Zebra Medical Vision launched a closed beta of its Medical Imaging Research platform and announced funding of $8 million led by Khosla Ventures, with participating parties DeepFork Capital and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. The company's solution enables researchers to quickly develop imaging algorithms and insights based on large-scale datasets and advanced processing power. Zebra's commercialization pipeline will then expedite clinical application of imaging research products.

DICOM Grid Medical Selfie

DICOM Grid announced the release of “medical selfie”, a new feature available through its mobile optimized medical image management platform. Using the feature, patients and care providers can upload medical pictures taken on an iOS device and securely share them with physicians.

A Mayo Clinic study has identified a familial association in spontaneous coronary artery dissection, suggesting a genetic predisposition to the condition. The results are published in the March 23 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine.

Pingmd Inc. announced an extension of the company’s partnership agreement with Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children’s) for integration of the pingmd 2 platform, featuring three new capabilities to further strengthen communications between doctors, networks and patients. The announcement was made during the HIMSS 15 (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) annual conference and exhibition, April 13-15 in Chicago.

eClinicalWorks released recent survey findings examining public attitudes towards advances in patient engagement tools, and also conducted a separate study looking at physician opinions on this topic.

Health information exchange enables clinicians to have secure access to a patient's medical record including details on care received at other locations, but detailed identification of those locations is typically not available. Regenstrief Institute investigator Brian Dixon, MPA, Ph.D. will highlight this interoperability problem and propose strategies in a presentation to the 2015 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's Conference and Exhibition.

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