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How RPA Can Help Get COVID-19 Vaccines to High-Risk Patients First

by Ram Sathia, VP of Intelligent Automation at PK 11/05/2020 Leave a Comment

How RPA Can Help Get COVID-19 Vaccines to High-Risk Patients First

While most of the public’s attention is focused on the horse race for an approved COVID-19 vaccine, another major hurdle lies just around the corner: the distribution of hundreds of millions of vaccine doses. In today’s highly complex and disconnected health data landscape, technologies like AI, Machine Learning, and robotic process automation (RPA) will be essential to making sure that the highest-risk patients receive the vaccine first.   Why identifying at-risk patients is
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AI Leads Way to Less False Positives on Remote Cardiac Monitoring Devices, Improved Results

by Fred Pennic 11/03/2020 Leave a Comment

AI Leads Way to Less False Positives on Remote Cardiac Monitoring Devices, Improved Results

What You Should Know: - Cardiac patients and their cardiologists are experiencing a high number of false positives with remote patient monitoring devices as a result of signal artifact providing inaccurate data, which can lead to many complications—other than medical, such as unnecessary tests and increased medical costs. - Ambulatory cardiac monitoring provider InfoBionic has devised a way to decrease false positives and increase efficiency. Remote cardiac monitoring’s false
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Northwestern to Deploy FDA-Cleared Deploy AI-Guided Cardiac Ultrasounds

by Fred Pennic 10/28/2020 Leave a Comment

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 Grants AppliedVR Breakthrough Designation for Virtual Reality Chronic Pain Treatment

by Jasmine Pennic 10/21/2020 Leave a Comment

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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Blue Cross NC Launches No-Cost Virtual Programs to Quit Smoking and Reverse Diabetes

by Jasmine Pennic 10/20/2020 Leave a Comment

Blue Cross NC Launches No-Cost Virtual Programs to Quit Smoking and Reverse Diabetes

What You Should Know: - Today, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina partners with Carrot Inc. and Virta Health to help address two of the largest ongoing health issues facing Americans today - smoking and type 2 diabetes. - Virta and Carrot’s programs will be available to individual under-65 members and fully insured group members beginning November 2020. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC), today announced it is teaming up with Carrot Inc. and Virta
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Accounting for the Social Determinants of Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Andy Aroditis, CEO, NextGate 10/01/2020 Leave a Comment

Accounting for the Social Determinants of Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a medical crisis.  Since the highly contagious disease hit American shores in early 2020, the virus has dramatically changed all sectors of society, negatively impacting everything from food supply chains and sporting events to the nation’s mental and behavioral health. For some people, work-from-home plans and limited access to entertainment are manageable obstacles.  For others, the shuttered schools, lost wages, and social isolation spell disaster –
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Why Hasn’t A More Holistic Approach to Patient Care Become The Norm?

by Irv Lichtenwald , CEO of Medsphere Systems Corporation 09/30/2020 Leave a Comment

Why Holistic Healthcare Is Worth the Cost

When food production technology made it possible, wheat flour processors started to eliminate the tough exterior (bran) and nutrient-rich core (germ) of the kernel to get at the large, starchy part (the endosperm) only. The bread produced from this process is white and fluffy, and it makes great PB&Js and takes forever to grow mold, but it is almost totally lacking nutritional value. Nutrition experts eventually pointed this out, of course, after which commercial bakers tried fortifying
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Hannover Re Taps Neurotrack to Offer Digital Brain Health Assessments

by Jasmine Pennic 09/21/2020 Leave a Comment

Hannover Re Taps Neurotrack to Offer Digital Brain Health Assessments

What You Should Know: - Neurotrack today shows how life insurers are now taking brain health seriously, as Hannover Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers, becomes one of the first life insurance companies to offer digital brain health assessments. - The partnership between Neurotrack and Hannover Re US is the first of its kind in the United States, following Neurotrack’s successful rollout with Japanese life insurers SOMPO Himawari Life and Dai-ichi Life, which offer Neurotrack’s
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Fitbit Awarded Regulatory Clearance in U.S. and Europe for ECG App to Identify AFib

by Fred Pennic 09/14/2020 Leave a Comment

Fitbit Awarded Regulatory Clearance in U.S. and Europe for ECG App to Identify AFib

What You Should Know: - Fitbit has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA, as well as CE marking in the European Union, for its ECG app to assess heart rhythm for atrial fibrillation. The Fitbit ECG App is a simple way people can take an on-the-spot reading of their heart rhythm at any time, including whenever they notice any unusual cardiac symptoms.  - Fitbit Sense is the company’s first device compatible with an ECG app that enables users to take a spot
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TruePill Raises $75M to Launch At-Home Lab Testing Network

by Fred Pennic 09/09/2020 Leave a Comment

TruePill Raises $75M to Launch At-Home Lab Testing Network

What You Should Know: - Truepill raises $75 million in Series C funding To expand platform services and launch an at-home lab diagnostics network. - The company plans to use the funds to expand Truepill’s ecosystem of direct-to-patient capabilities, which includes the Truepill Health telehealth network, pharmacy fulfillment, a custom-built EMR, and more. Truepill, a San Mateo, CA-based building world-class patient experiences through its API-connected healthcare infrastructure,
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