Microsoft Expands Healthcare Cloud Strategy with New Solutions
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Today at HIMSS22, Microsoft announced advancements in cloud technologies for healthcare and life sciences with the general availability of Azure Health Data Services and updates to Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.
Azure Health Data Services
Azure Health Data Services is purpose-built for protected health information (PHI) and brings together diverse datasets — like clinical, imaging and streaming data
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2022 Infusion Industry Outlook: Adapting Care Delivery to Meet New Realities
January 2022 marked two years since the outbreak of COVID-19, with the healthcare system still working to adjust to a very challenging new reality. However, these challenges have served as a catalyst for important shifts within the healthcare industry, some of which are poised to be a significant part of the 2022 infusion landscape.
Similar to 2020, there were increases in demand in 2021 for infusion pumps to treat COVID-19 patients. Initially, infusion pumps were requested for Covid patients
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Healthcare Is A Cyber Criminal’s Dream, But It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
Healthcare is a cyber criminal’s dream. It presents the intersection of a data treasure trove, weak security posture, limited resources, complicated supply chain, and patient care delivery. When faced with having to pick a priority to optimize for, healthcare will, of course, always pick delivering healthcare. This means that when tradeoffs must be made and resources are limited immediate patient care is prioritized over anything else.
A great example of this is looking at how
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Sirona Medical Acquires Nines Radiology AI Division
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- Sirona Medical, a software company with a cloud-native solution for radiologists, has announced its acquisition of Nines Radiology’s AI division. Sirona Medical did not acquire Nines' teleradiology business, Nines Radiology. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
- This is Sirona’s first acquisition just months after its exit from stealth in Aug. 2021 with a total of $62.5M in Series A & B financing rounds.
Why It Matters
The FDA-cleared medical
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Critical Medical Device Risks Continue to Threaten Hospital Security & Patient Safety
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- After a year of unprecedented ransomware attacks on hospitals and healthcare systems – and with healthcare now the #1 target for cybercriminals – critical medical device risks in hospital environments continue to leave hospitals and their patients vulnerable to cyber-attacks and data security issues.
- New data released by Cynerio, a leading provider of healthcare IoT cybersecurity and asset management, in its 2022 State of Healthcare IoT Device Security Report
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J&J Medical Devices Partner with Microsoft to Expand Digital Surgery Solutions
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Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies (JJMDC) announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to further enable our digital surgery solutions.
The Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies (JJMDC) today announced that it will collaborate with Microsoft to further enable and expand JJMDC’s secure and compliant digital surgery ecosystem. The Microsoft Cloud will help JJMDC realize its vision of
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4 Things Healthcare Facilities Should Know About Medical Device Recalls
More than 4 million recalled medical devices may harm patients in 2021. And that’s just what we can see has been “posted” on the FDA site through June 25, 2021. The number of medical device recalls issued halfway through 2021 is far higher than in the previous five years. Healthcare facilities are now facing both a higher number of recalls and a shortage of essential medical devices and products.
The FDA has noted that recalled medical devices caused almost 100,000 deaths between 2008
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Withings Devices Integrates with One Drop App for Multi-Condition Employer Program
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- One Drop and Withings have announced a strategic partnership to integrate One Drop’s AI-powered chronic condition management platform with Withing’s suite of smart medical device. Through this integration partnership, members enrolled in the One Drop employer program can qualify to receive a Withings Body smart scale or a Withings BPM Connect smart blood
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BioT Raises $6.5M to Transform Medical Devices Into Connected Solutions
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- BioT, a TEL AVIV, Israel-based provider of medical devices cloud connectivity and remote care, announced $6.5 million Seed Round financing led by Bridges Israel, together with North First Ventures, and XT Hi-Tech.
- Connected Care is quickly becoming a major factor in the healthcare industry by eliminating the need for patients to return to a physician's office for check-ups and monitoring. BioT is a low-code, easy-to-integrate, cloud-based platform for
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AcuityMD Nabs $7M for Targeting Platform for Medical Device Companies
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- AcuityMD, a platform for commercializing and improving medical devices with data announced it has raised $7M in funding led by Benchmark with participation from Ajax Health. Eric Vishria, General Partner at Benchmark will also join AcuityMD’s board of directors.
- Since launching commercially in 2020, AcuityMD has become a trusted partner within the medical device industry by creating a data platform for the entire medical device lifecycle, from sale and
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