Propeller Health is already seen as one of the up-and-coming startups based in Madison, WI, having landed several million dollars from primarily West Coast investors and contracts with healthcare systems in major markets around the country.
Now, the company—which makes data-collecting devices that snap on to inhalers used by asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients—plans to take things to the next level, thanks to $14.5 million in Series B funding announced today.
After a summer spent hiding out from Hamas rockets, this might be the time for asthmatics to head for the beach. An Israeli study shows that sun-intensive Vitamin D levels may be linked to frequency of asthma attacks.
Not getting enough Vitamin D appears to put asthmatics at higher risk of flare-ups, the large study found. Much of the Vitamin D in people’s bodies comes from exposure to the sun, though dermatologists recommend getting the vital ingredient from other sources because of the dangers of overexposure to the sun’s rays.
Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting the computer networks of hospitals—one recently announced theft involved data from 4.5 million people who had received treatment from Community Health Systems (CHS), a company that runs more than 200 hospitals. Malware attacks are on the rise in many industries, but researchers from the security firm Websense say the rate at which attacks on hospitals has grown during the past year is unparalleled.
New research looking at the costs of cardiovascular disease in six EU member states (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom) concludes that the financial burden will rise to €122.6 billion by 2020, up from €102.1 billion in 2014.
The research launched Thursday (28 August) by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) added that mortality from cardiovascular disease will also rise to 1,22 million in 2020, from 1,12 million today, and 93,584 will be among the working age population.
A new report published by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) shows that rates for heart disease and stroke continue to decline in Europe. However, more people in Europe are hospitalised.
A new pilot study is taking an innovative approach to detecting irregular heartbeats, and they’re calling it “FaceTime” for heart diagnoses.
The results of the study were published online yesterday in the journal Heart Rhythm.
Atrial fibrillation, a common form of abnormal heart rhythm, affects more than 3 million Americans. But, it’s estimated that 30% of people with atrial fibrillation go undiagnosed.
ReWalk Robotics, the Israeli developers of an exoskeleton system that enables the paralyzed to walk, is going public, the latest step forward for a firm that is offering new hope to people who have lost the use of their legs.
The company announced Wednesday that it would seek to raise about $50 million with an IPO offering of 3.4 million shares at a price range of $14 to $16. With those numbers, ReWalk would be valuated at nearly $200 million. Shares would be offered on the NASDAQ stock exchange within 30 days, the company’s announcement said.
Doctors are increasingly reliant on their smartphones, and they very much want to receive relevant and helpful clinical information there. But pulling data from multiple legacy hospital clinical systems and putting it in a useful format on the small screen is a tough nut to crack.
AirStrip is perhaps the best known mobile platform used by doctors and others in clinical settings. Emergency medical responders, ER doctors, hospital doctors and nurses, clinicians, outpatient caregivers, and skilled nursing facility personnel use the service.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, 80 percent of the world’s medical equipment is designed for only 10 percent of the population. After all, what’s the point of having the latest cutting-edge device if you live in the developing world without a steady source of electricity? However, Grand Rapids, MI-based med tech startup Sisu Global Health is on a mission to help change that statistic.
The theft of data from 4.5 million patients last week sent shockwaves through the health industry. It’s proof that health organizations can be the target of the same kinds of large-scale data thefts that have plagued other industries.
Information is now coming out about the source of the attack — and it appears to be a Chinese hacker group.
Community Health Systems (CHS) retained cybersecurity company FireEye and its Mandiant division in June to investigate a suspected data theft. And they have now learned quite a lot about the group that pillaged the health care provider’s databases.
