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Today, Disclo announced a $5M seed round led by General Catalyst to help employers maintain compliance by tracking, managing, and reporting on health disclosure + accommodation requests in the workplace.
- Disclo acts as a third-party verifier, authenticating that a disability is legitimate and that the appropriate accommodation is required, eliminating some of the tension inherent in the process of asking for accommodations. Additionally, their HIPAA- and
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Wildflower Health & HTC Launch Statewide Value-Based Maternity Care Model in NJ
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- Today, Wildflower Health and the Healthcare Transformation Consortium (HTC), a collaborative of independent health systems in New Jersey, announced a new partnership to launch a value-based maternity care initiative. The collaborative, which is powered by Wildflower Health, aims to serve as a national blueprint for approaches to closing maternal care gaps and improving equity.
- As part of this initiative, Wildflower and HTC will also be working
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Hurdle Launches At-Home HbA1c Diagnostic Test to Tackle Diabetes Crisis
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- Hurdle, a diagnostics-as-a-service company launches an at-home Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Test that enables adult consumers to take a simple at-home blood sample to screen and monitor for diabetes.
- Developed by leading scientists, Hurdle’s testing technology offers leading accuracy and reliability and operates in partnership with labs that hold themselves to the highest testing standards. The test is available for purchase today on the Chronomics brand online
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Metaverse Operating Room Simulates Surgery on Cleft Lip & Palate
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- Smile Train and BioDigital launched the first-ever cleft surgery virtual reality (VR) platform experience at the IMSH Conference in Orlando, Florida.
- The platform utilizes a “metaverse operating room” to simulate surgery on cleft lip and palate, a common birth condition that occurs when a baby’s lip or mouth does not form properly during pregnancy. The condition can cause difficulty with breathing, eating and speaking. If left
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How Digital Health Technology Can Combat Elderly Abuse
One of the most difficult types of abuse to identify has always been elderly abuse. This is the segment of the population that is the most segregated because many just aren’t as mobile as they once were. So very many elderly people don’t drive anymore or have developed mobility issues that prevent them from venturing out in public much. For whatever reason, they aren’t as social as other segments of the population, and thus, it becomes extremely difficult to identify elderly abuse. However,
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Enhancing Physical Therapy With Artificial Intelligence
In 2014, Stephen Hawking cautioned that “the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race….It would take off on its own and re-design itself at an ever-increasing rate..”
Artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced rapidly in recent years, with its impressive power and capacity to change so many areas of human life. It continues to become more embedded in the lives of average consumers. While AI might not yet be the end of humanity as we know it, we’re
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Healthcare-Focused Venture Studio Launches in Phoenix
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- Former Bayless Integrated Healthcare CEO, Justin Bayless announced the launch of Journey Venture Studio, a 501c3 healthcare-focused venture studio focused on serving diverse and underrepresented founders.
- Aspiring entrepreneurs will go through a rigorous interview process, and once accepted and assigned a company will go through a rigorous growth program designed to jump-start the company’s success. The Journey provides hands-on support, investment, mentorship and
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How Chatbots Can Be the Next Best Thing in Healthcare
Today’s healthcare facilities are facing critical staffing problems. Over 19% of U.S. hospitals are experiencing staffing shortages, according to government data posted earlier this year. Caused primarily by the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses and doctors have left hospitals and healthcare clinics because of the dangerous, high-stress conditions. More recently, the U.S. saw rulings and changes that could affect an individual’s access to healthcare – driving more questions and concerns from patients
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5 Things Every Smart Operating Room Should Prioritize – Surgery
The healthcare industry is in the middle of deep digital transformation across every aspect of the patient journey. Technology has always been important in healthcare, but COVID-19 has accelerated advancements, improving the way care is delivered. The pandemic also increased patient interest in being more involved in their healthcare decisions. And when patients are more involved, they are typically more satisfied with their experience and have better health outcomes. From remote patient
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Smile Digital Health Closes $30M to Expand Health Data Fabric Platform
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- Smile CDR Inc. (doing business as Smile Digital Health) ("Smile"), a FHIR® health data fabric (HDF) and exchange solutions provider raises $30M in Series B growth capital led by existing investors including UPMC Enterprises.
- Founded in 2016, Smile's HDF platform uses industry-leading HDF architecture and ONC-compliant, event-driven FHIR APIs to allow healthcare providers, payers and IT vendors to build secure,
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