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HIMSSCast host Jonah Comstock talks with Dr. Summer Knight about her book "Humanizing Healthcare," in which she takes a survey of the healthcare landscape and explores how technology and culture change can make things better for everyone. #PatientExperience
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Contributed: The Smart Care of the Future #DigitalHealth
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Pear Sports adds new fitness capabilities after Pilates Metrics purchase
Pilates Metrics' digital tool will be integrated into Pear's coaching and wellness offerings.
Apple Fitness+ creates new programs for pregnant people and seniors #HealthConsumer
Each of the new workout programs features classes that average about 10 minutes in total that focus on the specific health needs of that group.
CDC, FDA pause J&J vaccine; Omada rolls out computer vision tech for physical therapists #DigitalHealth
This week's top stories include use of the J&J vaccine being halted due to rare, severe reactions, the Mayo Clinic launching a remote diagnostics platform, and an Omada tool that helps physical therapists virtually measure a patient's movement.
Healthcare's digitization journey #DigitalHealth
Healthcare has been a "laggard" when it comes to digitization, and Amaresh Tripathy, global analytics leader at Genpact, says the "inflection point is now."
Activ Surgical receives FDA clearance for surgical visualization tool #DigitalHealth
The tech is able to give surgeons real-time intraoperative visual data.
Renalytix AI adds new biomarkers to platform for tricky-to-diagnose CKD. #smartHIT #DigitalHealth
The partnership with the Joslin Diabetes Center will add a panel of novel biomarkers to the indicators currently captured by KidneyIntelX.
Fitbit looks to close diversity gap in research with new Health Equity Research Initiative #DigitalHealth
Interested researchers must submit a letter of intent describing their research and how they will use Fitbit’s products and services in it.
New Lyft feature lets patients call their own rides while healthcare clients foot the bill #DigitalHealth
The service lets clients send patients a Lyft voucher for medical transportation.
Initiative improves tracking of incidental findings #DigitalHealth
Owensboro Health CMIO Dr. David Danhauer describes how he devised a safety initiative that integrated NLP with EHR work queues – helping review and track clinical notes to ensure radiology reports are capturing incidental findings.
Saudi’s Abdul Latif Jameel Health launches “pioneering” heart surgery procedure in the GCC #DigitalHealth
Its partnership with the Kingdom’s Ministry of Health marks the debut of the AVNeo in the region, making Saudi Arabia the first country from the Council to offer the advanced solution.
carafem develops text-based virtual assistant for patients taking abortion pill at home #HealthConsumer
Cara provides real-time answers and support for people who might have concerns while taking the abortion pill at home.
Why Crossover Health shut down Sherpaa, and how it's taking its lessons into the future #DigitalHealth
Sherpaa founder Jay Parkinson has left Crossover Health after two years.
New Omada care program cuts down on P*P visits by making its own adjustments to patient meds #DigitalHealth
The company says the new system will improve patient convenience and cut payer costs.
State-specific COVID-19 vaccine information is confusing. Facebook says it can help #HealthConsumer
The social media giant will begin notifying its users when they become eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in their state.
Omada's latest MSK tech empowers physical therapists to conduct remote appointments #DigitalHealth
The new tool will provide computer vision technology to help PTs gauge patient function.
Best practices for navigating IT challenges of multi-EHR health systems #DigitalHealth
Justin Diehl, vice president of Epic services at CereCore, guides viewers through the challenges of operating multiple EHR systems.
Health insurance API developer Vericred closes $23M Series B round
The company plans to use the funds to grow its staff and expand its product line.
Cardiology robotics platform completes seed round of €4.7M with European Heal Capital. #DigitalHealth #smartHIT
The company will use the funding to develop remote user interaction for structural heart interventions.
How asynchronous engagement benefits chronically ill patients #DigitalHealth
Twistle Medical Director Dr. John Janas says automating communication for chronically ill patients not only gives them better access to care but improves the patient-provider relationship.
FDA greenlights Medtronic's AI tool that finds polyps during colonoscopies #DigitalHealth
The system identifies potentially dangerous lesions during colonoscopies – but is not intended to diagnose or instruct on next steps.
NVIDIA partners with AstraZeneca and the University of Florida for AI-powered drug discovery #InnovatePharma
The partners will use a new method of training AI known as transformer neural networks.
Voice assistants predict driving accident risk in seniors #DigitalHealth
A JMIR study conducted in Japan links speech data indicators to driving-accident risks in older adults.
Israeli startup Donisi Health lands de novo for AI-enabled contactless monitor #DigitalHealth
As indicated by the FDA, the system can estimate pulse rate, heart rate, respiratory rate and/or breathing rates.
UK-based HealthHero acquires French telehealth provider Qare #DigitalHealth
The acquisition will allow HealthHero to cover 22 million users.
EDDA Technology raises $150M in funding round led by Softbank
The surgery robotics developer will use the funds to reach fast-growing cities in China and come up with solutions to treat major diseases.
South Korean chipmaker bats US FDA approval of its non-invasive glucose monitoring device. #DigitalHealth #HealthConsumer
The semiconductor player claims success with D-SaLife in a recent clinical trial involving diabetic outpatients.
How to effectively manage legacy data #DigitalHealth
Jim Hammer, VP of operations and product development at Harmony Healthcare IT, offers advice on consolidating systems and data, and complying with the Cures Act.
Tech-enabled primary care provider VillageMD looks to go public
This comes roughly a year after Walgreens pledged to invest $1 billion in equity and convertible debt in VillageMD over a three-year time frame.
GE researchers look to put COVID-19-detecting sensors in phones #DigitalHealth
GE Research has received a grant from the NIH to develop sensors that can be embedded into mobile devices to detect COVID-19 particles on their surfaces.
Akili to study EndeavorRx as a COVID-19 brain fog treatment #DigitalHealth
The digital therapeutic is designed to treat children ages 8 to 12 with ADHD, but the two studies announced this week will focus on an adult population.
Roundup: 'On-the-spot' COVID-19 test receives CE Mark, Thriva launches women's hormones test and more briefs #DigitalHealth
Also, startup creates wearable tech to tackle head injuries in sport.
U.S. Anesthesia Partners sues UHC; Bright Health buys Zipnosis; AstraZeneca, MGH collaborate #DigitalHealth
This week's top stories include U.S. Anesthesia Partners alleging UnitedHealthcare is "like a boa constrictor squeezing USAP-TX from all sides" and Bright Health looking to strengthen its foothold in the telemedicine market.
Indian health tech startup MFine launches SpO2 tool app #HealthConsumer
Using a phone’s camera and flash, the MFine Pulse detects light absorption in a user’s fingertip which is then processed via a proprietary algorithm to measure SpO2.
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