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Medtronic Launches Initiatives to Address Health Equity for People of Color Living with Diabetes

by Jasmine Pennic 04/07/2021 Leave a Comment

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What You Should Know: - Medtronic announced its ongoing commitment to health equity for people of color living with diabetes. The company committed investments in partnerships with the American Diabetes Association® (ADA) and T1D Exchange, as well as additional research efforts, to better understand and address these disparities. New Partnerships and Research Efforts Prioritized Over the Next Three Years to Address Health Disparities Details of each partnership, as well as additional
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COVID Exposed The Dire Need for Real-Time Healthcare Data Sharing

by Birju Shah, Head of Product for Uber Health & Communities, and Nick Jordan, Founder and CEO, Narrative 03/31/2021 Leave a Comment

COVID Exposed The Dire Need for Real-Time Healthcare Data Sharing

In a world where technology and Big Data can provide us with instantaneous access to our banking transactions, and our financial information and credit reports can be retrieved with a few keystrokes when applying for a mortgage -- trying to get access to our own healthcare data is exasperating.  Beyond exasperating, is the frightening situation when the inability to access up-to-date and accurate information, can result in an aggravated medical condition or even death. Before the
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VR and AR Simulation Medical Training Can Reduce Medical Errors

by Adam Dougherty, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, SimX 02/23/2021 Leave a Comment

VR and AR Simulation Medical Training Reduces Medical Errors

Human error is an inevitable event in the practice of any trade, including healthcare and medicine. The errors made in medicine can have many negative effects for patients and healthcare providers. A study out of Johns Hopkins in 2016 found that medical errors accounted for over 250,000 deaths annually in the United States – making it the third leading cause of death in the country (Makary 2016). Research has shown that most medical errors occur during the administration and prescribing stages
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How Automation is Key to the Future of Healthcare Operations

by Giri Rajaiah, Executive Leader, Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences, DISYS 01/27/2021 Leave a Comment

How Automation is Key to the Future of Healthcare Operations

As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. A similar correlation is seen in the quest to leverage innovation and out-of-the-box thinking to address key problems facing the healthcare industry. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought the immense pressure the U.S. healthcare system is under into sharp focus. Recent dynamics are compounded by the industry’s efforts to adopt newer ways of working and digitizing patient records, while implementing automation throughout their business
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FDA Grants AppliedVR Breakthrough Designation for Virtual Reality Chronic Pain Treatment

by Jasmine Pennic 10/21/2020 Leave a Comment

FDA Grants AppliedVR Breakthrough Designation for Virtual Reality Chronic Pain Treatment

What You Should Know: - FDA awards AppliedVR Breakthrough Device designation for treating treatment-resistant fibromyalgia and chronic intractable lower back pain - AppliedVR’s EaseVRx program helps patients learn self-management skills grounded in evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and other behavioral methods. AppliedVR, a pioneer advancing the next generation of digital medicine, today announced its EaseVRx product received Breakthrough Device designation
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NIH Funds First Nationwide Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network

by Fred Pennic 10/02/2020 Leave a Comment

NIH Funds First Nationwide Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network

What You Should Know: - NIH awards funding for Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network, or RADIANT that will seek to discover the cause of several unusual forms of diabetes. - RADIANT plans to screen about 2,000 people with unknown or atypical forms of diabetes that do not fit the common features of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The National Institute of Health (NIH), announced this week it is funding a nationwide study with The Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network (RADIANT) that will seek
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NIH Taps PhysIQ to Develop AI-Based COVID-19 Digital Biomarker

by Fred Pennic 09/30/2020 Leave a Comment

NIH Taps PhysIQ to Develop AI-Based COVID-19 Digital Biomarker

What You Should Know: - physIQ has been selected by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to develop an innovative AI-based COVID-19 digital biomarker solution to address the COVID-19 pandemic. - Early detection of COVID-19 decompensation in patients is complicated by infrequent and non-specific clinical data. The first-in-kind tool will collect and analyzes continuous physiologic data could provide early clinical indicators of COVID-19 decompensation. The National Cancer Institute
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Scanwell Health Nabs $1.6M NIH Grant for its Rapid, At-Home Test for Chronic Kidney Disease

by Fred Pennic 09/21/2020 Leave a Comment

Scanwell Health Nabs $1.6M NIH Grant for its Rapid, At-Home Test for Chronic Kidney Disease

What You Should Know: - LA-based health tech startup Scanwell Health announced today that it has received a $1.6M NIH grant to accelerate the development of its rapid at-home test for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). - CKD can be a silent killer - most people who have it are unaware until it's too late to treat effectively. But if diagnosed early, disease progression can be slowed. -  An early version of Scanwell's rapid at-home test is being used by researchers at several leading
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Talis Awarded $25M NIH Contract for Point-of-Care COVID-19 Testing

by Jasmine Pennic 08/03/2020 Leave a Comment

Talis Awarded $25M NIH Contract for Point-of-Care COVID-19 Testing

What You Should Know: - Today, Talis Biomedical Corporation announced it has been awarded a $25M contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of Phase 2 of its Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative as well as another $100 million in additional financing.   - The new funding will be used to scale manufacturing for the launch of the Talis One™ diagnostic platform that provides rapid and highly accurate detection of COVID-19 at points-of-care in 30 minutes
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Ciox Health Acquires Biomedical NLP Company Medal

by Jasmine Pennic 07/28/2020 Leave a Comment

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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