Home care company Signify Health announced Tuesday that it added an in-home kidney health evaluation to its platform. Based on the results of the evaluation, the company can refer patients to their primary care physician or a specialist if they’re in need of further treatment.
Human Longevity, Inc., a startup founded by genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter, plans to join the public markets via a SPAC merger. If the business combination closes, HLI would receive about $345 million for continued commercialization of its platform that uses genomics, AI, and other technologies for early disease detection and other strategies intended to help people live longer.
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.
The South San Francisco company intends to use the funding to launch its pivotal trial for its blood-based colorectal cancer screening and submit its test for parallel review for CMS coverage.
The report from Coverys analyzed 10,618 closed medical professional liability claims from 2013 to 2017. Diagnosis-related errors and failures make up 33 percent of all claims and 47 percent of indemnity payments.
Four recent engineering graduates from McMaster University, near Toronto, built a device to detect melanoma that measures the temperature differences between melanoma and normal tissue.
Through CareFirst's new HealthWorx program, the organizations are working together on evidence development studies for ExoDx diagnostic tests.
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.
Some of the members of Basil Leaf Technologies, also known as team Final Frontier, gathered in Philadelphia to share their insights on the Qualcomm Tricorder Prize experience and what comes next.
The dramatic downfall of Theranos holds key lessons for startup entrepreneurs who want to avoid CEO Holmes's fate.
The researchers’ next goal is to make a more integrated system so that the processing is done on the phone so the user can see the results as soon as testing is done.
FDA gave Roche the greenlight for a C.difficile test.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
As public health officials grapple with the enormous health crisis of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and most recently Congo, it raises the question of whether mobile health could make a difference. An Information Week article drew attention to some examples where mobile health tools could offer a way to trace the […]