Nordic Consulting president charged with sexual harassment
A municipal administrative panel in Madison, Wisconsin, this week is hearing the sexual harassment case against Drew Madden, president of Madison-based Nordic Consulting Partners.
Redox raises $3.5 million to support growth of its network
.406 Ventures led the round along with participation by Flybridge Capital Partners and HealthX Ventures.
Reducing Clinical and Staff Burnout with AI Automation
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
FDA clears Propeller Health remote monitoring platform for GSK inhaler as beyond the pill trend grows
The clearance permits companies that use medications with GSK's Diskus dry powder inhaler for COPD patients to use Propeller's platform to better understand how COPD patients used their inhaler between appointments.
Noise detectors that can make patients happier (and keep nurses in the loop)
Since patient satisfaction survey results in HCAHPS began to impact hospital reimbursement a couple of years ago, healthcare facilities have taken a greater interest in developing ways to improve them. One Wisconsin-based IT business has adapted a sensor initially designed for property managers and hotels to work in hospitals, extended care and nursing home facilities. […]
Forward Health Group raises $5M to support growth of population health IT biz
Forward Health Group, a population health IT company based in Madison, Wisconsin, has raised $5 million in in its first major financing round since its start in 2009. In a phone interview with MedCity News, founder and CEO Michael Barbouche said it received institutional funding from healthcare focused venture firm Triple Tree Capital Partners in […]
Wellbe raises $2.4M to expand patient navigation software for orthopedic surgery patients
Wellbe has raised fresh capital to expand its multimedia approach to helping orthopedic patients stick to their care plans into other medical specialties. In an emailed response to questions, a Wellbe spokeswoman said it will use the $2.4 million it raised to expand its patient navigation platform into pain management, spinal procedures and cardiovascular conditions. […]
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Transforming Patient Care: The Role of AI-Powered Assistants
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Medication monitoring company for asthma, COPD attracts $14.5M
Propeller Health, which developed an FDA-cleared sensor to track where and when patients with asthma, COPD and other respiratory diseases use their inhalers and take medication related to their condition, has closed a Series B round to accelerate product development and ramp up sales and marketing. Safeguard Scientifics led the financing for the $14.5 million […]
Doctors mark diagnostic milestone, use DNA test in race to crack bacteria mystery
A team of doctors pressed for time used DNA testing to diagnose a rare bacterial infection in a 14-year-old boy with encephalitis. The case, written up in the New England Journal of Medicine and widely covered in media reports this week, represents what could one day become commonplace as medical innovations make it easier to […]
Epic veteran sees an opening in developing customized apps for providers
One of a group of healthcare startups on display at the Startup Showcase at the HIMSS conference in Orlando next week is Branch2. It’s the second healthcare IT startup launched by Reggie Luedtke, a veteran of healthcare software giant Epic Systems. In an interview with Xconomy, Luedtke highlighted some of the opportunities its Madison, Wisconsin-based […]
Wellbe snags $1.4M to build step-by-step digital roadmaps through hospital episodes of care
A digital health startup working with hospitals to help their patients navigate through an episode of care has loaded up with $1.4 million from investors in a Series A round. Madison, Wisconsin-based Wellbe Inc. creates software called Guided Carepaths that essentially acts as a virtual navigator for patients undergoing joint replacements or sports medicine surgeries. […]
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3D Medical Animation Services: A Revolution in Healthcare Education and Marketing
3D medical animation services have emerged as a groundbreaking tool in the healthcare industry, revolutionizing the way medical concepts are taught, understood, and marketed.
You’ve got HIT questions? New startup has crowdsourced answers (video)
A group of former employees from electronic medical record vendor Epic have launched a website to address the myriad of questions that pop up in health IT. Its website, BreadcrumbsQA, crowdsources responses from a network of health IT analysts, trainers, executives and builders who build up technology credibility on the site the more questions they can […]
New device uses sensors to evaluate and treat patients who have trouble swallowing
A Wisconsin startup focused on retraining weakened mouth muscles that cause people to have difficulty swallowing has launched its first device and raised a $1 million series A as it prepares to roll out a second. Swallow Solutions’ first institutional round was led by Venture Management with participation from NEW Capital Fund, Wisconsin Investment Partners […]
Startup with device for early sepsis detection hopes for new CEO and 2014 market launch
Isomark, a Wisconsin, Madison-based medical device company, was founded back in 2005 with a goal to commercialize a technology developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that could detect blood infections early. But lacking a focus on what market to pursue meant the company didn’t really start to raise money until 2010. That occurred shortly before […]
Some providers have found implementing EHR “traumatizing” (infographic)
The road for many providers implementing electronic health records has not been an easy one. But an infographic from health IT resource group HealthPOINT at Dakota State University revealed that 5 percent said the transition process was “traumatizing.” More than 50 percent of providers said it’s “been bumpy,” and another quarter of respondents said they […]
Device startup aims to reduce blood loss, procedure times in liver resection for cancer patients
Managing blood loss is one of the biggest challenges in liver resection procedures that involve cutting out diseased tissue in liver cancer patients. The resections can sometimes require blood transfusions of large amounts of blood, which is an expensive proposition for hospitals who have to store and manage the blood. So much blood loss is […]