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Virtual care platform vendor EVisit acquires Bluestream Health, which offers digital front doors and virtual workflow tools.
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I interviewed EVisit CEO Sachin Agrawal a few weeks ago…
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In Which Areas of Healthcare Do Investors Want More Startup Activity?
There are some corners of the digital health market that investors feel are a bit too crowded. In recent conference panel discussions and interviews, venture capitalists said it’s getting hard to differentiate startups among…
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Startup Aims To Bring Culturally Competent Care to Neurodivergent Adults Through Partnership
Hopper Health, a virtual primary care company for neurodivergent adults, is partnering with health equity platform Violet to help its providers deliver more culturally competent and inclusive care, the companies told MedCity in an…
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5 Questions About SecOps in Healthcare
2. What Are Some Examples of SecOps Best Practices in Healthcare?
SecOps helps healthcare deal with security issues presented by virtual care, legacy systems, various levels of security in workstations and more. For example, electronic…
EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 4/27/23
Lately, it seems like my travel is never uneventful. The trip home from HIMSS added to my recent adventures.
I scored my usual exit row seat and everything went normally during the emergency…
Quest Diagnostics Acquires Haystack Oncology for $300M in Cash
Haystack Oncology was founded to dramatically improve patient outcomes with transformative precision oncology.What You Should Know:Quest Diagnostics has reached an agreement to acquire Haystack Oncology an early-stage oncology company focused on minimal residual disease (MRD) testing to aid…
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NIH Funding to Support Cardiovascular Disease Detection Using AI
By Mark Melchionna
April 27, 2023 – After receiving $6.2 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH) aim to…
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GigXR to Develop Holographic Simulation Training for Combat Care
What You Should Know:Today, global holographic healthcare training providers, GigXR, announce a second Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract to develop holographic simulation training for the 354th Medical Group United States Air Force (USAF).The…
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House Lawmakers Introduce Legislation for VA EHRM Reform
By Hannah Nelson
April 27, 2023 – House lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation that would reform the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) EHR Modernization (EHRM) program if passed into law, according to reporting from FedScoop.
Since 2020, VA…
Expanded Telehealth Access Can Cut Millions in Rural Health Costs
By Anuja Vaidya
April 27, 2023 – Expanding broadband infrastructure in rural areas and increasing access to telehealth could result in millions in healthcare cost savings, according to a new report.
Released by the Southern Rural…
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