The modern concept of “triage” dates to the Napoleonic Wars, when French battlefield surgeons developed a system for assessing the wounded and determining treatment priority to govern appropriate medical action in the chaos and…
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This roundup is published monthly. It is meant to highlight some of healthcare’s recent hiring news and is not intended to be comprehensive. If you have news about an executive appointment, resignation or layoff…
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Each year, billions of dollars in benefits are unused. Uno Health hopes to change this with its recent launch of the Uno Savings Guide, a resource that helps people determine their eligibility for financial…
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While social media offers benefits, there are ample indicators that, coupled with smartphones, it poses a risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents. As a neurologist and neuroscientist,…
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ŌURA, a wearable device company, has secured $200 million in Series D funding to expand its product offerings, the company announced last week.
ŌURA, which was founded in Finland in 2013, offers a wearable smart…
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Dharam Khalsa, Co-Founder of Assisted Living platform Mirador
Vice President Harris’ proposal to expand Medicare to include home care for seniors and people with disabilities could potentially provide up to 20 hours of weekly in-home…
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Healthcare organizations in the U.S. lose an average of $1.9 million during each day of downtime following a ransomware attack, according to new research from software company Comparitech.
A ransomware attack is a major headache…
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Those hoping for meaningful drug pricing and prior authorization reform this holiday season received a lump of coal instead.
On Saturday, President Joe Biden signed a narrower spending bill that avoided a government shutdown but…
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The cyberattack that Ascension suffered in May resulted in the exposure of 5.6 million patients’ personal and health information, according to a recent breach notification filed with the Maine Attorney General.
The health system is…
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Currently, knowledge of changes in cardiovascular function across the menstrual cycle and how these changes may inform upon underlying health is limited. Utilizing wrist-worn biometric data we developed a novel measure to quantify and…
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