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A team of leading clinicians, engineers, and neuroscientists has made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of treatment-resistant depression. By analyzing the brain activity of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS), a promising therapy involving implanted electrodes that stimulate the brain, the researchers identified a unique pattern in brain activity that reflects the recovery process in patients with treatment-resistant depression.This pattern, known as
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Health Gorilla Launches Patient Access Solution Enabling Access to Health Data from Health Information Networks
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Health Gorilla, a privacy-focused health information network and interoperability solution provider, has announced the launch of its Patient Access solution, which allows healthcare organizations to access comprehensive health data by enabling consumers to submit queries to national health information networks under the Individual Access Services (IAS) purpose of use.Accessing comprehensive data seamlessly from national exchanges has traditionally been limited to
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Evidation, USC Partner to Integrate Wearables Dataset for Healthy Aging Study
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Evidation, the company creating new ways to measure and improve health in everyday life, today announced a partnership with USC’s Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research to incorporate wearable device data into the landmark Understanding America Study.The goal of the partnership is to power research that will generate insights into healthy aging. Evidation and USC will collaborate to integrate a robust wearables dataset into extensive survey data that has
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Zocdoc Expands Beyond Marketplace with Launch of Zocdoc Practice Solutions
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Zocdoc, the leading healthcare marketplace that makes it easy for patients to find and book in-person or virtual care across over 250 specialties and more than 18,000 insurance plans, today announced the launch of Zocdoc Practice Solutions.Zocdoc Practice Solutions is a free suite of tools that helps providers seamlessly reach, manage and keep patients. Any practice or provider — regardless of whether they’re a Zocdoc marketplace customer — can sign up to use these
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Briya Raises $11.5M for Healthcare Blockchain-Secured Data Exchange Platform
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Briya, an end-to-end healthcare data exchange platform, today announced completion of an $11.5 million Series A round of financing, bringing the company’s total funding to $17 million. The round was led by Team8, includes existing investors Insight Partners, Amiti Ventures, and is joined by the George Kaiser Family Foundation.The funding will support Briya's mission to transform how data is exchanged between healthcare organizations and life sciences organizations, with
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Consumers Cite Healthcare Affordability as Biggest Concern to Paying Medical Bills
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Rising healthcare expenses, lack of certainty over costs and financial support and poor coordination between providers and payers have caused consumers to feel more stressed than ever before about their healthcare bills. According to the 2024 Healthcare Financial Experience Study, 72% of consumers cite affordability as the biggest challenge to paying larger healthcare bills—not that they don’t want to. Struggling to afford healthcare bills isn’t just a headache, it can
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Rev1 Ventures Launches $30M Fund to Support Research-Based Healthcare Innovation
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Today, Rev1 Ventures, the venture studio that helps entrepreneurs and corporations accelerate innovation, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and The Ohio State University announce expanded support for life sciences companies with the launch of Rev1 Catalyst Fund III, a $30 million fund that delivers capital and strategic services for pre-seed, seed stage and early-stage healthcare innovators. Following the success of Rev1 Catalyst Fund II, Rev1
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Zscaler, Imprivata, CrowdStrike Launch Zero Trust Security Solution
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Zscaler, Inc., the leader in cloud security, today announced that it has teamed up with CrowdStrike and Imprivata to deliver a zero-trust cybersecurity solution from device to cloud that’s custom-made for medical institutions.The new Zscaler integration with the Imprivata Digital Identity Platform will provide visibility, threat protection and traceability for end-to-end, multi-user, shared device access control that are required for organizations to meet
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SohoMD, Withings Integrate to Enhance Mental Health through Remote Monitoring
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SohoMD, the foremost online mental health platform focused on comprehensive biological psychiatry, today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Withings Health Solutions, the Healthcare division of Withings, the global leader in at-home connected health.Conceived as part of a holistic approach to mind/body behavioral healthcare, this is the first time a nationally focused online mental health platform has entered into a direct relationship with a
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Blue Shield of California Taps Salesforce to Enhance Member Experience
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Blue Shield of California and Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the No. 1 AI CRM, today announced an expanded collaboration to meet members’ need for unified experiences by leveraging the agility and breadth of the Salesforce platform. With its adoption of Salesforce Health Cloud, Blue Shield of California will be able to expand and scale more in-depth care management services to its members, promoting higher quality care.Additionally, with Salesforce, Blue
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