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miTRAX helps patients and doctors track post-op recovery
Lincoln startup miTRAX is working on a solution that will help health care providers improve work flow efficiency and patient outcomes with the goal of improved care and reduced expense. “Our business is patient/procedure management in the orthopedic space,” said Rob Barie, President of miTRAX. “We’ve taken patient education, engagement and outcomes and created a…
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QA with Paul Oliver: “Studiocode is basically Hudl for doctors and nurses”
Paul Oliver is Lead Software Developer for Studiocode, a joint venture between Hudl and Nelnet in Lincoln, Nebraska. Oliver will be presenting on microservices at AIM Infotec on March 21st. SPN caught up with Oliver over phone. SPN: For readers who aren’t familiar with Studiocode, describe what you do there. PO: A while back Hudl…
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Crumb hopes to revolutionize the healthcare industry with its data-sharing platform
Crumb wants to solve a really tough problem: untangling the mess of patient data in order to save lives. “Hospital errors are the second leading cause of death in the U.S.” said Luis Lopez, Co-founder of Crumb, based out of The Exchange in Omaha. “It’s not because we have bad doctors or nurses. It’s because…
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LifeLoop helps assisted living patients communicate with their families [Video]
LifeLoop creates connections for retirement community residents, which previously may have been difficult or impossible. Amy Johnson, the founder of LifeLoop, an Omaha based startup, began with a mission to help families communicate better with relatives in retirement communities. The idea took on a life of its own after seeing how much more they could help.…
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“Science is hard”: QA with Cofactor Genomics’ Dave Messina
St. Louis-based Cofactor Genomics uses RNA to diagnose diseases earlier and faster than current medical technology. This summer they participated in Y Combinator. With past experience working on the Human Genome Project, Cofactor Genomics is one of the hottest startups in biotech. SPN caught up with co-founder Dave Messina at CIC in the Cortex Innovation Community. SPN:…
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Statim’s Jennifer Amis on the future of telehealth and her Pipeline experience
Jennifer Amis is the founder of Statim, an Omaha-based telehealth service provider that provides remote patient monitoring over the Internet, with a particular focus on serving rural communities in western Nebraska. Amis is currently a 2015 Pipeline fellow. SPN caught up with Amis over the phone. SPN: Telehealth is really hot right now, and there’s a lot of…
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Cyber-Anatomy lets med students swap cadavers for holograms
Iowa City-based Cyber-Anatomy, which creates interactive 3D anatomical models, recently partnered with zSpace, a holographic computing company from Sunnyvale, Calif., to create interactive, holographic images of human cadavers. “In this case, it was very exciting for a high-tech company from the Silicon Valley to reach out to an Iowa company because of the technology …