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- Wellstar Health System extends its partnership with Moth+Flame to further utilize its virtual reality (VR) training technology.
- The VR emotional intelligence training encourages Wellstar's employees to build composure and gain practical experience in a highly realistic scenario by navigating difficult conversations and testing resiliency in an emotionally charged environment.
- The experience helps Wellstar's workforce development
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DarioHealth Integrates Dexcom CGM Data into Diabetes Platform
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- DarioHealth announced a partnership with Dexcom, the global leader in real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology, to integrate its market-leading CGM data into Dario's multi-chronic condition platform.
- Dexcom CGM uses a small, wearable sensor to continuously measure and send glucose levels to a receiver or smart device, enabling people with diabetes to make real-time decisions about their health. This agreement enables the integration
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GE HealthCare to Acquire Caption Health to Expand AI-Guided Ultrasounds
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- GE HealthCare acquires Caption Health, Inc., a privately owned artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare leader that creates clinical applications to aid in early disease detection, using AI to assist in conducting ultrasound scans.
- The acquisition supports GE HealthCare’s $3B Ultrasound business by adding AI-enabled image guidance to ultrasound device portfolios. In addition, it aligns with strategy to deliver precision care and expands access to new ultrasound
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Ibex’s AI-Powered Cancer Diagnostics Solution Obtains CE Mark
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- Ibex Medical Analytics today announced that Galen™ Prostate has become the first standalone AI-powered cancer diagnostics solution to obtain CE Mark under Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR) for supporting pathologists in the primary diagnosis of prostate biopsies.
- Galen Prostate is the first standalone AI-based cancer diagnostics product of its kind certified under the IVDR.
- During 2023, Ibex plans to migrate additional
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Google Cloud, Health-ISAC Partner to Build More Resilient Healthcare
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- Google Cloud announced that its security engineers are working with Health-ISAC Threat Operations Center to develop an open sourced integration that connects the Health-ISAC Indicator Threat Sharing (HITS) feed directly with Google Cloud’s Chronicle Security Operations information and event management.
- HITS allows Health-ISAC members to easily connect and quickly share cyber threat intelligence through machine-to-machine automation.
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U.S. Air Force and SimX Expands VR Medical Training Partnership
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- SimX and the U. S. Air Force are announcing a $1.7M expansion of its ongoing effort to advance the future of medical simulation training using virtual reality (VR) technology.
- This effort, housed within the Virtual Advancement of Learning for Operational Readiness (VALOR) program at SimX, aims to enhance the usability and medical capability of virtual simulation training, with a focus on prehospital combat casualty care delivered by the Air Force's elite special
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Included Health, Solv Partner to Connect Virtual & In-Person Care
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- Solv today announced the launch of Solv Final Mile Network, the first solution to bridge the gap from online navigation and virtual care to in-person, local medical care across the country.
- Built on the scale of Solv’s national network of providers, Solv Final Mile technology makes continuity of the patient care journey possible, by eliminating the friction between digital care and same-day, in-office visits for providers and their patients. Included Health, a
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Blood Sugar Monitoring Devices Pose Wearability & Use Problems for Older Diabetic Adults & Caregivers
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- In an initial trial of continuous glucometer use, faulty device adhesive -- a serious wearability challenge -- and patient difficulty in interpreting graphs produced by the device, were noted. In a subsequent trial, 70 older adults with diabetes wore glucometers and activity monitors and used smartphones and electronic medication bottles to track and manage blood sugar over a two-week period.
- Among these 70 patients, two-thirds of whom were African American and
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Faro Health Secures $20M to Streamline Smart Clinical Trials
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- Faro Health, a cloud-computing company that is developing digital infrastructure for smart clinical trials raises $20M in Series A funding led by General Catalyst to help scale the digital transformation of clinical trials––essentially making it easier and quicker for drug developers to greatly reduce the cost and time of trials.
- The round also included participation from previous investors Section 32, Polaris Partners, Zetta Ventures, and Northpond Ventures.
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Southern Illinois Healthcare Selects Xealth to Digitally Engage Patients
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- Today, Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) announced that it’s using Xealth’s digital health platform system-wide to automate digital programs, starting with smoking cessation. SIH plans to add additional digital health programs to deliver operational efficiencies while enhancing the patient experience.
- The Xealth digital health platform is designed to help clinicians integrate, prescribe and monitor digital health tools for patients from one
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