Devices & Diagnostics
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BioPharma, Consumer / Employer, Devices & Diagnostics, Health Tech
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
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MedCity Influencers, BioPharma
Clinical Trials Have A Data Problem. Here’s How The Industry Can Solve It.
To maximize the digital clinical trial opportunity, it is imperative to establish a solid foundation of data collection and management best practices and capitalize on the advancements in data management technologies.
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The Challenges of Temperature Controlled Logistics and How to Overcome Them
MedCity News sat down with John Coleman, Business Unit Director at YSDS Life Science, to talk about the challenges of delivering temperature-sensitive goods and how to overcome them.
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MedCity Influencers, Devices & Diagnostics
Medical Devices Are Evolving Toward Specialized Solutions
Medical devices have existed in some form for centuries, resulting in thousands of innovative implementations […]
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MedCity Influencers, Devices & Diagnostics
To Optimize Health Outcomes, Home Medical Devices Must Operate Within Disease Management Programs
Rich multimedia content, chatbots and human interaction all play important roles in helping new health technologies become part of a patient’s lifestyle.
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Startup Fundraising Spotlight: Octave Bioscience
Octave Bioscience, based in Menlo Park, California, just closed a $30 million extension to its Series B funding round.
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Devices & Diagnostics, BioPharma
Rigorous Data Are Key to Convince Payers, Investors in the World of Digital Therapeutics
Pear Therapeutics was once regarded as a digital therapeutics pioneer, but its spiral into bankruptcy has the industry searching for the best path forward. While some favor going direct to consumers, others say the solution is in generating more robust clinical trial data to persuade hesitant payers.
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Recent Abbott Snafu Shines Spotlight on Social Media’s Role in Public Health Crisis Response
Social media should play a bigger part in public health crisis planning, according to a recent analysis. The analysis explored the crucial role that Twitter and other social media platforms played when the app for Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre system crashed earlier this month in the U.K.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Health Tech
VR Can Alleviate Brain Tumor Patients’ Anxiety During Treatment, Study Finds
AppliedVR teamed up with the National Cancer Institute to study the feasibility of VR to alleviate anxiety in brain tumor patients undergoing imaging scans. The research partners recently announced interim analysis results from their clinical study — they said that not only would VR intervention be a feasible option to reduce patients’ anxiety, but that patients would report high satisfaction levels as well.
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How a ‘Costco Model’ for Health Care Supply Chain Presents a Best Bet for Value
By reimagining health care supply chain as a centralized, high-value distribution and product selection and procurement model, hospitals and health systems can more effectively reach their goals for expense reduction while driving substantial improvements for patients and team members alike.
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Creating an Omnichannel Customer Journey in Healthcare
Improving Customer Experience and Conversion in Healthcare & Life Sciences
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MedCity Influencers, Devices & Diagnostics
Right Now: ‘Insourcing’ Dialysis Can Deliver Big Cost Savings, Better Outcomes
When facilities operate their own acute dialysis operations and no longer enlist third parties to provide treatment, they save hundreds of dollars per session. Insourcing also enables hospitals to keep trained dialysis staff on hand full-time to actively ensure quality kidney care to their patients.
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It’s Time to Make Effective Alternatives a Bigger Part of the CPAP Recall Story
For those unfamiliar with the CPAP recall situation in question, imagine if one-third of all cars on the road were suddenly recalled for potentially life-threatening issues. Now imagine that in the aforementioned hypothetical automobile recall, the media dedicated its energy almost entirely to reporting on the worsening problem without making viewers aware of potential solutions.
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Why Healthcare Needs a New Model for Equipment Service
The healthcare industry must understand and act on this bigger picture of evidence-based, data-driven, and technology-enabled solutions for medical equipment management to keep clinical service lines operating effectively and reliably.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Sponsored Post
Diagnostic Testing Landscape Paves the Way for Consumer Centric Approach to Disease Detection
The Covid-19 pandemic changed the way we think of the role of diagnostics not only for clinicians but also consumers. The pandemic propelled innovation of in vitro diagnostics and the at-home test kits space for chronic conditions, sexual health, and more.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Startups
French Startup Snags $14M for Prenatal Ultrasound AI Tool
Sonio recently gained $14 million in Series A funding. The Paris-based startup’s AI platform automates ultrasound reporting so that healthcare providers can conduct ultrasound exams with greater accuracy, speed and efficiency.
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Devices & Diagnostics, BioPharma
Europe Imposes Maximum Fine on Illumina for Early Grail Acquisition
Illumina must pay a €432 million fine for closing its Grail acquisition before the European Commission finished its inquiry into the tie-up. The penalty is the maximum amount the regulator can impose on a company for breaching European merger rules.
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Healthcare VC Jumpstart Foundry Now Accepting Applications for Fall Funding
Early-stage healthcare innovation fund Jumpstart Foundry is accepting Fall funding applications through September 30th. Read on to find out why Jumpstart Foundry could be the missing piece in your startup’s journey to making a lasting difference in healthcare.
