Category: mobile health

Health apps could face big fines if they don’t disclose privacy breaches

cybersecurity, Daily, digital health, FTC, health apps, Health Tech, Legal, mobile health, Policy, privacy, SYN, Top Story, Wearables / September 20, 2021 September 20, 2021

The agency reminded health apps and wearables companies that they must disclose any breach of users’ health information, even if they are not a HIPAA covered entity. Companies that fail to disclose a breach could face thousands of dollars per day in fines.

Data-Driven Future: Impact of Machine Learning on Diabetes Management

AI, AI in healthcare, algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Ascensia Diabetes Care, behavior, bioinformatics, Clinical Trials, cloud, CONTOUR®DIABETES app, diabetes, diabetes app, diabetes management, Diabetic Retinopathy, Digital Healthcare, DreaMed Diabetes, Electronic Medical Records, Genomics, global health, google, healthcare delivery, insulin, Machine Learning, medical records, medication, mobile health, Opinion, Patient Monitoring, radiology, remote patient monitoring, risk, Telehealth, type 1 diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Virta Health / March 2, 2021 March 2, 2021

Athar Siddiqui: Global Strategy Lead, Digital Connected Solutions – Ascensia Diabetes Care “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other” – Bill Gates wrote this in 1999 and, nowadays, the same can certainly be said about information technology and healthcare. …

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Boston Scientific Acquires Preventice Solutions for $925M in Cash

AI, algorithms, Cardiac Monitoring, Caregivers, cloud, diagnostic testing, digital health, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, mHealth, mobile health, Telemetry / January 22, 2021 January 22, 2021

What You Should Know: – Boston Scientific announces an agreement to acquire Preventice Solutions, a leading developer of mobile health solutions and remote monitoring services that connect patients and caregivers for $925M in cash. – The acquisition of external cardiac monitoring technologies and services providers will expand Boston Scientific’s rhythm management diagnostics portfolio and capabilities. …

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Medidata Acquires Digital Biomarker Business of MC10 / Clinical Trials & Wearable Sensors

Biomarker Discovery, Biomarkers, Biometric Data, clinical research, Clinical Trials, cloud, Digital Biomarkers, digital health, Digital Transformation, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Life Sciences, MC10, Medidata, mobile health, Partners, sensors, Wearables / October 27, 2020 October 27, 2020

What You Should Know: – Clinical trials technology company Medidata has acquired the digital biomarker business of MC10. – MC10’s offerings will bring novel clinical analytics and biosensor capabilities to Medidata’s existing technology solutions, enhancing Medidata’s capabilities to integrate data from wearable sensors – including clinical grade metrics – in clinical trials. – With this …

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Verily Forms New Subsidiary Focused on Employer Stop-Loss Through Precision Risk

Alphabet, care management, health insurance, Health IT, mobile health, model, risk, Verily / August 25, 2020 August 25, 2020

What You Should Know: – Alphabet’s Verily has established a new subsidiary, Coefficient, with a mission to create value by combining innovative health technology solutions with new insurance and payment models. Verily is the majority shareholder and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, an established player in the employer stop-loss market, has a minority stake in the …

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Analysis: July Health IT M&A Activity; Public Company Performance

ACA, ALLSCRIPTS, Amazon, apple, big data, CIOX, cloud, Department of Health and Human Services, digital health, Doctor on Demand, Donald Trump, Edifecs, Facebook, Genomics, global health, google, Heal, Health and Human Services, Health Catalyst, Health IT, healthcare growth, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Healthfinch, himss, HIT, Humana, integrity, IPO, M&A, Microsoft, mobile health, NLP, Optum, Optum Ventures, Partners, Payers, Pharmacy, primary care, Private Equity, R1, Sema4, Telemedicine, TeleTracking, Truepill, Walgreens, WASHINGTON / August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020

– Healthcare Growth Partners’ (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of July 2020. While a pandemic ravages the country, technology valuations are soaring. The Nasdaq hit an all-time high during the month of July, sailing through the 10,000 mark to post YTD gains …

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HHS Taps Fenway Health as Pilot Site for Precision Medicine Project

athenahealth, digital health, Electronic Health Record, HHS, Interoperability, mobile health, NIH, Office of the National Coordinator, ONC, Patient Care, Precision Medicine, social determinants of health, WASHINGTON / July 14, 2020 July 14, 2020

What You Should Know: – Fenway Health has been selected as the pilot site to participate in the Advancing Standards for Precision Medicine (ASPM) project. – The ASPM project is focused on how healthcare providers can systematically identify the socio-economic factors that may impact the health of patients in order to provide more individualized care …

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