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Health Tech Faves & Investment Trends from Innovation Insiders
McKesson Ventures Partner Michelle Snyder was one of the speakers at a recent HLTH webinar on investment trends in the health tech field. The webinar, held June 24, 2021, also featured Keith Figloli, general partner at LVRHealth; and Anne Wellington, managing director at Cedars-Sinai. Health tech investment achieved...
Empowerment Model: A New Partnership Model for Maximum Efficiency, Cost Savings, and Control, Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Xtalks
Two experts from Clinical Ink will present a webinar on the benefits of subscription models for clinical trials on July 13, 2021, at 11 a.m. ET. In the webinar, hosted by Xtalks, Clinical Ink Senior Director, Outcome Solutions Kim Romanello; and Manager, Product Innovation Brady Keeter will discuss how...
Data Mining will Become Essential to Reduce the Disease Burden and Empower Healthcare Stakeholders
An increasing number of people, from patients to payers to biotech companies to providers, are playing a role in medical decision-making, and pharmaceutical companies are looking for more effective ways to communicate the value of innovative treatments they offer. One of the ways they are doing so is by looking to...
Rehumanizing Doctor-Patient Relationships with Manny Krakaris, CEO, Augmedix
In a recent episode of the Cowen Insights podcast, Cowen’s healthcare technology analyst, Charles Rhyee, spoke with Augmedix CEO Manny Krakaris. They discussed the administrative burden of medical note documentation on providers today and how Augmedix’s offerings can increase productivity and prevent physician...
Covid and Big Tech are pushing Augmented Reality into modern healthcare
There is an Augmented Reality revolution happening in healthcare. You can see it at places like Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, England, where a pediatric heart surgeon recently used a pair of Microsoft HoloLens 2 smart glasses to transmit the view of the patient’s heart live to distant colleagues, as...
Drive to end cancer could pioneer diagnostic technology
GRAIL, the developer of multi-cancer early detection test Galleri, is building on its earlier commercial partnership with the UK’s National Health Service. That partnership aims to confirm Galleri’s clinical and economic performance in the UK healthcare system, which is one step toward regular use by the NHS. GRAIL...
HumanFirst joins the FDA, HHS and more than 20 organizations and leading health companies to launch the Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community (DATAcc)
More than 20 organizations and companies, including McKesson Ventures portfolio companies Aetion, Evidation Health, and Xealth, have joined together with other members of the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) to create the Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community (DATAcc), an effort to develop best practices...
Will digital health funding boom or bust? 5 experts weigh in
Rock Health CEO Bill Evans was one of five experts interviewed by Health Evolution about whether or not investment in the digital health sector will continue at its current pace over the years to come. In addition to asking about the pace of investment, the experts were asked about the role special purpose...
PicnicHealth Partners with Komodo Health to Enrich Its Research Platform Utilizing Real-World Patient Data
Komodo Health and PicnicHealth have announced a partnership to support real-world evidence research programs for complex chronic illnesses like multiple sclerosis and hemophilia. With this partnership, PicnicHealth will enrich its database of de-identified patient medical records with data from Komodo’s Healthcare...
Geisinger Health Plan Makes Searching for a Provider Easier With Kyruus-HealthSparq Integration
Geisinger Health Plan has expanded its partnership with HealthSparq, a healthcare guidance and transparency technology company serving health plans, and its parent company, Kyruus. GHP is the first health plan to use HealthSparq’s new Path to Care solution to power its provider directory with richer, more accurate...
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Lightship Raises $40 Million to Bring Clinical Trials to Every Patient in Need
Lightship, a virtual-first provider of clinical trials, today announced that it has raised $40 million to create access to clinical research for all patients, and improve diversity among patient groups taking part in clinical trials around the world. The funding round...
Augmedix Announces Partnership with Google Cloud to Harness Automated Speech Recognition Technology
Augmedix, a provider of virtual medical documentation and live clinical support, has partnered with Google Cloud to optimize and integrate automated speech recognition (ASR) technology for use in real-world clinical settings. ASR technology is a critical component in...
AllStripes Announces Key Leadership Hires as Expansion and Growth Accelerate
AllStripes, a healthcare technology company dedicated to unlocking new treatments for people affected by rare diseases, has hired Sherwin Chen as chief legal officer and Joe Walsh as vice president and head of commercial. Chen is an experienced counsel specializing in...
NHS launches World’s Largest Trial of Cancer Blood Test
The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has announced the world’s largest trial of GRAIL’s Galleri blood test, which was developed to detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear. The NHS hopes to recruit 140,000 volunteers across the UK...
Matternet and SkyGo partner with Abu Dhabi DoH for world’s first city-wide medical drone network
Matternet has partnered up with the Abu Dhabi Department of Health and SkyGo to create a city-wide drone delivery network for the transportation of medical goods. Matternet has been flying drones Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) commercially since 2017, and its...