What You Should Know: - Today, Komodo Health is capping off a month-long flurry of activity by announcing the launch of its Prism and Sentinel solutions — opening up access to its Healthcare Map to drive the next generation of AI innovation. - Prism and Sentinel allows life sciences teams to tap into detailed patient behaviors and treatment patterns based on the real-world patient journeys of more than 325 million patients. The breakthrough software also allows life sciences teams to
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Oncology Technology Solutions, Services Impacting Patients and Providers
PHINs: Addressing the Fundamental Flaws that Have Broken Healthcare
The fundamental problem with healthcare can be summed up in one sentence: We expect healthcare services that cater to our individual needs, yet the health care system operates under a one-size-fits-all, trial-and-error model. It is a model that results in missed diagnoses, protracted illnesses, and even premature death and wastes $935 billion annually. The financial toll of this outmoded approach pales in comparison to the human toll. More than 128,000 people in the U.S. die each year
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Cardinal Health and Deep Lens Collaborate for AI-based Oncology Clinical Trial Matching
What You Should Know: - Today, Deep Lens and Cardinal Health announced a strategic collaboration that will integrate Deep Lens’ AI-based clinical trial matching solution, VIPER, into community-based oncology practices throughout the Cardinal network. VIPER will be a part of Cardinal Health’s new Navista advanced suite of technology solutions designed to help oncologists improve outcomes, provide high quality care at the best possible cost and select the right care plan at the onset of
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To Advance Health Equity, Put Real-World Cancer Data to Work
Despite decades of scientific progress against cancer, access to treatment remains highly unequal. Some of the reasons — like institutional racism and poverty — are a reflection of our broader society. Other inequities may go unrecognized but are no less damaging. People with underlying health conditions, for example, may be excluded from clinical trials, preventing them from accessing leading-edge treatments and limiting the evidence available to guide their care. With multiple drivers of
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NeoGenomics Acquires Precision Oncology Platform Trapelo Health for $65M
What You Should Know: - NeoGenomics, Inc., a provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services and global oncology contract research services announced it has reached an agreement to acquire precision oncology platform Trapelo Health for $65M. The agreement purchase price of $65 million, consists of $35 million in cash on hand and $30 million in NeoGenomics common stock and is expected to close in April 2021. - Trapelo Health offers a first-of-its-kind, interoperable, decision-support
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Why Cancer Registries are Part of America’s Fight for Racial Equality
According to a 2019 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, one in 1,000 Black males can expect to die at the hands of the police. Black males were also 2.5 times more likely to die during an encounter with police than white males. For some, those figures are staggering. For many others, they are reminders of the racial disparities that have existed for far too long in this country. So, in 2020, when recent events have brought racial injustice back into the national
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Executive Hires: Walgreens Appoints New CEO, Cityblock Health, Innovaccer, Others
Walgreens appoints Rosalind (Roz) Brewer as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective on March 15, 2021. Brewer will also join the WBA Board of Directors upon assuming the role. She succeeds Stefano Pessina who, as previously announced, will transition to the role of Executive Chairman of the Board of WBA. Brewer, 58, will become the first Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company. Former Livongo President, Jennifer Schneider, has joined Cityblock Health’s Board of
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Epic, Galen Healthcare, Chartis Group Named 2020 Overall Best in KLAS Awards
What You Should Know: - Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the eleventh consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2021 Software & Services report, released today, which reports on the top vendors for 2020. Epic was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor. Galen Healthcare Solutions was named the top Overall IT Services Firm. The Chartis Group earned the award of top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm, edging out last year’s winner,
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Syapse Lands $68M to Expand Global Precision Oncology Data Sharing Network
What You Should Know: - Syapse raises 68M in equity investment led by Ally Bridge Group (ABG), with Northpond Ventures to expand delivery of real-world evidence through Syapse’s Learning Health Network. - The Syapse Learning Health Network is a global precision oncology data sharing network, improving cancer care across communities by using real-world data to support clinical decisions. Syapse, a San Francisco, CA-based real-world evidence company accelerating the delivery
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Volpara Acquires Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Platform CRA Health for $18M
What You Should Know: - Volpara Health, an integrated breast care platform assisting in the delivery of personalized patient care has acquired breast cancer risk assessment platform CRA Health. - CRA Health, LLC, is a breast cancer risk assessment company spinoff from Massachusetts General Hospital — a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital. Today the company delivers more than two million assessments annually to women’s imaging clinics. - CRA software is cloud-based
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