- Sight Diagnostics, the company working to provide patients with lab-grade blood testing results in minutes, has received US FDA 510(k) clearance for its finger-prick blood test, OLO analyzer to be used in laboratories run by diagnostic providers and hospitals.
- Sight Diagnostics’ patented OLO analyzer digitizes blood into images to perform the most common blood test in minutes, from just two drops of blood
- The FDA clearance follows clinical trials at Boston Children’s Hospital,
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Massachusetts Expands Digital Health R&D Sandbox Program
- Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) adds Brigham Digital Innovation Hub (iHub) in Boston, MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) in Cambridge, and TechSpring at Baystate Health in Springfield, Mass. - MeHI selects startups eMotion Rx of Cambridge and Stability Health of Worcester for Inaugural Sandbox at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteThe Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) has selected three of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ leading
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Medicomp Secures Patents to Optimize EHR Usability for Physicians
- Medicomp Systems secures its fourth patent for its method of displaying clinically relevant information within physician workflows to optimize EHR usability.
- The latest patent complements Medicomp’s other patented technologies for clinical data filtering and the delivery of patient- and problem-specific data at the point of care.
Medicomp Systems,
a provider of physician-driven, point of care solutions that fix EHRs,
announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark
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Philips Launches AI-Powered Patient Risk Prediction Algorithm for ICU
- Philips launches Sentry Score, a predictive algorithm for the intensive care unit (ICU) that shows a patient’s probability of receiving an intervention within 60 minutes.
- The proprietary predictive algorithm enhances Centralized Virtual Clinical Operations to provide decision support and intervention for ICU patients.
- Sentry Score provides clinicians in the tele-ICU with a more comprehensive view of the patient, allowing them to coordinate assessments and recommended actions with
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Jumping to Lightspeed – Consolidating Patient Monitoring Devices
In the early summer of 2005, Star Wars Episode III – Revenge of the Sith premiered worldwide. Diehard fans flocked to the theaters to see Anakin Skywalker embrace the dark side of the force, battle Obi Wan Kinobi and transform into the infamous Darth Vader.
While audiences were enthralled by vivid battle scenes and cool effects, I was intrigued by a less popular scene, where Padmea, mother of Luke and Leia Skywalker, is examined and cared for in an out-of-this-universe hospital room. Padmea
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6 Ways Hospitals Can Benefit From E-Procurement Portals
With regard to the increased complexity of healthcare procurement and the importance of sound supply chain control for ensuring a truly patient-centered approach, experts keep calling the hospitals to introduce advanced technologies for effective management of healthcare procurement and supplies.
Procurement portals, as one of those, already greatly add to the effectiveness of purchasing across various retail and manufacturing companies allowing for simplified and optimized management of
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Remote Enablement Adoption: The Key to Reshaping Patient Monitoring
The healthcare industry is facing significant pressures around costs and outcomes as it shifts to a value-based care model. To alleviate these concerns, hospitals are looking to technology to help. Over the years, technology has significantly evolved with more connectivity, advanced algorithms and introduction of machine learning and AI. These advancements have greatly improved efficiencies and outcomes in the healthcare industry, yet, along with these benefits, technology also brings a concern
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Collective Health Lands $250M to Simplify Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
Collective Health, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a employer-sponsored health insurance platform has raised $205 million in Series D funding led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund with participation from GV, Founders Fund, Maverick Ventures, NEA and Sun Life. The latest round brings the company total funding to date at $435M.$1.2 Trillion Market Opportunity“With U.S. healthcare costs at $3.65 trillion in 2018, Collective Health is reinventing the healthcare experience for companies and their
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3 Ways to Protect Hospital Data from Email Spoofing Attacks
Picture this: you are a first-year nurse with an unusual case that you and your colleagues have never seen at your hospital. To expedite the formulation of a treatment plan, you turn to a private Facebook group for nurses to which you belong. Since joining the 8,000-person closed group, you’ve witnessed your peers share information - with important details withheld - as to not break privacy laws, but as a means to generate group think on analysis and recommendations. You’ve seen first-hand how
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Healthcare Blockchain Startup BurstIQ Files Patent Application for Mobile Cryptocurrency Wallet
BurstIQ, Inc., a HIPAA-compliant healthcare blockchain data record integration and security company has filed provisional patent applications covering uses of blockchain to enable mobile cryptocurrency wallets. The patent applications incorporate the IP of both BurstIQ’s proprietary blockchain machine intelligence platform and proprietary eWallet technology and payment platform by partner Unified Signal. Once granted, these new patents will expand BurstIQ’s intellectual property portfolio and
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