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While face-to-face visits are still preferred by many, 90% of healthcare organizations polled by HIMSS Media say they're using or piloting remote care services to boost care coordination, manage at-risk patients and broaden pop health efforts.

The funding, led by Foundry Group, is made up of equity and debt. 

Patients with Type 2 diabetes enrolled in a joint pilot run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Virta dropped on average 5% of their body weight. 

MobiHealthNews got a tour of the new technologies under development — including contactless monitoring, augmented reality for surgery and the NICU of "the future." 

There's a potentially large impact school-based telehealth programs can have on children with chronic illnesses.

Also: Sandit's barcode scanning SDK will integrate with Epic's Rover app. 

Founders Fund led the round, which will help the sleep tracking company expand its team and support R&D.

NASA stakeholders discuss the potential for technologies supporting astronauts' mental health and cognitive functioning during a mission. 

Insights into personalized genomics can help prevent diseases in outer space. 

The company is also gradually diversifying its business, with 20% of the expected value of new contracts coming from the non-diabetes business.