Digital Health
109 stories of Best Places to Work in the North Bay in 2019 | 9/17/2019
… home parental support, Urban Sitter nanny and sitter services, and a wellness program with financial incentives. Employees are recognized with “You Earned It” employee engagement awards. Staff can take advantage of the “Joyable” emotional digital health program, travel assistance, and supplemental health insurance plans for critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity. The firm closes for a day so everyone can volunteer at local nonprofits. Employees serve on several boards, and …
… neurogenerative conditions. To learn more about Quanterix’ Nf-L assay, click here . About Quanterix Quanterix is a company that’s digitizing biomarker analysis with the goal of advancing the science of precision health. The company’s digital health solution, Simoa, has the potential to change the way in which healthcare is provided today by giving researchers the ability to closely examine the continuum from health to disease. Quanterix’ technology is designed to …
September 16, 2019 06:20 ET Source: Research and Markets Dublin, The “Connectivity and Digital Health in Medical Technology” conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The latest technologies in connected medical devices, digital health and mobile apps for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries We are in the midst of an innovative period in medical technology and digital health and this brings huge opportunities for the pharmaceutical and medical device …
DUBLIN- The “Connectivity and Digital Health in Medical Technology” conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The latest technologies in connected medical devices, digital health and mobile apps for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries We are in the midst of an innovative period in medical technology and digital health and this brings huge opportunities for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries to revolutionise drug delivery. The market size in …
Get ready for Europe’s first digital health conference on cardiovascular disease | 9/16/2019
The first ever cardiac conference in digital health - ESC Digital Summit 2019 - is set for 5 and 6 October at the Creative Hub in Tallinn, Estonia. The event brings together core groups that are at the forefront of the digital health transformation. Patient groups, healthcare professionals, technology developers, policymakers, regulators, and reimbursement officers will take a deep dive into pressing issues, such as cybersecurity and how to evaluate whether a …
The “Connectivity and Digital Health in Medical Technology” conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com ‘s offering. The latest technologies in connected medical devices, digital health and mobile apps for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries We are in the midst of an innovative period in medical technology and digital health and this brings huge opportunities for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries to revolutionise drug delivery. The market size in …
A blog covering the health/care ecosystem and people. Prelude to Health 2.0 2019: Thinking Consumers At the Center of Digital Health Transformation By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn on 16 September 2019 in AI, Artificial intelligence, Blockchain, Cognitive computing and health, Connected health, Consumer experience, Data analytics and health, Design and health, Digital health, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health costs, Health ecosystem, Health engagement, Health equity …
Remote Employees: Out of Sight, Out of Their Minds? – Workforce | 9/16/2019
… two days. “I asked, ‘How are you recharging? Why did you even take your computer?’ As a remote worker, it’s an extension of what she does,” said Fisher, chief operating and people officer for digital health company Aduro Inc. who previously was a vice president for Intel Corp. working in human relations and talent management. “The reality is that weighs on you. You’re never able to refuel.” Remote work has …
Varian and Oncora Partner to Accelerate Precision Medicine in Radiation Oncology | 9/16/2019
… 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Varian (NYSE: VAR) today announced it is investing in Oncora Medical and partnering to accelerate the development of software tools to enable precision medicine in radiation oncology. Oncora is a privately-held digital health company using software and data to equip doctors and scientists with analytics tools to develop the optimal cancer treatment plan for each patient. Oncora Patient Care™, the company’s documentation, workflow, and decision support solution …
Pittsburgh Companies Partner on Life Science Clinical Development | 9/16/2019
… MediTechnix Incorporated and Clinical Research Strategies LLC, a boutique contract research organization (CRO), have announced a strategic partnership in life science clinical development that addresses software as a medical device (SaMD), wearables, blockchain, and digital health applications in conjunction with IND-enabling development programs of drugs or biologics, and IDE-enabling development programs of medical devices. In response to the newer regulations in digital health, life science companies are evaluating …
Baptist Health Care On Demand Ushers in a New Era in Digital Health | Globe Newswire | 9/16/2019
CEO Offers Complimentary Virtual Urgent Care Visits for All South Florida Residents September 16, 2019 14:38 ET Source: Baptist Health South Florida MIAMI, In a letter published in all the major local newspapers, Brian E. Keeley, President & CEO of Baptist Health South Florida, invited all area residents to experience Baptist Health’s Care On Demand urgent care service for free. “This is just one of many ways Baptist Health is making …
… Siemens Healthineers is constantly innovating its portfolio of products and services in its core areas of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging and in laboratory diagnostics and molecular medicine. Siemens Healthineers is also actively developing its digital health services and enterprise services. In fiscal 2018, which ended on September 30, 2018, Siemens Healthineers generated revenue of €13.4 billion and adjusted profit of €2.3 billion and has about 50,000 employees worldwide. Further information …
The digital health startup will now share revenue with patients and caregivers who manage complex chronic conditions using their platform BOSTON, MA, September 16, Folia Health, a woman-owned company that enables patients and families to use their knowledge to receive the best care possible, has announced the launch of Data Dividends, the first program to directly recognize the value of patient and caregiver contributions to healthcare informatics. Folia enables …
The future of wearables is medical | 9/16/2019
Wearable technology and medical devices have many prominent synergies. Electronic devices on the body are perfectly placed for sensors to collect data relevant to healthcare, with communication options allowing them to be the gateway to digital health data. Common sensor options within wearable devices include options for motion (e.g. for fall detection or activity characterization), heart rate monitoring (for various cardiac metrics), through to other less common options such as …
Google Alert - technology | 9/16/2019
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… information-rich condition with various streams of data from multiple devices. Building a digital ecosystem around FreeStyle Libre simplifies the user experience by consolidating how people get their data – both through offering Abbott′s digital health tools and by working with other diabetes and technology leaders.» The non-exclusive collaboration will initially enable data sharing, at the consent of the user, between Abbott′s FreeStyle Libre mobile app and cloud …
Varian to invest in Oncora to develop radiation oncology tools | 9/16/2019
Varian to invest in Oncora to develop radiation oncology tools Share Kavya Chivukula 21 hours ago Varian will invest in privately held digital health company Oncora Medical to accelerate the development of precision medicine in radiation oncology. The partnership will allow the parties to fast-track the advancement of software tools. Varian oncology software solutions senior vice-president Corey Zankowski said: “We envision a world where all patients have access …
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Two Local Cos. Are In Nex3’s La Jolla Accelerator Program | 9/15/2019
DIGITAL HEALTH ACCELERATOR DREW 600 APPLICANTS; PROGRAM IS SEMI-REMOTE Two Local Cos. Are In Nex3’s La Jolla Accelerator Program Nex3 named its second cohort of digital health startups August 28… Take 1 minute to subscribe and you’ll get this story immediately, plus: Already a subscriber? Sign in 52 weekly issues Subscriber-only digital content every business day, plus full access to SDBJ.com archives Book of Lists — the most …
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Telehealth
BOSTON—With an all-time high $14.6 billion in funding going toward digital health startups globally last year, investors are betting big on the promise of tech to address major healthcare challenges and disrupt the … and medical devices—can diagnose and treat patients quickly using telehealth visits, Halamka said while speaking at the Digital Health Impact conference in Boston this week. “As we move towards value-based care, healthcare systems
InTouch Health App Now Available in Epic App Orchard | Business Wire | 9/12/2019
… telehealth visits directly within their existing Epic workflows, including provider and patient-facing applications. “Digital health solutions need to seamlessly integrate with a health system’s EHR platform. In the past year, we have seen many organizations abandon the video-based Epic integrated solutions on the market today due to poor performance, ” said Joseph M. DeVivo, CEO at InTouch Health. “As a managed service provider, we proactively monitor our network to …
AMA
New therapies changing drug companies with hospitals’ help | Modern Healthcare | 8/24/2019
… used in dialysis centers. “New plumbing had to be put in,” explained Dr. Eric Wallace, director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s home dialysis program. But technology has gotten better, and today there are … side under the heading of digital therapeutics, a subset of digital health. These therapeutics are software programs that help patients prevent, manage or treat a disorder, and aim to augment—and in some cases, even …
13 clinical areas in which digital health is booming | Becker’s Hospital Review | 8/23/2019
Organizations across the country are investing more in digital health. According to an American Medical Association post , there has been a 29 percent annual increase in government-registered digital health studies in recent years. Many of these studies focus on using digital health for cardiometabolic conditions, including heart disease, diabetes and stroke. Analysts examined the most explored clinical categories for digital health. They published their findings in JAMA Internal Medicine …
Health Tech
… Venture Beat reports . Whitepaper Here’s a snapshot of other health IT funding deals over $5 million in August: Prescription delivery: Health technology company Nurx , which sells prescription drugs including birth control online, closed a $52 … round of funding to scale and hire new staff. RELATED: Digital health funding in first half of 2019 hits record $5.1B: report AI diagnoses: Buoy Health , an online symptom checker that uses artificial intelligence to …
Medicare
… Medicare and Medicaid Services projects that this amount will increase to $6 trillion by 2027. Despite healthcare’s magnitude and influence, it has traditionally lagged in the adoption of technology. But that is rapidly changing as investors see enticing opportunities for return-on-investment in an industry that’s ripe for innovation. High on these investors’ lists are digital health and other digitally enabled technologies affecting diagnosis, treatment and patient services. As …
Humana first major health plan to join Consumer Technology Association | FierceHealthcare | 9/3/2019
… Consumer Technology Association (CTA)—the first payer to so do—joining companies like Microsoft, Walgreens and Fitbit in the CTA’s digital health and fitness division. Humana has been moving deeper into health IT and expanding … teaming up with digital health startup Aspen RxHealth to offer Medicare Advantage patients an app that connects them with pharmacists for clinical services, including medication therapy management. Humana also is working with telehealth company Doctor …
Food and Drug Administration
NEW YORK , Sept. 4, Global marketing and communications firm, FINN Partners , has acquired Lazar Partners, a 22-person, health-dedicated public and investor relations agency headquartered in New York City . The firm serves clients in the digital/health, health/tech, medical device and biopharma sectors. Continue Reading Leading marketing and integrated communications firm FINN Partners Acquires Lazar Partners, Creating One of the World’s Largest Independent Health PR Practices. Pictured (L …
… Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) , focuses on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) innovations, a pediatric subspecialty that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identifies as having a significant unmet need for medical devices … in neonates. Epitel, Salt Lake City, Utah – Epilog is a digital health company revolutionizing brain health monitoring. Lotus Ocean Biotech, LLC, Arlington, Mass. – The Smart Needle with Sound Guidance is a thin fiber optic sensor …
HIPAA
… BrightInsight to further enhance the functionality of its BrightInsight ™ Platform and accelerate global commercialization efforts for the leading global regulated digital health platform serving biopharma and medtech customers. BrightInsight will also further integrate its platform … requirements. The BrightInsight Platform is also ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified, HIPAA and GDPR compliant and certified under both the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield frameworks. ABOUT BRIGHTINSIGHT, INC. BrightInsight provides the leading global …
… technology companies, I know that the best and most successful companies prioritize data privacy and data security. When creating a digital health company, there are three critical decisions to make in order to be successful … helps companies comply with regulatory regulations and standards such as HIPAA . As I can attest to myself, becoming HITRUST-certified is a rigorous process that includes comprehensive documentation, employee training, in-person vettings and audits …
Patient Monitoring
… patient monitoring and digital health solutions for both military and civilian customers. DripAssist is the first monitored gravity infusion device that allows easy management of infusions without a conventional intravenous (IV) infusion pump. By adding data connectivity, the DripAssist platform will now capture and communicate previously unexplored data about treatments, patient response, and compliance related to medication delivery. Seamless integration of this data across multiple care sites will deliver key …
… patient monitoring and digital health solutions for both military and civilian customers. DripAssist is the first monitored gravity infusion device that allows easy management of infusions without a conventional intravenous (IV) infusion pump. By adding data connectivity, the DripAssist platform will now capture and communicate previously unexplored data about treatments, patient response, and compliance related to medication delivery. Seamless integration of this data across multiple care sites will deliver key …
Patient Engagement
… www.vsee.com/conference Dr. Milton Chen, VSee CEO says, “We’re in one of the most exciting times in healthcare. Advances in digital health lets us use AI to predict heart attacks and diagnose heart disease to … MD, MBA - “Impact of Telehealth on Perinatal Genomics” NextGen VP Patient Engagement, Cheryl LejBolle - “Engaging Patients Through Video Visits” Humana Director of Strategy & Transformation, Erik Eaker - “Simplifying the care experience through payor insights and interoperability …
… solution. These common priorities illustrate that fact: Develop a response to the expanding universe of competitors - Between Urgent Care Centers, Digital Health Providers, and retail providers like the above-mentioned CVS Health, new and transformed … these experiences generate to understand and continually improve. That’s what patient engagement is all about. Loyale is proud to partner with our clients at the forefront of this important industry transformation. Kevin Fleming is the …
Digital Therapeutics
… digital therapeutics company, to expand access to a personalized digital health management platform for patients with chronic diseases. Under the terms of the agreement, Dance Biopharm will integrate its gentle mist smart inhaler into DarioHealth’s digital therapeutics platform to provide patients automated, real-time treatment data through an advanced mobile application. Dario will immediately start the design of the integrated solution for Dance to accommodate clinical trials and, upon regulatory …
Electronic Health Records
AZOVA and CPESN USA announce directory services program | 9/13/2019
AZOVA announced Thursday that it will participate in CPESN USA’s Directory Services Program and launch a CPESN Pharmacy Digital Health Marketplace that will be available through mobile and web applications. As part of the deal … flexible mobile platform serves as a middleware between pharmacy systems, electronic health records, payers and patients. The marketplace gives patients, their pharmacists and physicians a digital connection point to the many clinical services that pharmacies
Head to Head Contrast: OptimizeRx (NASDAQ:OPRX) and QuoteMedia (NASDAQ:QMCI) | 9/13/2019
… digital health messaging services for pharmaceutical companies to communicate with healthcare providers. The company’s cloud-based solutions support patient adherence to medications by providing real-time access to financial assistance, prior authorization, education, and critical clinical information; and network consists of electronic health records platforms, which provide the ambulatory patient market with access to their workflow at the point-of-care. Its products and applications include financial messaging, a virtual …
Apple Health
Three new health studies are coming to the Apple Watch (AAPL) | Business Insider | 9/12/2019
This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Digital Health Pro subscribers. To receive the full story plus other insights each morning, click here. Apple unveiled three new research ventures for Apple Watch users and a dedicated Apple Research app at its Tuesday press conference , illustrating how the company plans to make medical research a core pillar of its healthcare strategy moving forward. Business Insider …
IDTechEx Research: The Future of Wearables is Medical | PR Newswire | 9/4/2019
BOSTON Wearable technology and medical devices have many prominent synergies. Electronic devices on the body are perfectly placed for sensors to collect data relevant to healthcare, with communication options allowing them to be the gateway to digital health data. Common sensor options within wearable devices include options for motion (e.g. for fall detection or activity characterisation), heart rate monitoring (for various cardiac metrics), through to other less common options such …
Fitbit
Fitbit pushes beyond hardware with new subscription service - CNN | 8/28/2019
New York (CNN Business) Fitbit has struggled to compete in the smartwatch market against bigger companies like Apple. Now, it’s looking to boost its business by taking a page from Apple’s playbook: offering more subscription … diabetes. The coaching service will launch in 2020. These added digital health features may be key to boosting Fitbit’s financial health. In July, Fitbit slashed its outlook for the full year following disappointing sales of
Fitbit unveils data-driven personal health subscription, Fitbit Premium | MobiHealthNews | 8/28/2019
The new consumer-focused service comes paired with the announcement of the Fitbit Versa 2 smartwatch and the Fitbit Aria Air connected scale. 08:59 am Share Fitbit pulled back the curtain on its fall launch … Solera Health as the preferred smart scale device for the digital health marketplace’s various chronic disease management programs. “We’re excited to expand our partnership with [Solera Health] in a way that we can not only
Novartis
… Revenue Forecasts And Analysis 6.2 Global Smart Inhalers Market, By Geography - Forecasts And Analysis 6.3 Performance Of Key Players 6.3.1 Novartis AG 6.3.2 GlaxoSmithKline plc. 7. Global Smart Inhalers Market Analysis- By Product 7.1 Overview … O. 12.8 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 12.9 3M 12.10 Amiko Digital Health Limited For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/x3sz2j Contacts ResearchAndMarkets.com Laura Wood, Senior Press Manager [email protected] For E.S.T …
Vertex Bets $950 Million on Stem Cells to Cure Diabetes | Fortune | 9/4/2019
… over the chief executive reins next April. Read on for the day’s news. Sy Mukherjee, @the_sy_guy , [email protected] DIGITAL HEALTH Speaking of stem cells… When it rains, it pours. Nature reports that a … Brandicourt is handing over the keys to Paul Hudson, a Novartis vet who was particularly interested in growing the latter company’s investment in digital technologies for drug development. Sanofi has been on a turnaround mission …
UnitedHealth
… Hathaway and Zenefits CEO Share Article Fourth Telehealth Secrets Conference Announces over 60 Talks by healthcare execs, innovators, investors including UnitedHealthcare, Berkshire Hathaway, Anthem, Humana, Cigna, Salesforce, Alivecor, Medstars; Keynotes by Moon Express cofounder, MDLIVE … one of the most exciting times in healthcare. Advances in digital health lets us use AI to predict heart attacks and diagnose heart disease to 99% accuracy. Big data gives us ways to extend human …
… said Brenda Yang, chief marketing officer, Rally Health. Rally’s New York “Healthy Living Pop-up Event” is part of the digital health company’s Rally on the Road mobile tour featuring family-friendly activities that demonstrate … platform through more than 200,000 employers, and health plans, including UnitedHealthcare, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, and Health Alliance. With offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Los Angeles, Cypress, CA, and Las …
CVS
… companies like Haven Healthcare , the recently formed joint nonprofit venture created by Amazon , JP Morgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway , and CVS Health have emerged. These companies and others are intent on leveraging their considerable technical … to the expanding universe of competitors - Between Urgent Care Centers, Digital Health Providers, and retail providers like the above-mentioned CVS Health, new and transformed industry players are emerging, and patients are responding positively. Many …
BOSTON—When CVS and Aetna closed their merger about a year ago, they promised the combined behemoth would benefit patients. While that remains to be seen, the merged entities unveiled more details this week on … Chief Digital Officer Firdaus Bhathena said while speaking at the Digital Health Impact conference in Boston on Monday. Those experiences could be a virtual doctor visit, using an AI-powered chatbot or sending health data
GE Healthcare
Research: July Digital Health IPOs, M&A Activity, Public Company Performance Summary //hitconsultant.net/2019/08/06/research-july-digital-health-ipos-ma-activity-public-company-performance-summary/. Captcha Summary of Health IT/digital IPOs, merger & acquisition (M … June to late July, including Livongo, Health Catalyst, Phreesia, and Change Healthcare. The last health IT companies to reach IPO were iRhythym Technologies and Tabula Rasa Healthcare in late 2016 – representing an almost three-year
… healthy living their best life,” Zane Burke, CEO of Livongo, told MobiHealthNews. This comes less than a month after the digital health company officially filed for an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. “I … in a mid-year update . “Five companies — Livongo, Health Catalyst, Change Healthcare, Phreesia and Peloton — have announced plans to enter the public market this year.” THE LARGER TREND Founded in 2014 with a focus on …
Cerner
This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Digital Health Pro subscribers. To receive the full story plus other insights each morning, click here. Apple will integrate its Health Records … US behind big players in the industry, like Epic and Cerner. Apple’s tie-up with Allscripts should see Apple’s hospital penetration increase substantially, giving the company a strong foundation to build out future healthcare plays
Emails show Veterans Affairs officials’ scorn for ‘Mar-a-Lago 3’ - POLITICO | 8/22/2019
… of three wealthy members of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in the agency’s plans to create a new digital health platform. The 2017 and 2018 emails, which Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in … in demanding changes in the department’s 2018 EHR contract with Cerner that the officials felt were unreasonable. “Mr. Sherman does not understand the culture of VA or the federal government,” Windom said in another email …
Omada Health
… medical advancements. Proponents insist it will help create better standards of care, and reduce soaring health care costs. Yet two digital health officials told Yahoo Finance recently that Medicare for All could help address some … senior director of communication and public policy at California-based Omada Health, broadly agreed. He said the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is responsible for acting as a catalyst—especially the focus on value of care …
Talyst
Council Post: Patient Data: Empowering Consumers To Transform Health Care | Forbes | 8/23/2019
… partnerships with patients are driving innovative solutions and noteworthy results. A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst publication describes how health care systems in New York and Florida collaborated with high … can use technology to empower patients as partners include: • Using digital health apps to nudge patients by suggesting better health and wellness choices, and connecting patients to a human advisor when needed. • Allowing patient cooperatives …
Perot Jain is a finalist in the Investment Catalyst Award category for the 2019 Tech Titan awards. Category winners will be announced at an awards event on Friday, Aug. 23. For more information about the … that Anurag’s background as well as mine, and that’s all digital health. Then we have a larger grouping we call business services. For example, one of our recent investments, Hypergiant, is an AI company. They
Microsoft Health
DUBLIN The “Healthcare Virtual Assistants - Global Market Outlook (2017-2026)” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Some of the key players in Verint Systems Inc., Infermedica , Sensely, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, CSS Corporation, Egain Corporation, Kognito Solutions, LLC, Healthtap, Inc., Babylon Healthcare Services Limited, ADA Digital Health, Amazon, Nuance Communications, Inc., True Image Interactive, Inc., Datalog.AI and Medrespond LLC. Global Healthcare Virtual Assistants market accounted for $245.7 million in 2017 and …
Aural Analytics, Inc. Strengthens Senior Management Team with Appointment of Microsoft Research Veteran Jim Gemmell, Ph.D. as Chief Technology Officer Dr. Gemmell, a former Microsoft Research Veteran, will lead the platform development team Download Jim Gemmell, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Aural Analytics (Photo: Business Wire) Jim Gemmell, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Aural Analytics (Photo: Business Wire) Thumbnail August 21, 2019 04:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Jim …
Rock Health
… digital health investment fund Rock Health and is an active angel investor; Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Elizabeth Kane, a Harvard-trained scientist, and Chief Medical Advisor, Dr. Nazaneen Homaifar, a UCSF-trained OBGYN. The team is comprised of moms, doctors, and scientists and their mission is to reduce the shame and misinformation surrounding conception. The core promises behind their products and platform are “no junk science”, beautiful and intuitive design …
This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Digital Health Pro subscribers. To receive the full story plus other insights each morning, click here. Halle Tecco, cofounder of notable venture capital firm Rock Health, is now also CEO and founder of Natalist, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) reproductive health startup that aims to provide customers with a no-frills approach to fertility, per Business Insider …
Goldman Sachs
… million in funding in a Series C round led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alphabet’s venture arm, and backed by Goldman Sachs, the company announced on August 27. The company, founded in 2016, is focused … round of funding to scale and hire new staff. RELATED: Digital health funding in first half of 2019 hits record $5.1B: report AI diagnoses: Buoy Health , an online symptom checker that uses artificial intelligence to …
… Matt Bradley , VP of Technology and Yan Wu , VP of Data Science & Operations. This trio are former executives from BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, SAP, SoFi, and Twilio, with expertise in developer platforms, fintech, artificial intelligence and … Canaan’s focus areas include fintech, SaaS, marketplace, e-commerce, biopharma, digital health and medtech. To learn more about our people and our portfolio, please visit canaan.com . About Coatue Coatue, founded by Philippe Laffont and Thomas …
Morgan Stanley
August 27, 2019 16:05 ET Source: iRhythm SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRTC), a leading digital health care solutions company focused on the advancement of cardiac care, today announced the company will be participating in the upcoming 17th Annual Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference in New York, NY. iRhythm’s management is scheduled to present on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 12:55 p.m. Eastern Time …
… Dunn - President and Chief Executive Officer Laura Francis - Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants David Lewis - Morgan Stanley Travis Steed - Bank of America Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome … Allergan. Heyward brings more than 30 years of payer and digital health experience, including executive leadership positions at Cigna, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield. I’m delighted that SI-BONE …
StartUp Health
… startup Health Catalyst introduced a new product that combines clinical data repository and health information exchange into a single platform. ON THE RECORD “We view DEARhealth as an ideal fit within our venture strategy, where we aim to partner with and invest in promising digital health companies complementary to Philips strategic initiatives,” Rich Wilmot, head of Philips Health Technology Ventures, said in a statement. “DEARhealth’s strong potential to accelerate transformation …
3 digital health hubs to watch | Becker’s Hospital Review | 7/9/2019
Across the globe, digital health companies have generated $6.8 billion in the first half of 2019, up form $6.6 billion at the same time in 2018, according to Startup Health and cited by Business Insider . Within the U.S., digital health companies hauled in close to $4 billion in funding for the first and second quarters of 2019. However, the U.S. is a leading hub for digital health. Below are the …
Andreessen Horowitz
This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Digital Health Pro subscribers. To receive the full story plus other insights each morning, click here. Two digital health companies, California-based … record-breaking $8.2 billion total. Jorge Conde, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, told Business Insider Prime that he sees this new generation of companies as “the first digital health companies … that can grow to be
June 26, 2019 Hello and happy hump day, readers. Sean Duffy, the co-founder and chief executive at digital health upstart Omada Health, approached the company’s new $73 million funding round with a philosophical question … a host of big names from Kaiser Permanente Ventures to Andreessen Horowitz. CNBC reports that Omada’s overall VC haul now brings it to about a $600 million valuation, or more than halfway to “unicorn” status
JP Morgan
Digital health investments in 2019 poised to surpass 2018: Rock Health | FierceHealthcare | 7/3/2019
RELATED: After record-setting 2018, digital health venture funding levels off “Experienced investors continue to return to the well—69% of investors in the first half of the year were repeat investors. As digital health … Securities and Exchange Commission documents to be worth $753 million. JP Morgan also moved into digital health this year with the acquisition of InstaMed, a healthcare payments technology company. The deal, priced at more than
Venrock
… drugs considered for studying the strategies in detail. Chapter 12 is a case study providing an overview on the advancing digital health solutions for the self-management and treatment of depressive disorders. Further, the chapter … of Michigan University of Oxford University of Toronto VANDA Pharmaceuticals Venrock VistaGen Therapeutics Wellcome Trust WestRiver Group Worldwide Clinical Trials Yungjin Pharmaceuticals e-therapeutics myStrength For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r …
How to avoid funding the next Theranos: Guidelines for healthcare VCs - Business Insider | 6/14/2019
Healthcare investing often has greater scientific complexity than standard tech venture capital. Theranos is a well-known example of a risky healthcare bet gone wrong, but some experts say other problematic startups are on the horizon. So we asked some of the field’s top venture capitalists , executives, and researchers to tell us what could be done to avoid another healthcare investment gone awry. Their advice ranges from basic tips like …
Connecticut Innovations
Pineapple Selected as Innovation Prize Winner for VentureClash | PRWeb | 8/7/2019
… met as part of the VentureClash process, Pineapple stood out as most deserving of Travelers’ Innovation Prize. ROCKY HILL, Conn. Connecticut Innovations (CI) today announced that Pineapple, a peer-to-peer insurance provider founded in … business right here in Connecticut.” VentureClash brings together early-stage digital health, insurance technology (insurtech), financial technology (fintech) and industry 4.0 companies from around the world to compete for the opportunity to receive investment from …
Connecticut Innovations Announces 2019 VentureClash Semifinalists | PRWeb | 7/15/2019
Connecticut Innovations Announces 2019 VentureClash Semifinalists Share Article 34 Early-stage companies chosen to advance in $5 million global venture challenge “As we enter our fourth year of VentureClash, we continue to meet with incredible … advanced to the semifinalist round. VentureClash brings together early-stage digital health insurance technology (insurtech), financial technology (fintech) and industry 4.0 companies from around the world to compete for the opportunity to receive investment, mentoring
Echo Health Ventures
… Cigna Ventures, the corporate venture fund of global health service company Cigna. Joining the funding round were Amgen Ventures, Celgene, Echo Health Ventures and Alexandria Venture Investments, as well as former Caesar’s CEO and Aetna … specific areas of healthcare, Richards told FierceHealthcare. One area is digital health and retail; the venture fund has invested significantly in Omada Health, the digital diabetes prevention company. “Another area is care delivery and care …
Cigna leads $23M Series D in precision medicine company GNS Healthcare - MedCity News | 7/9/2019
… insurer joins a host of other investors in the company from the health insurance and biotech industries including Amgen, Celgene, Echo Health Ventures and Alexandria Venture Investments. Post a comment / Jul 9, 2019 at 5:42 … goal to invest in three strategic areas: insights and analytics, digital health and retail, and care delivery and management. The company’s investments in the data analytics space outside of GNS include predictive analytics startup Prognos …
Khosla Ventures
Wellington Partners raises €210m in fifth life sciences fund | MobiHealthNews | 8/6/2019
… Investment Bank. WHY IT MATTERS Wellington Partners has been investing since 1998 in businesses working in the fields of medtech, digital health, diagnostics, therapeutics and biotechnology. With its fifth life sciences fund, the aim is … users with depression, landing $1.5m (approx. €1.34m) in funding from Khosla Ventures last month. In April, Finnish startup Meru Health, which has developed a mental health platform, secured $4.2m (approx. €3.75m) in seed funding from …
Khosla leads $12M series B for digital health player Hello Heart | FierceBiotech | 8/2/2019
Finally—a smartphone app designed to lower your blood pressure rather than raise it. Digital health tool developer Hello Heart reeled in a $12 million series B round led by Khosla Ventures to help bankroll the expansion of its sales and engineering teams. The California-based company offers its program to people with hypertension and prehypertension through their employers, with each participant receiving a Bluetooth-connected blood pressure monitor that …
HCA
Why Patient Financial Engagement Should Be On Healthcare Providers’ Priority List - Industry Analysis by Loyale Healthcare Share Article The American healthcare industry is faced with thinning margins, skilled labor shortages, shifting consumer preferences, powerful new … to the expanding universe of competitors - Between Urgent Care Centers, Digital Health Providers, and retail providers like the above-mentioned CVS Health, new and transformed industry players are emerging, and patients are responding positively. Many
… UnitedHealthcare, with more than 300 industry healthcare and technology leaders networking and discussing case studies for successful solutions in the complex digital health industry. According to Parks Associates research, 64 percent of consumers aged 50 and older are interested in a home monitoring system that can sense emergencies and notify caretakers. “The days of technology tire kicking are over,” said Laura Mitchell , GrandCare CEO. “Studies show that seniors wish to …
Harvard Medical School
BOSTON—With an all-time high $14.6 billion in funding going toward digital health startups globally last year, investors are betting big on the promise of tech to address major healthcare challenges and disrupt the industry. Are these digital solutions delivering? They could be doing more, according to John Halamka, M.D., chief information officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Free Daily …
… improved solutions to its national network to help support these initiatives. Dr. Halamka is the International Healthcare Innovation Professor at Harvard Medical School where he previously served as CIO. For more than two decades, Dr … serves on the Massachusetts Healthcare IT Council and the Governor’s Digital Health Council. Dr. Halamka received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine. He completed his residency …
Mayo Clinic
Person-centered care conference at SAU will feature talks by industry leaders | 9/12/2019
… Mayo Clinic in Florida; assistant professor of psychiatry at Mayo Medical School; and a Kern Scholar with Mayo Clinic, Center for Science of Health Care Delivery. He also is the Florida Informatics and Knowledge Management Liaison. • 10:30 a.m., “The Future of Digital Health,” presented by Dr. John D. Halamka, chief information officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He leads clinical, financial, administrative and academic information technology serving 3,000 doctors, 12,000 …
Mayo Clinic, Google Partner On Digital Health Analytics | Forbes | 9/10/2019
The Mayo Clinic and Google are partnering to accelerate the delivery of healthcare “through digital technologies.” Mayo said its selection of “Google Cloud” is designed to be “the cornerstone of its digital transformation” as part of a 10-year partnership with Google, a unit of Alphabet. Financial terms of the deal announced Tuesday weren’t disclosed but Google will be making a sizable investment in the relationship by opening a new …
Kaiser Permanente
Mercer and HLTH Unveil Employer Program for HLTH 2019 | Business Wire | 9/10/2019
… digital health innovators, startups and investors. This collaboration will help push boundaries and drive real sustainable change across the health ecosystem. The HLTH Employer Program includes six track sessions on critical issues and trends: “You’re Unique … Shouldn’t Your Benefits Be?” featuring FIS, Ellucian, Activision Blizzard and Premise Health. “No Wage Left Behind: Health Solutions for All” featuring Allina Health, Bright Horizons, Kaiser Permanente and Limeade. “The ABCs of Healthcare Technology …
Virtual behavioral health startup Ginger scores $35M in new funding | MobiHealthNews | 9/4/2019
… WP Global Partners led the round with participation from City Light Capital, Nimble Ventures, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, Khosla Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures and Kapor Capital. 10:40 am Share Behavioral health startup Ginger (formerly Ginger.io … MARKET SNAPSHOT Mental health apps are on the rise in digital health, as is funding news for these startups. For example: Talkspace landed $50 million in May; Finnish company Meru Health scored $4.2 million in …
Cleveland Clinic
… partnership network. Ascension Ventures’ portfolio companies include Apama Medical, Ingenious Med, ISTO Technologies, Olive, VisitPay and United Surgical Partners International. Cleveland Clinic has launched more than 80 startup companies since 2000 and in 2017, Cleveland … with Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, KPV targets health IT, digital health, healthcare services, medical devices, diagnostics and precision medicine companies. Its portfolio includes Ginger, Genome Medical, Leiters and Health Catalyst. OSF HealthCare in Peoria …
… company SmileDirectClub filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. It’s the latest in the wave of digital health companies to make their way onto the public markets. As a brief refresher … and Toyin Ajayi; The Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation; Cleveland Clinic; One Medical; Taryn Colbert/Business Insider The 29 best books to read if you want to disrupt US healthcare, according to top young …
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH
Health systems across the country have launched venture capital arms to invest in a variety of health IT, services, medical devices and solutions. In some cases, the VC arms focus on technology used throughout the system while others support startup companies with the potential to disrupt broader healthcare delivery. Here are eight health systems with venture capital arms and where they focus their investments. To recommend a health system or …
CLEVELAND- The Global Center for Health Innovation this month welcomed digital health startup Qr8 Health and medical device company Enspire DBS Therapy as its newest tenants, which will share a suite with an initial local staff of eight. Qr8 Health’s move to the Global Center also relocates the company to Cleveland from Boston. Both companies were created using technologies developed at Cleveland Clinic and are led by serial healthcare entrepreneur …
St. Joseph Health
… 65 companies over the past 20-plus years. In partnership with Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, KPV targets health IT, digital health, healthcare services, medical devices, diagnostics and precision medicine companies. Its portfolio includes Ginger … in companies that improve quality and lower costs at Providence St. Joseph Health and beyond. It initially launched in 2014 and manages a $300 million venture capital fund on behalf of the Renton, Wash.-based …
Chatbots gaining ground in healthcare to boost access, workforce | Modern Healthcare | 7/13/2019
… select patients on the West Coast can navigate that system is to ask Grace. Grace, a chatbot developed by Providence St. Joseph Health, based in Renton, Wash., takes the form of a pop-up chat … customer life cycle,” according Brian Kalis, Accenture’s managing director of digital health, though most are using them as part of efforts to improve patients’ access to care. “We’re still in the early-adopter stage of …
Providence St. Joseph Health
… 65 companies over the past 20-plus years. In partnership with Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, KPV targets health IT, digital health, healthcare services, medical devices, diagnostics and precision medicine companies. Its portfolio includes Ginger … invests in companies that improve quality and lower costs at Providence St. Joseph Health and beyond. It initially launched in 2014 and manages a $300 million venture capital fund on behalf of the Renton, Wash …
Chatbots gaining ground in healthcare to boost access, workforce | Modern Healthcare | 7/13/2019
… some select patients on the West Coast can navigate that system is to ask Grace. Grace, a chatbot developed by Providence St. Joseph Health, based in Renton, Wash., takes the form of a pop-up … customer life cycle,” according Brian Kalis, Accenture’s managing director of digital health, though most are using them as part of efforts to improve patients’ access to care. “We’re still in the early-adopter stage of …
Partners HealthCare
Digital health ‘sherpas’ guiding the journey to AI | Healthcare IT News | 7/5/2019
Artificial Intelligence Digital health ‘sherpas’ guiding the journey to AI Partners HealthCare Pivot Labs is enabling collaboration between hospitals, health systems and other stakeholders such as big tech and pharma, says digital health scientist Dr. Sujay Kakarmath …
DDF taps Behr as partner | PE Hub | 7/2/2019
… fund’s first investments. Prior to the JDRF T1D Fund, Jonathan was a Market Sector Leader and Executive in Residence at Partners Healthcare Innovation, leading a team responsible for driving technology translation from research hospitals affiliated … equity investments for later-stage businesses in healthcare services and digital health. Over the past 25 years, SV has invested in more than 175 companies. The firm currently has over $2.9 billion in capital commitments …
UPMC
… Digital Health Digital health will be the “major transformation agent” over the next decade in healthcare, Zimlichman says and health systems should invest in promising ideas and bring them to fruition. His American counterparts agree, and are also focused on the operational and cultural aspects of these innovations. Tal Heppenstall, president of UPMC Enterprises and executive vice president and treasurer of UPMC echoed this sentiment when HealthLeaders spoke to him …
Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance looks to machine learning for patient care | ZDNet | 8/8/2019
… digital health? Read More The PHDA is a consortium formed by Pittsburgh’s UPMC hospital, the University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University. The alliance focuses on the data generated in healthcare, such as patient information in electronic health records, diagnostic imaging, prescriptions, genomic profiles, and insurance records, and is charged with using that data to transform the way diseases are treated and prevented, as well as to better engage patients …
Aetna
… Tel Aviv, Israel-based startup is on a mission to help people suffering from this chronic disease. Healthy.io is a digital health tech startup company that has turned the smartphone into a clinical-grade medical … leader in health care innovation, former executive vice president of Aetna Gary Loveman, Ph.D. will join its Board of Directors. “The smartphone has the potential to be the great equalizer of healthcare,” said Yonatan Adiri …
BOSTON—When CVS and Aetna closed their merger about a year ago, they promised the combined behemoth would benefit patients. While that remains to be seen, the merged entities unveiled more details this week on … Chief Digital Officer Firdaus Bhathena said while speaking at the Digital Health Impact conference in Boston on Monday. Those experiences could be a virtual doctor visit, using an AI-powered chatbot or sending health data
Cigna
… Article Fourth Telehealth Secrets Conference Announces over 60 Talks by healthcare execs, innovators, investors including UnitedHealthcare, Berkshire Hathaway, Anthem, Humana, Cigna, Salesforce, Alivecor, Medstars; Keynotes by Moon Express cofounder, MDLIVE Founder, NBC Comcast SVP, and … one of the most exciting times in healthcare. Advances in digital health lets us use AI to predict heart attacks and diagnose heart disease to 99% accuracy. Big data gives us ways to extend human …
… coverage and access by patients who may benefit. Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8600151-cigna-express-scripts-embarc-benefit-protection/ Bringing life-changing gene therapies to patients Impact on … out of pocket spend on insulin to $25 ) and our Digital Health Formulary (which will help people make better choices among the 300,000 healthcare apps available today). “All of us want innovative treatments for devastating …
Humana
… Share Article Fourth Telehealth Secrets Conference Announces over 60 Talks by healthcare execs, innovators, investors including UnitedHealthcare, Berkshire Hathaway, Anthem, Humana, Cigna, Salesforce, Alivecor, Medstars; Keynotes by Moon Express cofounder, MDLIVE Founder, NBC Comcast SVP … one of the most exciting times in healthcare. Advances in digital health lets us use AI to predict heart attacks and diagnose heart disease to 99% accuracy. Big data gives us ways to extend human …
New Trends in Digital Health | 9/9/2019
On this episode, we are talking about a key emerging technology—digital health. From this broad category, we are fortunate to have two guests, each representing a very different and very exciting element within this sector. The CEO and founder of NEOFECT discusses the personal reasons for why he started his company and the Chief Digital Health & Analytics officer at Humana talks about the ways her company is putting an …
UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare and Boulder, Colo.-based seed accelerator Techstars announced the first 10 startups to join their digital health innovation-focused accelerator program. The first cohort of the Minneapolis-based program will spend the three months between the Sept. 9 kickoff and Dec. 5 Demo Day working with experts from UnitedHealthcare and from Techstars’ global network of innovators. They will receive funding and mentorship to advance their proposed digital health solutions …
… UnitedHealthcare, with more than 300 industry healthcare and technology leaders networking and discussing case studies for successful solutions in the complex digital health industry. According to Parks Associates research, 64 percent of consumers aged 50 and older are interested in a home monitoring system that can sense emergencies and notify caretakers. “The days of technology tire kicking are over,” said Laura Mitchell , GrandCare CEO. “Studies show that seniors wish to …
Clover Health
Birth control delivery startup Nurx approaches $300M valuation | TechCrunch | 8/15/2019
… company has also secured $20 million in debt financing, bringing total new capital to $52 million. The San Francisco-based digital health startup, which seeks to make birth control more accessible and affordable by shipping … over the age of 35. Nurx’s Rao, who joined from Clover Health just one week before the article was published, says she feels good about how the company has scaled: “ I want to make it …
… Quartet and Talkspace. That compares to $227 million invested in mental health startups during the same quarter in 2018. RELATED: Digital health funding in first half of 2019 hits record $5.1B: report Top investors Centene … Among U.S. companies the list includes Oscar Health, ZocDoc, Proteus, Clover Health, One Medical, Calm, Tempus, 23andMe, and Hims. “The cohort’s total valuation in 2019 continues to grow as a result of continued mega-rounds …
Oscar Health
… insurers that develop a robust digital strategy now will be in a good position to become market leaders. In The Digital Health Competitive Edge Report , Business Insider Intelligence uses primary research to rank the big … Health, Doctor On Demand, Fitbit, Garmin, Humana, JPMorgan Chase, MDLive, Oscar Health, Samsung, UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealth Group. Here are some of the key takeaways from the report: Digital is a nascent but growing part of the …
… has raised $237 million from investors and most recently had a post-money valuation of $800 million. Read more: Buzzy digital health startup Livongo just filed to go public at a $2.5 billion valuation In … including Snap and is an investor in healthcare companies like Oscar Health and Color Genomics . Kinnevik , a Swedish investment company that joined Livongo’s Series D and E rounds, owns 9.5 million shares, or 12% of …
Health Net
… it to easily access claims data from the Highmark Health Plan, as well as clinical data from the company’s Allegheny Health Network health system. Highmark covers around 4.5 million members in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West … Providence St. Joseph Health spinout that allows doctors to prescribe digital health content, apps and services. “I expect more of these models to emerge, however it remains to be seen which ones will be successful …
12 hospitals, health systems launching telehealth services | Becker’s Hospital Review | 7/16/2019
… Health Network partnered with Mercy Virtual , a telehealth services provider, to develop a new virtual care model for critically ill patients. 11. Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences launched a digital health clinic that uses telemedicine to treat spinal patients statewide. 12. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City launched the Hauser Institute for Health Innovation in recognition of the more than $50 million philanthropists Rita Hauser …
The Health Plan
… customers include medical device companies, payers, providers and disease management service providers. (everythingpossible/GettyImages) Welkin Health, a San Francisco-based digital health company, has raised $17.5 million in series B funding with plans to continue … the push to value,” Hensel said. “Consumers expect more and the health plans expect more, and we’re trying to be proactive and get out ahead of problems. Previously we saw a focus on identifying people …
Blue Cross Plans Back Solera Health’s Social Determinants Venture | Forbes | 5/16/2019
… the health plans is a critical “vote of confidence” in the company’s ability to “leverage a network of community and digital health solutions paid through medical claims for achieving clinical outcomes.” Solera is already managing more than 60 million health plan enrollees. HCSC Ventures , the venture arm of Health Care Service Corp, led the latest round of financing. Health Care Service owns Blues plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma …
Bright Health
… insurers that develop a robust digital strategy now will be in a good position to become market leaders. In The Digital Health Competitive Edge Report , Business Insider Intelligence uses primary research to rank the big … BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, Bright Health, Cigna, Clover Health, Devoted Health, Doctor On Demand, Fitbit, Garmin, Humana, JPMorgan Chase, MDLive, Oscar Health, Samsung, UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealth Group. Here are some …
The Digital Health Competitive Edge Report - Business Insider - Business Insider | 6/21/2019
This is a preview of THE DIGITAL HEALTH COMPETITIVE EDGE REPORT from Business Insider Intelligence. This report is exclusively available to enterprise subscribers. To learn more about getting access to this report, click here . As … BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, Bright Health, Cigna, Clover Health, Devoted Health, Doctor On Demand, Fitbit, Garmin, Humana, JPMorgan Chase, MDLive, Oscar Health, Samsung, UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealth Group. Here are some
Wellcare
… on growing markets. For examples, shareholders voted Tuesday in overwhelming support of Centene’s $17 billion purchase of its smaller rival WellCare. The combined company will have an expanded membership base of 22 million people, compared … like UnitedHealth, Cigna , and Aetna. Want to Learn More? In Digital Health Startups to Watch , Business Insider Intelligence looks at the top startups disrupting healthcare in four key areas: artificial intelligence (AI), digital therapeutics, health …
… convincing health plans and employers to sign on. Participants include large regional Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans and WellCare, with 16,000 patients under contract so far. Sempre expects to have 30,000 by this … their medications as prescribed by their doctors. Sempre Health 9 / Digital health platforms have notoriously low levels of patient participation. Sempre says it’s been able to buck the trend, with 35% of those eligible enrolling …
Scott Gottlieb
… resource for continuing medical education (CME), named public health expert and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Scott Gottlieb, M.D., as the keynote speaker for the 37th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium Innovative … of gene therapies, cell-based regenerative medicines, targeted drugs and digital health devices. “With improvements in detection and monitoring, plus the discovery of new therapeutic options, we are changing the way cancer is treated. Now …
The agency also warned consumers of unregulated diabetes products and outlined plans for AI device regulation. July 19, 2019 Share This quarter was another busy one for the FDA as it continued to reevaluate its approach to digital health amidst a changing of the guard from Dr. Scott Gottlieb to its new commissioner, Dr. Norman “Ned” Sharpless . Among its most notable digital health actions of the past few months was …
Glen Tullman
… health tech. 02:43 pm Share Thanks to some high-profile IPOs, 2019 has been something of a breakout year for digital health. Sector luminaries will be flocking to Santa Clara, Calif., next month for HIMSS … IPOed, I’m excited to see the [executive chairman] of Livongo, Glen Tullman, talk about establishing a new sector, while the founding CEO of athenahealth — last decade’s hot ‘digital health’ IPO — the always entertaining Jonathan Bush …
August 20, 2019 09:00 ET Source: Livongo Health Glen Tullman, Livongo Founder and Executive Chairman Glen Tullman, Livongo Founder and Executive Chairman Livongo Health Tullman recognized for transforming the healthcare experience for people living with … Chairman of Livongo, Tullman has built the leading consumer-first digital health company focused on empowering people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives. His efforts to, for the first time at scale
Donald Trump
New therapies changing drug companies with hospitals’ help | Modern Healthcare | 8/24/2019
… been financial considerations for healthcare providers, as payment policies have, until recently, arguably favored in-center dialysis. Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order making sweeping changes to kidney disease treatment, and the … side under the heading of digital therapeutics, a subset of digital health. These therapeutics are software programs that help patients prevent, manage or treat a disorder, and aim to augment—and in some cases, even …
… foretell even bigger issues on the horizon. Meanwhile, emails reveal the frustration VA staffers felt over the interference from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago friends. Politico: $16B Veterans’ Health Project Hits Major Snag Veterans … Lago club in the agency’s plans to create a new digital health platform. The 2017 and 2018 emails, which Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, show …
Andrea Park
Digitization is a necessity, not an option’: 5 questions with Navicent’s chief information and digital officer Andrea Park - Print Email Omer Awan was named chief information and digital officer of Navicent Health in February, nearly … that they understand and support the value proposition associated with digital health and know what it really means. I’ve always said I feel strongly that digitization is a necessity, not an option, in healthcare. Q
Eli Lilly launches innovation challenge for digital health tools to treat IBD Andrea Park - Print Email Eli Lilly announced Aug. 14 an open challenge to promote the development of innovative digital solutions for the care of inflammatory bowel disease. Individuals and teams are invited to submit proposals leveraging technologies such as mobile apps, wearable devices, algorithms and digital games to improve monitoring, condition management and/or care enhancement for IBD …
Andrew Thompson
… Andrew Thompson , president and CEO of Proteus Digital Health (Proteus) Eddie Martucci , CEO, and Adam Gazzaley , Chief Scientific Advisor, Akili Interactive Labs, and Bakul Patel , Center Director for Digital Health, FDA at CNS Summit 2017. Otsuka and Proteus Digital Health, Akili Interactive Labs, and Pear Therapeutics will receive CNS Summit 2017 Innovation Awards as pioneers in Digital Medicine for achievements that include the first U.S. FDA approval of a Digital …
Anand Sanwal
… will revolutionize these industries and look forward to seeing what they do in 2018 and beyond,” said CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal . Given more than 2,000 companies were nominated or applied and less than 5 … in 2017. Applications of their technology include breakthroughs in fintech, digital health, auto tech, robotics, and much more. More than 2,000 companies were nominated or applied and only 5% were selected. Eleven AI 100 companies …
Zane Burke
Digital Health Firm Livongo’s Secret Sauce: Brainstorm Health | Fortune | 8/2/2019
… I’ll have a report out soon (alongside a video interview) about one of the most interesting aspects of Livongo, the digital health chronic disease management firm which enjoyed a massive pop in its public debut … broader look—alongside video interviews with Schneider and Livongo CEO Zane Burke, a veteran of Cerner, on Fortune.com. And (one last tease) - we’re going to have a special guest post for you tomorrow to cap …
Digital Health Firm Livongo’s Secret Sauce? Employees Who Are Actually Patients | Fortune | 8/2/2019
In mid-July, Livongo president Jennifer Schneider was on the road—and confused. Schneider had been on a cross-country tour leading up to the digital chronic disease management firm’s initial public offering exactly one week ago. And she was struggling. “So, I’d been on a roadshow. I had one day when we were in three cities. I wasn’t quite sure where I was, what was up, what was down …
Jennifer Schneider
Digital Health Firm Livongo’s Secret Sauce: Brainstorm Health | Fortune | 8/2/2019
Happy Thursday, readers. I hate to be a tease—but I think this is one worth teasing. I’ll have a report out soon (alongside a video interview) about one of the most interesting aspects of Livongo, the digital health chronic disease management firm which enjoyed a massive pop in its public debut on the Nasdaq last week . Here’s one teaser: Jennifer Schneider, Livongo president and the company’s former chief medical …
Digital Health Firm Livongo’s Secret Sauce? Employees Who Are Actually Patients | Fortune | 8/2/2019
In mid-July, Livongo president Jennifer Schneider was on the road—and confused. Schneider had been on a cross-country tour leading up to the digital chronic disease management firm’s initial public offering exactly one week ago. And she was struggling. “So, I’d been on a roadshow. I had one day when we were in three cities. I wasn’t quite sure where I was, what was up, what was down …
Alex Azar
New therapies changing drug companies with hospitals’ help | Modern Healthcare | 8/24/2019
… from a patient’s blood. Only 12% of patients with end-stage renal disease start treatment with home dialysis, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said during a speech in March , despite research suggesting home dialysis is cheaper … side under the heading of digital therapeutics, a subset of digital health. These therapeutics are software programs that help patients prevent, manage or treat a disorder, and aim to augment—and in some cases, even …
Friday, August 23, 2019 | Kaiser Health News | 8/23/2019
… of three wealthy members of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in the agency’s plans to create a new digital health platform. The 2017 and 2018 emails, which Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in … 1975 to protect patients from law enforcement repercussions. HHS Secretary Alex Azar, however, said that those restrictions only “served as a barrier to safe, coordinated care for patients.” Azar says the new proposal preserves the …
James Johnson
… James Johnson , managing director, MedTech Breakthrough, said: “Information Builders’ Omni-HealthData delivers a breakthrough solution for streamlining the process of standardizing, managing, and maintaining complex provider data. As a two-time MedTech Breakthrough Award winner, Information Builders is a proven digital health innovator, and we are thrilled to recognize the company with back-to-back award designations. Congratulations to the entire Information Builders team on their well-deserved award.” Dennis …
EarlySense Wins 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Award | PR Newswire | 6/6/2019
… digital health industry. “Technological development in the era of health data has ushered in a new and exciting phase for the entire healthcare and HealthTech industry,” said James Johnson , managing director of MedTech Breakthrough. “The proven benefits of EarlySense’s continuous patient monitoring platform are driving rapid market adoption, resulting in impressive company growth. Congratulations EarlySense on receiving our marquee 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Award.” “EarlySense is honored to be named the …
