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Cigna looks to break into digital health

Cigna Healthcare is offering customers new digital health tools through a partnership with Virgin Pulse.

Vanderbilt subsidiary, Standigm collaborate for AI drug discovery

Nashville Biosciences, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is collaborating with Standigm, a company that uses artificial intelligence for drug discovery and development, to customize AI models for …

Cincinnati Children's, Parkview Health to launch telehealth clinics

Cincinnati Children’s and Parkview Health have expanded their partnership to offer telehealth clinics in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio with experts in pediatric neurosurgery, rheumatology and drug-resistant epilepsy.

Patient escapes hospital by rappelling with towels: Police

A patient in custody of corrections officers escaped New York City-based Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital by rappelling down the side of the building with towels, ABC affiliate WABC reported Aug. 10.

1 dead after car hits ambulance in Florida

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating an accident involving an ambulance and a car that left one person dead, ABC affiliate WFTS reported Aug. 9.

Mount Sinai to install digital AI assistant

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System is partnering with digital health company Clearstep to install new digital and artificial intelligence tools within the system.

Common virus linked to severe blood clotting disorder

A life-threatening blood clotting disorder may be caused by the common infection adenovirus, according to researchers at Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC School of Medicine.

327 healthcare data breaches reported so far in 2023

Over 40 million patients have been affected by the 327 data breaches that have been reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights since the start of 2023.

Idaho medical center introduces virtual nursing

Portneuf Medical Center, based in Pocatello, Idaho, has partnered with Care.ai to implement virtual nursing, according to an Aug. 8 report from East Idaho News.

4 healthcare takeaways from CPI report

The consumer price index, a measure of the prices of goods and services, rose 3.2 percent year over year in July.