GE HealthCare announced today that it entered into a joint commercialization agreement with AirStrip to distribute patient monitoring technology. AirStrip, a member of the Nantworks group of AI-driven companies, develops cardiology and patient monitoring solutions. These technologies offer data visualization technology through a proprietary, native mobile application. Clinicians can see clinical data on mobile devices […]
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mHealth: AirStrip lands major Maryland hospital contract
Mobile health company AirStrip landed a major contract to provide interoperability solutions to MedStar Health, the largest healthcare provider in Maryland the Washington D.C. region.
MedStar plans to outfit its maternity wards with AirStrip’s products, and the companies are also working on integrating MedStar’s enhanced cardiac diagnostic visualizations into AirStrip ONE.
mHealth: AirStrip secures $25M, aims for new territory
AirStrip is looking to broach some new ground with the $25 million it just raised in support of its mobile healthcare technologies.
The Texas company plans to expand into home health, boost internationalization efforts and pursue some new analytics partnerships in combination with advancing its flagship AirStrip One platform.
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MASSDEVICE ON CALL — AirStrip Technologies CEO Alan Portela said that the mobile patient monitoring software company is taking notice of Microsoft’s new initiative to build its app market for the Surface tablets.
Microsoft’s new design program, called AppsForSurface, is a chance for AirStrip to take its cardiology and obstetrics apps to the mobile Windows world, allowing physicians access on desktops and PCs, the company reported.
AirStrip 1 debuts in Arizona hospitals
AirStrip 1, the electronic data management system designed to link disparate medical technologies, launched last week with co-developer Dignity Health installing the system at 2 of its member hospitals in Arizona.
Dignity Health, hoping to ease compliance with ACO regulations, increase market share and expand clinical setting with mobile data access, rolled out the Air-Strip 1 system at the Chandler Regional Medical Center and Mercy Gilbert medical Center, according to a release.
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Legal: Airstrip sues over iPhone patient monitoring patents
Mobile health company AirStrip Technologies filed a lawsuit this week against mVisum over recently issued patents for remote patient data monitoring on iPhones, iPads and other smartphones.
AirStrip in late August won the patents in question, which detail the process of “mobilizing” physiologic data for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.
Rival mVisum also develops mobile solutions for receiving, viewing and responding to patient data, including EKGs, alarms and MRIs, among others.
Colonoscopies reduce mortality risk, new study shows | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Doctors and researchers reaffirmed the important role that colonoscopies play in saving lives as studies show that even insured patients are skipping the procedure amid increasing co-pays and a lingering recession.
A new study of more than 2,600 patients found a 53% reduction in risk of death from colon cancer among patients undergoing colonoscopy and excise of intestinal polyps.
