Emcara Health, a national value-based medical group for PopHealthCare, today announced a partnership with Adventist Health of California to expand treatment into high-risk areas all over the state. Emcara Health provides sophisticated in-home primary care for elders and vulnerable populations. The alliance, which is a part of CalAIM’s larger Enhanced […]
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AHF warns WHO that monkeypox is a pandemic
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) implores the World Health Organization to swiftly declare the monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and avoid making the same mistakes as in the past by delaying announcements regarding COVID-19 with more than 7,600 cases in 58 countries (USPPI). The WHO took […]
EarlySign Announces Collaboration with Roche on AI Solution for Early Detection of Lung Cancer
Medial EarlySign, a pioneering company developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) based clinical predictive analytics, announced today the signing of a new partnership with Roche, which will focus on innovative, evidence-based solutions for early detection of lung cancer. In 2020, over 235,000 people in the US and over 2.2 million people worldwide […]
FDA permits pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid to treat COVID-19
After months of effort by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and other stakeholders, FDA has updated the EUA for the COVID-19 oral antiviral, Paxlovid, to permit pharmacists to order and prescribe Paxlovid under certain conditions. The federal government had already authorized pharmacists to order and dispense oral therapeutics under the PREP Act. However, the ability for […]
Catharina Hospital Selects HPE Ezmeral to Power Data-First Modernization and Improve Accuracy and Speed of Diagnosis
Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced that Catharina Hospital, the largest hospital in the Netherlands’ Eindhoven region, providing care for over 150,000 patients, has selected the HPE Ezmeral software portfolio to build a cloud-native analytics and data lakehouse to provide more accurate diagnosis, early detection and injury prevention for patients. Every […]
Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited Announces Drug Discovery, Development and Commercialization Partnership with EQRx
The collaboration combines Aurigene’s small molecule drug discovery platform and EQRx’s pioneering business model to accelerate the development of drug candidates in the areas of oncology and immune-inflammatory diseases and improve global access to innovative medicines. Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, Aurigene and EQRx will collaborate on drug […]
Sanofi Global Health launches nonprofit Impact® brand for 30 medicines in low-income countries
Sanofi Global Health announced the introduction of Impact®, a new brand of Sanofi’s standard-of-care medications intended for charitable distribution to vulnerable populations in the world’s poorest nations. The secure distribution of 30 Sanofi medications in 40 lower-income nations will be made possible by the Impact® brand, which also contains insulin, […]
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Recommends Inclusion of Omicron BA.4/5 Component for COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses
Independent experts from the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gathered to debate whether the COVID-19 vaccine’s existing vaccine strain composition should be changed for booster doses for the fall and winter seasons of 2022. The COVID-19 vaccines that the FDA has […]
BD Launches Combination Test for COVID-19, Influenza A/B and Respiratory Syncytial Virus
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, announced that the BD MAX™ Respiratory Viral Panel (RVP), a new molecular diagnostic combination test for SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A + B and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), has been CE marked to the IVD directive 98/79/EC. The test uses a […]
athenahealth Expands Mobile EHR Voice Capabilities for Healthcare Providers
“Hey athena” activates cloud-based, voice-enabled skills within athenaOne® app to enable hands-free completion of tasks and rev up efficiency the release of athenaOne Voice Assistant Powered by Nuance, a mobile-embedded, voice-driven digital companion that streamlines information retrieval and enables hands-free completion of significant clinical tasks for healthcare providers using athenahealth’s […]