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Hinge Health partners with employee benefits company Sun Life

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Employee and government benefits organization Sun Life announced it is partnering with Hinge Health to provide its members with digital access to technology and clinicians for musculoskeletal care. Hinge Health, founded in 2015, provides individuals with musculoskeletal conditions access to health coaches, orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists and technological resources, such as surgery decision support.  Certain … Read more

Duke launches $20M incubator to turn academic research into industry products

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Duke-NUS Medical School is launching a $20 million incubator, LIVE Ventures, to help commercialize academic research projects and transform scientific breakthroughs into clinical applications.  The incubator aims to supply academic innovators with expertise and resources from the public and private sectors – including pharmaceutical companies, market data research professionals, investors, and industry experts – to … Read more

Latest health IT integrations by Personify Care, Core Schedule and more briefs

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Personify Care integrates e-referral management Personify Care has recently entered into a partnership with Consultmed to digitise end-to-end patient pathways.  They will work on an interoperable solution by integrating Consultmed’s e-referral platform with Personify Care’s digital patient pathways. “This means that at every stage, from going to your GP, referral, triage, consent, pre-admission and discharge, … Read more

Israeli startup CytoReason raises $80M to expand AI model, open hub in Massachusetts

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Israeli startup CytoReason, maker of a computation model to map and compare treatments, announced it secured $80 million in funding.  Pfizer, OurCrowd, NVIDIA and Thermo Fisher Scientific participated in the round.  WHAT IT DOES CytoReason offers life sciences companies AI-enabled tools to gather data-driven and molecular-level insights to improve phase 2 success in clinical trials … Read more

Worldwide IT outage disrupts healthcare delivery

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A misconfigured CrowdStrike Falcon update pushed to Windows early Friday morning has caused millions of computers to show the infamous “blue screen of death,” and has disrupted care delivery at hospitals, health systems and medical practices in the U.S., U.K., Israel, Germany and other countries.  Clinicians are working manually to provide patient care in the absence … Read more

Your Key to Body Image Freedom

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I was 13 when I went on my first diet. I had been struggling with my weight for about six years, and my obsession with how I looked was starting to dominate my life. I only had two to three shirts that I felt comfortable in. The only thing that mattered was that they didn’t … Read more

Building a Referral Network: 6 Mistakes to Avoid

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Everyone needs a team. As a health coach, you can become an expert in multiple areas: nutrition, behavior change psychology, fitness and athletic performance, stress management and recovery, and more. However, no matter how many certifications you earn, you’ll invariably encounter clients with progress-blocking problems you don’t have the skills, training, expertise, or legal right … Read more

Longevity Isn’t Just About Optimizing Physical Health—Here Are the Other Things that Count

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There’s been a growing shift in the fitness, health, and wellness industry. The promise of “immediate results” will probably never lose its sparkle. But, as a good portion of our population (hi, Boomers!) moves into their “silver” years, conversations around optimizing lifespan (how long you live) and healthspan (how long you live with a high … Read more

Everything You Need to Know

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If you live in a larger body, sometimes it feels like you can’t win. If you don’t lose weight, people will criticize you for being “lazy,” “unhealthy,” or “lacking willpower.” But if you take medication to help you, you’ll be criticized for “cheating” or “taking the easy way out,” even if you’ve tried for decades … Read more