With the push toward consumer-friendly efforts in healthcare, could billing be the next area of focus? If there’s one area that is decidedly not consumer-friendly, billing would likely top everyone’s list. But at least one company, iVinci Health, is attempting to do just that, and it closed $5 million in new funding earlier this month. The […]
Medizone International says it and a team of researchers may have come up with a cure for one of the most vexing issues affecting hospitals – hospital-acquired infections. With a team of American and Canadian researchers, San Francisco-based Medizone announced “excellent” mid-point results for its AsepticSure product, which has shown a “100 percent ‘cure’ rate […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
“MedCity News has partnered with BioCrossroads to provide coverage focused on Indiana’s next generation of growth and innovation in life sciences” Based in Indiana, Diagnotes is a virtual solution to doctor-patient communication when the doctors are out. Their website describes: Diagnotes is a mobile and web-based software system that gives medical groups the tools […]
Elizabeth Iorns, co-founder and CEO of Science Exchange, created an online marketplace for researchers to solve her own problem. At the time she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. “My research hit a roadblock every time I needed to conduct experiments that were outside my field of expertise,” […]
As I read the February Startup Index, I noticed that health IT companies dominated but some products and ideas stretched over more than one category. They incorporated elements of a device and digital health or biotech and diagnostics. A tumor storage center – biotech or diagnostic? A bra to detect breast cancer – digital health […]
An indisputable star of the Startup Showcase at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference is NantHealth, not so much for what it’s accomplished, but for who — and how much money — is behind it. Culver City, Calif.-based NantHealth is backed by a $1 billion from pharmaceutical magnate Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.