Medical Informatics Corp. (MIC), a Houston, TX-based provider of an FDA-cleared patient monitoring and predictive analytics platform has raised $11.9M in Series A funding led by Data Collective Venture Capital (DCVC) with significant participation from Intel Capital and the Texas Medical Center (TMC) Venture Fund.The Inaccurate State of Today’s Predictive Analytics in Hospital SystemsHospital systems across the country are searching for ways to use machine learning and AI to get ahead of
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VMware, Intel Collaborate on Healthcare IT Breach Readiness Program
VMware, Inc. has teamed up with Intel Health and Life Sciences to help global healthcare organizations better understand the current state of their security readiness. The complimentary program allows healthcare IT teams to gain valuable insight into their security postures for breach mitigation relative to other healthcare organizations, helping identify and implement solutions to further reduce risks.As a participant in Intel’s Healthcare Security Readiness Program, VMware offers healthcare
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20 Promising Canadian Digital Health Companies to Watch
“A company’s odds of success are better the closer they can get to their market,” argues Stephen Hurwitz, a thought leader in the Canadian venture capital industry, recognizing that the proximity to a VC-tech hub can help the success rate of Canadian startups.
A socialized healthcare system, Canada’s market is fragmented by province and type of care – most primary and emergency care is free for residents whereas specialty care, prescription drugs, long-term and in-home care amongst others,
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Video: How to Enhance Your Health IT Capabilities
Effective health IT organisations cannot focus exclusively on technology alone. How you manage your IT function, in terms of critical organisational capabilities and management activities are just as important to enabling better patient care and improved business value outcomes. Intel Corporation, Innovation Value Institute, HIMSS Analytics USA and HIMSS Analytics Europe have come together to create an industry leading programme for hospitals to enhance their IT organisational capabilities
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Video: Why You Should Allow BYOD–Bring Your Own Device–in Healthcare Environments
The following video with Intel security expert David Houlding explains why healthcare CIOs should allow BYOD and provides key tips.
Consumer IT is a key and growing component of the future of IT in healthcare. This trend is also known as the Consumerization of IT, or BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), and involves healthcare workers globally, and at all levels of healthcare organizations, requesting the ability to use their mobile devices to deliver better mobile healthcare. These personal
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Video: How to Navigate Medicare Reimbursement
The U.S. population is aging, which means more physicians will be treating Medicare and Medicaid patients in the years to come. The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services is mandating that physicians implement Electronic Medical Records to serve these patients more effectively and efficiently, and is offering reimbursements in the thousands for investment in technology. But the money is only available if doctors meet certain meaningful use requirements.
Intel Health recently spoke with Dr.
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