What You Should Know:
- Philips integrates the BioIntelliSense FDA-cleared
BioSticker™ sensor as part of its remote patient monitoring solutions for
patients outside the hospital.
- Multi-parameter sensors aid monitoring across multiple chronic conditions with medical-grade vital signs for physicians to remotely track core symptoms, including COVID-19.
- Healthcare Highways is the first to leverage the BioSticker sensor as a part of Philips’ RPM program in the U.S.
Philips,
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Philips Rolls Out Mobile ICUs in India to Tackle COVID-19, Can Be Deployed in 1 Day
What You Should Know:
- Philips introduces first-of-a-kind mobile ICUs in India
to tackle COVID-19 and other emergencies with each ICU unit capable of being
deployed in one day.
- Each mobile ICU comes pre-equipped with a state-of-the-art critical-care infrastructure, such as independent patient cubicles, plus anti-bacterial paint and high-end washrooms with a self-disinfection facility to avoid cross-contamination.
- Next to the mobile ICUs Philips is also offering a
dedicated
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HHS Awards Morehouse $40M to Combat COVID-19, Advance Health Equity in Minority Communities
Source: Morehouse School of Medicine
What You Should Know:
- Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) partners with the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on a three-year project to combat
COVID-19 and advance health equity in minority communities.
- The
initiative – the National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19
within Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities – is a three-year project
designed to work with community-based organizations across the nation
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4 Ways Healthcare Leaders Can Use Data & Analytics to Prevent, Predict and Prepare for a Pandemic
Laura Craft, Vice President, Analyst at Gartner
COVID-19 has put a laser focus on how data and analytics are powerful tools for healthcare leaders to predict, prepare, and respond in a proactive and coordinated manner to a global health crisis. Throughout the pandemic, data has been used to document the spread of the virus, project the curve, and more.
Responses and actions to mitigate viral spread hinge on real-time data collection, governance, and analysis for instant decision making.
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The Digital Front Door: The Gateway to Empathetic Patient Navigation
Stefan Behrens, CEO, GYANT
The healthcare experience can often feel lonely. Lengthy surveys, unnecessary appointments, long waiting times and tedious, paperwork all contribute to this potentially confusing and isolating patient experience. Now, amidst a global health crisis, any barriers or obstacles to care could be detrimental beyond loneliness and could be fatal. These impeding components should not define a patient’s journey. Fair access to quality care, accurate record-keeping, and
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Consumer Genetic Tests Accelerate Precision Medicine for Some Providers
Joel Diamond, MD, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer at 2bPrecise
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests have been on the scene for some time now. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first DTC test on three specific BRCA1/BRCA2 breast cancer gene mutations more than two years ago. Six months after that, the agency similarly green-lighted a DTC pharmacogenomic (PGx) test to examine 33 variants for eight different genes that indicate how effectively patients metabolize specific
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Philips Awarded FDA Clearance for Wearable Biosensor to Monitor COVID-19 Patients
What You Should Know:
Wireless wearable biosensor (Philips Biosensor BX100) receives 510(k) clearance from the FDA and CE mark to help monitor COVID-19 patients in the hospital, with the first install at OLVG Hospital in the Netherlands
Philips Biosensor BX100 enhances Philips portfolio of devices, software, and services for identifying patients at risk for deterioration while limiting exposure to help improve staff and patient safety and preserve valuable personal protective equipment.
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Intelligent Care Robot Could Detect COVID-19 Symptoms in Under 10 Seconds
What You Should Know:
- Vayyar and Meditemi partner to create a more intelligent care robot that could detect early-stage COVID-19 symptoms in under 10 seconds.
- The solution will be used to soften social distancing, restore public confidence in the workplace, and care for people in homes.
Vayyar Imaging an Israeli-based provider of 4D imaging sensor technology and Berlin-based Meditemi (JV of Ogawa and Medisana) a pioneer in robotic healthcare
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BHE Partners with Premier for Access to All-Payer Database Including COVID-19 Data
What You Should Know:
Boston Health Economics (BHE) inks partnership Premier Inc.
to streamline data analytics and more quickly uncover strategies to
improve patient care.
Researchers and data scientists will have on-demand
access to the all-payer database, including recent COVID-19 data, and the
capability to complete analyses 85% faster and at higher quality than
traditional custom programming.
Boston Health Economics (BHE),
a healthcare
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Zebra Medical Vision Secures 5th FDA Clearance for Vertebral Compression Fractures AI Solution
What You Should Know:
- Israeli deep-learning medical imaging analytics startup Zebra-Med secures its fifth FDA clearance vertebral compression fractures AI solution for availability in the U.S.
- The AI solution will help health providers close the COVID-19-induced care gaps by identifying more patients at risk of osteoporosis, also known as the “silent killer,” costing over $52B in the U.S. alone.
- Zebra-Med is one of the first companies in the industry to provide an AI
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