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New York Digital Health Accelerator announces inaugural class of startups

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Oct 19, 2012 by
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The New York Digital Health Accelerator announces the eight companies selected for their inaugural class at the New York Digital Health Conference.

NantHealth partners with Intel and BCBS to deliver real-time, point-of-care tumor sequencing

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Oct 19, 2012 by
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Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks unveils a huge new joint venture with Intel, Blue Shield of California and others to use supercomputing for real-time tumor genome sequencing.

Another amazing invention from John Roger’s lab at University of Illinois

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Oct 18, 2012 by
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Now Rogers, in a paper published in the journal Science, has unveiled what he calls “transient electronics”, which are made of silicon, magnesium and silk, that can be implanted subcutaneously for a specific purpose and once they have served that purpose will automatically dissolve harmlessly into the human body.

New “acoustic tweezer” lab-on-a-chip has major implications on race to build medical tricorder

Oct 15, 2012 by
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Penn State University researchers have discovered a new technique for sorting cells on a chip no bigger than a dime using acoustic waves.

West Health Institute and Naval Medical Center San Diego launch new Kinect-based research program

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Oct 10, 2012 by
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West Health Institute unveils the Reflexion Rehabilitation Measurement Tool for remotely managing and monitoring patient physical therapy regimens.

Drip Clip is a life-saving, low-cost technology

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Oct 08, 2012 by
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Shift Labs nears its goal of $12,000 for its IndieGoGo campaign to support development of the Drip Clip, an insanely simple solution for IV dosage control in the developing world.

Intel develops the first fully digitized Wi-Fi radio

Oct 05, 2012 by
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Intel has unveiled the first fully digital Wi-Fi radio, which has major implications for the future of digital health.

Healthsense prepares pilot of in-home sensors to detect changes in seniors’ activity levels

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Oct 04, 2012 by
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Mendota Heights, MN-based Healthsense has raised $7 million to take their powerful sensor platform into the home setting.

New technologies hope to deliver noninvasive glucose testing sooner than later

Oct 03, 2012 by
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Several recent advances in biosensor technology give hope for a day when diabetics will no longer need to prick their fingers to test glucose levels.

New digital health incubator targets pharmaceutical industry

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Oct 02, 2012 by
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TigerLabs Health is a new digital health accelerator with a focus on connecting startups to the heart of the US pharmaceutical industry.

Morgenthaler Ventures and Health 2.0 announce DCtoVC finalists

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Oct 01, 2012 by
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Morgenthaler Ventures announces finalists for the 2012 DCtoVC challenge, which will culminate with a pitch competition at the Fall Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco.

Sense4Baby is first health tech spin off from West Health Institute incubator

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Sep 28, 2012 by
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The West Health Institute has announced the first resident of its newly launched incubator, Sense4Baby, which uses in-house developed technology for remote fetal monitoring.