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This week's top stories include the CMS ups penalties for hospitals ignoring the price transparency rule, the ATA and other groups ask Congress to safeguard telehealth for workers, and senior assistance company Papa raises $150 million in Series D funding.
The health network can enhance the patient experience by focusing on communications, according to Hope Johnson, administrator of perioperative services.
A new app which collates older people’s health indicators and monitors for flu symptoms supports nurses and carers to make remote diagnoses and treat patients in their homes, reducing hospitalisations.
The device will sell for $69.99 and ship in December.
The company said its valuation is now $1.4 billion.
The latest round follows a $14 million Series B raise from 2019.
The company said the Series B brings its total raise to $20 million.
The internet cognitive behavioural therapy programme will launch in 2022.
The POGO system was first cleared by the FDA in 2016.
The effort will be focused on using nocturnal scratch as an endpoint for atopic dermatitis.