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Virtual Incubator Announces Awardees for Remote Care Innovations
[Chapel Hill, NC, August 7, 2020] In May 2020, two Research Triangle-based organizations—the ASSIST Center (Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies) based at North [...]
DHIT Awarded Grant by NC Policy Collaboratory to Develop Community Confidence Tool for COVID-19 Reopening
[Chapel Hill, NC, July 29, 2020] As part of the 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act, the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory has awarded the Digital Health Institute for Transformation [...]
Virtual Incubator Announces Awards for Great Ideas
Today, DHIT, ASSIST, and their partners are announcing awards that will be given to outstanding proposals submitted through its Virtual Incubator. There are a variety of awards, including: cash prize(s), consulting services, prototyping and testing services, entry into an accelerator program, and mentorship.
Pfizer Joins Virtual Incubator as a Program Champion
“As Pfizer scientists continue to collaborate across our industry in researching therapies and vaccination candidates for this pandemic, we also want to help support ways [...]
ASSIST Center and DHIT Create Virtual Incubator to Advance Remote Care
Overnight, the world has gone virtual. COVID-19 has created a worldwide crisis that has shaken our communities to the core. Beyond the dangers of the [...]
REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS
DHIT to Offer Subsidized Digital Transformation Support to Eligible Healthcare Providers Timeline Applications open April 20th, 2020 Purpose DHIT is a 501(c)(3) non-profit academic and research [...]
Pfizer links with SidekickHealth for digital health solution
By Selina McKee | June 30, 2020 | pharmatimes.com Pfizer has linked with Nordic group SidekickHealth to launch a digital therapeutics platform designed to empower patients to [...]
Digital Health Unplugged: Contact-tracing app U-turn
By Andrea Downey | June 30, 2020 | digitalhealth.net The latest Digital Health Unplugged is now live, this time looking at the government’s decision to abandon it’s [...]
German healthcare market rich with potential for app developers
A recent Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) webinar examined how rising demand for digital health apps, regulatory changes and a novel ”fast-track programme” have made the German [...]
Uncovering The Value Of Digital Health When Access Is Restricted
David Cannington | Forbes.com | Jun 29, 2020 The novel coronavirus has put a unique spotlight on the value of digital health when access is restricted to [...]
How digital health has changed in the Covid-19 era
June 29, 2020 | Advisory Board On the Radio Advisory podcast, host Rachel Woods spoke with Tom Cassels and Megan Zweig from Rock Health, the first venture fund dedicated to [...]
How digital health solutions have prevailed during Covid-19 and set the stage for a digital-first future
By Juliet Silver | Jun 29, 2020 | bizjournals.com Health care providers and payors remain immersed in the pandemic. Deaths and hospital admissions hover well above normal [...]
Applications of digital technology in COVID-19 pandemic planning and response
Sera Whitelaw, BSc Prof Mamas A Mamas, DPhil Prof Eric Topol, MD Harriette G C Van Spall, MD Open Access Published:June 29, 2020 | TheLancet.com Summary With [...]
How Baltimore’s ICmed used telemedicine to help NYC’s frontline doctors during the COVID-19 surge
The company's platform helped doctors jumping in to help crowded ICUs get guidance from specialists in Maryland and North Carolina. It's a look at how telemedicine can [...]
Investors predict the winners and losers in America’s shift to digital health during the pandemic
PUBLISHED SAT, JUN 27 202010:30 AM EDT | Christina Farr | cnbc.com KEY POINTS Digital health has been widely heralded by investors as a sector that will [...]
Livongo: Digital Health Platform Of The Future
By Richard Durant | Jun. 12, 2020 4:44 AM ET | SeekingAlpha.com Summary Livongo's growing member base can be used as a platform for a broad range [...]
Innovation in substance use disorder treatment: 5 Keys to Impact
Flare Capital Partners reviews the current landscape of substance use disorder treatment and highlights some early-stage tech companies tackling the ongoing opioid epidemic. By Sofia Noori and [...]
Digital Health Market Demand to Hit $639.4 Bn by 2026: Global Market Insights, Inc.
The digital health market from telehealthcare segment is forecast to expand at 26.2% CAGR over 2020 to 2026 owing to increasing usage of telehealth services and video [...]
Conversa Health raises $12M Series B for its digital health platform
By Frederic Lardinois | @fredericl / 9:00 am EDT•June 11, 2020 | TechCrunch.com It’s no surprise that the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the digital health space, and so it’s [...]
Digital health’s biggest buyers are eyeing safe, comprehensive solutions during COVID-19
Large health tech customers are more cautious and overwhelmed than ever, which means that many younger digital health startups will face an uphill battle selling their products [...]
Digital health investment has changed, but hardly slowed, during COVID-19
Investors are no longer meeting new partners face to face, but primed funds and new demand for converging digital products still fuel new deals. By Dave Muoio [...]
Apple shares COVID screening data with CDC, digital health market to beat $350B by 2025 and more digital health news briefs
Also: A deep dive on Verily's Project Baseline; Intermountain Healthcare launches home-monitoring program. By Dave Muoio | June 09, 2020 | 03:30 pm | MobiHealthNews.com Apple COVID [...]
S2E10 COVID Unites Us All: Progressing Toward Adoption (Continued)
By Olivia R. Weidner, DHIT Global Intern | August 10, 2020 On Friday, August 7th, [...]
S2E9 COVID Unites Us All: Progressing Toward Adoption
Amidst widespread fear and uncertainty, DHIT explores the role of digital health in the global response to COVID-19, gaining insight into the ways this crisis has catalyzed the usage and acceptance of telehealth, remote monitoring, and other digital health technologies.
S2E8 COVID Unites Us All: Big Data & Determinants of Health
Last Friday’s installment of the COVID Unites Us All series shifted from the recent focus on remote monitoring and biometrics to big data and the determinants of health. With insights from three distinguished guests, DHIT and the ASSIST Center explored the connections between remote monitoring, data usage, and social determinants of health in the current moment and beyond. The first panelist was Dr. Eric Eskioglu, Chief Medical Officer at Novant Health, who shared his experiences within this major health system. Brian Carter, Senior Vice President at Validic, discussed his company’s data processing platform and use cases for COVID-19. Finally, Dr. Gul Ege, Senior Director of Research and Development at the SAS Institute, emphasized the importance of parsing and refining data to optimize usage.
S2E7 COVID Unites Us All: Biochemical Sensing
By Olivia R. Weidner, DHIT Global Intern | June 30, 2020 On Friday, June 26th, [...]
How do academic institutions create the healthcare workforce of the future, equipped with the technologies and tools that digital health has to offer? In this episode, listen to Todd Telemeco talk about some of the unmet healthcare needs in rural North Carolina, how the University of North Carolina at Pembroke is establishing a regional healthcare workforce to address them, and how digital health will transform educational programs.
Michael Levy, President and Co-founder of DHIT, shares time with Dr. Michael Ruhlen, VP of the Division of Medical Education at Atrium Health & Director of the Charlotte Area Health Education Center. Through his vast experience in immersive technology, Mike sees a future where virtual and augmented reality will be game changers — even in the treatment of obesity.
Michael Levy, President and Co-founder of Digital Health Institute for Transformation (DHIT), talks one-on-one with Anika Gardenhire to unearth what drives her and the appeal of her personal motto, “the ripple effect.” We’ll discover how Anika’s career path evolved from a registered nurse into her current role as Assistant Vice President for Digital Transformation at Intermountain Healthcare. Anika reveals her vision for the future of healthcare, and we’ll see that it is based on understanding the profound power of a caring nurse reaching out and simply holding a patient’s hand.
On the surface, Yonnie Butler had it all: an impressive resume of positions in leadership and accomplishments from some of the most elite universities in the country. He saw a future with similar opportunities just waiting at his doorstep. But Yonnie took a surprisingly different route and headed to his rural hometown instead. Michael Levy, President and Co-founder of Digital Health Institute for Transformation (DHIT), sits down with Yonnie Butler, Executive Director for Alamance Community College’s Biotechnology Center of Excellence to discover the “why” behind his shifting path and uncovers some surprising – and truly impressive – achievements and initiatives that just might change the future of higher education in healthcare.