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Flo Health Secures More than $200M Investment from General Atlantic to Revolutionize Women’s Health; First Purely Digital Consumer Women’s Health App to Achieve Unicorn Status | Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare IT Today - (Thursday August 22, 2024)
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Leading Women’s Health App Sets New Benchmark in Rapidly Expanding Femtech Industry
Flo Health, the #1 downloaded women’s health app worldwide, announced it has raised more than $200M in a Series C investment from General…

Navenio’s AI Smart Tasking Improves Hospital Workflow

HIT Consultant - (Thursday August 22, 2024)
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What You Should Know: 

– Navenio, a global leader in Real-Time Location Services (RTLS) for healthcare, today announced the launch of its new AI Smart Tasking capability. 

– AI Smart Tasking capability aims to optimize hospital…

Hull hospital to trial video triage to assess stroke patients

Digital Health - (Thursday August 22, 2024)
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Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) has announced plans to trial a pre-hospital video triage scheme which will enable rapid assessment of stroke patients. 
The six-month trial, which is due to launch on 2…

Two Yorkshire trusts select Nervecentre as preferred EPR supplier

Digital Health - (Thursday August 22, 2024)
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York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust have selected Nervecentre as their preferred electronic patient record (EPR) supplier.
Nervecentre was confirmed as the preferred bidder after scoring the…

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to roll out ePMA in 2026

Digital Health - (Thursday August 22, 2024)
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Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCU), the largest health board in Wales, has announced a partnership with Better to deliver an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system.
The Better Meds system is planned to…

Hira ‘paused’ following budget recall

Healthcare IT news - (Thursday August 22, 2024)
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The project building New Zealand’s national health information platform has been put on hold following budget cuts for digital health. In a statement to Healthcare IT News, Michael Dreyer, director of the Digital Channels sector…

OMB Victory with 42,000 Comments Boost Radiologic Technologists

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday August 22, 2024)
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Introduction
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently received an overwhelming response from the radiologic technologist community, with over 42,000 comments submitted to support the reclassification of radiologic technologists as professionals. These comments were…

Heart Health in the GLP-1 Era: Role of Remote Patient Monitoring

HIT Consultant - (Thursday August 22, 2024)
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Antoine Robiliard, VP of Withings Health Solutions

According to the American Heart Association, nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure. Recent studies have suggested that effectively treating obesity with GLP-1…

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Healthcare IT Today - (Thursday August 22, 2024)
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A simplified approach to strengthen healthcare security stack

Healthcare IT news - (Thursday August 22, 2024)
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A passwordless login experience has replaced long passwords and SMS codes to access digital devices at a regional non-profit that supports unpaid carers in the Australian Capital Territory. This comes on top of ongoing privacy…