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What Role Can Consumer Health Technology Play in Diagnoses?

by David Smith, President at ilumivu 04/12/2023 Leave a Comment

What Role Can Consumer Health Technology Play in Diagnoses?

There’s an ongoing debate regarding the role that consumer health technology, like wearable health devices (i.e., smartwatches), can play in diagnostics, now and in the future. Because this is a relatively new technology, the scope of its potential impact is, at present, only scraping the surface. Even so, smartwatches and their connected health apps are reshaping the healthcare industry. This technology has the ability to not only make personalized healthcare more widely accessible, but its
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Philips Appoints New CEO Amid Respiratory Device Recall

by Fred Pennic 08/16/2022 Leave a Comment

Philips Appoints New CEO Amid Respiratory Device Recall

What You Should Know: - Philips today announced that Roy Jakobs is proposed to succeed Frans van Houten as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective October 15, 2022. - The Supervisory Board and current Philips CEO Frans van Houten have agreed that with the end of his third term in sight, the time is right for the change in leadership. After a comprehensive evaluation of external and internal candidates, the Supervisory Board has unanimously decided to propose Roy Jakobs as the
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3 Ways Health Plans Can Improve Sleep Health for their Members

by Dr. Melissa Lim, Chief Medical Officer at Somnology. 06/20/2022 Leave a Comment

3 Ways Health Plans Can Improve Sleep Health for their Members

Getting a good night’s sleep should have nothing to do with having a great health plan — but it often does.  While some individuals can improve their sleep by making small changes, many who suffer from serious, chronic sleep disorders need a higher level of care and ongoing treatments, and many health plans offer insufficient benefits. For example, Medicare covers sleep diagnostic tests under strict conditions, if patients are referred by a physician. Other health plans have denied
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Inspire Medical Systems Invests in AI Startup EnsoData

by Fred Pennic 04/29/2022 Leave a Comment

Inspire Medical Systems Invests in AI Startup EnsoData

What You Should Know: - Inspire Medical Systems has announced its investment in EnsoData, an artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare company helping clinicians uncover disease while patients sleep.  - EnsoData’s technology helps address some of the most intractable problems in healthcare: access and affordability for patients and clinician burnout. By letting doctors and other clinicians use powerful AI to automatically analyze and diagnose diseases while a patient sleeps, EnsoData
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EnsoData Raises $9M to Accelerate Waveform AI Platform for Clinicians

by Fred Pennic 06/12/2020 Leave a Comment

EnsoData Raises $9M to Accelerate Waveform AI Platform for Clinicians

What You Should Know: - EnsoData announces its official launch and a $9M Series A funding round to accelerate analysis and understanding of human health, starting with sleep disorder diagnoses.  - Using AI, EnsoData’s technology transforms billions of waveform data points (outputs from heartbeats on an EKG, eye movement through an EOG, brain waves through an EEG, etc.) collected from sensors in medical devices and wearables into an easy-to-read report.  - EnsoData saves clinics and
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Measures Adopted by Public Health Agencies to Mitigate the Consequences of COVID-19

by Abhinav Shashank, CEO at Innovaccer Inc. 05/06/2020 Leave a Comment

Beyond Interoperability: Data Activation and Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare

The number of people infected by COVID-19 worldwide is quickly moving toward 2 million and almost 33% of them are from the U.S. The circumstance is past dreary and administrative bodies in the U.S. are acting rapidly to contain the harm coming about because of the spread of this novel infection. Starting with the entry restrictions, federal agencies and healthcare regulatory bodies have executed a few measures to ensure the wellbeing and interests of healthcare professionals, program
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Sleep Wearable Beddr Launches First Sleep Health Solution for Employers

by Fred Pennic 10/23/2019 Leave a Comment

Sleep Wearable Beddr Launches First Sleep Health Solution for Employers

- Beddr launches first holistic sleep wellness program for employers that leverages clinical-grade data from Beddr’s FDA cleared wearable.- Beddr expands upon its FDA-listed sleep wearable with improved data and insights, expert-led sleep coaching and sleep physician telemedicine network.Beddr, a pioneer in precision sleep health launched an industry-first comprehensive solution for employers focused on helping employees identify and treat the root causes of chronic sleep issues. The program
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Rimidi Adds Obesity View to EHR-Integrated Platform for Clinicians

by Fred Pennic 10/10/2019 Leave a Comment

Rimidi Adds Obesity View to EHR-Integrated Platform for Clinicians

- Rimidi adds Obesity disease view to its platform to preemptively identify and manage cardiometabolic diseases by combining data from multiple sources into disease ‘views’ that provide a holistic overview of a patient.- With the obesity view, clinicians are better equipped to identify and lower the potential health risks impacting patients- The addition of obesity to Rimidi’s platform addresses the evolving policies and care around obesity, as the chronic disease requires increased medical
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Cerner Designates ResMed’s Home Health & Hospital Platform As Its Preferred Solution

by Fred Pennic 10/07/2019 Leave a Comment

IPA, IHANY, Fidelis Care Partner to Address Social Determinants of Health in Upstate New York AzHHA Taps PatientPing to Improve Care Coordination Across State of Arizona

- Cerner forms a collaboration with ResMed to designate ResMed’s Brightree Home Health and Hospice platform as its preferred solution.- Cerner also plans to connect other ResMed digital health data platforms—including those that support 10 million-plus cloud-connectable sleep apnea and respiratory care devices—to its EHR and HealtheIntent population health platform.Cerner and ResMed, a world-leading digital health company, today announced a new collaboration agreement to help providers make more
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Philips Launches Expanded SmartSleep Suite of Solutions in US Market

by Fred Pennic 09/24/2019 Leave a Comment

Philips announces availability of expanded SmartSleep suite of solutions in U.S. market

- Philips launches its expanded SmartSleep suite of digital solutions in the US market to ultimately address approximately 80 percent of all sleep issues worldwide- Collaborative efforts with Walgreens, WebMD enhance consumer access to sleep information and solutions- The new SmartSleep solutions are now available for purchase on Philips.com, Walgreens.com, and BestBuy.com.  SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband and Snore Relief Band will begin to roll out to BestBuy stores across the United States in
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