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- HOPPR, the company revolutionizing how AI imaging applications are built, validated, and deployed secures $31.5M in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by Kivu and Greycroft, with participation from PSG Equity, Morningside Capital, Fortitude Ventures, and existing investor Health 2047.
- HOPPR intends to accelerate platform development, scale operations, expand its foundation model capabilities, and grow its team of top-tier talent.
Addressing a
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Quilt Health Raises $6M to Modernize Clinical Trial Access for Complex Diseases
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- Quilt Health, a digital health company dedicated to bridging gaps in treatment access for complex diseases secures $6M in seed funding round, bringing its total funding to $8M. The round was led by MaC Venture Capital and Underscore Ventures, with participation from Meridian Street Capital, BoxGroup, Watershed VC, and Coalition Operators.
- Founded with an initial focus on sickle cell disease, the company plans to use the new capital to rapidly expand into
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INSIGHTS: What Leaders Expect to Hear at HFMA Annual Conference
As healthcare finance leaders prepare to gather for the upcoming HFMA Annual Conference, they face a familiar but intensified set of challenges: shrinking margins, rising operational costs, and an increasingly complex reimbursement landscape. This year, however, a dominant theme emerges from the conversation: the role of Artificial Intelligence in revolutionizing the revenue cycle. We asked six healthcare executives for insights on what key themes/trends they expect to be the most talked
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Capital Rx to Acquire Healthcare Navigation Platform Amino Health
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- Capital Rx, Inc., the enterprise health technology company announced the acquisition of Amino Health and its comprehensive health navigation platform. Amino Health will now become Capital Rx’s care navigation solution, named Judi Care, significantly extending the company’s enterprise platform capabilities to nearly 60 million covered lives.
- The strategic acquisition allows Capital Rx to offer employers all the necessary components to create a holistic
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The Joint Commission and CHAI Partner to Set National Standards for Responsible AI in Healthcare
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- The Joint Commission, an independent, evidence-based healthcare standard-setting organization, and the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), a nonprofit organization founded by clinicians, today announced a new partnership to accelerate the development and adoption of AI best practices and guidance across the U.S. healthcare system.
- Together, the organizations will leverage their scale and expertise to co-develop a suite of AI playbooks, tools, and a new
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Doctors Are Using AI, But Lack of Guidelines and Training Leaves Them Feeling Unprepared, New Survey Finds
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- A new survey of U.S. physicians from Inlightened, a tech-enabled healthcare insights platform, reveals a significant paradox in the adoption of artificial intelligence: while a majority of doctors are already using AI tools in their practice, very few feel prepared to manage the benefits and risks, and most are operating without formal organizational guidelines.
- The findings highlight a critical opportunity for AI innovators and healthcare leaders to better
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GE HealthCare Integrates Advanced Features with MIM Encore Platform
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- GE HealthCare announced the combination of its proprietary features and algorithms with MIM Encore, marking a significant milestone in its mission to deliver precision care through advanced digital solutions. This implementation brings powerful new capabilities to healthcare organizations using GE HealthCare systems alongside MIM Software's state-of-the-art platform.
- The integration is based on a single-platform design developed from user input, aimed at
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Virta Health CEO: GLP-1s Didn’t Kill Weight Watchers, Its Broken Model Did
On the heels of Weight Watchers' recent bankruptcy filing, the conversation around the future of the weight loss industry has intensified. While many point to the rise of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic as the primary disruptor, Sami Inkinen, co-founder and CEO of Virta Health, argues that the real story is more fundamental. He contends that the "eat less, exercise more" model, central to programs like Weight Watchers for decades, was always doomed to fail because it doesn't address the
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Commons Clinic Secures $26M to Launch “Wholebody” Preventative Care Program
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- Commons Clinic today announced a $26M Series B financing, bringing its total funding to over $60M led by RA Capital, with participation from Floating Point, SteelSky Ventures, Time BioVentures, Courtside Ventures, and Commons Clinic physicians.
- The funding supports the launch of Wholebody by Commons Clinic, a multi-specialty suite connecting all of the organization’s advanced preventative care offerings.
Through early detection, tailored prevention,
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Mayo Clinic Invests in hellocare.ai, Backing Future of Ambient Clinical Intelligence
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- hellocare.ai, an AI-assisted virtual care delivery platform announced it has entered into a collaboration with Mayo Clinic focused on ambient clinical intelligence. The AI company also announced the expansion of its previously announced $47M growth round, welcoming Mayo Clinic as its latest investor.
- The collaboration aims to leverage technology for a more proactive approach to healthcare, with the potential to reduce hospitalizations, decrease the severity
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