by CDO Review Staff | Feb 21, 2019 | Deals, Healthcare
Kaia Health, a healthcare analytics startup that focuses on the management of chronic pain, has secured $10 million in a Series A funding round. Kaia Health created the mHealth app which uses machine learning to create cheaper, home-based alternative to painkillers....
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 20, 2019 | Healthcare
Tech giant Google has filed for a broad patent that practically encompasses the entirety of health analytics and deep learning. Based on the FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard, the Google patent application focuses on “system and method for...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 20, 2019 | Healthcare, Issues & Insights
Already facing a possible $2 billion dollar fine from the US government for earlier data privacy lapses, Facebook is once again under scrutiny over the leaky handling of personal healthcare data in its closed Facebook Groups. Nathan Eddy explains the fresh new...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 20, 2019 | Healthcare
A Congressional advisory commission has warned that the rising level of Chinese investment in US biotechnology companies is starting to pose a threat to US security. The advisory commission cited a report by Gryphon Scientific that Chinese governmental access to the...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 20, 2019 | Healthcare, Issues & Insights
In order for doctors to accept the recommendation of an AI-driven clinical program, medical practitioners must first be able to see and examine the process by which the algorithm reaches its conclusions. Only then can they be trusted enough by doctors to incorporate...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 20, 2019 | Deals, Healthcare
EBSCO Health, a supplier of clinical information tools, has bought up HealthDecision, a company that helps doctors and patients explore their medical options through patient health risk analyses that clarify treatment plan decisions in a visual manner. The financial...