What You Should Know: - In the summer of 2022, WittKieffer emailed an online survey to thousands of healthcare C-suite executives of a range of titles at leading hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, medical groups and other provider organizations. The survey asked questions about feelings of burnout in leaders’ lives and at work as well as the professional impact of the global pandemic. - A total of 233 healthcare executives, including 63 CEOs, completed the survey. Of
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Anumana & Pfizer Partner on Amyloidosis AI-ECG Algorithm Development
What You Should Know: - Anumana, an AI-driven health technology company and portfolio company of nference, today announced a multi-year agreement with Pfizer for Anumana to develop an investigational artificial intelligence electrocardiogram algorithm (AI-ECG) designed to enable the early identification of patients who may be at risk of cardiac amyloidosis. - Anumana will conduct a clinical validation trial and pursue De Novo classification for the algorithm as a
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Clinical Trials: 5 Steps to Greater eConsent Adoption
Clinical trials advance much-needed treatments while offering hope to patients and their families. However, the process of enrolling in a study where they will receive investigational medicines, vaccines or procedures can be a source of friction – enough for patients to rethink participation. The weight of the decision combined with a perceived lack of transparency of information can confuse or dismay even those patients that are most savvy in the medical industry. Even if they do end
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Research Shows Power of Anumana AI-ECG Algorithms to Detect Heart Conditions
What You Should Know: - The research is mounting to show that Anumana’s AI-ECG algorithms could dramatically improve screening for cardiovascular disease (CVD), providing early warnings of disease from just a standard electrocardiogram (ECG). Yesterday, a study was published in Nature Medicine that shows an Anumana AI algorithm applied to Apple Watch ECG recordings successfully identified a weak heart pump in patients. - This follows other recent research findings, published in The
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HLTH22 Day 1 News Summary: Google, Maven, Highmark, LG, Others
Venture Capital, Private Equity Funding Maven Clinic Secures $90M to Advance End-to-End Family Care Platform Maven Clinic, the largest virtual clinic in women’s and family health raises $90 million Series E funding bringing its total funding to $300M. Maven plans to use the latest round of funding to advance its end-to-end family care platform to enable deeper personalization to meet the diverse needs of women and families everywhere. Curavit Raises $5M for Digital Therapeutics
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The Common Denominators of Sustainability in Healthcare: Measurement and Transparency
The global healthcare industry accounts for roughly 5% of greenhouse gas emissions. That is about the same as the cement and chemical industries combined, and more than that of the aviation and shipping industries together. In the United States, the number is even higher: roughly 8.5% of U.S. carbon emissions emerge from healthcare. One might argue, from a carbon-intensity perspective, that is not too bad for an industry comprising nearly 20% of U.S. economic output. But then, one might also
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Numares Health & Mayo Clinic Expands AI-Enabled Diagnostic Testing Collaboration
What You Should Know: - Mayo Clinic and Numares Health have expanded their collaboration recently to develop AI-enabled diagnostic testing that is more accurate and reliable than current U.S. tests for patients with chronic diseases, including kidney, cardiovascular, liver and neurologic conditions. - The expanded collaboration builds on Mayo Clinic's clinical research support for Numares Health to include an innovative convertible equity investment. AI-Enabled
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Memora Launches Research Program with Mayo Clinic for Postpartum Care
What You Should Know: - Memora Health, an organization helping healthcare companies digitize and automate care programs has launched a research program with Mayo Clinic to extend care to postpartum patients. - This new program will infuse Memora's digitized care programs across the health system, enabling Mayo’s postpartum care teams to proactively interact with new mothers from the comfort of their homes and respond to their needs with tailored guidance in real-time. Memora’s SMS
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings Launches Expansion Journal Focused on Digital Health
What You Should Know: - Mayo Clinic will launch a new Mayo Clinic Proceedings expansion journal on digital health, with the first issue to be published in early 2023. Articles will be published ahead of issue as they are accepted. - The journal, Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health, will focus on the digital transformation that is reshaping healthcare. It will join Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, an open-access journal edited by Taimur
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Eclipse and Mayo Clinic Create Nucleus RadioPharma for Cancer Patients
What You Should Know: - Eclipse, a venture capital firm investing in the digital transformation of the world's physical industries, and Mayo Clinic, a leading nonprofit health organization, recently announced the creation and seed funding of Nucleus RadioPharma, a new company built to ensure cancer patients can access potentially life-saving radiopharmaceuticals by developing technologies to modernize the clinical development, manufacturing, and supply chain of these promising new
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