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Kaia Health Lands $26M to Expand AI-Driven Digital Therapeutics for MSK Conditions & COPD

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Kaia Health Lands $26M to Expand AI-Driven Digital Therapeutics for MSK Conditions & COPD

What You Should Know: - Digital therapeutics company Kaia Health raises $26M in Series B funding to help grow its digital therapy solutions for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, and expand into new conditions. - The investment was led by Optum Ventures, Idinvest and capital300, plus participation from Balderton Capital, Heartcore Capital and Symphony Ventures, an investment partnership with world #1 golfer Rory McIlroy. - Kaia Health’s smartphone-based approach to managing chronic
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Target Offers Team Members Free Access to Virtual Visits Via CirrusMD

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Target Offers Team Members Free Access to Virtual Visits Via CirrusMD

What You Should Know: - Target announced a number of new and extended COVID-19 benefits, including access to CirrusMD’s virtual care platform. The platform will provide text-first virtual health care visits for team members to securely text, share images, or video chat with a doctor. Target today announced a number of industry-leading updates and extensions to its pay and benefits including access to virtual care visits. To support the health and safety of its team members during a
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IBM Unveils Watson Works for Data-Driven Insights to Address COVID-19 Return to Workplace Challenges

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What You Should Know: - Today, IBM launched Watson Works, a curated set of products that embeds Watson AI models and applications, to help companies navigate many aspects of the return-to-workplace challenge following lockdowns put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19. - Watson Works provides data-driven insights to help employers make informed decisions on workplace re-entry, facilities management, space allocation and other COVID-related priorities. IBM today unveiled Watson
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Verily Launches Healthy at Work Program for COVID-19 Screening & Testing

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Verily Launches Healthy at Work Program for COVID-19 Screening & Testing

What You Should Know: - Verily launches Healthy at Work Program providing ongoing COVID-19 screening and testing for a healthy return to work and school to communities across the nation. - The Healthy at Work program combines symptom screening, testing services, and data analytics. Employees, students, or others designated to participate in the program can use the online interface to record health symptoms each day. Today, Verily, an Alphabet company, has announced a new Healthy at
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NYC Hospitals Leverage Taxi App to Transport Frontline Health Workers, Patients During COVID-19

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Taxi App Curb Integrates with Ride Health’s Patient Transportation Platform

What You Should Know: - Curb, a taxi platform that connects two-thirds of the city’s yellow and green taxis, has partnered with organizations like NY Langone, Mount Sinai, American Cancer Society, and the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene to provide frontline workers with a safe alternative to public transit and rideshares like Uber. - Launched during the pandemic, the partnership has enabled Curb to power more than 100,000 taxi rides for doctors,
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careMESH Raises $5M to Scale Healthcare Communications Platform

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careMESH Raises $5M to Scale Healthcare Communications Platform

What You Should Know: - careMESH raises $5M in seed funding to scale the adoption of its first-of-a-kind healthcare communications platform. - careMESH is a single service for hospitals, health systems, and other healthcare delivery organizations which offers a National Provider Directory, patient event notifications, secure communications, and transition of care workflows.  careMESH, a Reston, VA-based healthcare communications platform announced it has raised $5M in seed funding
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Walmart Acquires Medication Management Platform CareZone for $200M to Enhance Digital Health & Wellness Capabilities

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Walmart Acquires Medication Management Platform CareZone for $200M to Enhance Digital Health & Wellness Capabilities

What You Should Know: - Walmart acquires app-based patient medication management platform CareZone for reportedly $200M to enhance its digital health and wellness capabilities. - CareZone’s technology and team members will join Walmart to augment their current Health & Wellness capabilities and support its focus on digital health care solutions. CareZone will remain a separate company unrelated to Walmart. Walmart announced it has acquired CareZone, a San Francisco,
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Unite Us Acquires SDoH Data Analytics Company Staple Health to Expand Capabilities

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Unite Us Acquires SDoH Data Analytics Company Staple Health to Expand Data Analytics

What You Should Know: - Unite Us acquires social determinants of health (SDoH) analytics company Staple Health to greatly expand its valuable predictive data analytics capabilities. - Predictive analytics and outcome data are essential as Unite Us supports local communities, addressing needs and providing proactive social care infrastructure where it is lacking. - The acquisition of Staple Health brings 10 years of data experience and a database of 270M individuals, with notable
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FDA Clears ICU Device That Predicts Respiratory Failure to Support COVID-19

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FDA Clears ICU Device That Predicts Respiratory Failure to Support COVID-19

What You Should Know: - CLEW is awarded FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its predictive analytics platform in support of COVID-19 patients. - CLEW is the only device authorized by the FDA to provide early identification of patients who are likely to experience respiratory failure of hemodynamic instability—both significant complications associated with COVID-19. - CLEW is already implemented in coronavirus units in two Israeli hospitals, and being tested by several US
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MD Anderson, Philips Partner on Personalized Oncology Treatments, Clinical Trial Matching

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Philips and MD Anderson collaborate to facilitate personalized oncology treatments and clinical trial matching based on genomic markers

What You Should Know: - Philips and MD Anderson collaborate to facilitate personalized oncology treatments and clinical trial matching based on genomic markers. - Philips connects oncologists and pathologists around the world to MD Anderson’s Precision Oncology Decision Support (PODS) system of actionable clinical information Philips and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced a collaboration to provide oncologists with evidence-based therapy and clinical
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