Sep 25,2020

An App Monitors Cancer Patients' Health Status and Rewards Participation

Close2U, an electronic device application, has been developed by researchers at the Complutense University (UCM) and the University of Zaragoza (UZA) to monitor cancer patients' physical and mental health using gamification. Users answer a series of daily questions about their mood and where they are experiencing pain. In return, the app rewards them in the form of advice or songs, resources intended to increase their motivation.

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Sep 12,2020

Cancer patient perspectives on survivorship goals from the Smart Patients online community

Cancer impacts individuals’ life goals. Recent cancer care guidelines recommend discussing life goals as part of patient-provider communication. The goal of this study was to understand patients’ attitudes toward goal sharing with their cancer care providers.

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Sep 15,2020

New Study: The State Of A.I.-Based, FDA-approved Medical Devices And Algorithms – An Online Database

While novel, A.I.-based medical devices show promise in enhancing medicine, they are inevitably high-risk in nature. There are several unknown consequences of using A.I. in medical decision-making and data analysis. As such, the FDA imposes strict regulatory requirements to licence such medical devices.

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Sep 23,2020

Development and evaluation of a sustainable video health education program for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients in Malaysia

Wider breast cancer (BC) treatment options, short consultation time with physicians, lack of knowledge, and poor coping skills at the time of diagnosis may affect patients’ decisions causing treatment delays and non-adherence. To address this gap, a breast care nurse video orientation program was started. The aim was to evaluate the video on patients’ knowledge, satisfaction, and treatment adherence.

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Oct 13,2020

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Partners With OncoHealth for Oncology Benefits Management

OncoHealth, the leading digital health company focused on the physical, mental and financial complexities of cancer care, providers, and patients with solutions that are purpose-built for oncology, has announced a multi-year partnership with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Harvard Pilgrim’s selection of OncoHealth’s utilization management solution was based on its capacity to leverage both provider generated real-world data and health plan claims data in making evidence-based decisions quickly, as well as its analytics software, which normalizes data into novel dashboards to better manage trends in drug utilization, spend and population health of oncology members.

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Oct 05,2020

Kaiku Health receives Digi-HTA recommendation

Kaiku Health, the developer of digital health intervention platform in oncology, has received the Digi-HTA recommendation of use. The Digi-HTA is a criteria tool for assessing digital healthcare services’ (eg. mobile apps, AI solutions, and robotics) suitability for use in healthcare.

PRODUCT

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Oct 05,2020

Health Tech Digital Awards 2020

Best use of Artificial Intelligence – Belong.Life – Belong – Beating Cancer Together. Belong – Beating Cancer Together is a free and anonymous patient engagement and navigation mobile application for cancer patients and healthcare providers. It is currently the world’s largest social network for cancer patients, with hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. Community members use the app to connect, receive and share clinical information anonymously and to privately discuss urgent issues related to their condition with others on the app. The content the patient receives on the app is personalized to their cancer type and stage, as well as preferences.

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Oct 07,2020

Careology and London General Practice deliver remote monitoring for COVID-19 cases

Digital Cancer Care company, Careology has partnered with The London General Practice to launch ‘Careology Connect.’ The platform will allow clinicians to remotely monitor their patient’s COVID-19 symptoms in real-time and intervene if medical attention is needed.

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Oct 28,2020

Sidekick Health scores $20M for its gamified digital care platform

Nordic digital therapeutics company, Sidekick Health, has closed a $20 million Series A led by pan-European VC Wellington Partners and healthcare focused VC Asabys Partners. Existing investors, Novator and Frumtak Ventures, also participated in the oversubscribed round.

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Oct 06,2020

Voluntis announces issuance of US patent for the proprietary algorithm engine of its Theraxium digital therapeutic platform

Voluntis (Euronext Paris, Ticker: VTX – ISIN: FR0004183960), a leader in digital therapeutics, announces today the issuance of a new patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) covering the clinical algorithm engine of the Theraxium platform and the unique process developed by Voluntis for designing patient decision support and self-management algorithms.

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