Digital health exec helping build unique remote monitoring solution.
Portland, OR
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Senate considers making permanent certain Covid-19 telehealth policies.
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Tim Gee retweeted
"I have a vision for transitioning health care from reactive to proactive."
Meet our CEO, Nicholas Conn, in this @UpStart_NY article that features the developmental process of HHI from inception to creation.
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Test of 8 chatbots to triage COVID-19 patients. Not ready for prime time? Seems that way...
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.@spoktweets Spok adds Christine Cournoyer to Board of Directors. Touting her record of pivoting, building value and being acquired at her last company she seems a choice agreeable to a new PE owner. Just sayin.
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PE firm looks to acquire @spoktweets Spok at a 39% premium for a total of $226.2M. Spok has yet to comment on the offer.
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Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) from AHRQ to test HIT solutions to improve communication and care coordination during care transitions.
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.@CTATech to build industry standardization on definitions and characteristics of AI in healthcare. Lots of digital health markets would benefit from this.
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Also see the AI Startups in Health Coalition (AISHC)
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“Free” practice EMR vendor @PracticeFusion fined $145M for kickback scheme with opioid mfg that resulted in increased prescriptions.
Likely not the first EMR fraud related case we’ll see.
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Critical Alert (@nursecall) announces ability to overlay any nurse call system to greatly reduce the cost of upgrades or switching vendors. This industry first will likely further disrupt the nurse call industry.
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Element Science raises $146M Series C to launch Jewel patient-worn defibrillator for total $192.6M raised. Competes with Zoll’s bulkier LifeVest cardioverter defibrillator.
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Bluetooth LE vulnerability reported by FDA may impact medical devices.
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.@Providence opens India-based innovation center. The pendulum between buying vendor solutions and “roll-your-own” is swinging strongly to systems developing their own software.
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Cool new respiration sensor gets FDA “breakthrough product” designation. Sadly, the sensor only connects to iPhone or iPad, so they’re missing half the solution for hospitals.
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New rpt on adoption of hospital digital health and engagement. Findings 1) half said adopting digital health is a priority, 2) consumer experience lacking, 3) initial deployments are basic, 4) cost is biggest barrier to adoption.
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Another non-invasive cuff-less blood pressure sensor. Uses small continuous wave radar (CWR) sensor adhered to the sternum, and photoplethysmogram sensor (PPG) clipped to the left earlobe for real-time BP.
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ALT Chest worn sensor
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Good insight into why fixing vulnerabilities in connected medical devices is so hard.
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New market report shows health care industry just getting started shifting to being consumer-focused. 70% of providers and payors are working on consumer-centric strategies, only 20 and 24% respectively have a full strategy in place.
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.@CaptionHealth snags FDA clearance for AI to guide non-sonographers thru ultrasound exams. Small low cost U/S scanners have been around for years — *this* is what’s been missing to “disrupt” the market.
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CMS releases 2020 list of *786* hospitals to rcv lower payments due to higher rates of infection, injuries — many well known “premier” hospitals.
All prospects for patient safety solutions!
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Most patients don’t care about accessing their data or interoperability: "Majority of Diagnosed Cancer Patients are not Viewing Their EHR”
Will they ever care?
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