A coalition led by Alphabet life sciences arm Verily that includes Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has secured a $9.2 million National Institutes of Health award extension to advance a biology data analysis tool. The FAIRplex platform allows researchers…
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Health systems are increasingly spinning off technologies and innovation arms into standalone companies, a shift aimed at accelerating innovation, creating new revenue streams and extending their influence beyond their own organizations. In recent months, several large systems have launched independent…
As smart glasses become more common, healthcare leaders are beginning to ask how the technology fits, or conflicts, with patient privacy expectations inside hospitals and health systems. The question has gained urgency as consumer technology companies push smart glasses closer…
Virtual care use surged during the January 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires, according to research from Pasadena-based Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Seattle-based University of Washington. “Researchers concluded that virtual care played a critical role in meeting health needs during the…
St. Louis-based Ascension Ventures and Labcorp have invested in a strategic financing round for Cofactor Genomics. The company’s flagship test, OncoPrism, uses machine learning to analyze tumors and predict how they will respond to immunotherapy drugs. “We partner with companies…
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Health systems are increasingly turning to digital patient financial engagement tools to boost revenue capture. Here are the top vendors by overall performance score (out of 100), according to a KLAS Research survey of 111 healthcare organizations published Dec. 17:…
Parkview Health, based in Fort Wayne, Ind., the University of Notre Dame and the 1842 Fund are partnering to launch AI-driven digital health startups focused on improving healthcare access and outcomes in rural communities. The collaboration aims to co-create up…
AtlantiCare is nearly two years into its six-year Vision 2030 strategy, a systemwide roadmap built around multiple transformation pillars spanning clinical care, operations and infrastructure. One major component of that strategy, part of the health system’s “Accelerating Transformation” pillar, is…
Michael Maniaci, MD, who has led Mayo Clinic’s hospital-at-home program for the past five years, plans to join Advocate Health in the same capacity. In the new role, Dr. Maniaci hopes to expand the care model to more rural and…
David McMullen, MD, a neurological device regulator for the FDA, has been hired to lead medical affairs for Neuralink, a brain-computer interface startup founded by Elon Musk. Dr. McMullen has served as director of the FDA’s Office of Neurological and…