What You Should Know:
- Abbott launches new app, NeuroSphere myPath that will
allow patients to record their pain relief during the device trial period with
spinal cord stimulation or dorsal root ganglion therapy, simplify reporting
outcomes and connect patients to physicians who have real-time access to this
data
- NeuroSphere myPath will be available in the Apple App
Store in the coming weeks and will be compatible with the latest iOS operating
system
Abbott announced the
upcoming
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Pain Management
3 Key Solutions to Fighting Stress In the Medical Field
As you read this, doctors are on the frontlines fighting a global pandemic. Lives depend on their skills and expertise, but what often gets overlooked is the fact that doctors are still prone to stress. Sure enough, according to a report by Medscape, more than 42% of physicians across various specialties say they are burned out.
Burnout is still a common occurrence among physicians and it's a matter that practitioners and healthcare institutions should take seriously. After all, doctors are
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Fern Health Taps 10M Mass General De-Identified Patient Records for Pain Management
What You Should Know:
- Fern Health will reveal a
first-of-its-kind collaboration with Mass General Hospital where it will inform
existing and future digitally-delivered pain management programs through the
marriage of AI + predictive analytics with 10 million de-identified Mass
General patient records.
- MGH will validate emerging Fern Health products and pilot new products in clinical environments, setting the stage for Fern expansion into all aspects of non-invasive multimodal pain
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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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XRHealth Secures Patent to Incorporate Apple Watch into VR/AR Therapy
What You Should Know:
- XRHealth has just received a patent for its approach to
incorporate biofeedback from devices such as an Apple watch into its remote
healthcare therapy platform that utilizes virtual/artificial reality (VR/AR).
- XRHealth plans to incorporate their VR/AR therapy with the Apple Watch, specifically since the watch has advanced features including a medical-grade, FDA-cleared electrocardiogram (EKG) that measures heartbeat.
XRHealth, the
leader in extended
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Biofourmis Lands $100M to Expand AI-Powered Digital Therapeutics Platform
What You Should Know:
- Boston-based digital therapeutics leader Biofourmis
just closed a $100 million Series C funding round led by SoftBank,
bringing its total funding to $145M.
- Biofourmis will be using the funding to develop, validate and commercialize several released and unreleased digital therapeutics solutions across cardiology, oncology, respiratory, and pain, with a focus on the United States and key Asian markets, including Asia Pacific, China, and
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Seattle Children’s Develops Nation’s First Opioid-Free” Surgery Center
What You Should Know:
- Seattle Children’s Hospital and its Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center (BCSC) leveraged AI-based technology from Seattle-based MDmetrix to develop the nation’s first “opioid-free” surgery center.
- The MDmetrix Mission Control platform was used to visualize and evaluate outcomes data so that physicians could quickly adapt their surgical protocols, incorporating evidence-based best practices, to effectively manage surgical pain while reducing
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Analysis: Why Digital Health Investors are Falling in Love with Femtech
Women’s health technology, known as Femtech, is one of the fastest-growing and well-funded categories of digital health. Femtech generally encompasses a range of digital health software and tech-enabled service providers that cater to the specific biological needs of women. These needs span from general health and wellness to reproductive health, including fertility, pregnancy, and nursing care.
Today, reproductive health is the focal point of femtech, thanks in part to the
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Cano Health Acquires Primary Care Physicians of Hollywood (PCP) to Expand Footprint in Florida
- Population health management company Canno Health acquires certain assets of the operations of Primary Care Physicians of Hollywood (PCP). - The union of Cano Health and PCP creates one of the largest independent primary care providers in Florida with 53 facilities serving 73,000 patients.Cano Health, LLC, a leading population health management company and operator of primary care medical centers in Florida, is thrilled to announce that it has acquired certain assets of the operations of
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VA St. Louis to Provide Veterans with VR Therapy for Medical Conditions
- VA St. Louis Healthcare System announces a partnership with XRHealth to provide virtual reality (VR) therapy for veterans. XRHealth’s VR therapy platform will assist veterans in gaining relief from spinal cord injuries, amputations, poly-trauma, multiple sclerosis, or other neurological conditions.XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, a Boston, MA-based provider of extended reality and therapeutic applications, today announced that they partnered with the VA St. Louis Healthcare System to
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