Virtual Nurse

Sense.ly, a virtual nurse solution that provides patient monitoring and follow-up care, has raised a seed funding round of $1.25 million. Sense.ly’s SaaS-based patient engagement platform combines advanced sensor capabilities and a unique avatar-based technology that dramatically scales clinicians’ ability to provide the level of trust, confidence and comfort that their patients want and deserve, even between office visits and away from the hospital.

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Study Reports Critical Challenges Hospitals Faced During Sandy

WASHINGTON — When Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast two years ago, hospitals were not ready to handle the problems that came with such a disaster and many were cited months earlier for the same problems they dealt with during the storm.
The Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) examined emergency preparedness and response at 172 hospitals in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey and released the study’s findings on Sept. 16.

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Laura Morris

Array Architects has announced that senior interior designer Laura Morris, AAHID, LEED AP BD+C, IIDA, Lean Green Belt, is a principal and shareholder in the firm. Laura joined Array in 2012 and brings two decades of collaborative health care design expertise. Morris is providing design guidance to leading health care systems throughout the nation.

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