What You Should Know:
-Tempus, an $8B precision medicine company, is providing genomic sequencing for 300 eligible pediatric cancer patients annually through their new collaboration with the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). Tempus’ support for COG – a leader in pediatric oncology research – will assist with matching patients to clinical trials like the Pediatric MATCH Screening Trial APEC1621SC (NCT03155620), which is studying the effectiveness of genetic testing-directed treatment in
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Oncology Technology Solutions, Services Impacting Patients and Providers
Enzee Health Nabs $1.5M for Cloud-Based Compliance Management Platform
What You Should Know:
- Enzee Health, formerly ZapIT! Medical is announcing it has secured $1.5M in seed financing, led by Rev1 Ventures with participation from Tamarind Hill, Harbor Street Ventures, M7 NEO, Redgrave Investments, Service Provider Capital and others.
- Enzee empowers hospital personnel to easily perform and track required quality testing within departments, eliminating the inefficiencies of paper record keeping, and making it easier for administrators to assess whether
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The Fast Pace of Cancer Research is Leaving Community Clinicians Behind
We are witnessing an accelerated pace of amazing breakthroughs and advancements in cancer care today, with new treatments emerging almost weekly and unprecedented opportunities to help improve patient outcomes every day. However, if a doctor is not working in an academic setting, reading every new paper, and recruiting patients for new studies, how can they be expected to keep up with the latest treatments and approaches to specific cancers? When
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Ypsomed & Sidekick Health Partner to Improve Therapy Outcomes
What You Should Know:
- Ypsomed and Sidekick Health today announced a collaboration to extend Ypsomed’s device and SmartServices offering by implementing a self-injection module in Sidekick’s proven digital therapeutics solution.
- The combination of Ypsomed’s devices with Sidekick’s digital health, behavioural economics and gamification expertise will form a unique solution delivering an engaging and personalized patient experience to people with chronic conditions, as well as a turn-key,
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Pharmacogenomics: The Key to Unlocking the Future of Personalized Healthcare
Pharmacogenomics—the study of genetic influences on an individual's response to therapeutic medications—is an area of personalized medicine that is gaining momentum. Although pharmacogenomics has been around for a while, providers, health plans, pharmacists and legislators are developing a greater appreciation for its potential benefits and applications.
How Can Pharmacogenomics Improve Outcomes?
By considering a person’s DNA in treatment options, providers can determine how an
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Syapse and Genesis Research Form RWE Partnership in Oncology
What You Should Know:
- Today, Syapse, a leading real-world evidence company dedicated to extinguishing the fear and burden of serious diseases, announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership with Genesis Research.
- This partnership will focus on conducting real-world evidence-based research that supports the development and launch of new and innovative treatments.
- As part of the
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Intelerad Acquires PenRad Technologies
What You Should Know:
- Today, Intelerad, a leading global provider of enterprise medical imaging solutions, announced its acquisition of PenRad, a software provider for enhancing productivity for breast imaging and lung screening.
- The acquisition expands Intelerad’s product offerings for mammography and lung analytics, ensuring radiologists, technologists and other healthcare professionals can drive greater productivity and meet higher oncology screening demand, while improving patient
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What is the Potential for Digital Twins in Healthcare?
Digital twins are virtual representations of an object or system that spans its lifecycle, is updated from real-time data, and use simulation, machine learning and reasoning to help decision-making (IBM). In most cases, this helps data scientists understand how products are operating in production environments and anticipate how they may behave overtime. But what happens when a digital twin is that of a human being?
By using digital twins to model a person, you can use technologies like
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GSA Renews Contract with Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots
What You Should Know:
- Xenex Disinfection Services has announced the 5-year renewal of its U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract, which enables federal agencies (including Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense healthcare facilities) to easily deploy Xenex’s powerful LightStrike™ room disinfection technology.
- In addition to federal agencies, the GSA contract supports the procurement needs of eligible state, local, territorial, and tribal governments (including
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Annexus Health Raises $33M to Optimize Patient Access and Affordability
What You Should Know:
- Annexus Health, Inc. has announced its Series B financing of $33 million, which was led by leading digital health growth equity firm Transformation Capital.
- The funding is set to advance Annexus Health's mission to improve access to care and combat patient financial toxicity amid ever-rising healthcare costs
Re-Imagining the Healthcare Ecosystem by Increasing Access To Care
Annexus Health strives for a better healthcare experience for patients, more
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