The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a multi-regional pilot studying the use of blockchain-enabled data technology to track and verify specialty prescription drugs, to ensure safety, enhance value and improve health outcomes.Blockchain Pilot Consortium & Implementation TimelineThe pilot consortium is comprised of Rymedi,Temptime/Zebra, Indiana University Health, WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Good Shepherd Pharmacy and its RemediChain project, as well as the Center for
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Digital Twin Technology: Should Healthcare Jump on the Bandwagon?
While healthcare is known for not jumping to conclusions very fast when investing in new technology, the industry starts to pick up the pace. Such “newcomers” as blockchain, IoT, VR, and AR get a well-deserved appraisal and become an integral part of next-gen custom healthcare software aimed at supporting personalized treatment and predictable patient outcomes across a wide range of conditions.
We anticipate that the digital twin technology has good chances to become the next addition to the
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Massachusetts Launches Digital Health ‘Sandbox’ Program for Startups
On Wednesday, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker joined members of the Massachusetts Digital Health Council to announce a new program to drive the growth of innovative startups in the state, helping them access unique R&D facilities in the state. The announcement was made at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s PracticePoint research, development and commercialization alliance, the first R&D ‘sandbox’ selected to host startups as part of the program. That facility was the recipient of a
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Medidata Launches New Life Sciences Company, Acorn AI
Life sciences digital transformation company Medidata, today announced the launch of Acorn AI, a new company designed to provide actionable insights across the entire drug continuum – from R&D to commercialization. In addition, the company has appointed Rama Kondru, Ph.D., as the chief information officer for Medidata and Acorn AI’s first CIO to lead the company’s enterprise data strategy, architecture and future platform development – all helping the company to accelerate the creation of
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Amazon Alexa Is Now HIPAA-Eligible, What’s Next for Healthcare?
Big News, But Just The Beginning
These days, big news stories in healthcare are just as likely to come from large technology companies as from major healthcare institutions. Case in point: In early 2018, Amazon created a huge stir in the industry early by announcing a venture with JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway that promised to go after the “hungry tapeworm” that is the cost of healthcare in the
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Is The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) on Par With the IoT Market as a Whole?
The Internet of Things (IoT) has bred a variety of new technology solutions, used across just as many disparate industries. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is essentially IoT devices used within construction, development and industrial environments.Similarly, the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) involves connected devices used within the medical and health care industry.They differ from general IoT not just in terms of usage, but also in design. IoT is often more consumer-focused,
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Future of Medicine: Why Everyone in Healthcare is Looking at Your Wrist
When you look at your wrist, you’re looking at the future of medicine. Wrists offer the potential that nothing else in the health technology world can offer: round-the-clock, non-intrusive contact. For people enduring chronic illness and doctors treating it, this can mean, in the near future, a seamless, two-way flow of information about medication use and the circumstances where health events, such as asthma attacks, or hypoglycemic events occur.Children with asthma, for instance, using a smart
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5 Tips for Protecting Your IoT-enabled Medical Devices
Research shows us that security breaches can greatly impact a healthcare organization’s reputation. Unfortunately, healthcare leaders are stuck in the cross hairs of consumers and hackers. While consumers want transparency, access to information and assurance their personal information will remain safe, hackers are busy compromising patient information at a faster speed than ever before.As healthcare IT organizations strive to become more accessible and “open” to support patient engagement
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TPG Capital to Acquire Mediware Information Systems for Undisclosed Sum
TPG Capital, the global private equity fund of leading alternative asset firm TPG has entered an agreement to acquire Mediware Information Systems, Inc. from private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to close during the first quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.For more than 30 years, Mediware has been a leading supplier of healthcare and human service software for the nation’s largest blood banks,
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Organizations Collaborate to Forge Healthcare Internet of Things
AllSeen Alliance, a cross-industry collaboration to advance the healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) through the AllJoyn® open source software is partnering with Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHA), a membership association formed by Continua, mHealth Summit and HIMSS to transform healthcare through personalized, interoperable connected health solutions.
PCHA publishes the Continua Design Guidelines, an open implementation framework for interoperability of personal connected health
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