ŌURA, a wearable device company, announced Friday that it has two new heart health features that will become available in late May. One feature is for understanding users’ cardiovascular age and one is for…
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Cybercriminals don’t seem like they will stop using healthcare institutions as target practice anytime soon, as another major organization fell victim to a cyberattack this week.
Ascension, a St. Louis-based health system with 140 hospitals…
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Last month, an app named Rejoyn became the first FDA-cleared prescription digital therapeutic for patients with major depressive disorder. The app, which changes users’ behavior through various lessons and exercises, was developed by Otsuka…
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After care navigation company Transcarent announced last week that it raised $126 million in Series D funding, CEO Glen Tullman told MedCity News that he has “no interest” in selling the company. However, an…
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Diagnostics startup Geneoscopy earned its first-ever FDA approval this week.
The St. Louis-based company received approval for ColoSense, its noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test. The test — which the FDA designated as a breakthrough device…
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While acknowledging the pivotal role of technology in enhancing health, we are still in the early innings for digital health as it relates to the transformative impact many had expected to come to fruition….
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To combat impactful challenges such as financial strain, staff burnout, resource scarcity, and other operational inefficiencies, hospitals and health systems need to adopt new methods of optimization. One of the most crucial weapons organizations…
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Join MedCity News and nearly 300 healthcare investors, startups, and innovative-minded executives in Chicago at the Ritz Carlton on May 21-22 for MedCity INVEST 2024. The conference is the premier boutique healthcare investment event in…
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As the burden of documentation and various other administrative duties has increased, physician burnout has reached historical levels. In response, EHR vendors are embedding generative AI tools to aid physicians by drafting their responses…
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In late March, PHTI (Peterson Health Technology Institute) raised the bar for all of us working to digitize healthcare when they issued their first evidence assessment reporting the evaluation of digital diabetes management tools…
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