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The Wound Company, a multi-channel on-demand wound and ostomy care delivery company that improves patient outcomes, today announced its launch from stealth with $4.25M in seed funding from Susa Venturesand Sozo Ventures. The funding will be used to expand the company’s national footprint, hire top talent, and to continue improving health outcomes in the most cost-effective way possible while bringing dignity to the over 13 million people in need
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Cala Launches FDA-Cleared Wearable Device for Tremor Relief
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Cala, the bioelectronic medicine leader setting a new standard of care for chronic disease, today announced the commercial launch of its next generation therapy: the Cala kIQ™ System, the first and only FDA-cleared wearable device that delivers effective therapy for action hand tremor relief in people with essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease.The Cala kIQ System empowers patients and physicians by providing an on-demand, comfortable, at-home therapy for ease of
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53% of Doctors Face Negative Social Media Encounters
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Over half of doctors have had a negative encounter with another user, according to Software Advice’s Social Media for Doctors Survey. The survey finds that attracting new patients is the number one benefit to using social media, according to 66% of US practitioners.
Key findings of the survey include:
Social media keeps practitioners updated with trends and increases patient count: 81% of healthcare providers follow other providers on social
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AWS, Allen Institute to Map Whole Human Brain to Advance Treatment for Brain Disorders
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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.
Paving the Way to Accelerate Transformative
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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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