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Duke Spinout Launches Platform to Unite Care and Clinical Research

Pluto Health launched an AI-driven digital hub that unifies fragmented health data, provides personalized care navigation and integrates clinical research opportunities to help close primary care access gaps. The platform aims to improve care coordination and make research participation more accessible, especially for patients without insurance or a regular primary care provider.

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UNC Health to Open New Youth-Specific Psychiatric Hospital to Address the Mental Health Crisis

UNC Health has partnered with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to open a new inpatient psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents. The partners came together because action is desperately needed to increase access to youth mental health services — research has found a significant link between the country’s shortage of mental health professionals and its rise in youth suicides.

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