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Applied VR, NCI ink deal to explore immersive technologies, anxiety; Welltok, Alignment Healthcare partner and other digital health deals

By Dave Muoio 03:59 pm November 8, 2019

Virtual reality treatment startup AppliedVR announced a collaboration with the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute that aims to explore whether or not the immersive technology can reduce anxiety among patients with terminal cancer. The phase 1 study will enroll patients from the institute’s designated cancer centers, and could yield a follow-up phase 2 investigation...

Clinics on Wheels units will go to Puerto Rico

MedAware partners with Allscripts, Qardio integrates with Greenway Health, and other digital health deals

By Dave Muoio 01:33 pm June 19, 2018

AI-based patient safety company MedAware has announced a partnership with Allscripts that will bring its medication decision support product to the latter company’s EHR system. With this, providers choosing a prescription for their patients in a live setting will receive notifications concerning medication-related risks, such as adverse drug events or opioid dependency, and can amend their...