New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health – with more than 450 providers at more than 50 locations across southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island – faces the same challenges as other health systems and IDNs: the…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross MA) launched new women’s health offerings Monday, including a reproductive health care team and a partnership with Maven Clinic, a virtual clinic for women and families.
The…
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that nearly one in every 10 U.S. children has been diagnosed with autism, an intellectual disability or another developmental delay. Jen Wirt, the mother…
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Coral Care, a digital health platform dedicated to enhancing access to pediatric developmental specialty care, has successfully secured $1.3 million in its latest funding round.With participation from Reach Capital, Greymatter Capital,…
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Massachusetts regulators worry that Steward Health Care’s financial problems may force it to close hospitals, with the resulting loss of jobs and access to care.
Steward operates 33 hospitals in nine states, nine…
By Anuja Vaidya
January 04, 2024 – Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed an ingestible capsule that vibrates within the stomach to create a sense of fullness, potentially helping treat obesity.
Obesity is…
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Knownwell, a primary care and metabolic health company, has raised $20 million in Series A financing, the company announced Wednesday. In addition, the company launched an adolescent metabolic health program.
Boston-based knownwell offers virtual support…
Butterfly Network is moving beyond handheld ultrasound. On Tuesday, the Massachusetts-based company announced that it is expanding the reach of its technology by teaming up with a Silicon Valley startup named Mendaera.
Under the partnership,…
Jon Bloom, MD, CEO and Co-founder of Podimetrics
Sukanya Soderland, SVP, Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
During Diabetes Awareness month (November) – and every month – someone is having a limb…
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Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Celero Systems, and West Virginia University have created a new ingestible device that can monitor vital signs such as respiratory rate and heart rate….
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