Jan 25,2021

Israeli Technology Leading World Out of COVID-19 Crisis

At the IMPROVATE Innovation Conference, Israeli technology companies presented to government officials and investors from Europe solutions for the post-coronavirus era in the fields of MedTech, tourism and education. Ayala Bliah, CEO of Sivan, described how Moovcare as a medical application works to improve cancer patient’s longevity and helps oncologists better manage medical visits and priorities.

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Jan 11,2021

First NHS Trust and Sectra Achieve Rapid Go-Live in Greater Manchester Patient Diagnostic Imaging Initiative

A new region-wide approach to analysing x-rays, MRI scans, CT scans, mammography, and an entire range of crucial diagnostic images, has started to become reality, now that The Pennine Acute has become the first of eight trusts across Greater Manchester to deploy state-of-the-art medical imaging technology.

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Jan 20,2021

Medisafe and Everyday Health Launching Condition-Specific Digital Resource Centers

Medisafe, a leading digital therapeutics company with seven million registered users, announced a new initiative with Everyday Health to launch new condition-specific resource centers through the Medisafe platform. With 40% of patients turning to digital resources to help manage their chronic conditions, the new digital resource centers will feature healthcare guidance, condition-specific news coverage and living-with information to support patients managing their condition.

COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP

#product & service

#platform

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Jan 08,2021

Exploring Cancer Patients’ Perceptions of Accessing and Experience with Using the Educational Material in the Opal Patient Portal

Opal is a new patient-centered mobile application that gives cancer patients access to their real time medical data in conjunction with disease- and treatment-specific patient education material. Few studies have focused on patients’ experiences with such mobile applications. This study’s objectives were to (1) explore cancer patients’ perceptions of accessing the educational materials through Opal and (2) explore their experiences using these educational materials.

CLINICAL STUDY

#mobile app

#coaching

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Jan 15,2021

AI cancer pathology developer Paige nets $100M

After scoring two European approvals last month for its artificial-intelligence-powered cancer pathology platforms, Paige has secured $100 million in new funding to boost its development of biomarkers as clinical applications. The New York-based company’s series C round was led by Casdin Capital and Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the drugmaker’s strategic venture capital arm.

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Jan 18,2021

A qualitative study of online support communities for lung cancer survivors on targeted therapies

Due to recent treatment advances, people who have non–small cell lung cancer with oncogenic alterations are an important new group of cancer survivors. Little is known about lung cancer online support communities. This research was guided by two primary questions: (1) How do these lung cancer survivors engage in online support communities? and (2) What are the psychological, social, and physical impacts of such engagement?

CLINICAL STUDY

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#platform

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Jan 20,2021

Technology as the Differentiator: Tapping the Promises of Modern-Day Healthcare in an Ever-Changing Environment

Guest post by: Rob Jennetten Consultant Former Director of Innovation Partnerships at OSF Healthcare System. Digital health innovation is not the product of perfection. Health systems must build unique digital and patient experiences in order for them to remain relevant and to differentiate from their competitors. I firmly believe that the more you can build into the digital ecosystem for both clinicians and patients, the better. But just bolting together a tall digital stack isn’t enough. It’s incumbent on individual health systems to create their unique digital experience—not an EHR experience, or a CancerIQ experience, or even an EHR+ CancerIQ experience.

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Jan 05,2021

New OHIP Service Connects Patients with Skin Cancer Specialists Within Hours

Skinopathy, a Canadian medical technology start-up founded in 2020 has launched GetSkinHelp.com, an OHIP-covered online service that reduces the wait times to see a skin cancer specialist from several months to mere hours.

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Jan 06,2021

Commercial successes and financial operations put Voluntis on track to deliver on its strategic roadmap in 2021 and beyond

The goal of Voluntis’ 2020 new strategic roadmap was to ink major partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies, in order to commercialize the digital therapeutics solutions developed by the company, primarily in the field of oncology.

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Jan 14,2021

Wave Health Rated #1 mHealth App By Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Wave App, a free mobile application for more than 150 chronic conditions helping patients take greater control of their health during treatment, today announces that a systemic review out of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC) rated Wave as the #1 highest quality mHealth application to track patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for oncology patients.

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