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, a French-American pioneer in collaborative robotics, today announced that Baptist Health (Jacksonville, Florida) performed the first clinical procedures in the United States using the Maestro System. Three surgeons who practice at Baptist Health hospitals used the Maestro System over a week to perform sleeve gastrectomies - the most common bariatric (weight loss) surgery. The surgeons employed by North Florida Surgeons included Steven Hodgett, MD, FACS; Craig
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iRhythm Launches Wearable ECG Heart Monitor
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iRhythm Technologies, Inc. today announced the U.S. launch of its next-generation Zio® monitor and enhanced Zio® long-term continuous monitoring (LTCM) service.Zio monitor is iRhythm’s smallest, lightest and thinnest cardiac monitor, enhancing the cardiac monitoring experience for patients and healthcare providers together with new service enhancements. The new Zio monitor is a prescription-only ECG monitor, which is an integral part of the Zio LTCM service.
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Solera Launches Omni-Condition Management Platform
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Solera Health, the premier digital health company connecting people seamlessly and easily to solutions that work, today announced the launch of their HALO Platform, a next generation omni-condition management solution.The enhanced platform represents the next step in the company’s evolution – for the first time, creating a seamless and highly flexible method for payers and employers to add and categorize their own contracted solutions to Solera’s platform and curated
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Exo Unveils Handheld Ultrasound Device
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Exo (pronounced “echo”), a medical imaging software and device company, today unveiled a category-redefining handheld ultrasound device, Exo Iris™, to put high-performance medical imaging into the hands—and pockets—of every caregiver.Built on Exo’s advanced silicon technology, Exo Iris delivers versatile imaging performance for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) at a fraction of the size and cost of cart-based systems. Exo Iris is the latest addition to Exo’s
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Mission Bio Announces and Launches Single-Cell Measurable Residual Disease (MRD) Assay
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Mission Bio, a leader in single-cell multi-omic solutions for precision medicine, announced the commercial launch of the Tapestri® Single-cell MRD (scMRD) AML Multiomics Assay.The company designed the scMRD AML Multiomics Assay to bring unprecedented resolution to disease relapse and recurrence in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), demonstrating the potential of single-cell DNA and protein multiomics to identify therapeutic targets in recurrent AML.
Unearthing
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Tiny Health, Astarte Medical Partner on Gut Health Program for Infants
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Astarte Medical, a leading pediatric clinical intelligence company, is forming a joint venture with Tiny Health,makers of gut microbiome tests for babies and expecting parents. The partners have agreed to develop a clinical-facing technology solution to support gut health for preterm and critically ill infants receiving care in the neonatal ICU.
Technological Advances to Improve Neonatal Outcomes
By combining Astarte Medical’s proprietary
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Teladoc Health Releases 2023 Virtual Transformation Index
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In new research released by Teladoc Health, the global leader in whole-person virtual care, U.S. employers with 2,500 or more employees reported a 21% increase in the implementation of additional virtual care offerings over the past 18 months, with 77% stating they plan to increase their investment in virtual care over the next three years. The findings are part of the company’s second annual Virtual Care Transformation Index, a survey
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Motif Neurotech Conducts First-In-Human Brain Stimulation for Treatment-resistant Depression
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Motif Neurotech, a neurotechnology company developing minimally invasive bioelectronics for mental health, announced new research published to the preprint server medrxiv that demonstrates a millimeter-sized brain stimulator in a human subject.The study was a collaboration with researchers at Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, and UTHealth Houston.
Broadening the Horizons of Minimally Imvasive Bioelectronics in Neural Science
The procedure
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KLAS: State of Virtual Sitting & Nursing Market Insights 2023
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Virtual sitting and virtual nursing solutions are receiving attention from healthcare organizations. Although the use of virtual nursing especially is not yet widespread, and although both use cases often require a significant up-front investment in equipment, organizations are interested in their potential to improve patient outcomes, alleviate staffing shortages, and reduce costs.This report—KLAS’ first about virtual sitting and nursing—is an early look at customer
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Metriport Launches Open-Source API to Instantly Pull Medical Records from Any EHR
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Metriport, the company on a mission to provide instant and efficient access to comprehensive patient medical data, is launching its Medical API—the world’s only open-source, single API platform—to retrieve patient clinical histories from all major electronic health records (EHR) systems.With an innovative engineering approach, Metriport delivers a wealth of enterprise-grade patient information to organizations ranging from very large healthcare providers to the new,
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