Emily Olsen

Kristin Molina, business leader for patient engagement and healthcare analytics at Philips, talks about how predictive analytics and AI can help providers manage patient flow, especially as some hospitals struggle with large COVID-19 caseloads.

Researchers found an app that helped pediatric drug preparation lowered the rate of medication errors and let paramedics deliver the drugs more quickly.

The company said tools for alcohol use disorder, suicidality and other conditions will be available at the beginning of next year.

Using the reSET-O app in addition to other opioid treatments lowered healthcare costs by $1,014 and added 0.003 quality-adjusted life years compared with treatment alone.

Using a digital therapeutic improved sleep, anxiety and depression more than other mental healthcare alone, according to a study published in Behaviour Research and Therapy.

The data collected will be added to an open repository that other researchers can use to study the impact of spaceflight on the human body.

Also: Eight Sleep scooped up $86 million, Alma raised $50 million and Ellipsis Health brought in $26 million.

PreciseMDX said its new platform would allow for easier scheduling, care coordination and results reporting.

Antidote Health, which launched its telehealth services earlier this year, raised $12 million in seed funding.

Digital programs are promising for the growing number of older adults who have musculoskeletal pain, said the study’s authors.