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Castor Raises $12M to Advance COVID-19 Research Through Clinical Trial and Data Automation

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Castor Raises $12M to Advance COVID-19 Research Through Clinical Trial and Data Automation

What You Should Know: - Castor raises $12M in Series A funding to further their support for COVID-19 research through clinical trial and data automation. - With 4,000 live studies and 2,000,000 enrolled patients across 90 countries, Castor will use the funding to further invest in enabling patient-centric, data-powered clinical trials. Castor, a Hoboken, New Jersey startup using automation and data reuse to simplify the entire clinical trial process, announced $12M in Series A
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Bridge Connector Lands $25.5M to Expand Healthcare Integration Platform

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Bridge Connector

What You Should Know: - Bridge Connector raises $25.5 million in Series B funding to advance interoperability layer for healthcare organizations as demand for integrated health data intensifies during COVID-19 pandemic. - The investment will support the growth of Destinations, the company’s new integration-platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) that connects health data systems using use-case-based interoperability blueprints to speed integrations with major vendors. Bridge Connector, a
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Cerner Technology to Support COVID-19 Testing for HBCUs Nationwide

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Cerner Technology to Support COVID-19 Testing for HBCUs Nationwide

What You Should Know: - Cerner announces a commitment to help expand COVID-19 testing at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the U.S through a partnership with Testing for America. - As part of the partnership, Cerner will serve as the national technology partner for a return to school effort led by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and The United Negro College Fund (UNCF). The strategic initiative aims to support HBCUs in their COVID-19 testing of
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Former KKR Vet Jim Momtazee Launches Healthcare Investment Firm, Patient Square Capital

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Jim Momtazee and Maria Walker form health care investment firm Patient Square Capital

What You Should Know: - Former KKR veteran Jim Momtazee announced the launch of Patient Square Capital, a partnership being purpose-built to become the preeminent investment firm in healthcare.  - Patient Square will partner with best-in-class management teams whose products, services, and technologies improve health.  - Prior to Patient Square, he spent over 21 years at KKR, initially joining in 1996. He helped establish the firm’s health care industry group in 2001 and
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Memorial Health Deploys Chatbots to Virtualize Waiting Room Experience

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What You Should Know: - Memorial Health System selects LifeLink Conversational AI technology to virtualize the waiting room experience for patients - Mobile chatbots to automate intake for telehealth and in-person visits, while maintaining COVID-19 social distancing and safety protocols. Memorial Health System , a community-based, not-for-profit corporation serving the people and communities of central Illinois through five hospitals has selected LifeLink to deploy advanced
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Backed by Johnson & Johnson, Thirty Madison Raises $47M for Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth Brands

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Backed by Johnson & Johnson, Thirty Madison Raises $47M for Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth Brands

What You Should Know: - Direct-to-consumer telehealth company Thirty Madison raises $47M in Series B round from Johnson & Johnson and Polaris Partners. - Thirty Madison's three portfolio brands — Keeps, Cove, and Evens — enables patients to easily access specialist-level care combined with the convenience of telemedicine and treatment delivery.  Thirty Madison, a New York City-based digital health company reinventing the patient experience
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CancerIQ Raises $5M to Expand Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment Platform

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CancerIQ Raises $5M to Expand Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment Platform

What You Should Know: - CancerIQ raises $5M in Series A funding led by HealthXVentures to accelerate the growth of its genetic cancer risk assessment platform to identify and manage patients at high risk of cancer. - CancerIQ’s technology enables hospitals to use genomics to personalize the prevention and early detection of cancer. - Two new hires recently joined CancerIQ’s newly formed Integrated Products team from Epic, with the goal of advancing CancerIQ’s integration with leading
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Cerner Launches AI-Powered Command Center Dashboard for COVID-19 Response

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Cerner Launches AI-Powered Command Center Dashboard for COVID-19 Response

What You Should Know: - Cerner launches a new Command Center dashboard to help organizations visualize and optimize operations in a centralized location by leveraging real-time data and predictive analytics to provide situational awareness and decision support during COVID-19. - Powered by AI and predictive models, helps organizations align patient needs, staffing, and resources to improve care and operational efficiency. Healthcare IT leader Cerner recently launched a new tool to
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Bayer, Verizon Partner to Build Next-Gen Global Network Infrastructure

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Bayer, Verizon Partner to Build Next-Gen Global Network Infrastructure

What You Should Know: - Bayer announced that it has chosen Verizon Business to build a next-gen global network infrastructure to support the pharmaceutical giant’s global business operations.  - Verizon will enhance Bayer’s existing network capabilities to enable easier and more cost-effective network management and will deploy next-generation network technologies, such as software-defined networking (SDN), to further improve resilience, flexibility,
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Waystar Acquires Medicare RCM Company eSolutions at $1.3B Valuation

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Waystar Acquires Medicare RCM Company eSolutions at $1.3B Valuation

What You Should Know: - Revenue cycle management provider Waystar acquires eSolutions, a provider of Medicare and Multi-Payer revenue cycle management, workflow automation, and data analytics tools at a $1.3B valuation. - The acquisition will create the first unified healthcare payments platform with both commercial and government payer connectivity, resulting in greater value for providers. Waystar, a provider of healthcare payments software, today announced a definitive agreement
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