Macquarie University has partnered with Philips and Emory Healthcare to launch Australia’s first remote intensive care unit (eICU) monitoring program to monitor patients around the clock. As part of the partnership, critical care nurses based onsite at Sydney’s Macquarie University’s MQ Health will utilize Philip’s eICU technology and Emory Healthcare’s intensivists to provide continuous critical care to patients back in the United States. How It WorksPhilips' eICU solution allows for near
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CRF Health Acquires Remote Patient Monitoring Startup Entra Health
CRF Health, a provider of electronic clinical outcomes assessment (eCOA)solutions for the life sciences industry, has acquired remote patient monitoring-focused startup Entra Health. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. For CRF Health, the acquisition will help the company expand its footprint in wireless medical and wellness devices market. Additionally, it will help strengthen its integration with its eCOA technologies to establish a complete network of solutions to
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Study: Remote Patient Monitoring Saves $8K Per Patient Annually
Remote patient monitoring yielded a savings of $8,375 per patient annually, which, for a typical one-million-member health plan could translate into about $1.1 million saved each year. The results stem from a year-long remote patient monitoring pilot from Geneia,an analytics and technology leader in transforming healthcare delivery. @Home Pilot Study OverviewThe @Home pilot study compared the experience of Capital BlueCross members diagnosed with heart failure (HF), who enrolled and actively
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Report: Value-based Care Driving Remote Patient Monitoring Adoption
The healthcare industry's transition to value-based care and the regulatory penalties associated with readmissions are driving the adoption of remote patient monitoring. According to a recent report from Frost & Sullivan, remote patient monitoring is increasingly becoming a critical tool to support the new value-based care environment. As a result, the remote patient monitoring market is expected to grow at a rate of 13.2 percent through 2020. Defining Remote Patient Monitoring Remote
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Validic, higi Integrate to Advance Remote Patient Monitoring
Digital health platform Validic and higi, a community-based consumer health and wellness platform have announced a strategic collaboration to provide healthcare organizations with richer, more diverse and more actionable health data to improve healthcare treatments and outcomes. The integration of platforms will provide comprehensive health data access for healthcare organizations seeking to develop innovative treatments with the addition of real-time biometric data Partnership Details Through
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20 Promising Canadian Digital Health Companies to Watch
“A company’s odds of success are better the closer they can get to their market,” argues Stephen Hurwitz, a thought leader in the Canadian venture capital industry, recognizing that the proximity to a VC-tech hub can help the success rate of Canadian startups. A socialized healthcare system, Canada’s market is fragmented by province and type of care – most primary and emergency care is free for residents whereas specialty care, prescription drugs, long-term and in-home care amongst others,
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Cleveland Clinic, Cox Partner to Deliver Telehealth & Home Health Solutions
Broadband and cable TV provider, Cox Communications and Cleveland Clinic have announce the formation of Vivre Health, a strategic alliance to bring world-class healthcare to the home through innovative telehealth and home health solutions. The joint venture will help further increase Cox's market footprint by expanding into healthcare to provide remote patient monitoring, telehealth visits and other in-home monitoring and treatment services via broadband. The cable TV provider already
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Roche and Qualcomm Partner to Innovate Remote Patient Monitoring
Qualcomm today announced that Qualcomm’s subsidiary, Qualcomm Life, Inc., and Roche, a leader in point-of-care diagnostics, have entered into a strategic partnership to improve remote patient monitoring and management of chronic disease patients. Together, the companies aim to advance chronic care management using connected therapy to further improve therapy quality, increase convenience and drive patient engagement in managing their health. Partnership Details Roche will utilize Qualcomm
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InfoBionic Nabs $17M to Expand its Remote Patient Monitoring Platform
InfoBionic, Inc., a provider of patient monitoring solutions for chronic disease management announced that it completed the second tranche of a $17 million Series B financing round led by new investors Excel Venture Management and Zaffre Investments. The company also named Steven R. Wasserman as Chief Financial Officer and William G. Swavely as Senior Vice President, IT. Capital raised from this round will be used to commercialize Infobionic's MoMeTM System, a remote patient monitoring platform
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AMC Health Partners with Humana on Telehealth Pilot to Improve Congestive Heart Failure Outcomes
AMC Health, a leading provider of end-to-end telehealth solutions and Humana Inc., one of the nation's leading health and well-being companies have announced they will partner on a telehealth pilot to improve congestive heart failure (CHF) outcomes.
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