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Top Story Where Does Healthcare's Workforce Crisis Stand? Many providers are still struggling to recover from the workforce crisis that emerged during the pandemic, two healthcare leaders said during a recent panel. Sponsored Not All Oximeters Are Created Equal Presented by Nonin Recent studies show that some popular pulse oximeters perform outside of the FDA guidelines for accuracy.1 Nonin Medical's fingertip technology exceeds FDA guidelines2 and outperforms low-cost and medical-grade oximeters, specifically in patients with dark skin pigmentation, reinforcing how equitable solutions have been a part of Nonin's technology since the beginning.1, 3 Learn More 1. Leeb G, Auchus I, Law T, et al. The performance of 11 fingertip pulse oximeters during hypoxemia in healthy human participants with varied, quantified skin pigment. EBioMedicine. 2024;102:105051.doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105051 2. Nonin Medical, Inc. Data on File. 3. Bickler P, Feiner J, Severinghaus J. Effects of skin pigmentation on pulse oximeter accuracy at low saturation. Anesthesiology.2005;102(4):715-719. doi:10.1097/00000542-200504000-00004 INVEST 2025: Secure Your Spot Now for Best Rate The Extreme Early Bird offer for INVEST 2025 ends next Friday, December 13. Network with top industry leaders, investors and innovators in Chicago, May 20-21! Register at Best Rate Now

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Why the CMO of an Ascension Regional Hospital Likes Wellsheet Dr. Maria Pulido, chief medical officer, of Ascension St. Vincents, explains why he believes tools like Wellsheet makes the hospital care team's job so much easier. ICHRA Startup Secures $6M to Streamline Health Benefits for Small Businesses StretchDollar's $6 million raise was led by Fika Ventures and Oscar Health and included participation from Precursor Ventures and Springbank. A Healthcare System's Moral Bankruptcy Goes Viral Brian Thompson's murder was chilling, but the social media response of this tragedy was equally shocking, if eye-opening. It shows a massive collapse of public trust in our healthcare system, a system so broken that it bankrupts families, denies life-saving care, and treats death as an acceptable cost of doing business. Nuvig Therapeutics Nabs $161M to Build Case for a Better Approach to Autoimmune Disease The startup's first disease target is chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), which can be treated with a blockbuster Argenx drug. Nuvig aims to show its drug can offer a better way to treat this disease and other autoimmune conditions. How the Right AI Can Improve Health Risk Assessments Healthcare needs a better way to collect information from all sources, organize it, summarize it and present it to providers in a way that lets them deliver the necessary treatment, confident that the material is sound and verifiable. Dr. Oz at Medicare: Why America's 53 Million Family Caregivers May Finally Get Their Due While many view Dr. Mehmet Oz's nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with skepticism, there's a compelling case that his unconventional background could catalyze long-overdue support for family caregivers.

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