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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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General Catalyst Partners with Israel’s Sheba Medical Center to Drive Digital Health Transformation
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Sheba Medical Center, Israel’s largest medical center and a Newsweek ranked world’s best hospital for the last five years, and General Catalyst, a leading US-based venture capital firm, today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate digital health transformation. Sheba is the second global partner and first partner in Israel to join the General Catalyst's Health Assurance Ecoystem cohort.
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Virtual Digestive Care Platform Oshi Health Receives Strategic Investments
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Oshi Health today announced strategic investments by the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) GI Opportunity Fund.The landmark support of both gastroenterology (GI) associations signals the importance of evidence-based, multidisciplinary care delivered through hybrid collaborative models to address the urgent and growing problem of limited access to digestive healthcare in
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STAT Health Launches In-Ear Wearable to Measure Blood Flow to the Head
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Today, STAT Health emerges from stealth to introduce a 24/7 in-ear wearable that measures blood flow to the head to better understand symptoms such as dizziness, brain fog, headaches, fainting, and fatigue that occur upon standing. These are common symptoms for illnesses like long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and other orthostatic (caused by standing) syndromes that
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2023 Life Sciences Digital Pathology Adoption Survey Report
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Nearly three-fourths of life sciences organizations surveyed have invested in digital pathology to advance drug research and development (R&D), according to new research commissioned by Proscia®. Over half of these organizations (53%) still center their operations around legacy software systems primarily for basic image viewing despite growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the introduction of breakthrough therapeutics.The “2023
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Uber Health Launches Grocery & OTC Item Delivery to Patient Homes Nationwide
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Uber Health, Uber’s healthcare arm, today announced it will soon add grocery and over the counter (OTC) item delivery to its centralized HIPAA-enabled platform. Payers and providers nationwide will soon be able to use the same platform they already use for non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) and prescription delivery to have groceries and OTC items delivered directly to patient homes, facilitated by Uber Eats.The first-of-its-kind platform will simplify and
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Health Tech UX – Why We Must Keep Physicians Top-of-Mind
The shortage of physicians in America is a growing concern, with serious consequences for our nation’s hospitals. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) estimates a shortage of between 21,000 and 77,100 non-primary care physicians by 2034, including surgical and other medical specialists. Already, 50% of hospitals are short coverage for three or more specialties, and 90% are short at least one. Half of the nation’s hospitals ended 2022 in the red, and for many Americans, getting
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