At the end of December 2020, Philips announced the planned acquisition of BioTelemetry for $2.8 billion in cash.
- BioTelemetry was formed in 2013 after a series of acquisitions from the initial founding company CardioNet, Inc.
- CardioNet, Inc. based in San Diego, USA was initially founded in 1994.
- After a multitude of acquisitions in recent years, BioTelemetry has established itself as a leading cardiac powerhouse, specializing in mobile and wireless medical technology. After this
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Blue Shield of California, Lyft Launches Pilot Program to Provide Rides to Members in Sacramento
- Blue Shield of California and Lyft launches a pilot program to provide convenient rides to its eligible members in the Sacramento area at no additional cost. - To participate in the program, eligible Blue Shield members need an SMS capable mobile phone. Once they call to self-enroll online and agree to the program's terms and conditions, they can receive rideQSM rides to and from pre-approved healthcare appointments as patients of Associated Family Physicians, Inc.Blue Shield of California, in
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Life Image Offers Breast Health Management App to Consumers Free During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Life Image to offer breast health management platform, Mammosphere free of charge to consumers during breast cancer awareness month in October. - Mammosphere allows women to electronically request their breast imaging records from doctors, store them on a secure and HIPAA-compliant platform.- Life Image’s My Data, My Rights campaign will run throughout October with a focus on key regions across the U.S., including the Chicago metro area, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, North and
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Discovery Health Partners Acquires HealthMind to Expand Revenue Integrity Solution Portfolio
Discovery Health Partners, an industry leader dedicated to helping healthcare payers solve payment and revenue integrity challenges to improve financial outcomes, today announced they have acquired HealthMind, LLC (formerly known as Datametrix Inc.Founded in 2005, HealthMind specializes in pre- and post-payment services that ensure correct payment for both contracted and non-contracted providers using a continuous-looped platform with Dynamic Discovery.Rise of Healthcare SpendingWith U.S.
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OpenEMR Security Vulnerability Could Expose Medical Records Impacting 90M Patients
Editor's Note: Sven Krewitt is the Senior Vulnerability Researcher for Risk Based Security, a detailed information and analysis on data breaches and vulnerability intelligence. Krewitt brings 11 years of experience as a security specialist and vulnerability researcher. He has previously worked as a Senior Security Specialist focusing on vulnerability analysis, quality assurance, and training of new employees.The first known medical vulnerability currently on record is from June 1985 and was in a
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Fertility Sensor Prima-Temp Wins Venture+ Forum Competition
Fertility sensor startup, Prima-Temp, Inc. was named the winner of its 2014 Venture+ Forum mHealth Pitch competition for startups. During the mHealth Summit's Venture+ Forum, twenty-one startup companies were selected to deliver live pitch presentations to a panel of investors and leaders from digital health accelerators.
In the United States alone, 11 million women are trying to conceive at any one time and 50% of those women use products to help them achieve that goal. Accurate continuous
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Axial Exchange’s Patient Engagement App Integrates with Apple HealthKit
Axial Exchange, Inc., a pioneer in using mobile applications to deepen the patient’s role in improving outcomes, today announced that it has completed its integration with Apple HealthKit. Axial Exchange app users will now be able to view all of their health and wellness data from the Axial app and other health applications in one, comprehensive mobile dashboard. Apple HealthKit allows health and fitness apps to share their data with each other and with Apple’s new Health app.
“Giving users
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Nuance Adds 100 Hospitals & Radiology Practices to PowerScribe 360 Platform
Nuance Communications, Inc. announced that 100 hospitals and radiology practices – 50 new and 50 existing customers – have converted to the latest PowerScribe 360 platform in just the last three months.
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