A predictive analytics company takes the top prize at the Mayo Clinic Think Big Challenge, part of Mayo's Transform annual conference, and with it the right to commercialize a Mayo technology.
The problem of misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis is so prevalent that clinical decision support technology vendor VisualDx calls surgical and medication errors just the tip of the iceberg in patient safety.
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
The intention is to provide a sense of rotation when someone is sitting still through Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation.
In less than two minutes, we found two great sentiments on Twitter that security professionals didn't bother to raise in getting out their statements to the press about the Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield breach.
The mPower app helps Parkinson's disease patients track metrics such as dexterity, balance, gait, voice patterns and cognition, then send readings to researchers.
Health and wellness company The Oxygen Plan has joined Mayo Clinic's business accelerator to advance its stress assessment tool.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
Healthcare entrepreneur and a former new product development director at Johnson & Johnson Siva Raj is tapping into the smart bike trend with a twist. Revvo wants to focus on newly diagnosed patients with chronic conditions, particularly people with cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes and those at risk for developing these diseases. Raj said […]
Snyderman: a low tech patient centric solution is to simply be neighborly. Take the gloves off. Be human. #TXFM pic.twitter.com/Uz06VjYWXw — Spark (@uofuspark) September 10, 2013 Watching the #txfm Twitter stream this morning made me wish I had been in the audience for Dr. Nancy Snyderman’s opening talk at the Mayo Clinic’s Transform conference. She […]
Now that next-generation DNA sequencing is fast enough, cheap enough and commercially available, the next challenging for innovators is finding ways to effectively apply it to everyday medicine outside of the research lab. Mayo Clinic and personalized medicine firm Cancer Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ:CGIX) have formed a new company to do just that. OncoSpire Genomics, announced […]
Mayo Clinic has pulled back on its plans to expand into the Twin Cities, and appears to be doubling down on its commitment to its headquarters 80 miles south in Rochester, Minnesota. Mayo announced Wednesday that it was going to spend $3.5 billion over 20 years as part of a $6 billion public-private economic development […]
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.
The push to make it easier to share patient data with providers using health information exchanges as part of the meaningful use requirements has spurred the growth of niche players serving this market. A New York-based health IT company that specializes in tracking down and retrieving patient records and sharing diagnostics images has raised $6 […]
Mayo Clinic announced Tuesday that it is partnering with Silicon Valley Biosystems, a California diagnostics company, to provide better genomics diagnostics and interpretation. Described as a “strategic relationship,” the financial terms of the partnership weren’t disclosed. Under the agreement, SV Bio will provide its genome interpretation solution services and clinical decision support services to Mayo. […]
SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATE Mayo Clinic and Optum, insurance giant UnitedHealth Group’s claims, health IT and health services division, announced that they are creating Optum Labs, a collaborative research and development organization with the overarching goal of improving patient care. The initiative is intended to be an open environment centered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where […]
While Mayo Clinic appears to have beaten a retreat in expanding its presence in urban areas, the same is not true for less populous regions of the country. The venerable healthcare institution announced Wednesday that it has formed a joint venture with Select Medical called Allevant Solutions that will focus on improving post-acute care in rural […]
Mayo Clinic released an app earlier this week that aims to be the first self-help tool that actually coaches people to overcome their demons, all for the nifty price of $4.99. Called Anxiety Coach, the app claims to do no other self-help app can – help “people conquer their fears by guiding them through a […]