What You Should Know:
- Goodpath, a virtual provider of whole-person care for chronic conditions secures $18M in Series A financing round led by MassMutual Ventures with participation from Healthy Ventures.
-The funding will be used to accelerate the expansion of its AI-driven, clinically validated care model. The platform provides an integrated experience for managing multiple conditions, including weight management, musculoskeletal (MSK) pain, sleep, digestive health, mental
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Philips and Masimo Renew Partnership to Advance Patient Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Philips and Masimo have announced the renewal of their multi-year strategic collaboration, marking a new chapter in their long-standing partnership. Both companies share a commitment to innovation and expanding access to high-quality, connected care.
- The new agreement focuses on accelerating the development and delivery of next-generation patient monitoring solutions to empower clinicians with smarter, more integrated technologies.
Delivering
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Optain Health Secures $26M for AI-Powered Retinal Screening
What You Should Know:
- Optain Health, a healthcare technology company specializing in AI, robotic retinal imaging, and teleophthalmology secures $26M in Series A funding round led by Insight Partners with participation from existing investors.
- The significant investment will enable Optain to scale its platform, expand into new markets, and advance the use of the eye as a window into whole-body health.
Leveraging Oculomics to Detect Systemic Diseases
Optain’s platform
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CitiusTech Launches Healthcare-Native AI Platform, Knewron
What You Should Know:
- CitiusTech, a provider of healthcare technology and solutions, has announced the launch of CitiusTech Knewron, a healthcare-native AI platform.
- The platform is designed to help healthcare organizations create, build, and manage trustworthy enterprise AI solutions, accelerating product development while ensuring safety and compliance.
CitiusTech Knewron for Enterprise-Grade AI Solutions
According to CitiusTech, the platform's primary goal is to improve
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WellSky Expanded Partnership with Google Cloud for AI-Powered Solutions
What You Should Know:
- WellSky, a health and community care technology company, has announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to deliver a transformative suite of AI-powered solutions.
- The collaboration will leverage Google's latest Gemini multimodal AI models to create an AI-first platform for post-acute, acute, and community care, moving providers away from fragmented data and siloed applications.
Embedding AI into WellSky’s Clinical Workflow
The
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Bayer Exits Radiology AI Market, Discontinuing Calantic and Blackford
What You Should Know:
- Bayer has announced it will no longer participate in the radiology AI software platform sector, AuntMinnie first reports.
- The company is discontinuing its Calantic Digital Solutions AI platform and services from its Blackford Analysis subsidiary. This decision marks the end of a five-year initiative by the contrast media firm to provide a radiology AI platform that helped practices integrate AI applications from various developers.
Discontinuing
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Strive Health Raises $550M to Expand Value-Based Kidney Care with AI and Analytics
What You Should Know:
- Strive Health, a provider of value-based kidney care announced it has secured $550M, consisting of a $300M Series D equity round and $250M in debt financing.
- The equity funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with additional investments from a syndicate of leading financial institutions, including CVS Health Ventures, CapitalG, and BlackRock, Inc.. Hercules Capital led the debt financing.
- The funding will enable Strive and its team of
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M&A: Cohere Health Acquires ZignaAI to Transform Payment Integrity
What You Should Know:
- Cohere Health, a leader in clinical intelligence solutions, has acquired ZignaAI and launched a new Payment Integrity (PI) Suite, which is anchored by Cohere Validate™. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Cohere Health’s approach is designed to provide transparency, accuracy, and control to claims payments through clinical intelligence. The new solution is already delivering faster payments, 30% efficiency gains, and 8-9x ROI to health
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athenahealth Launches AI-Native athenaClinicals with Predictive Diagnoses and Ambient Notes
What You Should Know:
- athenahealth, a provider of network-enabled software and services, has announced new advancements in its electronic health record (EHR), athenaClinicals.
- The new features are part of the company's ongoing launch of its AI-native athenaOne platform and are designed to simplify clinical workflows, automate routine tasks, and deliver personalized insights to enable a more patient-centered approach to care.
Intelligent and Adaptive Clinical
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Ascend Learning Acquires Laudio to Enhance Healthcare Workforce Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Ascend Learning, a healthcare and learning technology company, has announced its acquisition of Laudio, an innovator in frontline leader solutions for health systems.
- The acquisition will enhance Ascend’s suite of workforce management tools and extend its support of the healthcare workforce beyond the classroom, from the student to the practice.
Comprehensive Workforce Solution
Health system frontline leaders today face mounting pressures, often
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