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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 [...]
Digital Health Firm to Place Telemedicine Kiosks in Pharmacy Consult Rooms
Source: Streetwise Reports (3/4/20) CloudMD announced it will be installing proprietary kiosks in participating pharmacies to enable on-demand telemedicine visits with licensed physicians. In a news release, digital health company CloudMD [...]
Digital Health Business Strategy: A Careful Balance
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | The National Law Review When it comes to market success for digital tools in the health sector, business strategy can be far [...]
Making digital the ‘new normal in healthcare’: Stockholm’s approach
An interview with Daniel Forslund, chairman of the innovation and development committee in the region of Stockholm, Sweden. By Leontina Postelnicu | MobiHealthNews| March 05, 2020 Given the [...]
Have an idea to tackle COVID-19? This investment firm wants to hear from you
By Brian Rinker – Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times | Mar 4, 2020, 5:55pm EST San Francisco firm StartUp Health is looking to invest in companies with digital health approaches [...]
Why Apple and Johnson & Johnson’s new heart study is a big deal for digital health
TUE, FEB 25 20203:32 PM ESTUPDATED TUE, FEB 25 20203:41 PM EST | Christina Farr | CNBC.com Apple and Johnson & Johnson, a pharma giant, announced plans to [...]
How Mobile Apps Can Assist Cancer Care and Research
Supporting Patients, Providers and Researchers Feb 26, 2020Phillipe CharlesTechnology | CrossComm Digital Health is revolutionizing traditional medicine by leveraging digital technologies to increase the efficiency of care [...]
Addressing Social Determinants: Scaling Up Partnerships With Community-Based Organization Networks
By Lance Robertson and Bruce Chernof | FEBRUARY 24, 2020 | HealthAffairs.org As health care payment models become more value-based, health care systems are increasingly interested in [...]
AMA: 7 Physician Digital Health Adoption Trends Driving Digital Transformation
by Fred Pennic 02/06/2020 | HITConsultant.com – New AMA survey reveals physicians’ motivations and requirements for adopting digital health adoption and attitudinal shifts from 2016 to 2019. – Adoption [...]
Digital healthcare is booming — but who will come out on top?
Despite billions of dollars worth of capital flowing into digital healthcare startups, many are vulnerable to imminent collapse. By Tibi Puiu February 24, 2020 | ZMEScience.com In [...]
These companies are investing billions so robots can perform surgery without a doctor in the room
By EMILY BARY | REPORTER | MarketWatch.com | Feb 22, 2020 9:35 a.m. ET Robotic surgery has long been part of American operating rooms, driven primarily by [...]
Grant from the U.S. Dept. of Labor to Support AI Apprenticeships
February 18, 2020 | Mick Kulikowski | NC State University A new four-year, $6 million project led by North Carolina State University and funded by the U.S. [...]
Fast-growing digital health firm ups funding to $7M with new investments
By Nathan Rubbelke – Reporter, St. Louis Business Journal | Feb 18, 2020, 1:20pm EST St. Louis-based digital health startup CareSignal said Tuesday it has raised funding from four investors, [...]
Artificial Intelligence Could Solve Alarm Fatigue in Hospitals
The Medical Futurist | 7 min | 13 February 2020 Have you heard of the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf? It goes something like this: once [...]
Considering Digital Health Solutions to Reduce Benefits Spend
Reported by REBECCA MOORE | plansponsor.com | February 11, 2020 Employers see a business case for investing more in health and well-being, but overall cost savings is [...]
A Guide to Patient-Centered Consent
From Goinvo.com by Sharon Lee, GoInvo and Jen Patel, GoInvo We spoke to leading experts in the field and borrowed best practices on the management of patient health [...]
5 Ways Medical Virtual Reality Is Already Changing Healthcare
The Medical Futurist | 7 min | 29 January 2020 | TheMedicalFuturist.com Virtual Reality started its fascinating take-over of healthcare for the greatest pleasure of patients and doctors alike. [...]