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StartUPDATES: New Developments from Healthcare Startups
Check out new developments from Opala, Wheel, GoodRx, Fathom, Tivic Health, and more.
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Startups, Devices & Diagnostics
Two non-drug, device approaches to tackling the opioid crisis
Companies are developing non-drug approaches to tackling the prescription opioid crisis and stand to receive support from the likes of the NIH and the FDA.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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With great data comes great responsibility: New regulatory challenges for health tech
At the AdvaMed Digital MedTech Conference in San Francisco, experts in data privacy explained how new legislation is shaping how the industry thinks about privacy and how to protect patient information and mitigate business risk in an uncertain environment.
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Startups, Artificial Intelligence
The Consumer Technology Association launches new AI initiative with groups like Fitbit, Google and IBM
CTA’s working group, which includes more than 30 different organizations, is an effort to bring stakeholders together to create common understanding around AI definitions, proper data management and ethical considerations like bias and privacy.
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FDA considering imposing 10-year limit when manufacturers choose older predicates
FDA is modernizing its 510(k) program and one change it is mulling is placing a limit on how old a predicate device is when manufacturers develop a new product showing substantial equivalence.
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AdvaMed’s CEO dismissed The Bleeding Edge documentary as “entertainment.” He is wrong.
The CEO of the largest medical device industry association believes The Bleeding Edge documentary to be “entertainment” and not fact-based. What it represents, rather, is an inconvenient truth.
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New report for medtech industry has stark message: Tech coming for you
A new report exhorts the medtech industry to invest in customer-centric capabilities and digital collaborations to build personalized health solutions or die by being outgunned by tech companies with deep expertise and data-driven consumer solutions.
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How CMS decided to ultimately cover a CGM connected to an iPhone
One episode shows how CMS evolved its thinking of how to cover continuous glucose monitoring when Medicare beneficiaries wanted to use it with their iPhones to share data with caregivers, family and physicians.
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Here’s four types of value-based contracting with providers that companies can pursue
At the MedTech conference hosted by industry association AdvaMed, an expert explains the different kinds of value-based contracting vendors can negotiate with health systems.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Report finds cautious optimism about the global medtech industry
In its annual Pulse of the Industry report, consulting firm EY evaluates the global medical devices industry and concludes the mood is one of cautious optimism as it relates to venture capital, M&A and future growth.
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A Silicon Valley future for medtech
Flex, a global electronics contract manufacturer, is reshaping itself to grow its $2 billion healthcare business and believes its take on the future will help traditional medtech companies fare better.
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Health IT, Devices & Diagnostics
Bringing the sexy (back) to medtech
AdvaMed, the medtech industry association in Washington, D.C., is launching AdvaMed Digital to give digital health companies a voice in the policy battles ahead, and perhaps to shore up its own membership that was affected by medtech mergers.
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Medtech CEO rails against DOJ at industry conference
Howard Root, CEO of Vascular Solutions, was declared not guilty of illegally promoting a medical device after a Department of Justice investigation that spanned several years.
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VCs cannot alone fund expensive medical device innovations
The medtech industry prides itself on helping improve patients’ lives, but it’s actually kind of selfish compared with other industries, medtech CEOs said at AdvaMed in Minneapolis.
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Partnerships key to success of value-based care in medtech
Partnerships between insurers, health systems and medtech companies as well as insight gleaned from Big Data are going to key to the success of value-based care in the medical devices industry.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
