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WMIF panel: How cell and gene therapy can overcome limitations of CAR T

By Frank Vinluan Monday, May 2, 2022 10:56 PM

CAR T cell therapies for cancer still pose challenges in manufacturing, safety, and the ability to address solid tumors. A panel at the World Medical Innovation Forum discussed efforts to improve CAR T as well as new approaches for the next generation of cell therapies.

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California opens Medicaid to older unauthorized immigrants

By Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News Monday, May 2, 2022 7:36 PM

Unauthorized immigrants over age 49 who fall below certain income thresholds are now eligible for full coverage by Medi-Cal, California's version of Medicaid. If Gov. Gavin Newsom gets his way, which seems entirely plausible considering the state's rosy financial outlook, California could allow all remaining low-income unauthorized immigrants — an estimated 700,000 people — to join Medi-Cal by 2024, or sooner.

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How AI is helping to address staffing shortages in healthcare

By Elad Walach Monday, May 2, 2022 6:12 PM

Healthcare, like much of the rest of the economy, is facing a labor shortage. Artificial intelligence can lighten the load for overworked providers through everything from automation to triaging patients.

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Startup focused on fertility planning raises $2.8M in seed funding

By Joel Berg Monday, May 2, 2022 3:12 PM

San Francisco-based Frame Fertility has developed a platform geared toward helping people get a headstart on issues that could impact their ability to have children instead of waiting until problems crop up.

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How hospitals are breaking down data silos to improve patient care

By Michael Schroeder Monday, May 2, 2022 2:33 PM

Full EHR interoperability and data standardization remain the holy grail: mysterious and elusive. So hospitals are employing different strategies to access a patient's complete medical history.

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RPM company Hello Heart scores $70M from investors

By Michael Schroeder Monday, May 2, 2022 1:34 PM

The Series D funding round was led by growth equity firm Stripes. Hello Heart's latest haul brings the total amount the company has raised since its founding in 2013 to $138 million.

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Startup that equips medical and dental practices to provide OR-level care raises $9M

By Emma Bardin Monday, May 2, 2022 11:28 AM

OFFOR Health brings mobile anesthesiologists and on-site clinical services to medical and dental practices such that certain procedures that needed to be done inside an operating room at the hospital can now be done in a doctor's clinic. This leads to lower wait times for patients and reduced overall costs.

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