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Frenova Begins Patient Enrollment to Build World’s Largest Genomics Registry for Kidney Disease

by Jasmine Pennic 01/11/2021 Leave a Comment

Frenova Begins Patient Enrollment to Build World’s Largest Genomics Registry for Kidney Disease

What You Should Know: - Frenova Renal Research, a global division of Fresenius Medical Care, announced today that it has started to enroll patients in its new endeavor to build the world’s largest genomics registry targeting kidney disease. - The registry will be used to help advance understanding of the genetic drivers of kidney disease and shape more precise, individualized therapies. Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s leading provider of products and services for people
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Meaningful Use of Genomics Requires Informatics Beyond EMRs

by Assaf Halevy, Founder and CEO of 2bPrecise 01/06/2021 Leave a Comment

Why EHRs fall short w/ providing valuable genetic insights

Assaf Halevy, Founder and CEO of 2bPrecise Electronic medical records (EMRs) are widely expected to serve as a cornerstone technology that drives the delivery of modern patient care.  But can the EMR alone support all the informatics capabilities required by an ever-evolving healthcare industry? The rapid growth of precision medicine, particularly the use of genetic and genomic information during clinical decision making, is a compelling example that functionality beyond the EMR is
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Nebula Gives Users Ownership Of Their Personal Genomic Data with Oasis Integration

by Jasmine Pennic 10/02/2020 Leave a Comment

Nebula, Oasis Labs Integrate to Give Users Ownership of Their Personal Genomic Data

What You Should Know: - Nebula Genomics announces integration with Oasis Labs to give its customers full ownership and control of the data received from their comprehensive genome sequencing tests. - Through Oasis Labs’ unique privacy solution Parcel, Nebula’s users will be able to retain ownership and control of their personal genomic data. Data remains confidential, and users can grant access to their data for specific use cases such as generation of reports offered by Nebula or
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4 Areas Driving AI Adoption in Hospital Operations and Patient Safety

by Renee Yao, Global Healthcare AI Startups Lead at NVIDIA 09/30/2020 Leave a Comment

4 Reasons Why Now Is the Time for Hospitals to Embrace AI

Renee Yao, Global Healthcare AI Startups Lead at NVIDIA COVID-19 has put a tremendous burden on hospitals, and the clinicians, nurses, and medical staff who make them run.  Many hospitals have suffered financially as they did not anticipate the severity of the disease. The extended duration of patient stays in ICUs, the need for more isolated rooms and beds, and the need for better supplies to reduce infections have all added costs. Some hospitals did not have adequate staff to check-in
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Raising the Bar for COVID-19 Data Integrity and Disease Surveillance

by Seth Hirsch, COO, SES Corporation 09/14/2020 Leave a Comment

Raising the Bar for COVID-19 Data Integrity and Disease Surveillance

Seth Hirsch, COO, SES Corporation Just a few weeks ago, the mood among technologists in the Coronavirus pandemic remained cautiously optimistic about reopening society with the help of testing data, contact tracing apps, and other IT-enabled resources.  But the recent spike in illness – 1.9 million new US cases in July, more than double any other month – is a sobering reboot on a crisis we now understand needs far more IT and data coordination than previously recognized.  The emerging
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CancerIQ Raises $5M to Expand Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment Platform

by Fred Pennic 08/14/2020 Leave a Comment

CancerIQ Raises $5M to Expand Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment Platform

What You Should Know: - CancerIQ raises $5M in Series A funding led by HealthXVentures to accelerate the growth of its genetic cancer risk assessment platform to identify and manage patients at high risk of cancer. - CancerIQ’s technology enables hospitals to use genomics to personalize the prevention and early detection of cancer. - Two new hires recently joined CancerIQ’s newly formed Integrated Products team from Epic, with the goal of advancing CancerIQ’s integration with leading
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Analysis: July Health IT M&A Activity; Public Company Performance

by Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP) 08/07/2020 Leave a Comment

Analysis: July 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 July 2020. While a pandemic ravages the country, technology valuations are soaring.  The Nasdaq hit an all-time high during the month of July, sailing through the 10,000 mark to post YTD gains of nearly 20%, representing a 56% increase off the low water mark on March 23.  More notably, the Nasdaq has
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Sun Genomics Nabs $8.65M to Scale Personalized Probiotic Solutions

by Jasmine Pennic 07/02/2020 Leave a Comment

Sun Genomics Nabs $8.65M to Scale Personalized Probiotic Solutions

What You Should Know: - Sun Genomics raises $8.65M in Series A funding to scale direct to consumer personalized probiotic solutions based on whole-genome sequencing diagnostics. - Flagship product Floré, a microbiome test, and gut probiotics solution utilizes whole-genome sequencing to evaluate different digestive system data points and ensure that customers receive a completely personalized product that is based on their unique gut profiles. Sun Genomics, a San Diego, CA-based
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Eliminating the Long, Cumbersome and Costly Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases

by Christine Stanley, Ph.D.,Chief Director of Clinical Genomics for Variantyx 07/01/2020 Leave a Comment

Eliminating the Long, Cumbersome and Costly Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases

Christine Stanley, Ph.D., Chief Director of Clinical Genomics at Variantyx The answer to questions about human disease can be found in our genes. The difficulty in the past has been the testing process, a sort of trial and error approach of drilling down into the multitude of variants that can be found within the genes, variants that when analyzed in tandem with detailed clinical histories can actually tell the story and lead to a faster diagnosis. Human beings carry around 20,000 genes
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Fitbit Launches Ready for Work Program to Help Employers Manage Workplace Health During COVID-19

by Jasmine Pennic 06/16/2020 Leave a Comment

Fitbit Launches Ready for Work Program to Help Employers Manage Workplace Health During COVID-19

What You Should Know: - Fitbit launches new Ready for Work program to help organizations with the unprecedented challenge of returning to the workplace during the COVID-19 health crisis. - The program combines key health biometrics from Fitbit devices along with symptom and temperature tracking into an easy-to-use daily check-in that provides employees with a recommendation on whether to go to work or stay home and seek medical care. - Early research shows that resting heart rate data
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