What You Should Know: - Inpatient telehealth innovator Vitalchat announced today an integration partnership with Samsung healthcare TV displays. - The Vitalchat app, which offers immediate access to the company’s patented telehealth solutionsis now integrated with Samsung’s healthcare displays to deliver a more informed, comfortable and personalized patient care ecosystem. Enable up to 100 rooms to be monitored simultaneously. Engineered for the unique needs of patients
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Samsung Launches Open Innovation Initiative with MIT Media Lab, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine
What Should Know: - Samsung announced a new Open Innovation Initiative in partnership with leading universities and academic hospitals – with the ultimate goal of enhancing the digital health ecosystem and delivering new approaches to wellness. - Collaborating with the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine and Samsung Medical Center, the new research program will explore enhancements to the
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Samsung Unveils New Healthcare Displays to Improve Patient Experience
What You Should Know: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced the release of two new display models for the healthcare industry, engineered to enhance the patient experience. The HCU7030, available for hospital or healthcare environments, and the HCF8000, designed for both healthcare and hotel settings, bring an integrated pillow speaker interface, superior visuals with 4K resolution and peak HDR (High Dynamic Range) performance for a more comfortable and enjoyable user
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Care.ai Partners with Samsung to Power High-Fidelity Virtual Care Experiences
What You Should Know: care.ai, an advanced Smart Care Facility Platform partners with Samsung to bring the highest quality graphics and display to care settings, elevating the patient experience by transforming hospitals, nursing homes and care facilities with smarter, more responsive care environments. care.ai can deliver an elevated experience for both clinicians and patients by offering health systems integrated solutions combining care.ai's Smart Care Facility Platform with
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FDA Clears Samsung’s Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification
What You Should Know: Today, Samsung announced today its Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification feature of the Samsung Health Monitor App has been cleared by the FDA. With this new feature, Galaxy Watch users can be alerted when heart rhythms suggestive of atrial fibrillation (AFib) – a type of arrhythmia – are detected.The Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification works with the app’s existing on-demand Electrocardiogram function to proactively monitor heart rhythms suggestive of AFib, and
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The Patient Data Bill of Rights
While the United States is generally viewed as one of the great nations with a bill of rights, views differ considerably regarding whether the country has an enlightened approach to healthcare; especially contentious is the ability to provide universal, cost-effective access. I believe all patients in the United States should have basic inalienable rights regarding their personal health information. Therefore, I propose this Patient Data Bill of Rights, and believe it should be mandated by
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Long-Term Care Insurtech Assured Allies Nabs $42.5M to Power Successful Aging
What You Should Know: - Assured Allies, an insurtech company for evidence-based successful aging raises $42.5M in Series B funding round co-led by FinTLV Ventures and existing investor Harel Insurance, and was joined by new and existing investors including Lumir Ventures, Funds managed by Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE), New Era Capital Partners, MS&AD Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Poalim Equity, EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, Akilia Partners, and Samsung Next. The latest round
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How and Why Device-as-a-Service Should Be an Employee Benefit
The Great Resignation changed how companies approach attracting and retaining talent. These days, it’s not enough to offer a competitive salary and traditional benefits like health insurance and a 401k. Employees have put an increased focus on flexibility – and the tools that support it. Phones and tablets aren’t the flashiest perk a company can offer. Still, they’re the type of lifestyle benefit that offers clear value for employees – and helps address pain points for companies
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FemTech: Samsung Adds Menstrual Cycle Tracking Capabilities to Galaxy Watch5
What You Should Know: - Samsung Galaxy Watch5 users will soon be able to access temperature-based menstrual cycle tracking through the Cycle Tracking feature. This new capability was developed in partnership with Natural Cycles, a women’s health company and app maker, and marks the first time Natural Cycles’ algorithm has been adapted for a smartwatch. - The partnership combines Natural Cycles’ fertility technology with Samsung’s BioActive Sensor to give users more detailed
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The Quickening Pulse of the Ambulatory Diagnostic Cardiology Market
The Global Ambulatory Diagnostic Cardiology Market is evolving at a rapid pace, driven by technological developments, and shifting models of healthcare service delivery and funding. The overall market will grow from $2.5 billion in 2021, to $3.3 billion by 2026, with Long-Term ECG and, to a lesser extent, Mobile Cardiac Telemetry (MCT), being the principal engines of growth. Unsurprisingly, these two markets are garnering serious attention from large incumbent vendors in the more established
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