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How a Virtual Care Mindset Leads to Greater Patient Acceptance and Sustainable Telehealth Growth

by Sandeep Pulim, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Bluestream Health 04/07/2021 Leave a Comment

How a Virtual Care Mindset Leads to Greater Patient Acceptance and Sustainable Telehealth Growth

There's no question that the demand for telehealth and virtual care has grown exponentially over the last twelve months. With that growth has come a fundamental shift in the attitude toward virtual care. No longer do patients and providers take a "let's try it" approach—now, it's "we must do it." This is evidenced by the number of telehealth claims filed. In 2020, telehealth claims skyrocketed, increasing by 2,938% in November 2020 versus November 2019 as patients demanded virtual options and as
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Biospecimen Procurement for R&D Needs to Look More Like an Online Marketplace

by Jill Mullan, Chief Operating Officer, iSpecimen 04/05/2021 Leave a Comment

Biospecimen Procurement for R&D Needs to Look More Like an Online Marketplace

As healthcare digitizes everything from insurance claims to clinical decisions, some functions remain frustratingly analog, old school, and inefficient. One such function is the distribution of human biospecimens necessary for medical research. Specimens are essential in providing much of the data that researchers examine, EHRs capture, and scientific databases aggregate. Unfortunately, the distribution of specimens and their data to researchers is woefully outdated and inefficient. Frankly,
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Next-Generation Cloud Storage: Enabling Collaboration & Analytics for Pharma Research

by Russ Kennedy, Chief Product Officer, Nasuni 03/29/2021 Leave a Comment

Next-Generation Cloud Storage: Enabling Collaboration & Analytics for Pharma Research

Pharmaceutical companies today are distributed, global organizations, with research centers, manufacturing facilities, and regulatory management hubs spread all over the globe. To develop new treatments and bring them to market, all of these different functions need to collaborate more closely than ever. Using traditional, on-premises storage technologies, however, makes it difficult to share data quickly and securely, especially given that the research and manufacturing process can generate
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Sharecare Acquires AI-Enabled Digital Transformation Platform doc.ai

by Fred Pennic 01/28/2021 Leave a Comment

Sharecare Acquires AI-Enabled Digital Transformation Platform doc.ai

What You Should Know: - Sharecare acquires doc.ai to expand its engineering expertise, accelerate digital transformation of healthcare through innovative AI platform for an undisclosed sum. - Founded in 2016, the company licenses AI modules and creates products for a portfolio of clients, including payers, pharma and providers. - As part of the acquisition, Anthem will now become a strategic partner with Sharecare. Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all
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30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021

by Fred Pennic 12/30/2020 Leave a Comment

30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021

As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare executives to share their predictions and trends for 2021. Kimberly Powell, Vice President & General Manager, NVIDIA Healthcare Federated Learning: The clinical community will increase their use of federated learning approaches to build robust AI models across various institutions, geographies, patient demographics, and medical scanners. The sensitivity and selectivity of these models are outperforming AI models
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Why Some COVID-19 Testing Protocols Aren’t What You Think

by Pawel Czech, the founder of Nex.D & GeneMe 12/18/2020 Leave a Comment

Some COVID-19 Testing Protocols Aren’t What You Think

While countries around the world continue to flounder with regards to COVID-19 testing, everyone is wondering how national governments could get things so horribly wrong. It’s true that governments have acted incompetently, leaders can make poor judgment calls, and optimistic testing targets are rarely achieved. But the claims of various ambitious big pharma companies—about their ability to deliver on capacity and accuracy alike—have created a smokescreen for decision-makers, one that has
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H1 Secures $58M to Expand Global Healthcare Data Platform

by Fred Pennic 12/17/2020 Leave a Comment

H1 Closes $58 Million Series B Co-Led by IVP and Menlo Ventures

What You Should Know: - H1, the largest database of information on every doctor in the world raises $58M in Series B funding, just six months after raising its Series A round during the pandemic. - H1 is the largest database in the world connecting that provides comprehensive in-depth profiles of more than 9 million healthcare professionals and 16,000 institutions in 70-plus countries, all of which are kept up-to-date weekly.  H1, a global platform for the healthcare
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7 Best Practices for Third-Party Risk Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry

by Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard 11/19/2020 Leave a Comment

7 Best Practices for Third-Party Risk Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry

The globalization of the pharmaceutical industry has forced pharma companies to outsource, increasing their reliance on third-party vendors and suppliers. As this supply chain grows in complexity, companies find themselves grappling with a growing amount of cyber risk.  A data breach in the pharmaceutical industry can cost companies upwards of $5 million and costs can rise significantly if a third-party vendor or supplier is the cause of a data breach. For this reason, organizations must
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Aptar Pharma Acquires the Assets of Respiratory Startup Cohero Health

by Fred Pennic 11/05/2020 Leave a Comment

Aptar Pharma Acquires the Assets of Cohero Health

What You Should Know: - Apstar Pharma acquires the assets of respiratory health company Cohero Health to expands its digital portfolio with a focus on respiratory disease management. - Cohero Health develops digital tools and technologies to improve respiratory care, reduce avoidable costs, and optimize medication utilization. AptarGroup, Inc., a global leader in consumer dispensing, active packaging, drug delivery solutions, and services, announces that it has acquired all operating
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Human API Raises $20M+ to Scale User-Controlled Health Data Ecosystem

by Fred Pennic 10/27/2020 Leave a Comment

Human API Raises $20M+ to Scale User-Controlled Health Data Ecosystem

What You Should Know: - Human API, the consumer-controlled health data platform announced it has closed a Series C round of $20M+ this week. - Human API’s consumer-controlled platform gives users a streamlined means of accessing and sharing their personal health records with physicians, trusted startups and enterprises, and insurers. - The platform harnesses a machine learning-powered data pipeline that structures health data into a consistent format, making it easier for medical
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