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- XRHealth, extended reality and therapeutic apps, announced today that they are working with Reducept to expand their offering to patients for virtual reality therapy for pain management. Virtual reality technology provides exercises that train people suffering from chronic pain on how to gain control over pain, potentially reducing the need for medication.
- The XRHealth and Reducept partnership was designed for individuals experiencing ongoing
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Teladoc Health Integrates Solo platform with Microsoft Teams for Health Systems
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- Teladoc Health announced a collaboration with Microsoft in which Teladoc Health’s Solo platform for hospitals and health systems will be integrated into the Microsoft Teams environment to strengthen physician and patient access to best-in-class virtual healthcare.
- The combination of communications and workflows in Microsoft Teams with Teladoc Health’s medical-grade whole-person virtual care delivery solutions will simplify
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Israeli Startup Aidoc Raises $65M for AI-Powered Medical Imaging Platform
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- Aidoc, a Tel Aviv-based provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for medical imaging, announced it has raised $65M in Series C funding led by General Catalyst, bringing its total funding to $140M.
- This Series C round comes on the heels of a surge in demand for Aidoc’s AI-driven solutions, including the largest clinical deployment of AI in healthcare through its partnership with Radiology Partners.
- Founded in 2016, Aidoc’s solutions aid
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Axuall Raises $10.4M to Expand Workforce Intelligent Network for Healthcare
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- Axuall, a Cleveland, OH-based workforce intelligent network that enables healthcare providers to share their authenticated credentials and qualifications in real-time has raised $10.4M in Series A funding led by Flare Capital Partners. The round also included participation from co-investors Intermountain Ventures, University Hospitals Ventures, MedStar Health, Epsilon Health, InHealth Ventures, AV8 Ventures, JumpStart, M25 Ventures, and North Coast Ventures.
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Solve.Care Launches the First Open Global Blockchain Telehealth Network in 20 Countries
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-Solve.Care, the blockchain healthcare platform that is redefining the way healthcare is administered, has announced the launch of the first blockchain enabled tele-consultation network, Global Telehealth Exchange (GTHE), in 20 countries across Europe, Americas, Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Oceania with plans for further global expansion to cover almost all other countries.
- GTHE is a secure, peer-to-peer, decentralized network that facilitates teleconsultation
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Ohio Hospital Selects Hicuity Health for Tele-ICU and Telemetry Services
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- Knox Community Hospital has selected Hicuity Health to provide both tele-ICU and cardiac telemetry services. Hicuity Health is well-positioned to address the hospital’s multiple care needs and enables the facility to expand access to critical care within the community while also supporting Knox clinical staff as they address the around-the-clock challenges of critical care.
- By partnering
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Philips, Cognizant Partner to Develop Digital Health Solutions to Providers, Researchers and Patients
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- Cognizant and Phillips announced a strategic collaboration to develop digital health solutions intended to improve patient care and accelerate the clinical trials process by increasing connectivity across patients, providers and clinical researchers.
- The strategic alliance brings together Philips HealthSuite, a cloud-based platform and Cognizant’s digital engineering expertise
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Zebra-Med Becomes First Company to Receive AI CPT Code for Radiology
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- Zebra Medical Vision announces it has received the first-ever AI CPT code for radiology, for its VCF detection from CT scans for Population Health, setting a new standard for CPT codes in imaging AI, as the company has successfully done with FDA clearances for its algorithms.
- The new CPT III code was submitted to the AMA’s CPT Editorial Panel, by the American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, American Roentgen Ray Society, and the
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NVIDIA Launches UK’s Fastest AI Supercomputer for Healthcare Research
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- NVIDIA launched the UK’s fastest supercomputer -- Cambridge-1, the world’s first collaborative, industry-wide system dedicated to accelerating healthcare and digital biology research using powerful combination of AI and simulation.
- At the virtual inauguration, NVIDIA CEO and founder Jensen Huang discussed what NVIDIA’s $100 million investment will mean for the UK. He said the system will enable research breakthroughs at a scale and speed previously impossible with
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“The Doctor Will See You Now” and Other Things Patients Won’t Hear Post-COVID
Following a year of social distancing and strict lockdowns, patients were forced to fundamentally change the way they interacted with their physicians. By April of last year, about half of patients’ primary care visits were conducted virtually.
And thanks to the emergency relaxation of regulations from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to accommodate remote diagnostics, medical device companies spurred on by tech from software giants like Microsoft and Intel, came up with innovative
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