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DrChrono’s Open FHIR API Enables Patients to Transfer Records to Apple Health

by Fred Pennic 02/19/2021 Leave a Comment

DrChrono’s Open FHIR API Enables Patients to Transfer Records to Apple Health

What You Should Know: - DrChrono announces today that its open FHIR API is now live enabling its patient members to securely transfer their available health records out of DrChrono into the Apple Health app on the iPhone so their medical information is consolidated and always with them. - The Health Records feature is part of the Health app, which also shows activity, heart rate, nutrition and other health data consolidated from iPhone, Apple Watch and HealthKit-enabled third-party
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Thinking Pink: The Case for Femtech in 2020 & Beyond

by Judith Nowlin, Chief Growth Officer for Babyscripts 01/02/2020 Leave a Comment

Thinking Pink: The Case for Femtech

If health systems are going to retain and attract new customers, femtech is a critical starting place: it’s what women want. In 2012, investments in female-specific health technology (femtech, as it has been coined) totaled $57M. By the close of 2019, they’re projected to reach $1B. That’s a 1651% increase in a mere seven years — and the numbers continue to climb.  The boom can be pinned to a multitude of causes, not least among them a growing (though still very much in the minority) number of
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Drugmaker Bayer to License One Drop’s Digital Diabetes Management Platform, Leads $40M Series B Funding

by Fred Pennic 09/17/2019 Leave a Comment

Apple to Sell One Drop’s Blood Glucose Monitors in Select Retail Stores

- Drugmaker Bayer leads One Drop’s $40M Series B funding round and enters commercial agreement to license One Drop's digital diabetes management platform in its global bio-digital efforts in therapeutic areas. - Bayer will leverage One Drop's data science and predictive capabilities, and harness its mobile platform to deliver innovative bio-digital solutions across a broad array of therapeutic areas.- One Drop provides personalized health programs to drive sustainable behavior change as part of
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4 Areas Where Big Data is Transforming Healthcare Right Now

by Joel Landau, Founder at The Allure Group 09/09/2019 Leave a Comment

4 Areas Where Big Data is Transforming Healthcare Right Now

Leveraging technology in the right ways can make or break the future of healthcare. One of the ways that healthcare will become more efficient, more affordable, and save more lives is through the use of big data. What is Big Data? Big data refers to a large amount of information being digitized, consolidated, standardized, analyzed and modeled. In healthcare, big data uses specific statistics from a population or an individual to research new advancements, reduce costs, and even cure or prevent
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What The Failure of Microsoft’s HealthVault Means for the Future of EHRs

by Donald Brown, Founder & CEO of LifeOmic 04/19/2019 Leave a Comment

What The Failure of Microsoft’s HealthVault Means for the Future of EHRs

Microsoft recently announced that it is officially shutting down HealthVault at the end of this year. HealthVault was Microsoft’s attempt at a web-based personal health record system. You probably never used it -- it suffered low adoption. But while HealthVault will shut down, mobile apps that collect and store your personal health information and share it with your healthcare team are poised to revolutionize medicine and wellness practice. The downfalls of HealthVault included its focus on
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Dr. Leslie Saxon Talks USC’s Virtual Care Clinic

by Erica Garvin 03/29/2016 Leave a Comment

Dr. Leslie Saxon

Can virtual healthcare close the care gaps? Dr. Leslie Saxon gives us a glimpse of what’s to come via the latest in telehealth technology.  Virtual care is quickly becoming a tangible reality. All over the word, fingertips are tapping onto screens and into data streams, leaving digital footprints in their wake. But where is this trail of telecommunications leading us? According to Dr. Leslie Saxon, we are headed for real progress in creating access to healthcare by plugging deeper into its
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Oschner Health Pilots Apple Watch to Manage Chronic Diseases

by Fred Pennic 04/27/2015 Leave a Comment

Uploaded ToOschner Health Pilots Apple Watch to Manage Chronic Diseases

After being the first Epic client to integrate with the Apple HealthKit, Ochsner Health System has announced it is now the first hospital in the nation to use the Apple Watch for managing patients suffering from chronic diseases. As part of the Ochsner Hypertension Digital Medicine Program pilot program, the New Orleans-based provider will utilize the Apple Watch to track several hundred patients who are struggling to control their blood pressure. How It Works Through wireless blood
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Apple to Launch HealthKit Medical Trials with Stanford & Duke

by Fred Pennic 09/15/2014 Leave a Comment

HealthKit Medical Trails

Apple is preparing to launch diabetic and chronic disease medical trials using HealthKit with Stanford University Hospital and Duke University, according to a report from Reuters. HealthKit is the companion app to Apple’s Health component (a major development of its upcoming iOS 8 release), which will serve as an integrative hub for third-party health and wellness-related apps.  HealthKit Medical trials Details  - Stanford University Hospital medical trials will be focused on diabetes that
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Apple’s iPhone 6 New Chip Will Track Health Data, Integrates with Healthkit

by Fred Pennic 08/27/2014 Leave a Comment

iPhone 6's New Chip, Phosphorus Will Track Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar And More

Apple's iPhone 6 may soon have the ability to monitor heart rate, check blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and more while minimally impacting battery life thanks to a new chip. According to information obtained by Chinese repair company GeekBar, the next generation of iPhone models will also include a new coprocessor codenamed "Phosphorus." The new coprocessor will replace the M7 chip currently used in the iPhone 5S. Geekbar speculates that the new chip will process health-related data for
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