Roundtrip nabs $5.1M for non-emergency medical transportation solution
The Philadelphia-based startup plans to use the funding to boost its software capabilities and add employees to its sales, engineering and account management teams.
Sangamo buys stake in French firm developing cell therapies for autoimmune disease
Sangamo purchases 53 percent of France-based TxCell, will use zinc finger nuclease technology to develop CAR-Treg cells.
Reducing Clinical and Staff Burnout with AI Automation
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Roundtrip sees new ways to grow as CMS opens door to NEMT for Medicare Advantage members
Non-emergency medical transportation service startup Roundtrip recently closed a $1.9 million seed round and has begun collaborating with paratransit providers in Richmond and beyond to make their services more efficient.
Stepping stones to a new era in gene editing?
After 22 years, gene editing pioneer Sangamo Therapeutics is taking the plunge with three new in vivo gene editing clinical trials. If successful, the studies could serve as a template for myriad other genetic disorders.
Pfizer and Sangamo ink a $545M hemophilia-gene therapy deal
Pfizer has doubled-down on a gene therapy approach to treating hemophilia, announcing a new deal with Sangamo Therapeutics that could be worth up to $545 million.
Apple iOS 10 features easy sign-up for organ donation via Health app
It's essentially a digital answer to the organ donation stickers on state-issued driver's licenses, and it reportedly was inspired by late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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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.
Iggbo raises $13M to invest in tech to support phlebotomists-on-demand service
Iggbo will use the new funding to develop its technology (including voice recognition), hire more employees, and expand sales and marketing efforts with diagnostic laboratories, health systems, providers, retailers, and payers.
Patient engagement, explained via Bitstrips
Activist patient Casey Quinlan, who has a tattoo on her chest with a QR code linking to her own medical records, took to Bitstrips to spread the "gimme my damn data" mantra of engaged patients.
Medical school actor lives the part: Fake aneurysm patient becomes real one
It’s part of a longstanding practice in medical schools to use actors as patients so that students can develop critical skills for conducting physical exams and taking medical histories. But at the University of Virginia, one student’s actor-patient turned out to be the real thing. Jim Malloy was assigned an illness. University of Virginia Medical […]
What do gastric bypasses have to do with health insurance exchange plan prices? A lot in some states
Consumers shopping for coverage in new online marketplaces may scratch their heads when they come to a handful of plans in Virginia: Why do some cost more than $1,800 a month? No, the plans do not include gold-plated hospital beds or guaranteed same-day access to doctors. Instead, those premiums reflect an add-on benefit for a […]
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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.
Challenge of matching kidney transplant candidates with donors is getting worse, not better
An interview I did this week with Sridhar Tayur, the CEO of OrganJet alerted me to the problem that numerous kidneys get discarded every year despite the fact that more than 97,000 people are in need of one. But one nagging question that came out of that conversation was this: Exactly how many kidneys get […]
Medical homes may help keep costs down while caring for newly insured
One of the persistent questions about the Affordable Care Act is how are so many people, new to insurance, going to get quality health care when the system seems so strapped already. The law does have an answer to that: the medical home. But it is...