LONG BEACH, Calif., January 4, 2023 (Newswire.com) – Nicolette, Inc., a digital health pioneer focused on patient education and data tools, today announced the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a new patent (No.11,432,720). The patent protects Nicolette’s NicoBoard technology, specifically the transformation of a patient’s raw health data from their electronic health record (EHR) into easy-to-use tools such as tailored education content, natural-language insights, interactive visuals, and action prompts.  Nicolette first implemented NicoBoard in the neonatal i ..read more

Perhaps, if he had been more confident in what was going on — if he could have made better sense of the swirl of data that engulfs a NICU parent — he would have pushed harder on his concern, Phil Martie says. Just over 20 days into her stay in a community hospital NICU, Martie’s daughter Nicolette London’s stomach looked different to her parents: a subtle change in shape. Martie and his wife raised their concerns, and were told it was fine. After moving to the NICU at Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOC), outside Los Angeles, Martie learned that everything was not fine. Nicolette had a ..read more

Have you ever wondered if a past event could have turned out differently if you had additional knowledge, experience or tools?   This is what Phil Martie, founder of Nicolette, contemplated after parenting premature twins requiring neonatal care. Phil’s newborn son and daughter, Bexley and Nicolette, were immediately admitted into a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). After 27 days in the NICU at a local community hospital, Phil and his wife decided to transfer their infants to CHOC. Unfortunately, Nicolette passed away on the day of her transfer, however, Bexley made it t ..read more

If it feels like you’re paying a much higher price for the same healthcare than you were a few years ago, you’re right. And you’re not alone. Healthcare spending at the individual and government level has increased exponentially in the past decade, as shown below. From providers to payers, innovators to government officials, many in the U.S. healthcare community are finding that these increasing costs are not always improving patient outcomes. As a result, the healthcare space has been gradually undergoing a paradigm shift for the past few years: moving from healthcare that is volume-based to ..read more

Don’t be a passive patient. Truly personalized medicine depends on one agent of change: the patient. Leading your own healthcare journey depends on taking actions. Taking action takes confidence and persistence. Here are some essential steps we recommend to get going and stay the course:   The obvious big picture goal is to recover and live your healthiest life possible. But this overarching aim to just “get better” can sometimes be impersonal or out of scope. Add personal meaning to goals by making them more specific to how they will improve your life. From there you can drill down into ..read more

More than ever, we have the power as individuals to make excellent healthcare decisions for ourselves and our families. Connectivity between patients and accessibility to research & education have proven to be powerful tools in fighting health battles, yet as a population we still do not leverage the information available to us very often. Why? It’s both too much and too little information at the same time. All the information in existence is of no use if we cannot extract and make use of the small portion that is relevant and credible. The stuff we really need is drowning in the stuff we ..read more

20,000 sand grains. 33 rocks. 18.5 umbrellas. This is data, and it’s meaningless. Does it describe a beach? Maybe. But there isn’t enough of a story here for anyone to even care what it describes. When presented in isolation, data communicates nothing of actionable value. This has become a significant problem in healthcare. We capture more health data than ever, yet not much has improved in the way we make meaning of it and act on it. For all the hype surrounding big data and the glamour of data-centric cultures, the truth is that the story is what’s important. Data is simply a useful tool to ..read more

Big health is upon us. We’re not referring to an evil oligarchy, rather the enormity of opportunity and options available promoting both community and individual well-being. There is focus and pressure from all sides. Consider these: Access to care is transforming from a consumer service to a human right, with far- reaching implications for providers, payers, and government Technologies are rapidly coming to market that enable amazing recovery from acute health issues and improvement in quality of life for those with chronic health problems Self-awareness of health issues is at an all-time hi ..read more