What You Should Know: - CommonHealth has connected to 230
health systems in the United States, allowing patients to gather, manage and
share their health and test data, including COVID test and vaccination status. By
the end of this month, CommonHealth will connect to more than 340 health
systems - CommonHealth extends the health data
portability and interoperability model pioneered by Apple Health to the 55
percent of Americans with Android devices (85 percent globally) The Commons
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LabCorp Launches Fully Integrated Clinical Trial Platform to Streamline Drug Development Process
What You Should Know: - LabCorp launches fully integrated clinical trial platform to streamline the drug development process featuring - The new clinical trial platform will deliver dramatic reductions in patient and study site administrative tasks, improve trial resiliency, and maintain study continuity through the use of the company’s data, technology, and direct-to-patient outreach capabilities. Global life sciences company LabCorp today announced new capabilities that
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LabCorp + CommonHealth Integrate to Give Patients Secure Access to Test Results
What You Should Know: - The Commons Project, a non-profit public trust, today
announced a strategic partnership with LabCorp that allows patients to securely
access test results, including COVID-19 screening, via CommonHealth, the
privacy-preserving Android app. - This is the first partnership major commercial lab
integration for CommonHealth. LabCorp and The Commons Project, a non-profit
public trust dedicated to building global digital services and platforms for
the common good,
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Mission Bio Lands $70M to Expand Cancer Therapies With Single-Cell Multi-Omics Platform
What You Should Know: - Mission Bio raises $70 million in Series C funding led by
Novo Growth to accelerate the development of cancer therapies with single-cell multi-omics. - Mission Bio’s Tapestri Platform, the first single-cell platform capable of detecting DNA and protein changes simultaneously, gives a profound insight into the mutations that drive disease to accelerate the development of novel treatments and save patient lives. Mission Bio,
Inc., a South San Francisco,
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Ciox Health Acquires Biomedical NLP Company Medal
What You Should Know: - Ciox Health has acquired Medal, Inc., a biomedical
Natural Language Processing (biomed-NLP) technology company. - The acquisition will lead Ciox to better and more
quickly enable real-world data in support of research that advances patient
care. Ciox
Health, a leading health technology company, today announced its acquisition
of San Francisco-based biomedical Natural Language Processing (biomed-NLP)
technology company, Medal, Inc., a leader
in
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In-Depth: 32 FDA-Approved COVID-19 Testing Kits
What You Should Know: - In-depth look list of FDA-approved COVID-19 test kits The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) offers emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for unapproved products or new uses for approved items in urgent situations where no suitable alternatives exist. Dozens of companies have sought and received EUAs for their testing kits that screen for SARS-CoV-2 — more commonly referred to as COVID-19 or the novel coronavirus. The FDA makes a
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Amazon, Epic, Mayo Clinic, Intermountain, Others Form COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition
What You Should Know: The COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition is a
collaborative private-industry response to the novel coronavirus. Its mission is to save lives by providing real-time
learning to preserve healthcare delivery and protect U.S. populations. Coalition partners include Arcadia.io, athenahealth, Buoy
Health, the CommonWell Health Alliance, Epic, HCA Healthcare, Intermountain
Healthcare, LabCorp, Leavitt Partners, MassChallenge, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft,
MITRE, Rush
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Microsoft, Adaptive, Providence Partner to Decode COVID-19 Immune Response
What You Should Know: - Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies have expanded their partnership to map the human immune response to COVID-19 and advance our understanding of the disease. - Data from this study will be made available through an open-access portal to help researchers, public health organizations and industry improve diagnostics, help triage patients based on the immune response to the disease, and inform vaccine discovery for COVID-19. - Other industry leaders including
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Health Gorilla Launches EMR-Integrated Electronic Ordering for COVID-19 Testing for LabCorp and Quest
What You Need to Know: - Health Gorilla announces the launch of electronic ordering for COVID-19 testing for LabCorp and Quest that will allow thousands of providers, who currently rely on Health Gorilla to place lab orders, to seamlessly order COVID-19 tests for their patients. - Providers and developers can begin placing orders through API and web-based interface, expanding access to COVID-19 testing within their existing product/EMR workflow. Health
Gorilla, a Sunnyvale,
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Navigating Cancer Lands $26M to Expand Oncology Patient Relationship Management Platform
- Navigating Cancer raises $26M in Series D funding in an over-subscribed round (TTCP) for its comprehensive oncology patient relationship management solution. - Navigating Cancer’s PRM platform helps providers manage patient interactions, improve the patient experience, and deliver value-based care more effectively – increasing the flow of communications between in-office visits, which, in turn, boosts patient engagement in their own care. - Funding will enable NC to accelerate innovation of
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