What You Should Know:
- Aetion, a provider of real-world evidence (RWE) technology and analytics, today announced that the FDA has extended Aetion’s contract to evaluate real-world data (RWD) involving COVID-19 medical countermeasures.
- Aetion will be expanding its work to evaluate data standardization in the context of COVID-19. Aetion has been collaborating with FDA since May 2020, providing validated software platform capabilities and RWD/E expertise to contribute to rapid evidence
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Orbita Platform Increases Annual Revenue by $4M for Ohio Gastro
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- Specialty group Ohio Gastroenterology expands its use of Orbita’s conversational AI platform after success in implementing its patient self-service features. Healthcare-specific, the secure Orbita platform leverages natural language processing to understand words and phrases people are comfortable with, rather than forcing them to use clinical terms. Conversational AI technologies help guide patients through thoughtful dialogs, which pose
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Enthea Secures $2M to Expand Psychedelic Healthcare Provider Network
What You Should Know:
- Enthea, the first provider of insurance plans for psychedelic healthcare, has announced a $2M Seed Round raise led by Tabula Rasa Ventures to offer psychedelic-assisted therapy as a workplace benefit.
- The funds will be used to launch Enthea’s services into 40 markets across the U.S. in 2023 as well as grow its customer base and provider network to increase access to new, evidence-based healing options that have proven to be very effective in improving symptoms for
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Elevance Health Launches AI-Driven Nutrition Tracker
What You Should Know:
- Elevance Health -- formerly Anthem, Inc. has announced the expansion of its Sydney Health application with the addition of a nutrition tracker function driven by artificial intelligence (AI). The new feature, called Nutrition Tracker, recognizes foods or an entire meal, providing virtual nutrition advice to improve affiliated health plan members’ overall health and well-being.
- Using smartphone cameras and typing-free nutrition tracking, affiliated health plan
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Vital Launches Lab Results Tool to Help with Cures Act Compliance
What You Should Know:
Today, Vital, the leading AI-driven digital health company, launches Lab Results tool to help health systems comply with the 21st Century Cures Act, educate patients and expedite the sharing of results at the point of care.
- Vital’s new tool helps health systems not only comply with the new mandate but also present results in a timely, consumer-friendly way. Critical or sensitive results are flagged as such and shared personally by the appropriate
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RevSpring Integrates with Epic Willow to Take Payments for Pharmacy Transactions
What You Should Know:
- RevSpring announced a new integration with Epic Willow that empowers staff to take payments for pharmacy transactions.
- The Willow integration focuses on specific solutions for pharmacies and gives them more choice about how to take and process in-pharmacy credit card payments in the most streamlined fashion.
Why It Matters
This integration bolsters RevSpring’s comprehensive pharmacy-specific solutions for engagement and
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UpStream Raises $140M to Expand Value-Based Care Model Nationwide
What You Should Know:
- Value-based care provider UpStream raises $140M in Series B funding co-led by Coatue and Dragoneer with additional participation from other top healthcare and technology investors, including Avidity Partners, Define Ventures and Mubadala. This round brings its total funding to nearly $185M to date.
- UpStream supports physicians operating under full-risk, value-based arrangements who are providing care to seniors on Medicare with an integrated platform that
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M&A: Carenet Health Acquires Stericycle Communication Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Carenet Health, a leading provider of 24/7 and on-demand patient engagement solutions, today announced it has acquired Stericycle Communication Solutions, an industry leader in patient engagement technology and solutions and a service of Stericycle, Inc. The companies’ combined capabilities create the industry’s most comprehensive patient experience platform.
- This acquisition emphasizes Carenet’s commitment to providing better healthcare for all, as the combined
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M&A: NextGen Healthcare to Acquire TSI Healthcare for $68M
What You Should Know:
- NextGen Healthcare today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TSI Healthcare, a privately held value-added reseller located in Chapel Hill, NC. The acquisition will expand NextGen’s presence in specialties including rheumatology, pulmonology and cardiology.
- TSI Healthcare® is a national leader in the sales and support of customized NextGen® Practice Management and Electronic Health Record software. TSI Healthcare delivers innovative,
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St. Luke’s Health Deploys Epic-Integrated I-PASS Solution for Standardized Handoff Communication
What You Should Know:
- Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System today announced it is implementing Epic-integrated standardized communication tools across the health system and have selected the I-PASS Patient Safety Institute to implement the I-PASS solution.
- The I-PASS handoff bundle enables industry-leading health organizations to rapidly adopt and implement a common language for care transitions across specialties and continuum of
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