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CirrusMD, a leading provider of scalable virtual care announced a national expansion of ongoing work with the United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). This continuing work includes the expansion of VA Health Chat, which is provided to Veterans by CirrusMD on behalf of…
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Digital gastrointestinal health company Vivante Health announced it closed a $31 million Series B funding round led by new investor Mercato Partners, bringing its total raise to $47 million.Health Catalyst, Intermountain Ventures, SemperVirens, 7wireVentures,…
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Retailer Walgreens announced Tuesday that it is partnering with technology company Pearl Health to help primary care providers engage in value-based care.
Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreens is part of the U.S. Retail Pharmacy and U.S. Healthcare…
What You Should Know: SSM Health, a nonprofit health system and Siemens Healthineers have announced a new 10-year strategic partnership agreement focused on expanding access to high-quality care and training the next generation of…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
July 28, 2023 – Primary Care Joliet, an Illinois-based healthcare organization, has initiated an eClinicalWorks EHR implementation.
This recent move aims to streamline administrative workflows, thereby reducing costs and maintaining patient health outside the…
Augmedics, an augmented reality surgical-navigation platform, has scored $82.5 million in Series D financing led by CPMG. Evidity Health Capital joins the round as a syndicate partner. Current investors Revival Healthcare Capital, H.I.G. Capital, Almeda…
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Researchers from OSF Healthcare and its partners have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that can predict the upcoming week’s work for each cancer patient navigator’s existing patients – and a second machine learning model…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
June 28, 2023 – Hamilton Memorial Hospital District (HMHD) has been awarded nearly $900,000 through the USDA’s Emergency Rural Health Care grant, significantly contributing to the costs of its Epic EHR implementation.
“For years,…
Two rural Catholic hospitals in Illinois, St. Margaret’s Health in Peru and Spring Valley are closing due to a 2021 cyberattack, staffing shortages, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure is the first to be…
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to amend and expand its Health Breach Notification Rule, or HBNR, to cover entities not previously covered by HIPAA, allow them to use email and other electronic data…
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