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A close up of a woman holding a bottle of pills while talking to two providers via telehealth
Contributed: Health systems will be challenged to compete in a commoditized telehealth market
By Sanjula Jain, PhD | 02:30 pm | March 04, 2022
As more competitors enter an already oversupplied telehealth market, gaining consumer loyalty will be even harder, especially when competing against brands like Walmart and Amazon.
A male patient lying on his back on a massage table and a female physical therapist holding his leg up.
Study: Hybrid, stratified physical therapy not more effective than face-to-face care
By Emily Olsen | 01:46 pm | March 04, 2022
However, researchers found the blended approach did have a greater impact on fear-avoidance beliefs and patients' reported adherence to at-home exercises.
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Roundup: Manage My Health adds diary feature, Synergy Radiology partners with SNAC for AI medical imaging, and more briefs
By Adam Ang | 12:14 am | March 04, 2022
Also, Synapse Medical's billing system has been integrated into IMEXHS's medical imaging software.
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Roundup: Singaporean health workers get free access to Intellect's self-care app, Terumo signs partnership to expand predictive analytics, and more briefs
By Adam Ang | 12:10 am | March 04, 2022
Also, SeekIn is set to release an AI-based all-cancer screening test in Europe.
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MFine launches heart rate monitoring feature
By Adam Ang | 12:03 am | March 04, 2022
The feature uses a smartphone camera and flash to calculate a user's heart rate.
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Withings, Calibrate focus on weight management, Dexcom lands breakthrough device designation and other digital health briefs
By Laura Lovett | 03:53 pm | March 03, 2022
Also: the Surgeon General asks big tech for COVID-19 misinformation data, and Eden Health launches a personal care offering. 
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Drug discovery startup ArrePath scores $20M and more digital health fundings
By Emily Olsen | 03:31 pm | March 03, 2022
Also: Rupa Health raised $20 million for its lab test platform, and CancerIQ scooped up $14 million in Series B funding.
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Report: Mental health startups raise $5.5B globally in 2021
By Emily Olsen | 01:18 pm | March 03, 2022
That amounts to a 139% increase from 2020, according to CBInsights' State of Mental Health Tech 2021 Report.
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HIMSS22
Tech is poised to transform the pharmacy experience for patients
By Laura Lovett | 12:30 pm | March 03, 2022
UMPC's chief pharmacy officer Chronis Manolis discusses the future of pharmacies ahead of HIMSS22. 
An image of the software detecting a fracture near a patient's hip
GLEAMER scores FDA 510(k) for AI-enabled fracture detection
By Emily Olsen | 05:15 pm | March 02, 2022
The BoneView software detects potential fractures in X-rays and submits them to radiologists for validation.