Dr. Amy Abernethy, a medical oncologist from Duke University School of Medicine who has championed clinical informatics and working with patients to develop more personalized cancer care, has joined Flatiron Health.
If you're going to have an innovation advisory board for a mobile health company, it helps to have someone who is very familiar with the product and also a big proponent of developing new applications for mobile health technology. Orlando Portale, the CIO for Palomar Health, is well positioned to head up Airstrip's newly formed board and help it advance its technology platform.
Abarca executives see plenty of potential for new technologies but note the need to strike the right balance between tech and human intervention.
Health IT companies that can provide tools to help employers lower healthcare costs have attracted a growing amount of venture investment, not to mention at least one high-profile IPO. Sherpaa Health, a company co-founded by primary care physician Jay Parkinson (pictured in the video) to address non-emergency medical queries from employees, has raised $3.92 million, […]
Misplace your inhaler lately? Are you due for a refill? Staying away from spots that exacerbate your asthma? A senior at Drexel University re-imagined an asthma inhaler with a companion app so users can keep a personal record of the quality of their breathing and do a better job of managing their health.
The pharmaceutical industry is warming up to direct to consumer advertising on YouTube, but Google, which acquired the media channel in 2006, would like drug companies to get a lot warmer.
Follow MedCity News on TWITTER, LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE+ for even more content on innovation in healthcare. Dancing isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when people think of hospitals, even less when they think of surgery. But for one breast cancer patient, a flash mob was the logical option to celebrate life before […]
Executives at the ViVE Payer Insights event earlier this year discussed prior authorization, AI, value-based care and the role of tech to help achieve their goals.
The 3D printer has rapidly become something of a medtech superhero. In its latest feat, the technology helped surgeons at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Ky., save a child born with congenital heart defects. 3D printing technology saved the day when pediatric surgeons needed a customized trachea splint when an infant’s trachea collapsed. It’s improved […]
When I hear about hospitals and gaming, I tend to think of patients using apps to improve physical therapy or adherence. But one startup has developed a gaming platform to help figure out how to engage hospital employees with the goal of improving performance. GearFiveStudio’s AMPT application is highlighted in a Forbes article today. Co-founder […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxdf7MCv8mk Nietzsche may have been thinking of emotional turmoil when he wrote “That which does not kill us makes us stronger,” but the quote could just as easily apply to a potential life science innovation — a cure for peanut allergies. Scientists testing a treatment on children have had positive results from the most unlikely […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUH9f4R2OiI#t=198 One of the frustrating aspects of getting patients to follow a care plan is the inability to have a clear window to patient activity between office visits. If care providers had more information about their patients between those visits, they might get a better understanding of why so many fail to complete cardiovascular rehabilitation […]
In an era of escalating healthcare costs and a growing preference for natural, holistic approaches to health, The Impact Brands emerges as a collective of diverse brands dedicated to supporting overall wellness through natural means.
Here we go again. California’s state-run health insurance exchange, Covered California, is spearheading and apparently paying for most of a new campaign aimed at getting young adults to spread the word about enrolling in health insurance. Along with partners including Enroll America, Covered California has reportedly enlisted the help of a host of celebrities like […]
As 3D printing nears its tipping point in the consumer world, of course someone had to go and name a day after it. The culprit? GE, who’s been expanding its use of additive manufacturing and has said the technology could touch more than half of its manufacturing in 20 years. Instead of participating in its […]
Heart In A Box | Debbie Chesebro, Josh Kurz & Shane Winter from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo. This short film is over a year old, but it’s still worth sharing. A semifinalist in GE’s Focus Forward Filmmaking Contest last year, “Heart in a Box” shows a device developed by Transmedics in Andover, Mass., in […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5AFC3MQtSg A new medical device company thinks it has an innovative approach to help with the recovery process for penis and scrotum injuries. It’s raising $75,000 on crowdfunding website “B a Med Founder” to advance its Epiditi scrotal ice pack with the helpful catchphrase, “Cool the Jewels!” Short Hills, New Jersey-based Gallen Technologies said its […]
Here’s something you don’t see everyday — an empathetic video on the struggles of physicians running a practice in the guise of a Miley Cyrus parody video. Health IT company NueMD is trying a new marketing tactic to promote its cloud-based physician practice management software. It channels Miley Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball video, though unlike the […]