News 10/20/23 – HIStalk
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OptumInsight CEO Neil de Crescenzo leaves the company a year after it acquired Change Healthcare in a $13 billion deal, according to a LinkedIn post. He had been CEO of Change since 2013.
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Inside Memorial Hermann’s New Menopause Care Partnership with Midi Health – MedCity News
Even though more than a million women across the U.S. undergo menopause each year, most doctors weren’t trained on how to address questions related to this natural transition in life or treat complications arising…
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Medicaid Startups: Beware of the Healthcare Dabblers When Looking for Investors, Expert Says – MedCity News
Medicaid needs innovation, but there are several barriers in place for startups, including challenges in raising capital. Medicaid-focused startups get substantially less funding than their Medicare Advantage counterparts. More than 90 million low-income people…
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Sensor Monitors Transplanted Organs for Signs of Rejection |
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a sensor that can monitor transplanted organs for signs of rejection. Patients who receive transplants require immunosuppressive medication to ensure that their body does not reject the transplanted…
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Allara Snags $10M to Scale Its Platform for Women’s Chronic Hormonal Conditions – MedCity News
Chronic hormonal conditions are fairly common in women. For example, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects up to 12% of U.S. women of reproductive age, and endometriosis affects about 11%. Despite the widespread nature of…
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Healthcare AI News 10/18/23 – HIStalk
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OpenAI adds voice capabilities to the ChatGPT mobile app, which can carry on a conversation with the user through one of several available natural-sounding voices. Existing voice assistants such as Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant,…
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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data | Healthcare IT Today
Previous articles in this series showed why social determinants of health (SDoH) are the hottest recent addition to data used by the medical industry. We’ve explored how SDoH data is defined and shared. This…
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What nurse leaders need to consider when confronting AI
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence means computer systems are now capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision making and translation between languages.But what do…
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Propel@YH welcomes 11 new innovators to accelerator programme
Yorkshire & Humber’s Propel@YH digital accelerator programme has selected the next 11 health tech innovators who will benefit from tailored support to enable accelerated company growth and increased market presence.The accelerator is in its…
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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Defining and Sharing | Healthcare IT Today
The previous article in this series gave some history of social determinants of health (SDoH) and the importance of addressing them in medicine. This article delves deeper into various aspects of data handling, and…
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