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COVID and Medicare payments spark remote patient monitoring boom

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Dozens of tech companies are pushing their remote monitoring service to primary care doctors as a way to keep tabs on patients with chronic illnesses and free up appointment time.

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Medical Marketing and Media

Philips builds on cardiac monitoring with Cardiologs acquisition

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Paris-based Cardiologs has a software platform to screen for arrhythmias from ECG data. It would add to Philips' portfolio of cardiac software for hospitals and remote monitoring.

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MedCity News

BioIntelliSense lands $45M for remote patient monitoring device

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BioIntelliSense, a startup with backers including UCHealth and Royal Philips, recently raised $45 million. The company began marketing its sticker-like device to monitor patients’ vitals last year after getting FDA clearance at the end of 2019.

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MedCity News

Bold Predictions for Medtech in 2021

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MD+DI checked in with a few medical device technology experts for our review of 2020 and a look ahead to 2021. Read on for their perspectives.

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Medical Devices and Diagnostics Industry

3 technologies that will play a pivotal role in the pandemic and beyond

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Though the rest of 2020 is still unknown, one fact is very clear: Clinicians will need to continue to lean heavily on technology like RPM, AI and telehealth to ensure successful patient outcomes across the board.

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MedCity News

Say Hello To The Largest Virtual Care Company: The $38 Billion Teladoc-Livongo Merger

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Teladoc (NYSE: TDOC), the multi-billion dollar market leader in telemedicine, has agreed to purchase Livongo (NDAQ: LVGO), the multi-billion dollar market leader in remote patient monitoring for $18.5 billion, creating the market’s first $38 billion full-stack virtual health company.

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Forbes

Two years after reset, Withings turns focus to remote patient monitoring with $60M raise

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After Withings co-founder Eric Carreel bought the connected device company back from Nokia two years ago, the company has charted a more clinical course. With $60 million in new funding, Withings plans to build out a remote monitoring program for its medical devices.

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MedCity News