Cybercriminals across the world continue to use healthcare organizations as their target practice. It seems like there is a new healthcare cybersecurity disaster dominating headlines each month — with this month’s being an attack…
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Healthcare startups’ funding environment this year may be characterized by a slower investment pace and more deal scrutiny, but that doesn’t mean that the healthcare innovation market is in a grim place, according to…
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More than half of U.S. adults have a diet-related chronic disease, and many struggle to access support. Fay, a nutrition counseling startup, emerged from stealth last week with $25 million in funding and aims…
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Despite being the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a condition that often goes undiagnosed and/or untreated. The condition, which often accompanies other health problems like hypertension and heart failure,…
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Transportation company Uber Health unveiled a new solution on Wednesday that supports caregivers.
San Francisco-based Uber Health offers non-emergency medical transportation, grocery delivery and prescription delivery. The new solution, which was announced at the company’s…
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Healthcare providers’ failure to properly coordinate care often leads to the duplication of tests and services, medication errors, delayed or missed diagnoses, and patient confusion and frustration — and this uncoordinated care ends up…
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The term “innovation” means something different to every health system because each health system has different priorities and goals, according to Dan Shoenthal, chief innovation officer at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
He…
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Aeroflow Health, a health tech company, has expanded its lactation consultation services to Virginia Medicaid, it announced Thursday.
Asheville, North Carolina-based Aeroflow Health was founded in 2001 and offers an array of medical devices covered…
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Sexual health company Wisp expanded its partnership with TBD Health, the company shared with MedCity News. On Wednesday, it began offering access to TBD Health’s sexually transmitted infection/disease (STI/STD) testing kits on its site.
San…
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This year hasn’t been a great one for virtual care companies. Optum shuttered its virtual care unit in April, Walmart closed its virtual care offering (as well as its entire healthcare unit) in May,…
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