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Google Cloud, Amwell Partner to Increase Access to Virtual Care

August 27, 2020 - Google Cloud and Amwell recently entered into a multi-year, strategic partnership to expand access to virtual care and improve patient and clinician experience. The companies aim to deliver transformative telehealth solutions across the global healthcare ecosystem. As part of the partnership, Google Cloud selected Amwell as its preferred global...

Verizon, Emory Launch First 5G Healthcare Innovation Lab

February 28, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH) recently announced that it will be powered by Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband service, creating the nation’s first 5G healthcare innovation lab. EHIH is a...

VA Set to Launch First 5G Hospital in California

February 13, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

The Department of Veteran Affairs will continue to increase innovation with the launch of its first 5G hospital in California, VA Secretary Robert announced at the “State of the VA” speech...

Digital Health Tools Boost Care Quality, Reduce Provider Burden

February 07, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

More physicians than ever before are recognizing digital health tools as an advantage for driving efficiency and safety in healthcare while also reducing provider burden, according to a recent study...

FDA Clears Verily Study Watch for Irregular Pulse Monitoring

January 30, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

Verily Life Sciences was recently granted 510(K) clearance from the FDA for its Study Watch used with Irregular Pulse Monitoring, according to an official blog post from the Alphabet...

Payers, Providers Invest in Analytics for Social Determinants

January 28, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

A host of major payer and provider organizations recently invested in a health analytics company focused on tackling social determinants of health (SDOH). Socially Determined recently announced that...

Masimo Acquires NantHealth’s Connected Care Assets for $47.25M

January 21, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

Masimo, a global leader in noninvasive monitoring technologies and connectivity tools for hospitals, recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire the connected care assets from California-based...

5G in Healthcare Solving Care Team Problems at Ellison Institute

January 17, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

The Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC recently announced a partnership with wireless network AT&T to open a new “smart” facility to further advance the...

Enterprise Imaging Strategies Progressed for Two-Thirds of Orgs

January 14, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

Enterprise imaging aims to align provider departments, priorities, and technologies to drive key clinical outcomes. Out of 113 organizations taking part in enterprise imaging, 69 percent have seen...

Iron Mountain Announces $225M Data Center Campus Expansion

January 07, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

Storage and information management leader Iron Mountain announced the expansion of its data center campus in North Virginia, with the construction of VA-2 underway. Iron Mountain predicted that it...

AT&T, Nihon Kohden Expand Telemeter Wireless Networking Options

March 12, 2019 by Fred Donovan

The AT&T Foundry has teamed with Nihon Kohden to retrofit Nihon’s LifeScope G3 telemeter worn by hospital patients to monitor their vital signs so that the device can toggle between Wi-Fi and...

Machine Learning Could Reduce Lab Testing for ICU Patients

January 18, 2019 by Fred Donovan

Princeton researchers have found that machine learning can be used to improve treatment and reduce lab testing for patients in intensive care units (ICUs). The researchers used data from more...

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