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Ascension St. Vincent’s uses new technology to treat AFib in clinical trial
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The CDC estimates more than 12 million people will have AFib by 2030. AFib is short for Atrial fibrillation, which is an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm that can lead to blood clots in the heart. Ascension St. Vincent’s is one of just five hospitals in the United States enrolling patients in a trial …
Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Triggers Federal Inquiry
The data on patients of St. Louis-based Ascension were until recently scattered across 40 data centers in more than a dozen states. Google and the Catholic nonprofit are moving that data into Google’s cloud-computing system—with potentially big changes on tap for doctors and patients. At issue for regulators and lawmakers who expressed concern is whether …
