Population and Public Health
A study published in JAMA Network Open found CCBT led to improved depressive symptoms in primary care patients compared with treatment as usual alone.
The Egyptian non-profit has teamed up with GE Healthcare to utilise AI to assess how well a patient is responding to neoadjuvant therapy, commonly used prior to surgery.
Also: Patricia Baran joins personal ECG company AliveCor, while SDOH analytics platform Socially Determined and virtual surgery startup Proximie both add two new members to their executive teams.
HIMSS22
In a preview of their HIMSS22 session, Serena Bumpus of Ascension and Stephanie Hoelscher of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center explain their Texas pilot study on crisis documentation during COVID-19 surges and how it could lessen the burden on nurses.
This week's top stories include racial and ethnic minority enrollees reporting significantly worse experiences around care access compared to whites, and Amazon Care expanding in-person offerings to 20 new cities.
Berlin-based digital health company plans to expand in the US market.
It maps its own sterilisation path by locating areas where the virus is most probably dense.
The tool will let users look at virus levels in wastewater over the last 15 days.
Also: Emerging market-focused Reliance Health raises $40 million, insomnia startup Dawn Health rakes in a $1.8 million pre-seed and birth control startup Twentyeight Health adds more Spanish language support.
HIMSS22
Kate Milliken previews the coverage of HIMSS22 on HIMSS.tv, March 15-17, with product demonstrations, keynote speeches and exclusive looks at HIMSS22 Digital events.