Dr. Donald Brown, CEO and founder of LifeOmic
The coronavirus pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives, from how we work to how we get our health care. The crisis has put the creativity of many small businesses to the test after being forced to move operations online once social distancing became the norm. As economies reopen, many aspects of our life that changed in response to the virus will likely return to the way they were.
However, we have the opportunity to emerge stronger
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FDA, Syapse Expand Research to Generate Real-World Data Related to COVID-19 and Cancer
What You Should Know:
The FDA and Syapse announce research collaboration expansion
to address urgent public health challenges including supporting FDA’s goal of
rapid understanding of COVID-19.
As part of the research, Syapse is partnering with FDA’s
Oncology Center of Excellence to investigate methods to derive RWD from
multiple sources including electronic health records, registries and molecular
data
Syapse, a real-world
evidence company accelerating the delivery of precision
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How Parkland’s COVID-19 Vulnerability Index Identifies Dallas Hot Spots by Zip Code
PCCI’s Vulnerability Index: Uncovering and capturing factors in Dallas' COVID-19 risk
Taking the fight to COVID-19
Management of pandemic spread (e.g., COVID-19) has tested the healthcare, political, and social fabric of communities around the world. For all, the term “flatten the curve” has come to represent how specific measures, such as social distancing, can slow the spread of the virus, which in turn can help to mitigate the tidal surge that would overwhelm the capacity of the
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Black Lives Matter: Health IT Industry, Where Are You?
All lives truly matter. However, the world does not exist in a vacuum void of institutional racism, subconscious, and implicit bias. As a result, every life within America is not valued the same, as is evident by the recent George Floyd murder. When all lives are not treated with the same opportunities and respect, whether in matters of criminal justice, employment, housing, education, health, and healthcare evidence shows the result is that only some lives actually matter. One cannot change the
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Big Data Takes on the Silent Epidemic of Undiagnosed Behavioral Health Conditions
Jeremiah Stone, Chief Technology Officer, Catasys
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a study found that almost half of Americans will experience an episode of mental illness in their lives, but may never get the diagnosis and treatment they need. In a more recent finding, over 25% of American adults now meet the criteria for a diagnosis of severe mental distress.
The looming impact on our collective mental health is concerning enough, but there are also serious implications for physical
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Non-Invasive Technology for Measuring & Monitoring Liver Fat
Scott Howell, D.O., MPH&TM, CPE, Advisor to Echosens
As part of the growing awareness about chronic disease, it’s important to understand the relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), an asymptomatic condition characterized by elevated levels of fat in the liver, and diabetes. As a common complication of Type 2 diabetes and obesity, NAFLD can be overlooked comorbidity.
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of disability and death in the United States. One in 10
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Omada Health Acquires Telehealth Physical Therapy Company Physera
What You Should Know
Tele-physical therapy company Physera announced that
they are joining Omada Health, a digital health company that offers
programs for chronic disease prevention and management, and mental health
support.
Through the deal, Omada adds Physera’s musculoskeletal
solution to its suite of digital care programs for the prevention and self-management
of diabetes, hypertension, and mental health.
Physera recently launched a
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AHA Launches COVID-19 Data Challenge to Address Health Disparities Among African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans in Rural Areas
What You Need to Know:
- American Heart Association, Hitachi Vantara and BurstIQ launch COVID-19 Data Challenge to bring global COVID-19 datasets to researchers and clinicians to examine the relationship with other health conditions and health disparities.
- Each participant of the challenge will be provided a free, HIPPA compliant and FedRAMP certified, secure Precision Medicine Platform (PMP) workspace to conduct analyses.
The American Heart Association, the
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Why Now’s the Time to Use Connected Health Devices for Diabetes Prevention
Charlotte Puechmaille, Director of Strategy, New Health Businesses at Withings
It’s no secret that chronic disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, taking up 90 percent of healthcare spending in the United States. For the last several years, there has been a rise in discussions and research around the promise of connected health devices helping manage and prevent chronic conditions as well as healthcare spending. However, today a number of factors are coming together to make that
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Understanding and Alleviating Social Isolation Among Older Adults
David Inns, CEO, GreatCall
Social isolation and loneliness among older adults are common and far-reaching issues that have been linked to serious health concerns including depression, cognitive decline, and poor physical health. A recent study found 52 percent of older adults age 65 and older experience feelings of loneliness a few times a year, and 21 percent reported feeling lonely every day. With evidence of social isolation and loneliness among older adults being as unhealthy as smoking
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