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Suki, the leader in voice artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare, and MEDITECH, a leading electronic health record vendor, announced today a partnership to bring the power of Suki’s ambient listening and generative AI to MEDITECH users.Suki will integrate its flagship product, Suki Assistant, into MEDITECH Expanse, the industry's first EHR designed for the native web. Suki Assistant combines ambient note generation along with dictation and commands in one
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ATA Launches 3 Telehealth Tools to Address Health Disparities
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The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) announced this week that its CEO’s Advisory Group on Using Telehealth to Eliminate Disparities and Inequities is releasing three new tools this week, to inform ways in which telehealth can impact disparities and inequities.All three tools were released today, to commemorate the third annual Telehealth Awareness Week. This year’s events will highlight the value telehealth brings to patients and helps to expand access to quality
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The Froedtert & MCW Health Network Taps AWS to Deliver Personalized Patient Care
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Inception Health, the innovation arm of the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin health network, announced today that it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to advance the personalization of care and improve value to patients and communities served by the Froedtert & MCW health network.Through new services from within the Froedtert & MCW mobile application, patients are able to take steps to manage their health at their convenience, anywhere,
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CardioOne Secures $8M, Expands Cardiology Care Delivery Enablement Platform In 5 Markets
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CardioOne, a cardiology care delivery enablement platform for independent cardiology practices, $8M in initial funding and three new partnerships with independent cardiology practices in New Jersey, Florida and Pennsylvania– Cardiac Associates of New Jersey, Twin Hearts LLC and Corrieius Cardiology– joining its existing partner practices in Texas and Maryland. The partnership and platform provides these practices with the advantage of a national
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Mount Sinai Researchers Identify Biomarker That Tracks Recovery From Treatment-Resistant Depression
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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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