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 Intermountain Health Exec: Hub-and-Spoke Models Could Save Rural Healthcare – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Tuesday February 11, 2025) For those living in rural America, healthcare access is far from a guarantee. Whether it’s waking up at 4 a.m. to drive three hours to the nearest specialist, waiting six months for a routine…  Lynx Secures $27M To Simplify Healthcare Payments – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Tuesday February 11, 2025) Lynx, a fintech platform for healthcare payments, has raised $27 million in Series A funding to scale its operations, the company recently announced. Boston-based Lynx works with health plans, digital health companies, providers, benefit companies… |
 Health systems chase ROI, target efficiency in AI for 2025
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday February 11, 2025) Global health system leaders are prioritizing efficiency, productivity, and patient engagement in 2025 as they navigate financial constraints, workforce shortages, and growing consumer expectations.A Deloitte global survey of more than 120 C-suite executives found…  Validity, Accuracy, and Safety Assessment of an Aerobic Interval Training Using an App-Based Prehabilitation Program (PROTEGO MAXIMA Trial) Before Major Surgery: Prospective, Interventional Pilot Study
JMIR mHealth and uHealth - (Tuesday February 11, 2025) Background: Major surgery is associated with significant morbidity and a reduced quality of life, particularly among older adults and individuals with frailty and impaired functional capacity. Multimodal prehabilitation can enhance functional recovery after surgery… |
 How Healthcare Organizations Boost Data Access in the Cloud
HealthTech Magazine - (Tuesday February 11, 2025) Community Health Network Reduces Friction PointsCommunity Health Network operates more than 250 locations in central Indiana that include acute care hospitals, surgery centers, home care services and behavioral health facilities. It turned to Microsoft…  Hims & Hers receives backlash from Super Bowl ad
MobiHealthNews - (Monday February 10, 2025) Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers is receiving backlash to its 60-second commercial dubbed “Sick of the System” that ran during the Super Bowl on Fox.The ad states that “obesity is America’s deadliest… |
 Cybersecurity requires new approaches, where all stakeholders contribute
Healthcare IT news - (Monday February 10, 2025) With the increasing digital transformation of healthcare and improvements in the quality of data, IT systems in healthcare are becoming an increasingly attractive target for malicious actors. A cyberattack can cripple an institution, cause…  General Catalyst launches EU AI Champions Initiative
MobiHealthNews - (Monday February 10, 2025) Investment firm General Catalyst announced the launch of the EU AI Champions Initiative, aimed at advancing Europe’s AI momentum by coordinating efforts that include technology, industry, capital and policy.The initiative brings together more than… |
 Lynx secures $27M for consumer directed health initiatives
MobiHealthNews - (Monday February 10, 2025) Boston-based fintech company Lynx, which aims to simplify healthcare payments and administration, announced it closed an oversubscribed $27 million Series A funding round.The funding brings the company’s total raise to more than $44 million…  Epicore Biosystems Raises $26M to Advance Sweat-Sensing Wearables
HIT Consultant - (Monday February 10, 2025) What You Should Know: – Epicore Biosystems, an innovator in sweat-sensing wearables, today announced a $26M in Series B funding round led by the Steele Foundation for Hope (SFFH). – The investment will accelerate the global… |
