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HandSport Surgery Institute (HSSI), a provider of hand and wrist surgical care launches virtual practice in Decentraland, a blockchain-based metaverse platform. The HSSI Decentraland practice features a futuristic, sophisticated, and professional design inspired by crypto and cyberpunk culture. Visitors can interact with a virtual receptionist to schedule appointments, explore a comfortable waiting room with patient success stories, and learn about hand
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53% of Doctors Face Negative Social Media Encounters
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Over half of doctors have had a negative encounter with another user, according to Software Advice’s Social Media for Doctors Survey. The survey finds that attracting new patients is the number one benefit to using social media, according to 66% of US practitioners.
Key findings of the survey include:
Social media keeps practitioners updated with trends and increases patient count: 81% of healthcare providers follow other providers on social
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AWS, Allen Institute to Map Whole Human Brain to Advance Treatment for Brain Disorders
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AWS and Allen Institute for Brain Science are collaborating on a five-year project to create the largest open source database of brain cell data in the world named the Brain Knowledge Platform (BKP). The strategic global collaboration for the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) with participation from 17 other institutions around the globe including MIT and Princeton will pinpoint precisely why diseases like
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M&A: BurstIQ Acquires Olive AI’s Business Intelligence Platform
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BurstIQ, a provider of data-driven healthcare solutions announced it has acquired Olive AI's business intelligence solution. The acquired solution, now known as LifeGraph Intelligence, further enhances BurstIQ's offerings, revolutionizing how organizations see and use their data. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The strategic acquisition expands BurstIQ's portfolio of innovative products, reinforcing its commitment to helping healthcare
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Samsung’s Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification Feature Coming This Summer to 13 Markets
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Samsung announced today that the Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification (IHRN) feature will be available to users in 13 markets starting this summer. Combined with the app’s Electrocardiogram (ECG) [3] monitoring, the IHRN feature, detects heart rhythms suggestive of atrial fibrillation (AFib), helping Galaxy Watch users understand their heart health more comprehensively.According to the American Heart Organization, there will be more than 12 million people living
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Virtual Reality Training for Nurses Solution Launches to Enhance Nursing Education
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Wolters Kluwer Health and Laerdal Medical have officially launched vrClinicals for Nursing. The virtual reality (VR) based learning solution helps address today’s gaps in nursing education and the nursing workforce, allowing students to go from the classroom to a busy hospital ward where they encounter true-to-life challenges such as prioritizing care among multiple patients and the demands of practice.vrClinicals for Nursing was designed with instructors and
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Despite Investment, Digital Health Adoption Remains Low for Health Plan Members
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Despite investment in digital health tools, health plan member usage remains low, according to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Commercial Member Health Plan Study. The J.D. study reveals digital health usage for all tools and support remains below 50%. Even among the sickest patients, use of online health assessments is 18%; use of chronic disease management tools is 8%; use of online triage and nursing support is 10%; and remote monitoring 6%.
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Finni Health Raises $3.2M to Improve Access to Autism Care
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Finni Health, a Santa Monica, CA-based company empowering autism care providers to go independent raises $3.2M seed round led by General Catalyst, with participation from YCombinator, Wayfinder Ventures, Andrew Adams (Headway), and Divya Bhatt (Virta). According to the CDC, 1 in 36 kids are diagnosed with autism in the US today, and this is growing at 12% each year. There’s about 40K autism providers in the US, growing 10% year over year, but this is still not
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VP Shares 5 DEI Tips for Health Systems During PRIDE Month
In honor of PRIDE month, Dr. Rhae-Anne Booker, Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) with the University of Michigan Health-West, shares five key DEI tips on why it’s important for health systems to have a plan for treating patients with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities:
Understand and respect patients' sexual identities, preferences and preferred pronouns
Respecting someone’s identity is one of the quickest and easiest ways to help patients feel
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CDC Launches Fentanyl Dashboard to Monitor Nonfatal Overdose Trends
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently released its Fentanyl Study Dashboard, an innovative tool that utilizes data from the Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC), to track and monitor nonfatal overdose trends associated with fentanyl. The dashboard, “Fentalog Study: A Subset of Nonfatal Suspected Opioid-Involved Overdoses with Toxicology Testing” went live in May of 2023 aims to provide vital insights to healthcare
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