OnceLogix Found A Niche In Online Mental-Health Records Software. Now It Expects $5M Revenue.
OnceLogix founders ignored the big electronic medical records companies ' warnings that they ' d fail. Now they expect $5 million in revenue. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 9, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Amy Feldman, Forbes Staff Source Type: news

Oncology's Incessant Grip
Over the past couple of years, much has been made of artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive computing tools applied to healthcare diagnosis and treatment selection. These technologies have very different functions; AI goes beyond traditional hypothesis-driven approaches to find patterns in the data, while cognitive computing is trained to see the significance of patterns and relationships.These tools can integrate disparate sources of data – from electronic medical records (EMR), family histories, imaging studies, genetic studies, molecular diagnostic testing, among many such sources – to support clinical decision ...
Source: EyeForPharma - May 9, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jeff Elton Source Type: news

Oncology's Incessant Grip
Over the past couple of years, much has been made of artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive computing tools applied to healthcare diagnosis and treatment selection. These technologies have very different functions; AI goes beyond traditional hypothesis-driven approaches to find patterns in the data, while cognitive computing is trained to see the significance of patterns and relationships.These tools can integrate disparate sources of data – from electronic medical records (EMR), family histories, imaging studies, genetic studies, molecular diagnostic testing, among many such sources – to support clinical decision ...
Source: EyeForPharma - May 9, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jeff Elton Source Type: news

Health informatics company Impathiq raises $350K to improve EMR, app interoperability
Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Impathiq, which makes a data informatics platform that allows hospitals and health systems to integrate new apps and programs into their electronic medical records in accordance with interoperability standards, has announced it raised $350,000 in seed funding and has saved hospitals over $3 million in the year since its launch.   (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - May 4, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Dean of UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine discusses her top priorities
Dr. Kelsey Martin, the new dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, didn ’t set out to become a physician. Driven by her interest in human behavior, she studied English and American language and literature as an undergraduate at Harvard. It wasn’t until she wasa Peace Corps volunteer in Central Africathat her passion for medicine was ignited. There, she organized an outreach program and wrote grants to fund measles vaccinations, which led to a dramatic reduction in the number of those sickened in the village where she worked. It was a profound turning point, one that led her to medical school, in a joint M....
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 2, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA discusses her top priorities
Dr. Kelsey Martin, the new dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, didn ’t set out to become a physician. Driven by her interest in human behavior, she studied English and American language and literature as an undergraduate at Harvard. It wasn’t until she wasa Peace Corps volunteer in Central Africathat her passion for medicine was ignited. There, she organized an outreach program and wrote grants to fund measles vaccinations, which led to a dramatic reduction in the number of those sickened in the village where she worked. It was a profound turning point, one that led her to medical school, in a joint M....
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 2, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Health IT startup Sansoro lands $5.2M, will double staff
Health IT startup Sansoro Health plans to double its staff after closing on a $5.2 million round of funding led by Bain Capital Ventures. The Minneapolis-based company makes Emissary, a software application that integrates disparate electronic medical records systems and connects those systems with third-party apps, such as analytics tools. Customers can use the technology to view patient records contained in multiple systems on a s ingle display. Sansoro launched about two and a half years ago… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 13, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Katharine Grayson Source Type: news

Sanofi boasts observational hypoglycemia rates for Toujeo insulin injection
Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) touted real-world clinical data for its Toujeo insulin glargine injection from a new observational study. The data from Deliver 2 showed that patients with Type II diabetes who switched to Toujeo from other basal insulins had significantly lower risk of hypoglycemia without compromising blood sugar control. The Deliver 2 study analyzed electronic medical records for 1,894 patients in 2 matched cohorts, comparing changes to average blood sugar levels, as well as the rate of hypoglycemia and hypoglycemic events related to inpatient or emergency department visits in patients using Toujeo compared to other b...
Source: Mass Device - April 3, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Clinical Trials Diabetes Pharmaceuticals Wall Street Beat Sanofi-Aventis Source Type: news

Ohio State adjunct med school professor named health IT chief in Trump administration
Dr. Donald Rucker, an adjunct professor at Ohio State University, has been named to a federal post that oversees and encourages adoption of information technology throughout health care, such as electronic medical records. Rucker has been named chief of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology inside the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reported trade journals Modern Healthcare and Fierce Healthcare. HHS has not posted an announcement. Formerly a 13-year… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 31, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Carrie Ghose Source Type: news

Ohio State adjunct med school professor named health IT chief in Trump administration
Dr. Donald Rucker, an adjunct professor at Ohio State University, has been named to a federal post that oversees and encourages adoption of information technology throughout health care, such as electronic medical records. Rucker has been named chief of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology inside the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reported trade journals Modern Healthcare and Fierce Healthcare. HHS has not posted an announcement. Formerly a 13-year… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 31, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Carrie Ghose Source Type: news

Veterans with Mesothelioma Benefit from Telephone Triage
U.S. military veterans with malignant pleural mesothelioma can rely on the VA Boston Healthcare System’s national phone triage for improved access to specialized surgical advice and better treatment recommendations, according to a retrospective study. Thoracic surgeons Drs. Abraham Lebenthal and Jeff Siegert helped establish the open access telephone triage in 2011, shortening the average time between a veteran’s initial phone screen and face-to-face surgical consultation to 14 days. Many veterans facing a potential diagnosis of mesothelioma must navigate the historically mismanaged federal agency to get the tr...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - March 20, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Tags: Boston VA Brigham and Women’s Hospital Dr. Abraham Lebenthal Dr. Jeff Siegert malignant pleural mesothelioma military veterans mesothelioma Telephone triage VA benefits Source Type: news

Hair loss drugs linked with erectile dysfunction
Conclusion This review confirms what is already known, that 5α-reductase inhibitors (5α-RIs) increase risk of erectile dysfunction. However, it also shows that even the low-dose formulation of finasteride taken by younger men for male pattern baldness is associated with increased risk. It is important to recognise that erectile dysfunction is already a known risk of the drug. It occurred in around one in 31 young men exposed – but the vast majority of cases resolved after stopping the drug. Erectile dysfunction only persisted in less than one in 100 young men after discontinuation of 5α-RI treatment. Even for men taki...
Source: NHS News Feed - March 13, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Lifestyle/exercise Source Type: news

Otsuka: Keeping an Open Mind
Otsuka may not be the world ’s biggest pharmaceutical company but it certainly has some big ideas. In recent years, it has grabbed headlines with moves to tackle two important challenges facing pharma – improving patient adherence and gleaning insights from electronic medical records – in collaboration with Proteus Digit al Health and IBM Watson.In fact, when it comes to innovative solutions, there are few ideas the company wouldn ’t consider, says Kabir Nath, President, Otsuka America, Inc. North American Pharmaceutical Business. “We will not rule anything out until we have examined and tested it,” he says. ...
Source: EyeForPharma - March 13, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hugh Gosling Source Type: news

OhioHealth-MD Anderson partnership 'as strong as ever' despite Texas hospital's financial struggles
OhioHealth Corp. says its clinical affiliation with University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has not been affected by its partner's financial woes. Dr. Ronald DePinho, president of the the Houston hospital, announced Wednesday that he would resign in May. MD Anderson cut 1,000 jobs in January in budget cuts triggered by expenses of its electronic medical records system, and our sister paper the Houston Business Journal has reported it had an operating loss of $267 million in fiscal 2016. In… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 9, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Carrie Ghose Source Type: news

7 medtech stories we missed this week: Feb. 24, 2017
[Photo from unsplash.com]Several companies made distribution deals this week, while others received approval for their products. Here are 7 medtech stories we missed this week but were still worth mentioning. 1. Israel OKs E-Qure’s BST device for chronic wounds E-Qure Corp. announced this week that it received marketing approval for its Bio-electrical Signal Therapy Device (BST Device) from the Israeli Ministry of Health, according to a Feb. 24 news release. BST is an electrotherapeutic method for treating chronic wounds. E-Qure will begin marketing its device in Israel by activating a signed distribution agreement with...
Source: Mass Device - February 24, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Danielle Kirsh Tags: Electronic Medical Records Imaging Mergers & Acquisitions mHealth (Mobile Health) Regulatory/Clearance Align Technology Clarius Mobile Health Corin Group E-Qure Henry Schein Medical Nexstim Skyline Medical Source Type: news