Forthcoming app wants to turn kids with T1D into ‘diabetes ninjas’
Controlling chronic diseases is about building good habits, and to get children and teens with Type 1 diabetes into healthy routines, the method has to be fun.
Court approves HealthSpot liquidation
The bankruptcy trustee is now accepting offers for HealthSpot's assets, including 191 telemedicine kiosks, most of which have never been used.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
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.
Nationwide Children’s spinoff GenomeNext raises $1.2M seed round
The funding will support expanded commercial and operational capacity and product development,
Is Nationwide Children’s physician noncompete clause too onerous?
An investigation by the Columbus Dispatch revealed that Nationwide Children's bans employed pediatric specialists from taking jobs within 100 miles of the hospital within two years of leaving. That rules out Cincinnati and Dayton, but not Cleveland.
HealthSpot to liquidate rather than reorganize
HealthSpot listed assets of $5.2 million and liabilities of $23.3 million, and only generated $1.1 million in revenues over three years.
Health Catalyst buys analytics competitor Health Care DataWorks
"The two companies’ missions, cultures and operating principles are closely aligned and we share a commitment to working closely with healthcare organizations to improve the quality of care for all individuals," former HCD President Jyoti Kamal said.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
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.
Ohio State surgeon streams operation on Periscope for medical education
Dr. Timothy Miller, an orthopedic surgeon at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, streamed a surgical procedure on Periscope for medical education purposes, and he wants to do it again.
Patient ID theft prevention company raises $15M to roll out biometrics tool nationwide
The founders of a health IT company CrossChx view fingerprint verification as the key to addressing the pitfall-laden path to improving patient identification to prevent fraud and improve patient safety. In order to support the expansion of the business across the U.S., and to add staff, the company raised $15 million in a Series B […]
Telehealth darling HealthSpot to add more funding (and potentially new partners)
Fresh from deals with strategic partners Xerox and Rite Aid, telemedicine kiosk provider HealthSpot is expected to detail a new round of funding of more than $11 million from four investors soon, according to a Form D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although MedCity News has learned the financing round includes a strategic […]
A health IT company scores patient engagement, and sees a way to improve doctor-patient interactions
Patient engagement is a healthcare buzzword these days but for all the lip service it gets, it’s not easy to quantify. Sure, patients might take their medication, but do they read their care plan? Do they just eyeball the documents or do they spend a significant amount of time reading them? As a way of […]
BioLabs Pegasus Park Cultivates Life Science Ecosystem
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
National High Blood Pressure Month: What’s going on in Columbus and Philadelphia?
May is National High Blood Pressure Month, and to check on this year’s numbers, iHealth has conducted a study with data from Practice Fusion and has published hypertension levels by city. Of the 17 cities presented, the two cities with the highest hypertension levels are Columbus, Ohio and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 58 percent and 51.7 […]
IT startup Bjond secures $3.25M to ‘supercharge’ legacy care management systems
Startup Bjond Inc. is in the business of developing care management software for providers and payors. But the company isn’t necessarily looking to replace legacy care management systems that don’t adequately support collaborative and preventive-focused population health management. “We’re trying to produce something that sits on top and supercharges old care management systems that have […]
Ohio State, MedVax partner up for clinical trials of peptide vaccines for HER2-related cancers
An academia-industry partnership between Ohio State University and biopharmaceutical company MedVax Technologies will take a new vaccine aimed at preventing and treating certain kinds of cancers through clinical development. The vaccine, developed by Ohio State researchers, targets cancers associated with the HER2 protein, which is thought to play a role not only in breast cancer […]
Researchers at OSU aspire to fix damaged hearts by repairing their natural pacemakers
Instead of implanting a medical device to keep arrhythmic hearts beating on pace, researchers at Ohio State dream of being able to give the heart back its own natural pacemaking abilities. Making pacemakers obsolete is the ultimate vision of Vadim Fedorov, Cynthia Carnes, PharmD and Peter Mohler at The Ohio State University Dorothy M. Davis […]
Ex-JobsOhio chief’s $250M Midwest venture fund eyes healthcare, tech, consumer startups
He’s no longer head of JobsOhio, but Mark Kvamme is still at work trying to keep companies and jobs in the region. His early-stage venture firm, Drive Capital, said Tuesday it’s equipped with a $250 million first fund to deploy to Midwest startups. The Columbus-based fund will dish out that money to some 30 companies […]