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Record Q1 brings in $1.6B for digital health investments, disease diagnosis segment dominates

Investment in digital health rose to its highest level for the first quarter of the year at $1.6 billion compared with $909 million for the same time last year, according to a new report by Rock Health. That figure reflected investment across 77 digital health deals, dominated by the category of disease diagnosis in terms of total investment and monitoring of disease category in terms of deal volume.
- Source: MedCityNews
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- April 3, 2018
Company Insights digital health investment
Nine digital health mergers and acquisitions from the first quarter of 2018

The first quarter of 2018 was light on mergers and acquisitions compared to previous quarters, but those that did crop up were significant, including major companies like Fitbit, Allscripts, Roche, and Johnson & Johnson.
- Source: MobiHealthNews
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- April 2, 2018
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Siren launches smart sock for diabetes patients, announces $3.4M in funding

The company, which was founded in 2015, also announced that it has raised $3.4 million in seed funding, from DCM, Khosla Ventures, and Founders Fund.
- Source: Mobile Health News
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- April 2, 2018
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FDA to expand digital health pre-cert program by end of 2018

The FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health plans to expand its digital health pre-certification pilot program by the end of 2018, the center's associate director for digital health Bakul Patel said March 22, according to Regulatory Focus.
- Source: Beckers Hospital Review
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- April 2, 2018
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Merck KGaA adopts Medisafe medication adherence tool for patients with chronic conditions

Patients can access their record through a code for their iPhone. The idea is to help patients better understand their medical history, improve the quality of interactions with their physicians and family members, and make more informed decisions about their care.
- Source: MedCityNews
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- March 30, 2018
Company Insights digital health EHR
Charity launches biometrics wristband project for autistic people

The North-West charity aims to build the world’s first autism assessment and diagnostic centre in Wirral, where biometric technology will be used to measure physiological properties of people with autism.
- Source: MedicalPlasticsNews
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- March 29, 2018
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Conservative estimates of EHR safety incidents belie bigger industry concerns

Researchers and patient safety advocates have often warned about the association between EHR usability and patient harm, but hard numbers have been difficult to pin down.
- Source: FierceHealthcare
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- March 29, 2018
digital health EHR Researches
Vanderbilt researcher says hospital data breaches are tied to patient deaths

The research compared patient care metrics at hospitals that had experienced a data breach and those that had not. For instance, the study examined the proportion of heart attack patients that die within 30 days of being admitted to a health system.
- Source: MedCityNews
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- March 28, 2018
cybersecurity digital health Policies
UCSD researchers develop wearable, 24-hour GI tract monitor

A wearable device, developed by researchers at the GI Innovation Group out of the University of California San Diego, can track electrical activity in the stomach over a 24-hour period. The device works similarly to how an ECG would work for the heart, but instead it monitors the electrical activities of gastrointestinal tract.
- Source: MobiHealthNews
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- March 27, 2018
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Israel to Invest $275 Million in Digital Health Project

Israel approved a plan to invest 1 billion shekels ($275 million) to digitize the personal health records of its nearly 9 million citizens to help develop new drugs.
- Source: Bloomberg
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- March 27, 2018
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