Health systems are increasingly turning to technology to improve the patient experience through platforms like digital front doors and virtual care.
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Remote patient monitoring improved outcomes and decreased costs in more than 4,000 hypertension patients, new data shows.
Layer Health, an artificial intelligence startup that aims to organize healthcare data, launched Nov. 14 thanks to $4 million in funding from GV (Google Ventures), General Catalyst, and Inception Health, the innovation arm of Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City has been awarded a total of $4 million to boost the area's digital health presence.
Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health is putting healthcare artificial intelligence to use in surgery scheduling and predictive analytics, DukeMed Alumni News reported Nov. 13.
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Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has launched virtual nursing at two hospitals with plans to expand it across the system.
Digital health company Virgin Pulse completed its $3 billion merger with benefits and analytics platform HealthComp.
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg was among the investors that helped launch Cercle, a healthcare artificial intelligence startup focusing on women's fertility health, CNBC reported Nov. 8.
Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic was named College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Innovator of the Year for its installation of Artisight's artificial intelligence-powered remote nursing platform.
Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health is working to create "digital twins" of patients to predict how they might respond to medical treatments, NJBIZ reported Nov. 13.