StartUPDATES: New Developments from Healthcare Startups
Check out new developments from Medvantx, Medisafe, Medical Informatics Corp., Journey Biosciences, and GSR Ventures.
Could pharma, digital therapeutics partnerships be a $1B opportunity?
A panel discussion at the DTx East conference in Boston discussed whether partnerships between digital health and drugmakers were "a match made in heaven."
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Market Trends to Watch for Health Systems and Their Specialty Pharmacies
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
What are the challenges and opportunities of running clinical trials of digital therapeutics?
Digital therapeutics clinical trials enable collection and analysis of data in real time, but considerations like standardization of analysis, trial endpoints and placebo controls are critical, experts at the DTx East conference in Boston said.
AmerisourceBergen’s Lash Group teams up with Medisafe to address patient adherence
Through their alliance, Medisafe will deliver real-time interventions to help patients stay adherent and will alert Lash Group's clinicians when patients are considered "at-risk."
Chronic disease management company Livongo boosts platform with new device and data capabilities
The new offerings are part of the company's evolution to what it calls Applied Health Signals, a shorthand to describe their platform's combination of data science and contextually relevant behavior change tools.
Apple makes health records API available to developers (Update)
Additionally, Apple previewed new health and fitness components for its smartwatch, as competition with Fitbit continues to build.
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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.
Contemplating a research study to validate an app? Read this first.
Every digital health startup wants clinical validation, but studies have unexpected results. That's what appears to have greeted Medisafe when it ventured to gather real-world evidence about its mobile health tool.
How much does mHealth technology actually help with medication adherence?
A JAMA Internal Medicine study found hypertension patients who used the Medisafe app showed a slight improvement in self-reported medication adherence but didn't show much improvement in blood pressure control.
Merck KGaA adopts Medisafe medication adherence tool for patients with chronic conditions
As part of the collaboration. Medisafe's digital health tool will be used for Merck KGaA's drugs spanning Type 2 diabetes, thyroid disorders, and cardiovascular diseases.
Medisafe expands medication adherence research service for pharma and life science customers
The expanded service is designed to provide pharma companies with information that can help inform new strategies and tactics to improve patient engagement.
Health Executives on Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
Medisafe raises $14.5M and adds London office to reflect growth in Europe
New European investor Octopus Ventures led the Series B round with participation from another new backer, M Ventures — the Amsterdam-based, strategic, corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGaA, in Darmstadt, Germany
When is medication adherence at its best (and worst)?
A Medisafe infographic illustrates how the digital health startup is using de-identified data to visualize when people are most and least likely to take their medication.
Pharma companies gain access to de-identified data on adherence for specific drugs
Medisafe's new channel for pharma companies is aimed at helping drug developers better understand adherence dynamics and make it easier to tweak their guidance for patients and physicians.
Medisafe teams with Nestlé for pre-surgery nutrition reminders
In some ways, it's a thinly veiled ad campaign for Nestlé's pre-surgery nutrition drink, but it's also a way to engage patients to help prevent surgical infections.
Medisafe-IMS Health study shows boost in adherence from digital health tool (infographic)
Study suggests the impact that digital health can have on chronic conditions.