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- Today ShiftMed, one of the largest W-2 healthcare workforce management platforms, announced $200M in funding led by Panoramic Ventures with participation from Blue Heron Capital and Audacious Capital.
- ShiftMed plans to use the latest round of funding to help solve healthcare workforce issues across a variety of care settings, with an emphasis on expanding into health systems.
Flexible Solution for Staffing Shortage
Historically, traditional
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Simple HealthKit Raises $8M to Transform Health Diagnostics and Follow-Up Care
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- Simple HealthKit raises $8M in Series A funding led by Initialized Capital to address health inequity with the first human-centric, end-to-end healthcare platform that builds and delivers diagnostics, treatment and follow-up care for all
- The Series A round also included participation from seed investors Kleiner Perkins, Kapor Capital and Quest Venture Partners, bringing Simple HealthKit’s total funding to date to $12M.
End-to-End Diagnostics and Digital Health
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Aluna Raises $15.3M for Lung Health Management Platform
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- Aluna, the award-winning lung health management platform, recently announced it has completed a $15.3 million Series B round of financing to continue growing its solution among doctors and patients managing asthma, cystic fibrosis and COPD.
- Aluna’s AI-enabled respiratory management platform allows patients to transmit data to their doctor by blowing into their innovative spirometer daily. The patient-facing app gives patients an easy way to collect symptoms,
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Clarius Awarded FDA Clearance for AI Ultrasound Musculoskeletal Imaging App
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- Clarius Mobile Health, a leading provider of high-definition handheld ultrasound systems, receives 510(k) clearance for its new MSK AI model, which automatically identifies and measures tendons in the foot, ankle, and knee using artificial intelligence (AI).
- The new MSK AI model will be available soon with the Clarius L7 HD3 and Clarius L15 HD3 high-frequency, wireless handheld ultrasound scanners.
AI Driven Imaging To Improve
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Biden Admin Builds on Cancer Moonshot with 13 More Initiatives
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- One year ago, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden reignited the Cancer Moonshot, setting an ambitious, achievable goal: to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years, and improve the experience of people and families living with and surviving cancer, ultimately ending cancer as we know it today.
- The Cancer Moonshot has spurred tremendous action across the federal government and from the public and private
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TripleBlind Taps Mayo Clinic Platform To De-Identify Patient Data
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- TripleBlind, an automated, real-time data de-identification company has expanded its relationship with Mayo Clinic Platform.
- For the first time in healthcare, the use of TripleBlind’s Privacy Builder software will enable healthcare systems, via Mayo Clinic Platform, to strategically collaborate on developing the next generation of digital healthcare solutions within secure environments.
Collaboration Details
The collaboration allows the Mayo Clinic Platform
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Solve.Care and EarthID Sign to Power Decentralized & Multi-faceted ID for Healthcare
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Solve.Care & EarthID have announced a collaboration to employ blockchain technology to decentralize ID data and provide verification of credentials to create a powerful ID management system to be put in the hand on individuals.
The collaboration will enable individuals to aggregate all their multi-faceted data related to their identity for healthcare purposes, while maintaining complete control.
Decentralized & Multi-faceted ID for
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Develop, Partner, Acquire or Avoid – Where’s Investment for Digital Pathology Headed in 2023?
News of Fujifilm’s recent acquisition of software provider Inspirata’s digital pathology assets was met with much interest last month, following on from robust industry debate at Global Engage’s Digital Pathology and AI Congress: Europe a few weeks prior. Their discussions centered around the progress of the market and its inevitable future developments.
Whilst our in-depth analysis of the implications of Fujifilm’s specific deal will be released soon as a part of our Premium Insights
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2023’s Biggest Pharma Cybersecurity Threats to Watch
Due to the recent growth of the pharmaceutical industry, the value of highly-sensitive data stored in pharmaceutical systems and the degree of the potential damage that cyberattacks on the industry can cause, it is safe to say that pharma could be one of the most targeted industries by cybercriminals in 2023. Ransomware, phishing attacks, business applications and third-party vendors will be some of the biggest threats to this key vertical as we approach the new year.
RansomwareThe threat of
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Disclo Raises $5M for Health Disclosures & Accommodation Management Platform
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Today, Disclo announced a $5M seed round led by General Catalyst to help employers maintain compliance by tracking, managing, and reporting on health disclosure + accommodation requests in the workplace.
- Disclo acts as a third-party verifier, authenticating that a disability is legitimate and that the appropriate accommodation is required, eliminating some of the tension inherent in the process of asking for accommodations. Additionally, their HIPAA- and
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