Health Data
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Former Execs From Datavant & Grand Rounds Create Health Data Startup
Crescendo Health recently launched with a $3.4 million initial investment. The startup provides clinical researchers with software tools that make it easier to gather study participants’ longitudinal health data.
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Delivering optimal health: A road map for the future of clinical care
The PFL model can serve clinicians as a conceptual and clinical tool for the development of therapeutic interventions aimed at changing the accepted trajectory of aging and chronic disease.
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Trayt Health Seeks to Increase Access to Diagnoses and Treatments
CEO Malekeh Amini explains how Trayt Health can bridge the gap for patients seeking neurological care.
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Health IT, Hospitals, Patient Engagement
UnityPoint Health, b.well Connected Health partner to implement digital-first consumer strategy
The Iowa-based health system will leverage b.well Connected Health’s platform and services to enable patients to view and share their health data. The platform will also allow patients to access all of UnityPoint’s digital tools in one location.
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The decision support toolbox to help healthcare providers manage care capacity
A look at how SAP’s cloud services are helping healthcare providers respond to public health crisis.
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Google Cloud goes head-to-head with AWS with tool to standardize health data
Both cloud competitors are offering solutions that use FHIR to pull together and standardize health data from disparate sources. Google recently unveiled a solution based on its work with Mayo Clinic.
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Apple adds feature to share health data with doctors, loved ones
Apple is adding a feature that would allow people to share their health data with trusted contacts, such as their doctor or a family member. For example, they could share heart rate data collected by an Apple Watch.
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MedCity Influencers, Community
Health data can help us close the cultural awareness and trust gaps exposed by Covid-19
When healthcare leaders trust each other enough to share essential information on their patients — either through their own decisions or through forced policy change — real progress can be made on building patient trust and, as a result, real progress on better health.
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Diameter Health gains $18M in new funding
With the new funds, the health data optimization and interoperability company will invest in product development. The latest funding round was led by Centene Corp.
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New ONC initiative aims to standardize patient address formats
Launching in 2021, the ONC’s Project US@ aims to enhance efforts to correctly link patients with their health data — a key part of interoperability — by standardizing the way patients’ mailing addresses are formatted.
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Improving Communication Between Patients and Providers
Sarah Shillington, Chief Customer Officer notes how Artera’s omnichannel platform works.
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Human API raises $20 million to bring health records into one place
Human API, a startup making it easier for consumers to share their health data, raised $20 million in funding. The company plans to use the funds to build out new features for clinical trial recruitment, insurance and digital health
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ONC to put $2.5M in CARES Act funding into health information exchanges
HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator will allocate $2.5 million in CARES Act funding to health information exchanges to support public health uses of information from health information exchanges (HIEs). Five recipients will each get $500,000.
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EU regulators to launch in-depth investigation of Google-Fitbit merger
Regulators with the European Commission said they would launch a full investigation of Google’s proposed acquisition of Fitbit. The deal has drawn close scrutiny from regulators who worry about the amount of data Google would be able to access.
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LunaPBC, Genetic Alliance create drug discovery platform for rare epilepsy
Health data platform LunaPBC and the Genetical Alliance partnered with the KCNT1 Foundation to launch a drug discovery program for KCNT-1 Epilepsy. The group will partner with Biogen to study the cause of the disease and develop treatments.
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Johns Hopkins, other organizations receive $25M to create National Center for Data to Health
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences has awarded Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Northwestern University and others a five-year, $25 million agreement to develop the CD2H.