What You Should Know:
- Today, Allergy Amulet announces $3.3M in seed funding
to launch the world’s smallest and fastest consumer food allergen sensor and
empower the allergy community by alleviating fears about what’s in their food.
- Allergy Amulet’s novel technology can improve the
quality of life for the millions of people living with food allergies or
intolerances by testing for common allergenic ingredients in seconds. The portable
device is made to fit every lifestyle -- it’s
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Analysis: July Health IT M&A Activity; Public Company Performance
– Healthcare Growth Partners’ (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of July 2020.
While a pandemic ravages the country, technology valuations are soaring. The Nasdaq hit an all-time high during the month of July, sailing through the 10,000 mark to post YTD gains of nearly 20%, representing a 56% increase off the low water mark on March 23. More notably, the Nasdaq has
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Amwell Appoints Amazon Exec Serkan Kutan as Chief Technology Officer
Serkan Kutan, CTO at Amwell
Amwell,
a national telehealth
provider, announced today that Serkan Kutan has joined the company as
Chief Technology Officer. As part of his new role as CTO, Serkan will lead
building upon and further scaling Amwell’s national telehealth platform to
serve the needs of hospitals and health systems, health plans, innovators, and
patients.
“Serkan’s experience in innovating, building and maturing transformative healthcare technologies will play a significant
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Imprivata Introduces Digital Identity Framework for Healthcare Organizations
What You Should Know:
- Imprivata introduces a new framework to help healthcare
organizations manage digital identities and support remote/virtual care.
- Framework designed to help organizations develop and
implement a robust, comprehensive digital identity strategy to address
healthcare’s unique security, compliance, and workflow challenges.
Imprivata, the
digital identity company for healthcare, building on the work done by H-ISAC,
today introduced
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Telehealth and Cybersecurity: What You Should Know
Healthcare providers are seeing between 50 and 175 times (1) more patients via telehealth than before. Telehealth platforms* offer solutions for a wide array of different healthcare issues. An estimated 20 percent of all emergency room visits and 24 percent of routine office visits and outpatient volume could be delivered virtually via telehealth.
Telehealth is a win-win for providers and patients. It both increases the availability of care while also reducing costs. However, telemedicine
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Microsoft Releases Public Preview of Azure IoT Connector for FHIR to Empower Health Teams
What You Should Know:
- Microsoft released the public preview of Azure IoT
Connector for FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), the latest
update to the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.
- The Azure IoT Connector for FHIR makes it easy for
health developers to set up a pipeline to manage protected health information
(PHI) from IoT devices and enable care teams to view patient data in context
with clinical records in FHIR.
This week, Microsoft released the preview of
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Allscripts, Microsoft Ink 5-Year Partnership to Support Cloud-based Sunrise EHR, Drive Co-Innovation
What You Should Know:
- Allscripts and Microsoft sign a five-year partnership extension to support Allscripts’ cloud-based Sunrise electronic health record and drive co-innovation.
- The alliance will enable Allscripts to harness the power of Microsoft’s platform and tools, including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Teams, and Power BI, creating a more seamless and highly productive user experience.
Today Allscripts and
Microsoft Corp. announced the
extension of their long-standing
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Walgreens Boots Alliance, Microsoft, Adobe Expand Partnership to Launch Personalized Prescription for Patients
What You Should
Know:
- Today, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Microsoft, and Adobe announced an expanded partnership launching a world-class marketing technology and customer data platform to deliver consistent, personalized, and engaging experiences across all touchpoints and channels while respecting and protecting privacy choices of patients and customers.
- Reaching millions of customers worldwide each day, WBA will streamline offers and deliver targeted products and services from
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18 Healthcare Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Companies to Watch
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are redefining what's possible in healthcare, as well as other sectors. The 18 companies listed below are some of the top virtual and augmented reality companies in the medical industry.
Defining Augmented Reality
Augmented
reality is a technology that blends real-world elements with virtual ones. For
example, a person might visit a trade show and aim their smartphone at a
display to activate an AR experience that allows them to see
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Walmart Acquires Medication Management Platform CareZone for $200M to Enhance Digital Health & Wellness Capabilities
What You Should Know:
- Walmart acquires app-based patient medication management
platform CareZone for reportedly $200M to enhance its digital health and
wellness capabilities.
- CareZone’s technology and team members will join
Walmart to augment their current Health & Wellness capabilities and support
its focus on digital health care solutions. CareZone will remain a separate
company unrelated to Walmart.
Walmart announced
it has acquired
CareZone, a San Francisco,
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