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- WellSpan Health, a technologically advanced healthcare system, has partnered with Biofourmis to expand its award-winning hospital-at-home program.
- The strategic collaboration will leverage Biofourmis' remote patient management platform to streamline care delivery, improve patient outcomes, and reduce readmission rates.
Partnership Details
WellSpan currently manages one of the largest hospital-at-home programs in the U.S., caring for over 400 patients
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VR Mask for PTSD Shows Promise in Decentralized Trial, Aims for FDA Breakthrough Designation
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- Curavit Clinical Research, a leader in decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) for digital therapeutics (DTx), successfully completed a study for the Sana Device, a virtual reality (VR) mask aiming to reduce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
- Overall, this study represents a significant step forward in the development of VR-based treatments for PTSD. If approved, the Sana Device could offer a valuable tool for patients struggling with this
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Headlight Mental Health Scores $18M to Expand Teletherapy, In-Person Care
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Headlight, a tech-forward mental health practice committed to offering patients convenience and a simplified care journey, today announced $18 million in new venture funding, led by Matrix and EPIC Ventures.Funding will help the company expand into additional states and add hundreds of new licensed therapists to their team by 2025. Prior to the transaction, Headlight added new executive leadership including Chief Executive Officer Geoff Swindle, former Chief
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Xealth Digital Health Report Reveals 8 Emerging Trends for 2024
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- Xealth, a leader in enabling digital health at scale, released its 2023 Digital Health Review, analyzing data from over 12 million digital health orders across nearly 30 health systems.
- The report highlights key trends and emerging areas for 2024, offering insights into the evolving digital health landscape.
Key Findings from 2023
Most Enrolled Patients: Surgery preparation and recovery programs saw the highest enrollment, reaching 1.5 million
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How Open-Source Technologies Will Transform Digital Clinical Trials
Although the traditional nearly decade-long clinical trial timelines completely collapsed during COVID, this truncating was not necessarily novel. Precedent exists for accelerating approval timelines during health emergencies such as the AIDs/HIV epidemic, where Compound S, a re-make of AZT, or azidothymidine, originally developed to fight cancer, became controversially fast-tracked after the discovery that it could block HIV activity. Likewise, when potentially lifesaving drugs are
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AI Predicts Heart Attacks by Measuring Fat Around Your Heart, Study Finds
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- New research from Cedars-Sinai uses artificial intelligence (AI) using a low-dose computed tomography (CT) scan to quickly and accurately measure heart fat, offering a promising tool for predicting and preventing heart disease.
- The technique, identified by the Division of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and the Biomedical Imaging Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai, can help physicians better understand and manage heart disease risk in
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DeepScribe Unveils Trust and Safety Suite, Setting AI Standards in Healthcare
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- DeepScribe, a leader in AI-powered medical documentation solutions, has announced its Trust and Safety Suite, a new set of features designed to ensure the transparency, safety, and ethical use of AI in healthcare.
- Trust and Safety Suite aims to establish industry standards for responsible AI development and build trust in its technology among both healthcare professionals and patients.
Trust and Safety Suite Key Features
The Trust and Safety Suite three key
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Hippocratic AI Launches Nurse Advisory Council to Guide AI in Healthcare
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- Hippocratic AI, a company developing a safety-focused Large Language Model (LLM) for healthcare, announced the launch of its Nurse Advisory Council.
- The Nursing Advisory Council, alongside their existing Physician Advisory Council, will play a crucial role in shaping the technology and ensuring its responsible and effective use in patient care.
Addressing Nurse Shortages and Empowering Caregivers
The healthcare industry faces a global nurse shortage
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Zocdoc Launches Guided Search to Connect Patients with the Right Providers
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.Zocdoc, 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 introduced Guided Search.This new search experience intuitively provides patients with a more tailored set of results based on their unique care needs so they can select the right provider and book with greater confidence.
Improving Patient-Provider Pairing: Zocdoc's
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PathAI, Roche to Develop AI-Enabled Digital Pathology Algorithms for Companion Diagnostics
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PathAI, a pioneering AI-powered precision pathology company, has just announced an exclusive collaboration with Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD) aimed at advancing AI-enabled interpretation for companion diagnostics.
Through this strategic partnership, PathAI will work exclusively with Roche Tissue Diagnostics to develop AI-enabled digital pathology algorithms specifically tailored for companion diagnostics.
Advance AI-enabled Interpretation for Companion
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