Update 216: COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta (April 27, 4 p.m.)
Cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in Alberta. Follow all public health guidelines to stop the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health-care system.
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There are 635 people in hospital due to COVID-19, including 143 in intensive care.
There are 20,721 active cases in the province.
To date, 162,052 Albertans have recovered from COVID-19.
In the last 24 hours, there were seven additional COVID-related deaths reported: one on April 22, one on April 24, and five on April 25.
MedCity News
Startup making digital therapeutic for pelvic floor disorders raises $17M
Renovia, a digital health startup that developed an app-based program for urinary incontinence, raised $17 million in funding. The company recently completed a clinical trial that it plans to share with insurance carriers as evidence of its efficacy.
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Women’s health startup Renovia raised $17 million to market its lead product, a digital therapeutic for pelvic floor disorders. Photo credit: Renovia
Boston-based startup Renovia raised $17 million for its digital therapeutic, designed to help people with exercises for pelvic floor disorders. The company plans to use the funds to market its lead product, which received FDA clearance in late 2019.
Bay of Plenty police officer convicted of drink driving after crash is deeply regretful - lawyer
28 Apr, 2021 08:33 AM
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Rotorua Daily Post
The lawyer for a Bay of Plenty cop convicted after crashing a police car while drink driving on duty says the officer apologises to the public and his colleagues.
Andrew Rush, 38, admitted two driving offences in the Whakatāne District Court yesterday following the incident in Edgecumbe earlier this month.
He pleaded guilty to one count each of careless driving and driving with excess breath alcohol.
The charges follow a single-vehicle crash involving a police vehicle at the corner of Otakiri Rd and Main St, Edgecumbe, at 8.30 pm on April 6 this year.
SunStar
Public cooperation brings Cebu City’s Covid cases to a new low. (File photo)
+ April 27, 2021 FOR the second time this year, Cebu City reported its lowest daily active case rate on Monday, April 26, 2021.
A report from the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH 7) said Cebu City only had 14 new cases reported on Monday, the first time the City had such a significantly low number of new cases this year since Jan. 1 when it reported 13 new cases that day.
Cebu City currently has a total of 836 active cases and 66 new recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 21,490.
It also reported two additional deaths, with the total death toll now at 832.
MedCity News
Healthcare tech is failing patients
The problem is that we’re approaching technology from a clinical and billing perspective, with little input from patients. We must demand and implement technology that is designed for the population you are serving.
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For the past year a parade of news has crossed my desk on the wonders of telehealth. If you’re someone who sees a doctor on a periodic basis only, it’s been a fantastic option for saving time, money, even hassle.
Yet it’s also exposed how far medicine lags behind the rest of the business world in serving its customers. Technologically speaking, we’ve essentially just mastered the basic art of video conferencing for episodic care and how to bill for it. But we’ve come nowhere near tech’s promise in serving patients beyond episodic care or shifting from fee-for-service to value-based health. Just because something is digital doesn’t automatically mean it’s better. We can and should expect