National women’s health network Unified Physician Management (Unified) announced that it is teaming up with Suki to offer an artificial intelligence-powered, voice-enabled digital assistant to its national network of women’s health care providers. Suki uses a combination of voice commands from physicians and the context in which they practice to create a clinically accurate note that is then sent to an electronic health record (EHR) system.Unified LocationsUnified has medical practice
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Adventist Integrates CancerIQ Platform with Cerner EHR Systemwide to Get AHEAD of Cancer
Adventist Health is getting AHEAD of hereditary cancer (which tends to be earlier onset, more aggressive, and accounts for 10 percent of all new diagnoses). The Adventist Health Early All-Around Detection – or AHEAD Program – at Adventist Health is a population hereditary cancer risk assessment initiative.To ensure patients in both urban and rural settings have access to the preventive services needed to reduce risk, Adventist Health is partnering with CancerIQ to identify candidates for genetic
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Study: Physicians Found Use of Mobile Prenatal App Reduce in-Person Visits During Pregnancy
George Washington University physicians found use of the mobile app Babyscripts reduced in-person prenatal care visits while maintaining patient and provider satisfaction, according to research published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth.Study BackgroundThe study included two groups with a total of 88 participants, with one group, prescribed the Babyscripts program to manage their pregnancy. Eligible participants were pregnant women between the ages of 18 and 40 considered to be low-risk: that is, a
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Cone Health, Babyscripts Expands Partnership to Develop Digital Solutions for Prenatal & Postpartum Health
Babyscripts, a virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, has expanded its partnership with Cone Health, a leading not-for-profit network of healthcare providers in North Carolina. The expanded partnership seeks to develop new digital modules to improve access to high-quality pregnancy care for risk-specific populations.Cone Health’s Expanded Partnership with BabyscriptsAs part of the partnership, Cone Health provides Babyscripts invaluable clinical input, access to clinical staff and
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The Four Cs: A Call to Action for Digital Health Tools
The United States spends more of their GDP on healthcare than any other developed nation, and yet it produces some of the poorest outcomes — notably in the field of maternal and infant health. The advent of digital health has presented the opportunity for a paradigm shift in the delivery of care, and support from investors and policy-makers shows that as far as they’re concerned, digital health is not a new frontier for healthcare, but the current playing field.
A staggering $14.6B in funding
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Babyscripts Inks $500k Strategic Partnership with Inova Health
Babyscripts, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based virtual care platform for managing obstetrics has inked a strategic partnership with Inova Health System. As part of the strategic partnership, Inova will invest $500K and will deploy Babyscripts’ clinically-validated virtual care obstetrics platform; and support holistic care for mothers in pregnancy and postpartum.Inova’s Opportunity to Further Impact of Their Wellness ProgramsAligned with their investment, Inova will deploy the Babyscripts’ solution
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HIMSS19 Day 2 Announcements & Summary
Accenture: Millenials & Gen Z Are Shifting to Virtual, Retail, Clinic, Digital CareMillennial and Gen Z consumers in the U.S. are rapidly adopting non-traditional care models, such as retail clinics, virtual and digital services, according to results of an Accenture survey of 2,000 consumers.Key findings of the survey study include:- When considering traditional in-person care, millennials (ages 22 to 38 in 2019) were two to three times more likely than baby boomers (ages 55 to 73) to be
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Led by Philips, Prenatal App Babyscripts Nabs $6M to Support Holistic Care for Mothers
Babyscripts, Inc., a Washington D.C.-based virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, announced today that Philips has taken a minority position in the company by leading a $6 million round of financing. The round also included participation from investors StartUp Health and NueCura Partners.Founded in 2013, Babyscripts has spent the last four years building a clinically-validated, virtual care platform to allow OBGYNs to deliver a new model of prenatal care. Using Internet-connected devices
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