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Digital Health Assessments May Improve Parkinson Disease Diagnosis

Results from the 12-month, multicenter, observational study, WATCH-PD, were recently published in the journal Nature. The researchers found significant associations between digital biomarkers with a wearable device and conventional clinical scoring methods used in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Working with Clinical Ink to gather the real-world data for their research, the scientists provided evidence on different digital measures gathered from smart devices for the detection of motor and non-motor features in patients with early-stage PD. In the gait analysis, smart device data from participants with PD revealed...

Komodo Health unveils MapEnhance, a new centralized network of specialty data partners

Komodo Health has recently launched MapEnhance, a feature that leverages a network of specialty data partners connecting into the company’s platform. MapEnhance builds on Komodo’s Healthcare Map, which it characterizes as a de-identified data set on 330 million patients in the United States, by combining it with data curated by its partners, Invitae, PointClickCare, and Trio Health. The company hopes to offer visibility into a real-world view of clinical events (e.g., doctor appointments, lab tests) and patient populations at a level of detail not previously available. MapEnhance...

Inside the new world of healthcare data

In a recent episode of the PharmaPhorum podcast, Evidation co-CEO and Executive Chair of the Board Deborah Kilpatrick discussed healthcare data collection in 2023 and how it intersects with stakeholders across the ecosystem, from tech and pharma companies to research participants. The discussion began with data gathering, and Kilpatrick said that Evidation works with PGHD—patient-generated health data that comes from smart watches, mobile phones, patient-reported data, and other tools that capture information relevant to health. “It’s about characterization of health status using these types of new real-world...

Through reverse auctions, Minnesota pushes for PBM savings and price transparency

Truveris has helped the State of Minnesota save more than $28 million in pharmacy benefits expenses over the next two years. Using the company’s technology, the state was able to evaluate bids from competing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Truveris’ technology allows health plan sponsors to conduct reverse auctions, in which PBMs must reply to detailed requests for proposals and make multiple bids if they wish to win contracts with large insurers. Minnesota’s State Employee Group Insurance Program (SEGIP) and Public Employers Insurance Program (PEIP) together held...

Matternet Set to Produce M2 Delivery Drones in the US After Receiving FAA Greenlight

Matternet’s groundbreaking FAA Type Certification for its M2 drone in September of 2022 was followed quickly by being granted a Production Certificate for the craft by the US Federal Aviation Administration. With the Production Certificate, Matternet can now begin mass production of its M2 drone at its factory in Mountain View, California. The Production Certificate will eventually allow Matternet to produce, test, and grant airworthiness certificates for M2 drones. To date, no other drone manufacturers have received the trio of certifications—Type, Production, and Airworthiness—that the FAA requires...