Startup focused on B-cell therapies launched with $52M in Series A
Massachusetts-based Be Biopharma will use the proceeds to build a team as it seeks to develop B-cell therapies for a variety of diseases.
Seattle Children’s Hospital spinout MDmetrix nabs $3M for data analytics and AI tools
The seed round for MDmetrix, which was founded in 2016, was led by Founders Co-op, and Arnold Venture Group and WRF Capital participated.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
This Microsoft team volunteered their time to develop a SIDS research tool
More than a decade ago, John Kahan, a Microsoft general manager, lost his infant son to SIDS. His team wanted to give back, so they spent hours of their own time developing a SIDS research tool.
Moving to the cloud for hospitals depends on risk tolerance
The move to cloud-based systems in healthcare has gained significant momentum of late, notably with athenhealth’s recent acquisition of Beth Israel Deaconess’ webOMR, but skepticism and caution still abound in many corners, particularly in the hospital world. Seattle Children’s Hospital is one such provider in that camp, with Chief Information Security Officer Cris Ewell laying […]
Robert Wood Johnson looks past healthcare in big data effort
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is launching what it calls Data for Health, a project that will explore how big data from a variety of sources well beyond healthcare can be used to inform consumers and help them live more healthful lives. The confluence of major investments in the promise of big data from health […]
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 might be fatal for laptops in hospitals
I am not a doctor, but I do some of the same information gathering. When I am reporting at a conference, I use an iPad for all the same reasons a doctor uses one during patient consults. It’s small, it’s light, and it has an Internet connection. I can gather information in one place and […]
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Obamacare implementation in Seattle draws fire for excluding Seattle Children’s Hospital from network
Health insurers and hospitals, usually on opposite sides, lined up together Tuesday to give Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler an earful about his proposed new rule for insurance-provider networks . Kreidler proposed the rule after complaints that consumers have been taken by surprise about narrower networks in insurance plans offered in the Affordable Care Act. Those […]