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Connecting startups to investors: Ask the Investor breakfast forum

By Stephanie Baum Wednesday, July 27, 2022 7:30 AM

Add Ask the Investor breakfast forum to your INVEST Digital Health agenda and gain insights from investors from DaVita Venture Group, Noro-Moseley Partners, Providence Ventures, FirstTrust Capital, Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas, and Flare Capital Partners.

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Mayo Clinic: Decentralized clinical trials are more accessible for patients

By Marissa Plescia Tuesday, July 26, 2022 6:37 PM

Decentralized and hybrid clinical trials have a faster enrollment rate and a higher retention rate than centralized models, research shows.

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Pear Therapeutics pares down its plans as restructuring cuts 9% of workforce

By Frank Vinluan Tuesday, July 26, 2022 6:25 PM

Pear Therapeutics is implementing a corporate restructuring projected to save about $28 million. The goal is to extend its available cash as the company presses on with commercialization efforts for its digital therapeutics.

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Nursing & Patient Safety – Using Malpractice Claims to Identify Risk Trends [Sponsored]

By Coverys Tuesday, July 26, 2022 3:30 PM

Nurses face challenges that put themselves and their patients at risk. Using closed claim data, Coverys identified nursing risk trends. A full report, including recommendations, will be released this year.

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Health data silos are growing: Can CDS Hooks help bridge the gaps?

By Mark Braunstein Tuesday, July 26, 2022 2:00 PM

The CDS Hooks API is a new specification that builds on FHIR, describing how EHRs can automatically invoke external platforms or apps. For the first time, by CDS Hooks invoking FHIR apps, EHR-only users can have insights relevant to the clinical situation and within their EHR workflow based on data sourced outside of it. CDS Hooks is potentially a powerful way to ensure that all patient data can be accessed via the EHR.

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The art of clinical trials: Getting eConsent right

By Medable and MedCity News Tuesday, July 26, 2022 11:33 AM

As life science companies seek to boost clinical trial participation, eConsent forms can pose a stumbling block. A white paper by Medable shares some insights on how companies can leverage eConsent to improve clinical trial recruitment and retention.

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The current narrative on healthcare burnout is just plain wrong

By Rusty Holman Tuesday, July 26, 2022 11:30 AM

No matter how many well-earned bonuses, vacations, massages, or wellness apps are offered to employees, if they step into a damaging environment every day, nothing will meaningfully change. We must definitively and mercilessly confront the oppressive systems and circumstances in which they work.

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MedCity Pivot Podcast: A conversation with Kevin Dedner, CEO of mental healthcare startup Hurdle

By Arundhati Parmar Tuesday, July 26, 2022 10:21 AM

Hurdle wants to address mental healthcare for minority populations whose problems are not well-addressed by the prevalent healthcare infrastructures. Learn about cultural humility (not cultural competency) and how that can address the depression and anxiety felt by so many. My own recent loss helps me understand the important work that Kevin and others are undertaking.

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Health equity is the solution to rising heart disease deaths

By Nick West Tuesday, July 26, 2022 9:00 AM

A better coronary artery stent cannot help a patient who cannot afford it, does not know they need it, doesn't have a doctor who can make a diagnosis and identify that need. To help these patients, we urgently need to look at health equity.

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