Jon Bloom, MD, CEO and Co-founder of Podimetrics
From a digital health perspective, 2022 was a reset year for many and a serious reality check. We went from sky high growth to the sky is falling, and in 2023 I think this market correction movement will continue forward. To me, the biggest surprise of 2022 was that despite the market tanking, digital health companies continued to truck forward with huge deals. This includes massive acquisitions like Amazon and OneMedical, as well as deals like
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6 Executive Health Data Predictions to Watch in 2023
Kevin Agatstein, CEO at Kaid Health
In 2023 I predict that unstructured medical data, which makes up the majority of a patient’s chart, will become too valuable to ignore by both providers and payers. Driven in part by the growth of Medicare Advantage and oncology, both of which require the data within medical notes rather than just claims and labs data, organizations will start to use their unstructured EMR data in entirely new ways.
Rob Cohen, CEO at Bamboo Health
In today’s
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Valencell Unveils Calibration-Free, Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitor
What You Should Know:
- Valencell, the company whose optical heart rate technology enabled the ability of wearables to accurately measure cardiovascular vitals during exercise, today announced plans to launch its own branded product line in the digital health sector as it concentrates efforts to bring solutions to market to manage chronic diseases.
- The company’s first product candidate being showcased at CES is focused on helping people monitor and manage hypertension by combining
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The Evolution from Hearing Aids to Wellness Devices
Here’s what we know from decades of research: Hearing loss affects health and well-being, but people with hearing loss are often reluctant to wear hearing aids. Of course, they’re doing themselves no favors. But when they do finally opt for hearing assistance (on average, about seven years after they learn they need it), we also now know that the longer people wear hearing aids — throughout the day, for instance, rather than just in certain situations — the healthier they tend to be. Better
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Ukraine Soldiers Get Prosthetics and Care From 5K Miles Away
What You Should Know:
- Protez Foundation, the non-profit helping Ukrainian children, soldiers and civilians who have lost their limbs during the war to get free quality prosthetics in the US, today announced they have partnered with OneStep, an innovative platform for digital physical therapy using pioneering science that turns any smartphone into a clinical-grade motion analysis lab, to provide remote care for their patients.
- Protez Foundation is committed to helping
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Dexcom Receives FDA Clearance for G7 Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System
What You Should Know:
- The FDA has cleared Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system in the U.S. for people with all types of diabetes ages two years and older, giving more people than ever access to a powerfully simple diabetes management solution.
- Cleared as an integrated continuous glucose monitoring (iCGM) system, Dexcom G7 will be part of the most connected CGM ecosystem in the world, with real-time connectivity that can drive integrated insulin delivery systems, connect
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HLTH22 Day 3 News Summary
DispatchHealth Raises $330M for Hospital-at-Home Care
DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical care raises $330M led by Optum Ventures with support from current investors such as Humana (NYSE: HUM), Oak HC/FT, Echo Health Ventures and Questa Capital. New investors included Adams Street Partners, the Olayan Group, Silicon Valley Bank, Pegasus Tech Ventures and Blue Shield of California. Patients and their care partners can request DispatchHealth medical care via phone, mobile app, or
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Vivalink Integrates with Garmin, Other Wearables to Address RPM Interoperability
What You Should Know:
- Vivalink is addressing these RPM interoperability challenges by announcing today that leading wearables and medical-grade devices are integrating with the company’s Biometrics Data Platform.
- Now, leading pulse oximeters, blood glucose monitors and sleep monitors by companies like Garmin and Roche are available alongside the Platform to accelerate development and deployment of novel healthcare applications and research.
Why It Matters
Integration and
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Forrester Unveils 5 Healthcare Predictions for 2023
What You Should Know:
- A new dawn is on the horizon in healthcare. Equipped with new digital capabilities and pressured by new consumer expectations for personalized, convenient experiences, healthcare organizations face a predicament — act now and stay afloat, fail to act and get consumed by the competition, or risk financial ruin.
- Market research leader Forrester’s latest report explores 5 key predictors for healthcare in 2023.
Healthcare in the Era Post-Covid
COVID-19
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Evidation Launches FluSmart to Better Identity & Understand Flu Early
What You Should Know:
Evidation, the company that connects directly with individuals to measure health in everyday life, has launched FluSmart, a digital flu monitoring program that brings together individuals, researchers, and public and private organizations to understand flu at its earliest stages.
Evidation has developed machine learning detection models to compare flu and COVID and validated and extended this work with collaborators. Evidation will use permissioned data from
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