Jeb Bush and ex-Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs join Heal’s board
Los Angeles, California-based Heal recently expanded its service area to Atlanta through a partnership with insurer Aetna.
Philly team that won Qualcomm Tricorder contest focused on human interaction first, diagnostics second
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.
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.
Medtronic allies with Qualcomm Life in quest for continuous glucose monitoring with smaller design, better data
A low-cost, connected continuous glucose monitor that can provide clinical decision support seems like it would be a nice addition to the toolset of Diabeter, a Danish operator of Diabetes clinics, which Medtronic acquired last year.
Qualcomm and UnitedHealthcare kick off connected health collaboration starting with wearables-driven employer wellness program
UnitedHealthcare Motion is the first of what the companies say will be a series of program collaborations in connected health
Walgreens announces expansion of MDLive access and its Connect app launch
Walgreens' digital health endeavors continue to expand with more states having its MDLive telehealth app available and the introduction of a new rewards program app.
Biological Dynamics secures $26.8M Series C for further molecular diagnostics growth
The molecular diagnostic company has brought in a new round of funding primarily dedicated toward securing regulatory clearance for the company's oncology diagnostic program TR(ACE) assay.
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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.
Qualcomm acquisition continues health data integration parade
Qualcomm Life, the health and life sciences subsidiary of communications giant Qualcomm, has purchased medical device and health IT integrator Capsule Technologie for an undisclosed sum.
Qualcomm and Novartis Part 2: Let’s start an investment company
The Beyond the Pill movement took an interesting turn this week when Qualcomm announced plans to open an investment business with Novartis, according to a company statement. Qualcomm will launch the investment company through its Qualcomm Ventures business. The news splash at the start of the JP Morgan Healthcare conference came about a week after […]
Telcare nabs $32M for mobile glucose monitoring
Telcare, which has developed mobile applications to monitor blood glucose levels for diabetics, has raised $32.5 million in a Series C round. The Bethesda-based digital health company, which also developed a HIPAA-compliant cloud for data storage, was founded in 2009. Funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, with additional help from Mosaic Health Solutions and […]
Who made it through to the finals of Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize?
There are 10 companies taking different approaches to home diagnostics tools that have made it through to the multi-year endurance test that’s the Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize. In the finals, their devices will be tested by a consumer panel. Teams in the final round compete in both diagnostic experience evaluations and consumer testing, scheduled to happen […]
Reducing Clinical and Staff Burnout with AI Automation
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
A report card for the digital health ecosystem: Thoughts from Qualcomm Life’s Connect2014
Digital health has a pretty erratic grade point average, or so says Dana Mead, a parter at venture firm Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers. He outlined and graded what he called the five most important elements of the digital health ecosystem at Qualcomm Life‘s Connect2014 conference this week in San Diego, and this is how he slices it: 1. Access […]
Mobile Ultrasound Patrol cut scan cost from $80 to $2 for Morocco moms
Equipping doctors and nurses with the right mobile technology and sending them into rural communities can make prenatal care significantly cheaper, safer and more efficient, a new study has found. This combination led to dramatically reduced costs on ultrasounds per patient – from $80 to $2, according to the report. It also found that mobile […]
Idea guy vs. the implementer: Two tech CEOs disagree on the promise of digital health
I wasn’t expecting the day to start off with a point/counterpoint about the state of digital health. Two tech leaders in San Diego gave completely opposite assessments on Thursday at the What’s Next Boomer Business Summit. Don Jones, the chief digital officer of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, talked about all the promise. David Inns, […]
Two more Tricorder XPRIZE hopefuls try crowdfunding their digital health devices
Ten million dollars is up for grabs to companies, students or researchers who can come up with the best digital health devices to noninvasively diagnose 15 diseases. But developing that device is a costly endeavor for the 30 teams vying for the Tricorder XPRIZE (four have dropped out since the finalists were announced in November). […]
Qualcomm picked a good one: YOFi glucose meter is convenient, sleek and surprising
Gad Shaanan is a product development guy. He doesn’t have a medical background and he doesn’t have diabetes. It was the sad state of glucose meters that drew him in to the world of medical devices. “There was not a meter with a color touch screen, even,” he said Wednesday at CES 2014. With financial […]