What You Should Know:
- Blessing Health System, an integrated rural health system selects Biofourmis, a virtual care and digital therapeutics provider to launch its own home hospital services.
- As part of the selection, Biofourmis is supporting the health system with its turnkey, end-to-end, home hospital solution for participation in the Rural Home Hospital project.
Delivering Acute-Level Hospital Care Inside Patients’ Homes
This new program allows caregivers to
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Why Telemedicine Isn’t A Temporary Fix — It’s The Future
In March 2020, many office workers packed up their bags under the mandate of their employers, assuming they’d be working from home for a few weeks so the coronavirus could “blow over.” Fast-forward two years: many of those same employees have yet to step foot back into their old offices, and some never will again.
A similar trend is playing out in healthcare. When COVID-19 started, many health systems rapidly adopted virtual care models as a matter of necessity to keep as many non-COVID
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Eko Unveils Newly Designed Heart Disease Detection App
What You Should Know:
- Eko, a digital health company advancing heart and lung disease detection, today announced the launch of its newly-redesigned Eko App, which will transform patient interactions into an opportunity to screen for cardiovascular disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and there has not been an efficient and affordable solution to screen for heart disease at the physical exam until now.
- Eko has transformed the traditional stethoscope into an
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Recora Raises $20M for Virtual Cardiac Recovery Platform
What You Should Know:
- Recora today emerged from stealth to announce $20M in Series A funding led by SignalFire with participation from Valor Equity Partners and existing investor Pear VC.
- In addition, the company while also unveiled its Cardiac Recovery Program for health systems, medical groups and health plans.
Redefining the Future of Heart Health
Recora is redesigning heart health, beginning with cardiac recovery. Cardiac rehabilitation is indicated
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What Healthcare Leaders Need to Do Now About Ransomware
If ransomware is not a topic of conversation around any healthcare organization’s boardroom table, directors and senior executives may be exposing the organization (and themselves) to considerable risk. Here’s a guide to ransomware trends for 2022 and steps healthcare leaders can take to help protect their organizations.
Ransomware trends in 2022
The risk of a ransomware attack in 2022 is substantial, with gangs specializing in targeting the healthcare sector. Last year saw dozens of
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GE Healthcare & AliveCor Integrate Data from ECGs Into Clinical Workflow
What You Should Know:
- AliveCor and GE Healthcare announced they are partnering to integrate data from AliveCor’s KardiaMobile 6L electrocardiogram (ECG) device directly into GE Healthcare’s MUSE Cardiac Management System (MUSE).
- Today, cardiologists often rely on real-time data from personal electrocardiogram (ECG) devices to help manage patients with cardiac conditions like atrial fibrillation (AFib). AliveCor’s KardiaMobile 6L ECG offers the only
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HIMSS22 Day 2 Roundup: Google Partners with MEDITECH, Microsoft’s Health Cloud Strategy Expansions
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity
OptimizeRx Acquires EvinceMed, a Specialty Drug Prescription Initiation Platform
OptimizeRx, a provider of point-of-care technology solutions helping patients start and stay on therapy announced a definitive agreement to acquire the EvinceMed platform and related assets. EvinceMed is a provider in delivering end-to-end automation for specialty pharmaceutical transactions. The acquisition includes the full Market Access Management Platform
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VA Taps Evidation for Personalized Heart Health Program for Veterans
What You Should Know:
- Evidation, the company enabling anyone to participate in ground-breaking health programs, launches a new program in collaboration with the VA. The program -- Heart Health on Evidation -- will encourage veterans to understand and engage with their cardiovascular health using their smartphones and wearables. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of hospitalization in the VA health care system.
- Veterans who opt to participate in the program, which was
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Rural Health Startup Homeward Emerges with $20M to Support Rural Communities
What You Should Know
- Homeward, a new company focused on improving access to high-quality, affordable primary and specialty care in rural communities launches with an initial $20M investment.
- The organization is rearchitecting care for rural Americans who have a 23% higher mortality rate than those in urban communities.
Homeward – a San Francisco, CA-based mobile, in-person, and telehealth hybrid care model (with specialty and primary care providers) for people
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Cedars-Sinai Establishes New Division: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM)
What You Should Know:
- Today, the department of Cedars-Sinai announced it has established a new division to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to help solve complex medical problems and enhance clinical care.
- The new division, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, or AIM will be led by Sumeet Chugh, MD, an associate director of the Smidt Heart Institute and a prominent expert in sudden cardiac arrest, who has long relied on technology and population-wide data to help
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