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Deep Dive: In a male-dominated industry, female-led digital health startups journey to overcome funding and other challenges.

This week's top stories include the AstraZeneca vaccine showing 79% efficacy but facing questions about using outdated information, Everlywell forming a new at-home lab testing subsidiary, and the VA reviewing its EHR modernization program.

In the debut episode of HIT Cybersecurity, Kelvin Coleman, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, describes the current threat landscape – and shares tips for safeguarding a target-rich environment during the pandemic.

Atif Chaughtai, healthcare market leader with Red Hat, discusses how using AI to find signals in data in a clinical setting can lead to faster diagnoses.

LifeBridge Health CIO Tressa Springmann shares how the health system has adapted its EHR and IT systems for complex COVID-19 vaccine scheduling and administration – and how it plans to capitalize on shifting provider-consumer paradigms.

Gerry Blass, president and CEO of ComplyAssistant, talks about the ramifications of the HICP law and best practices for healthcare organizations to comply.

OMERS Growth Equity and Kaiser Permanente Group Trust led the round, with participation from McKesson Ventures and B Capital Group. 

 The digital cardiology platform is designed to give patients a comprehensive, equitable and accessible way to manage hypertension and heart disease.  

Greg Benton and Craig Schlusberg, ERP practice leaders at The Chartis Group, discuss the top challenges to achieving the intended goals of ERP systems and how to avoid those pitfalls.

This week's top stories include Amazon expanding its Amazon Care telehealth services, Doctor on Demand and Grand Rounds forming a virtual healthcare company, and the Biden administration releasing $12 billion for COVID-19 testing and treatments.