Google acquired health tech startup Sound Life Sciences, a University of Washington spinout that developed an app to monitor breathing, GeekWire reported Oct. 26.
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Bon Secours breaks ground on $80M Virginia hospital
Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours leadership joined Suffolk, Va., community leaders Oct. 26 to break ground on the new Bon Secours Harbor View Hospital.
Phishing scheme may have compromised info of 33,850 Michigan Medicine patients
Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine is notifying 33,850 patients that some of their personal health information may have been compromised due to a phishing scheme that targeted employees’ email accounts.
Ophthalmology startup raises $4M for blindness prevention
Lumata Health has received $4 million in venture funding from Cortado Ventures, the Wolfpack Investor Network and 30 practicing ophthalmologists around the country for its intelligent eye care platform.
Woolfson Eye Institute converts Georgia practice
Woolfson Eye Institute acquired a Snellville, Ga., general ophthalmology practice that is now being converted into a referral center for surgical and ophthalmic care.
E-cigarettes destabilize heart rhythms, study suggests
University of Louisville (Ky.) researchers found e-cigarette liquids can cause arrhythmias and cardiac electrical dysfunction.
DISC Surgery Center administrator recognized as ASC leader of the year
Karen Reiter, RN, administrator of DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach (Calif.) was named OR Manaer’s ASC Leader of the Year.
Hacker compromises Social Security numbers of 980 patients at Minnesota hospital
Saint Paul, Minn.-based Regions Hospital is notifying 980 patients that some of their personal information has been compromised due to an August data breach.
Hazel Health raises $51.5M, expands telehealth service to 14 states
School-based telehealth company Hazel Health has expanded to 14 states and is now serving more than 2.5 million students.
National Spine & Pain Centers appoints chief medical officer of ambulatory surgery
National Spine & Pain Centers has promoted Yeshvant Navalgund, MD, to the role of chief medical officer of ambulatory surgery.
