Medical patient monitoring devices are poised to disrupt the healthcare industry. According to Markets and Markets, the global market for medical wearable devices is projected to reach $12.1 billion by 2021, with the United States representing the largest market worldwide. With the ability to enhance the healthcare system by aiding in the remote monitoring of patients, wearables provide real-time access to health records and provide quicker diagnosis and treatment of conditions.They are
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Biotricity Awarded FDA 510(k) Clearance for its Biometric Remote Monitoring Device
Biotricity - a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company dedicated to delivering innovative, biometric remote monitoring solutions, that details how the Company has received its 510(k) clearance for its Bioflux device with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This latest 510(k) is the final FDA requirement needed for Biotricity to bring to market Bioflux in the U.S.Bioflux consists of a proprietary mobile ECG monitoring device and an ECG viewer software package, that
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Partners Connected Health to Develop AI Tool to Predict Risk of Hospital Readmissions
Partners Connected Health and Hitachi, Ltd., today announced a collaboration to develop a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict with high accuracy, the risk of hospital readmissions within 30 days for patients with heart failure. The tool will help identify appropriate patients to participate in a readmission prevention program study following hospital discharge, and can explain the reason why patients were identified as being at high risk.Hospital Readmission Prediction Study
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Propeller Health, Express Scripts Partner to Offer Innovative Digital Respiratory Care
Propeller Health and Express Scripts has announced a strategic partnership to provide Propeller's FDA-cleared digital solution to Express Scripts members using inhaler sensors and a mobile app to manage asthma or COPD. This collaboration represents the largest respiratory digital health deployment with a pharmacy benefit manager to date.Propeller's digital sensors enable remote monitoring for patients enrolled in Express Scripts' Pulmonary Care Value Program (PCV), which combines specialized
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Spry Health Lands $5.5M to Fund Commercialization of Clinical-Grade Wearable
Spry Health, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of remote patient monitoring solutions has raised $5.5 million in Series A funding led by Grove Ventures with participation from the Stanford-StartX Fund. The company plans to use the round to fuel the commercialization of its clinical-grade wearable Loop that delivers continuous vital sign monitoring. Loop enhances timely care to chronically ill patients, with individualized analytics to improve patient outcomes, reduce hospitalization and decrease
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Tactio Health app Integrates With Qardio’s Smart Health Monitoring Products to Transform the Patient Journey
Tactio Health Group, a provider helping innovative healthcare organizations make the patient experience connected has signed an integration partnership with Qardio, a provider of smart health monitoring products. Starting today, QardioArm, a FDA approved smart blood pressure monitor and QardioBase, a connected scale and body analyzer will be integrated onto Tactio Health Group’s mobile health tracking solutions, making our products available for its users and its healthcare partners around the
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Biotricity Files for Final FDA 510(k) Clearance for Remote Cardiac Monitoring Wearable
biotricity, a Redwood City, CA-based healthcare technology company has filed for a second and final 510(k) for the hardware portion of its remote cardiac monitoring software and device, Bioflux solution with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The announcement follows a previous milestone where Biotricity received FDA approval for the software portion of its remote cardiac monitoring wearable.This 510(k) is the final regulatory requirement needed for Biotricity to bring its Bioflux
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Catalytic Health Partners Integrates With Life365 to Provide Remote Patient Monitoring for Arizona Patients
Catalytic Health Partners, a Phoenix, AZ-based population health management company has announced a partnership with digital health startup Life365 to provide remote patient monitoring and data delivery for their members with chronic conditions located throughout Arizona. Catalytic Health Partners,provides enhanced care to high cost Medicare and Medicaid populations in order to improve outcomes while reducing total cost of care. The Life365 solution allows the Catalytic Health care staff to
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Philips, Emory Launch Australia’s First Remote Intensive Care Unit
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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