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Timeline: Apple's 2017 in digital health | Mobihealthnews
From noninvasive glucose monitoring to sleep tracking to talking with Aetna, Apple's had a busy year in healthcare technology.
Startups in third Cedars-Sinai accelerator class reveal partnerships with hospitals and others | Medcity News
ChoiceMap, for instance, will launch a pilot program with Cedars-Sinai Medical Network to test its clinical recommendations tool for patients. A.I. and diagnostic support tool Gyant has contracted with Merck and Allianz, for another.
Documents spilled in a parking lot result in breach notification | Health Data Management
After a MidMichigan Medical Center physician dropped a container of paper documents in a parking lot, police and medical center staff scrambled to pick up all the papers. But it's possible they didn't get everything, so the hospital delivery system notified 1900 patients of a possible breach.
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Health insurer Oscar nears $1 billion in revenue | Axios
The company expects to generate almost $1 billion in revenue from premiums in 2018. Oscar has recently expanded into employer plans.
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US life expectancy drops for second year in a row | CNN
The life expectancy for Americans is now 78.6 years, a 0.1 year decrease over last year's estimate. Women are expected to live 81.1 years, and men are expect to live 76.1 years.
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