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Digital Transformation Leader at Blue Cross NC Highlights 8 Innovation Imperatives for Healthcare Disruption
Wow, it feels good to be back! On May 11th, 2022, we at the Digital Health Institute for Transformation (DHIT) relaunched our Digital Health Happy Hour events for the first time since February 2020 just in time for our 5-year anniversary. Sponsored by digital health growth agency Bluedoor Group and headlined by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s Innovation Garage, DHIT hosted a thought-provoking networking event to reactivate our latent, in-person digital health community.
ConsenSys Health and DHIT Announce Alliance to Create Health Utility Grids (HUGs) to Transform Community Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | December 9, 2021 | New York, NY Today, ConsenSys Health, a company creating decentralized patient-centric healthcare networks, and the [...]
Virtual Incubator Announces Awardees for Remote Care Innovations
[Chapel Hill, NC, August 7, 2020] In May 2020, two Research Triangle-based organizations—the ASSIST Center (Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies) based at North [...]
DHIT Awarded Grant by NC Policy Collaboratory to Develop Community Confidence Tool for COVID-19 Reopening
[Chapel Hill, NC, July 29, 2020] As part of the 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act, the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory has awarded the Digital Health Institute for Transformation [...]
Virtual Incubator Announces Awards for Great Ideas
Today, DHIT, ASSIST, and their partners are announcing awards that will be given to outstanding proposals submitted through its Virtual Incubator. There are a variety of awards, including: cash prize(s), consulting services, prototyping and testing services, entry into an accelerator program, and mentorship.
Pfizer Joins Virtual Incubator as a Program Champion
“As Pfizer scientists continue to collaborate across our industry in researching therapies and vaccination candidates for this pandemic, we also want to help support ways [...]
How biopharma and medical device companies can avoid digital health regulatory pitfalls
Kal Patel, MD, CEO and co-founder of BrightInsight, highlighted the value of using a regulated Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure [...]
INSIGHT: Advice for Digital Health Developers During Covid-19
May 5, 2020, 4:01 AM | news.bllomberglaw.com The coronavirus pandemic is creating partnering opportunities between health-care providers and digital health [...]
Covid-19 Exposes Digital Divide in Healthcare
As telemedicine takes hold, those without technological access may be left behind. By Amarica Rafanelli | MAY 5, 2020 6:12 AM [...]
Healthcare Needs New Skills To Build On Its COVID Inspired Digital Transformation
By Adi Gaskell | Contributor | May 5, 2020,08:40am EDT | Forbes.com One of the more fascinating aspects of the [...]
Lockdown sparks global yoga craze, digital health survey shows
May 4, 2020 | pharmaphorum.com Digital health firm Withings has used its technology to produce a read-out of how COVID-19 lockdowns have [...]
Global collaboration on digital health efforts now can promote interoperability in the future
Dr. Don Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, discusses his work [...]
‘Using data to support the entire COVID-19 response ecosystem’
Iotics is aiming to provide real-time care bed availability across the UK. By Sara Mageit | April 20, 2020 12:38 [...]
Global Digital Health VC funding breaks record in Q1 2020 with $3.6 B
20 April 2020 | News | BioSpectrumIndia.com Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global communications and research firm, released its report on funding [...]
Coronavirus: Necessity is the mother of digital healthcare acceleration
Approximately 580 digital health companies are operating across Israel today, raising a record $662 million in 69 deals in 2019. [...]