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HealthSnap, a Miami-based remote patient monitoring platform for chronic disease management raises $9M in funding led by Asclepius Growth Capital, an SPV founded by David Jahns, a managing director of Galen Partners, and Steve Cashman, CEO of Caption Health and former CCO of InTouch Health, as well as new strategic investments from current business partners UnityPoint Health and Tampa General Hospital. Existing stockholders Florida Funders and MacDonald Ventures also
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Catalyst by Wellstar Launches $100M Digital Health Venture Fund
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Catalyst by Wellstar, an innovation company and venture firm created by one of the largest health systems in Georgia launches a $100M digital health venture fund to shape the future of healthcare by creating better care and market value.The venture fund aims to make more than 50 direct investments in early-stage digital health startups, Pre-seed to Series A, over the next five years and invest indirectly in 150+ startups through limited partner investments with venture
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Healthcare Supply Chains Still in Survival Mode, Report Finds
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Three years after COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency, many healthcare supply chain leaders and frontline professionals are operating in survival mode, according to new industry research from Deloitte Consulting LLP.Ongoing challenges include economic pressures, multiple resource shortages, data visibility and labor issues.
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To gain greater insight into these impacts, Deloitte expanded its study by conducting site visits to healthcare
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LRVHealth Raises $200M Fund V Focused on Care Anywhere
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Today, LRVHealth announced that it raised $200M in its fifth fund to accelerate its track record of driving transformational change in healthcare. In addition, the firm has expanded its team of healthcare operators and insiders to focus on a core investment strategy for this new fund that’s anchored around a central theme: Care Anywhere. The LRVHealth team has partnered with leading entrepreneurs and helped build many of the healthcare industry’s
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Adonis Secures $17M for Revenue Cycle Automation Platform
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Adonis, an NYC-based revenue cycle intelligence and automation platform built for healthcare, today announced that it has raised $17.3M in Series A financing led by General Catalyst and existing investors Bling Capital, Max Ventures, and Homebrew. As part of the financing, Holly Maloney from General Catalyst will join the board of directors.Healthcare organizations on average are missing 10-15% of the revenue they expect to collect each year due to the operational
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Neura Health Raises $8M to Expand Virtual Neurology Clinic
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Neura Health, a virtual neurology clinic, announced it has raised $8 million in seed funding to support its newly expanded go-to-market approach. With the funding, Neura will be able to move beyond the consumer market to bring the company’s neurology care offering to the enterprise sector, initially focusing on employers and health plans.Neura’s end-to-end solution offers those living with neurological conditions, starting with headaches and migraine, unlimited online
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Hippocratic AI Launches with $50M for Safety Large Language Model for Healthcare
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Today, Hippocratic AI launched out of stealth to announce the first Large Language Model (LLM) designed specifically for healthcare, as well as a $50M seed round co-led by General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz.Co-founded by Munjal Shah and Meenesh Bhimani MD, Hippocratic AI is building the first LLM for healthcare, with an initial focus on non-diagnostic, patient-facing applications. It has outperformed existing language models (e.g. GPT-4) on 100+ healthcare tests
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Laguna Health Secures $15M for AI-Powered Contextual Care Management Platform
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Laguna Health, a NYC-based AI-powered contextual care management platform raises $15M Series A funding co-led by SemperVirens and HC9 Ventures. The initial close brings Laguna’s total raise to date to over $21M.The company will use the funding to deepen its AI capabilities in the care management context and expand its go-to market.
Contextual Care Management, Powered by AI
35 million Americans are hospitalized annually, with at least two-thirds discharged to
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Validic Acquires Connected Health Platform Trapollo
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Validic has acquired the assets of Trapollo LLC, a connected health, technical support, and device logistics provider that helps healthcare organizations care for patients at home. Trapollo is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cox Communications, Inc.With the acquisition of these Trapollo assets, Validic rounds out its core capabilities to make personalized healthcare a practical reality for patients and clinicians. Validic's EHR-integrated healthcare app ingests remotely
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NIH Launches $6M TARGETED Genome Editor Delivery Challenge
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The United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced the launch of the TARGETED (Targeted Genome Editor Delivery) Challenge.The multi-phase challenge will award up to $6M in prize money to support NIH’s Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE) commitment to developing targeted delivery systems to deliver genome editors to somatic (non-reproductive) cells of the body. The first phase of the TARGETED Challenge is open to all
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