What You Should Know: - TytoCare, a provider of AI-powered, on-demand, remote medical exams has inked a partnership with MemorialCare, a health system in Orange and Los Angeles Counties, to bring patients diverse telehealth options and allow them to pursue comprehensive primary care options from home. - The integration of the TytoCare solution into MemorialCare’s current telehealth appointments enhances the health system’s ability
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At-Home Digital Health Innovations Transforming Diabetes Care
If you’re looking for a silver lining in the COVID-19 dark cloud still enshrouding the world, consider this: The pandemic has turbocharged widespread acceptance of at-home digital health solutions. Forced to function in a world of social distancing, healthcare providers and physicians have quickly discovered how easily telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring (RPM) and digital therapeutics can improve patient care. Many of these digital health innovations are designed to address
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4C Medical Technologies Nabs $35M, Appoints New President and CEO
What You Should Know: - 4C Medical Technologies, a privately-held medical technology company focused on the development of minimally invasive therapies for structural heart disease raises $35.4M in Series C funding was led by MicroPort CardioFlow Medtech Corporation (HKEX:2160). - The Company's AltaValve® would be the first MR treatment with atrial-only fixation that is designed to minimize known issues associated with current TMVR technologies,
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Powered by Biofourmis, Blessing Health System Partners Launches Home Hospital Services
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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