to provide mammography
facilities and clinicians with breast imaging solutions designed to improve
image quality, streamline workflow and accurately assess a patient's breast
density.
- Building on a successful 6-year partnership, Fujifilm's
customers using ASPIRE Cristalle with Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) now
have access to the latest innovations from
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Corrona Acquires Virtual Patient Community HealthUnlocked
What You Should Know:
- Nationwide disease registry Corrona has acquired
virtual patient community HealthUnlocked, creating a first-in-class patient
experience ecosystem.
- The acquisition will enable Corrona to expand its broad
set of capabilities--ranging from highly granular and longitudinal structured
data across eight registries.
Corrona, LLC
("Corrona"), a nationwide disease registry and is now the largest
registry in the world collecting data on Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Tyto Care Launches AI-Powered Diagnostic Support Solution
What You Should Know:
- Today, Tyto Care announced the company’s evolution from
telehealth to tele-diagnosis with its AI-powered diagnostic support solution,
providing clinicians with advanced insights for informed remote diagnoses.
- The solution will improve the quality of remote triage
for common primary and chronic health issues – starting with wheezing and
stridor – grounded in Tyto Care’s industry-leading repository of remote exam
videos, sounds and images.
Tyto Care, a
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