mobile health

Yale, Mayo Clinic, Biofourmis Launches Research to Detect Heart Failure Using Wearable Biosensor Data

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Biofourmis has entered a research partnership with the Yale University-Mayo Clinic Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI). Biofourmis' mobile platform BiovitalsHFTM will be leveraged in a study of patients with heart failure to monitor functional capacity and quality of life to see if greater emphasis should be placed on these measures in the drug approval process.Impact of Heart FailureHeart failure afflicts approximately 6.5 million patients in the United States and
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Washington University Alzheimer’s Study Adopts BYOD Technology for Clinical Trials & Observational Study

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The Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis has selected Datacubed Health’s mobile platform has been selected to support worldwide studies for those at risk of Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Disease, a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. The Linkt platform enables the collection of real-time data on sleep, diet and other biomarkers using a “bring your own device” (BYOD) study model.Datacubed Health’s app, platform and web-based portal will be used by scientists at the
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Greenway Appoints Dr. Geeta Nayyar As New Chief Medical Officer

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Greenway Health, a health information technology and services provider, has appointed Dr. Geeta Nayyar chief medical officer. Dr. Nayyar is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology as well as a practicing physician. Under her leadership, Dr. Nayyar will drive the development of Greenway’s next-generation EHR from a physician’s perspective. Greenway’s Intergy platform will evolve into the company’s state-of-the-art platform, now in development as Project Polaris, and will
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DispatchHealth Nabs $33M to Expand On-Demand Healthcare Model to High Acuity Patients

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DispatchHealth (formerly known as True North Health Navigation), a Denver, CO-based provider of on-demand healthcare delivery to a patient’s home has raised $33 million in growth capital funding led by Echo Health Ventures, a strategic collaboration of Cambia Health Solutions and Mosaic Health Solutions. The funding also included participation from existing investors Alta Partners, Questa Capital and additional strategic investors.Founded in 2013 by two mobile health executives, DispatchHealth’s
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WellDoc, Human API Partner To Integrate Type 2 Diabetes Patient Data

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Digital health technology company WellDoc has announced a partnership with health data platform Human API to integrate type 2 diabetes patient health data within WellDoc’s BlueStar digital therapeutic. As part of the collaboration, Human API’s data platform will provide WellDoc with real-time access to comprehensive clinical patient data ­from its network of 15,000+ pharmacies, health systems and laboratories. The steady flow of data is shared within a highly secure environment that ensures
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20 Promising Canadian Digital Health Companies to Watch

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“A company’s odds of success are better the closer they can get to their market,” argues Stephen Hurwitz, a thought leader in the Canadian venture capital industry, recognizing that the proximity to a VC-tech hub can help the success rate of Canadian startups. A socialized healthcare system, Canada’s market is fragmented by province and type of care – most primary and emergency care is free for residents whereas specialty care, prescription drugs, long-term and in-home care amongst others,
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Qualcomm’s Mobile Ultrasound Project Wins GSMA mHealth Award

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This week during Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, the Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative and Trice Imaging won the GSMA Global Mobile award for Best Innovation in Mobile Health for their Mobile Ultrasound Patrol project in Morocco. The Mobile Ultrasound Patrol project in Morocco demonstrates the power of advanced wireless technology in addressing maternal health. Through this project, Qualcomm Wireless Reach and Trice Imaging, in conjunction with support from the Moroccan Ministère de
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