Australia’s Department of Health and Aged Care has appointed the first person to the newly established role of chief digital information officer. Fay Flevaras, who is also the department’s first assistant secretary of digital transformation…
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New Zealand Transport Minister Simeon Brown is taking over health from Dr Shane Reti following a government reshuffle.On Sunday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced the appointment of Brown to lead Health as it marks…
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Health systems across the country continue to sing the praises of AI scribes — celebrating these tools not only for their ability to give clinicians hours back into their days, but also because they…
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For veterans that have had an in-person visit with Veterans Affairs’ providers, the Drug Enforcement Administration is extending those provider-patient relationships to all VA practitioners engaging in telemedicine with the patient, DEA said in…
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Struggling consumer genetic testing company 23andMe considers selling its Lemonaid telehealth business.
23andMe acquired the business in 2021 for $400 million.
23andMe’s entire board resigned last September over differences in the company’s direction. It announced…
New Research to Improve Patient Care
Through Cleveland Clinic’s Discovery Accelerator partnership, there are 52 research projects underway using these high-performance computing technologies. Together with IBM, the health system has published peer-reviewed research papers, including its first study,…
What You Should Know:
– Oshi Health, a national multidisciplinary gastroenterology (GI) medical practice raises $60M in Series C funding round from investors American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) GI Opportunity…
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What You Should Know:
– Percipio Health, a population health monitoring and management platform, today announced its official launch and the closing of a $20M in Series A funding round led by UPMC Enterprises, WAVE…
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DarioHealth, a digital chronic condition management platform, closed a $25.6 million private placement of convertible preferred stock, with most of the funds secured from existing shareholders. The balance of the funds was provided by a…
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What You Should Know:
– Innovaccer, a healthcare AI company, announced the acquisition of Humbi AI, a specialized healthcare actuarial software, services, and analytics company. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
– The transaction…
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