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3 Jul, 2015

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MedStar teams up with AARP, UnderArmour adds to its collection of health apps, and more

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29 May, 2015

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We bring you this week's medtech news, from Boston and beyond: 1. $3 million in Accelerator Program loans awarded by Massachusetts Life Sciences Center The MLSC, an agency implementing the state’s 10-year, $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative, runs the Accelerator Loan Program to de-risk promising start ups. To date, the program has funded over $19.7…

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27 Feb, 2015

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We bring you this week's healthcare and medtech trends, from Boston and beyond: Real-time mobile healthcare is now available from Doctor on Demand. Photo via thenextweb.com. 1. Telehealth + Seamless Reimbursement = Doctor on Demand Doctor on Demand, the Uber of telehealth, has announced an alliance with PokitDok, streamlining reimbursements for…

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20 Feb, 2015

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We bring you this week's healthcare and medtech trends, from Boston and beyond: 1. UnitedHealth Upgrades Health4Me App UnitedHealth announced this week that they'll be adding mobile payments and integration with wearables to their Health4Me app. The app is famous for its foray into the healthcare pricing landscape, but the new additions will take the teaching tool…

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13 Feb, 2015

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We bring you this week's healthcare and medtech trends, from Boston and beyond: 1. Mobile Health Barrels Forward, Unregulated Despite conversations about regulations in the healthIT space, mobile health giants like Apple and Intel keep marching on. Wearable health is predicted to explode into a $11.6 billion industry by 2020, according to Politico. And these…

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6 Feb, 2015

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We bring you this week's healthcare and medtech trends, from Boston and beyond: An athenahealth building on their Watertown campus. Photo via the Boston Herald. 1. athenahealth & BIDMC Join EHR Forces Earlier this week, Massachusetts healthcare innovation giant athenahealth announced that they will be joining forces with Beth Israel Deaconess…

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30 Jan, 2015

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The Apple Watch will ship in April 2015, according to mobihealthnews. We bring you this week's healthcare and medtech trends, from Boston and beyond: 1. Government Overhauls Medicare Payments to Doctors & Hospitals You've heard the complaint before - Obamacare rewards quantity over quality, leaving physicians in the ethically tough spot…

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17 Oct, 2014

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We bring you this week’s healthcare and medtech trends, in Boston and beyond: 1. Reduced Residency Hours Aren't Terribly Problematic In a study published in the October 2014 issue of Health Affairs, researchers found that capping medical residency hours at 80 hours per week with shifts not exceeding 30 hours - a reform implemented in 2003 -…

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9 Oct, 2014

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Boston startup PillPack brings in the big bucks. Photo via PillPack. We bring you this week's healthcare and medtech trends, in Boston and beyond: 1. PillPack Raised $8.75 Million in Funding You may have heard about the Somerville-based startup PillPack - we've written about them before. Their founder, TJ Parker, was a founding…

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29 Aug, 2014

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Photo via Pixabay. While the Pharma sector struggled during the first half of 2014, the MedTech sector came out on top, according to new reports from the Evaluate Group. "The most important turnaround for the MedTech sector comes in the form of mega-mergers and acquisitions," Elizabeth Cairns, author of the MedTech…

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