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 Plastic Transistor Boosts Signals of Implantable Sensors
Medgadget - (Thursday April 20, 2023) Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a transistor that can boost the signal created by electrochemical sensors by 1000-fold. The breakthrough may enable the development of highly sensitive implantable sensors that can measure tiny…  Investors weigh in on digital health funding in 2023
MobiHealthNews - (Thursday April 20, 2023) CHICAGO — At the HIMSS23 Venture Connect event on Wednesday, panelists how their investment strategies are changing in a slowed funding landscape. “It is certainly an investor-friendly environment. And it’s not to say that we’ll… |
 HIMSS23: It Takes Agile Change Management to Compete with Healthcare Disruptors
HealthTech Magazine - (Thursday April 20, 2023) Consumerization is a buzzword in the health IT space today as companies such as CVS and Amazon alter consumer expectations around how they want to engage with healthcare. With an influx of digital solutions,…  Autism care startup Cortica scores $75M
MobiHealthNews - (Thursday April 20, 2023) Cortica, a hybrid provider that develops care programs for individuals with autism, announced it closed a $75 million financing round led by Deerfield Management and Optum Ventures.New investors participated in Cortica’s recent round, including… |
 The Times They are a-Changin’– So are the FDA Rules on AI
Digital Health Frontier - (Wednesday April 19, 2023) The agency recently posted new recommendations for AI developers who want to update their software as a medical device (SAMD). The document offers what we hope will be a less burdensome way to manage…  Healthcare AI News 4/19/23
HIStalk - (Wednesday April 19, 2023) News OSF HealthCare (IL) selects AI-powered Cortex utilization management technology from Xsolis. UPMC CTO Chris Carmody says the health system plans to use AI to connect patients with clinical trials based on EHR data… |
 Policy landscape for digital health changed ‘overnight’ after COVID-19
MobiHealthNews - (Wednesday April 19, 2023) After years of slow movement advancing telehealth, remote patient monitoring and other digital health technologies, the landscape changed rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Jodi Daniel, managing director of Crowell Health Solutions. At HIMSS23, Daniel,…  Microsoft and Epic partner on OpenAI tools
Digital Health - (Wednesday April 19, 2023) Microsoft and leading EMR supplier Epic on Monday announced a far-reaching partnership to integrate generative AI services into electronic health records. The companies claimed that the incorporation of generative AI tools, through Azure OpenAI Service,… |
 Noah Medical Rakes In $150M for Its Robotic Lung Biopsy Platform
MedCity News - (Wednesday April 19, 2023) Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. A company seeking to address the healthcare system’s shortcomings in diagnosing the disease just reeled in $150 million.  Answers Healthcare Providers Need to 5 Burning AI Questions in Revenue Cycle Management
MedCity News - (Wednesday April 19, 2023) Healthcare providers are looking for ways to improve the efficiency of their revenue cycle management (RCM). A solution on everyone’s radar is Artificial Intelligence (AI), a powerful tool that can help healthcare providers streamline… |
