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Bio-Optronics — a producer of software and services focused on clinical research, automated scheduling, and patient safety — has announced $30 million in funding from growth equity firm Mainsail Partners.

Sending images of surgical wounds to hospital nurses could be an effective way to detect surgical site infections, thereby reducing readmissions, new research shows.

Amy Schwartz knows that product design isn’t just about making things look pretty.

Mount Sinai Health System is trying a new way to get high-risk patients to take their medications: financial incentives.

Nokia has announced that it will disable the pulse wave velocity measurement feature on its Withings’ Body Cardio scale as of January 24.

Microsoft announced recently that it will be shuttering HealthVault Insights, the company’s app-based research project that used machine learning to help users analyze and access their personal health records.

So many well-meaning patient engagement efforts are based on a fallacy.

Sanofi has found yet another partner to help digitize its clinical trial processes.

Nutrition-based platform Zipongo just announced that it received $18 million in a Series B funding round led by Seventure Partners and Zaffre Investment with involvement from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

In 2018, both social and technological trends will drive the transformation of healthcare.