Behavioral health companies have been increasingly consolidating over the past few years. Amid a rising demand for mental health services, companies are combining to merge resources, expertise, software and care models.
This month, Philadelphia-based behavioral…
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Biomedical engineers at RMIT University have built a smartphone feature that paramedics can use to immediately screen patients for stroke.In partnership with Brazil’s São Paulo State University, RMIT University researchers developed an AI-powered tool…
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I’ve been a nurse for over 25 years. And throughout those 25 years, I’ve had to quickly adapt to new situations as I cared for patients everywhere from the emergency room to the battlefield…
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Before Covid-19, only a small sliver of Medicare beneficiaries could access virtual care. They had to be in a rural setting, not an urban or suburban setting. They also could only use telehealth in…
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Andreessen Horowitz-backed knownwell, a hybrid weight-inclusive primary and metabolic care provider, announced it acquired AI-enabled precision metabolic health management company Alfie Health to enhance its clinical decision support offerings. Boston-based knownwell touts itself as a…
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Obesity care company knownwell acquired one of its competitors this week, just six months after announcing its $20 million Series A funding round.
Boston-based Knownwell, which provides hybrid primary care and metabolic health treatment, bought…
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Replacing registered nurses with non-RN staff is dangerous to patients, according to a new study from the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing published in Medical…
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HealtHIE Nevada, the Silver State’s health information exchange, said this week that it is working with the US Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense to make their patients’ clinical information available to…
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The Health Resources and Services Administration is beginning to use HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources-based application programming interfaces to streamline reporting processes and enhance data quality. Since April 2024, HRSA has received Uniform Data System…
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