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Government announces £1.5bn to cut NHS elective waiting lists

Digital Health - (Tuesday October 29, 2024)
Digital Health/ Frequent Updates

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced £1.5bn in capital funding for new surgical hubs and scanners to support the delivery of an extra two million NHS appointments a year in England.
Ahead of her budget on…

Trucker’s Body Shop Launches Telehealth Platform for Truck Drivers

HIT Consultant - (Tuesday October 29, 2024)
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What You Should Know:

– Trucker’s Body Shop, a telehealth company led by doctors and founded by truckers for truckers, announced the launch of its comprehensive digital healthcare experience. 

-Specifically crafted for the trucking industry, Trucker’s Body Shop…

knownwell Expands Virtual Obesity and Primary Care Services in Texas

HIT Consultant - (Tuesday October 29, 2024)
Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant

What You Should Know:

–knownwell, the leader of in-person and virtual, weight-inclusive primary care and obesity medicine, today expanded its care offering by opening a new clinic in Plano, Texas. The company is also now…

Data Storage: The Foundation to an AI-Driven Health System

HIT Consultant - (Tuesday October 29, 2024)
AI/ Digital Health/ Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant

Jon Kimerle, Global Healthcare Strategic Alliances, Pure Storage

The possibilities of artificial intelligence, and more specifically generative AI (Gen AI) in healthcare are vast — streamlining administrative tasks, expediting patient diagnosis, and even helping with…

Oshi Health Raises $60M Series C to Strengthen Its Position as the Category Leader for Virtual Digestive Care | Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare IT Today - (Tuesday October 29, 2024)
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New Investor Oak HC/FT Leads Round to Address Soaring Demand from Consumers and Healthcare Buyers for the Nation’s First Digestive Health Virtual Center of Excellence
Investment in Oshi Comes as Digestive Health Rises to Top…

PocketHealth Appoints Dr. Ram Chadalavada as Chief Medical Officer

HIT Consultant - (Tuesday October 29, 2024)
Digital Health/ Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant

Dr. Seetharam (Ram) Chadalavada, Chief Medical Officer at PocketHealth

What You Should Know: 

– PocketHealth, a provider of connected care solutions, has announced the appointment of Dr. Seetharam (Ram) Chadalavada as its new Chief Medical Officer. 

–…

Trucker’s Body Shop launches telehealth platform for truckers

MobiHealthNews - (Tuesday October 29, 2024)
Frequent Updates/ MobiHealthNews

Trucker’s Body Shop has announced the launch of a comprehensive digital health platform focused on addressing the specific health needs of American truckers. The company’s telehealth platform is tailored to truck drivers who often have…

HLA Enhances Patient Safety With High-Resolution Genotyping

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Tuesday October 29, 2024)
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Introduction
CareDx, a tech-driven transplant solutions company, and Dovetail Genomics, known for advanced genomic technologies, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at revolutionizing organ and stem cell transplant matching. This collaboration combines CareDx’s AlloSeq Tx…

HHS Raise Cost Transparency To Improve Patient Care

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Tuesday October 29, 2024)
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Introduction
Hospital price transparency laws were introduced with the goal of making healthcare costs more predictable, increasing competition, and ideally reducing prices. Three years after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented these…

MFA: Master Cutting-Edge Tools For Better Health Outcomes

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Tuesday October 29, 2024)
Daily Reads/ DistilINFO Hospital IT

Introduction
The healthcare industry is continuously innovating to improve clinician efficiency and security, with authentication processes at the forefront of this evolution. Traditional multifactor authentication (MFA) systems, while secure, often become a burden for clinicians…