Canada
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Home health company Mavencare expands to Boston
The organization, which leverages technology to provide care to seniors in their own homes, also serves the Toronto and New York City markets.
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Many doctors writing clinical practice guidelines receive undisclosed industry payments, study finds
Greater transparency about conflicts of interest could curb punitive actions like MSKCC executive’s resignation last month, study author says.
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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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League raises fresh capital to grow employee health benefits platform
The Canadian startup secured C$62 million (or about $47.5 million) in a round led by TELUS Ventures. Wittington Ventures, OMERS, RBC Ventures, Real Ventures, Infinite Potential Group and BDC IT Venture Fund also participated in the round.
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Redox marks first longterm care deal through partnership with specialty EHR provider
Redox’s deal with PointClickCare was its first partnership in senior care and could improve the way data is shared in the longterm care sector.
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Employers find ways around FDA crackdown on drug imports to reduce prescription costs
Congress has passed legislation legalizing the importation of prescription drugs several times in the past 20 years, but both Democratic and Republican administrations have opted not to implement it.
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This diagnostic device uses temperature to aid melanoma detection
Four recent engineering graduates from McMaster University, near Toronto, built a device to detect melanoma that measures the temperature differences between melanoma and normal tissue.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Diagnostics, Health IT, Startups, SYN
A new world of non-invasive cardiac diagnostics
Genetesis and Analytics 4 Life have developed non-invasive approaches to cardiac diagnostics.
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InterSystems, Epic take the lead in global EHR market share
Which EHR vendors were the hottest across the globe? The KLAS “Global EMR Market Share 2017” report analyzes new hospital EHR contracts that happened all over the world in 2016.
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Do caregivers need a Parkinson’s disease simulation device to experience empathy?
Do doctors need a shot of empathy? Researchers at a Canadian digital healthcare marketing company think so, and say they can administer it wirelessly.
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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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Partnership for Safer Medicines launches campaign against Canadian drug imports
The U.S. drug industry has strongly opposed efforts to open the borders to drug imports, but pharma lobbying group PhRMA is not mentioned in the Partnership for Safer Medicines’ advertising blitz.
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Aurinia rocks the boat with $150M public offering
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals put cashflow issues behind it on Tuesday, announcing a public offering that it expects will generate $150.5 million in gross proceeds for its Phase 3 trial in lupus nephritis. But not everyone was happy with the news.
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires AI startup
Meta developed software to analyze and connect insights across millions of scientific papers, according to a description of the company on Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Facebook page.
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Is protectionism hurting health IT innovation?
We need a better way forward, one which protects the networks and IP of established eHealth companies, while also enabling active innovation from the eHealth community.
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Relay Ventures co-founder outlines digital health priorities for latest fund
So far, investments from Relay Ventures’ third fund include personal wellness tracker OMsignal and health incentives startup CARROT Insights.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Startups
Ortho startup believes optical navigation tool can provide better outcomes for hip replacements
Intellijoint Surgical has developed an optical navigation system to properly position artificial hips, and with $11 million raised in a Series A round, plans further expansion in the U.S.
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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.
