What You Should Know:
- Samaritan Health Services, a leading healthcare provider in Oregon, has announced a partnership with KeyCare to offer 24/7 virtual urgent care services to their patients.
- The collaboration expands access to convenient and affordable healthcare for over 265,000 residents in the mid-Willamette Valley and central Oregon coast, especially those in rural or underserved areas.
Cost-Effective Care for Minor Medical Issues
For just $59, patients can connect with a
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Prisma Health & Bamboo Health Partner to Deliver Real-Time Patient Intelligence Across South Carolina
What You Should Know:
- Prisma Health, South Carolina's leading healthcare organization, has announced an expanded collaboration with Bamboo Health, the leader in Real-Time Care Intelligence™.
- The strategic deployment will provide Prisma Health and its Clinically Integrated Network, inVio Health Network, with real-time patient intelligence across the entire care continuum.
Seamless Care Transitions: A Focus on the Patient Journey
This integration aims to streamline patient care by
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Innovaccer Forms AI Advisory Board to Drive AI-Powered Insights
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer Inc., a data platform company, has announced the launch of its AI Advisory Board. This strategic move underscores Innovaccer's commitment to harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to revolutionize healthcare delivery.
- The board comprises renowned industry leaders with expertise in technology, healthcare policy, and venture capital.
Guiding Innovation for Better Patient Care
The AI Advisory Board will offer invaluable guidance to
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Report Reveals Digital Diabetes Management Tools Fail to Deliver Benefits, Increase Costs
What You Should Know:
- Digital diabetes management tools are failing to deliver meaningful health benefits to patients, according to a new evaluation by the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI).
- The report casts doubt on the effectiveness of widely used digital diabetes management tools. Despite billions in investment, the study finds these tools offer minimal health benefits and actually increase healthcare spending.
Millions Rely on Tools, But Evidence Shows Little
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Forms AI Advisory Group & Residency Program to Develop Virtual Cell Models
What You Should Know:
- The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced the formation of a powerful AI Advisory Group and an in-house AI residency program, both focused on building predictive models of healthy and diseased cells – a key step towards creating virtual cell models.
AI Advisory Group Background & Members
CZI's newly established AI Advisory Group will provide invaluable guidance and cross-disciplinary insights to CZI and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network to push the
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Femtech: New Prenatal Genetic Test Predicts Baby’s Traits as Early as 10 Weeks
What You Should Know:
- BillionToOne (BTO), a company dedicated to accessible and accurate genetic testing, has launched BabyPeek, a first-of-its-kind prenatal test uses advanced technology to predict a baby's non-medical traits as early as 10 weeks.
- BabyPeek is designed to bring a touch of lighthearted joy to your pregnancy journey and complements the essential UNITY test, which screens for chromosomal abnormalities and recessive genetic conditions.
Peek at Your Baby's
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Nurse Shortage, Burnout Top Concerns for Healthcare Workers: AI Seen as Potential Solution
What You Should Know:
- A new survey by Carta Healthcare®, a company focused on harnessing the power of clinical data, sheds light on the pressing challenges faced by healthcare professionals in the United States.
- In honor of Certified Nurses Day, the survey conducted Propeller Insights in January/February 2024 among 500 healthcare workers, reveals that staff shortages and burnout are taking a significant toll on the industry.
Staffing Shortages: The Root Cause of Burnout
While
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Ultrahuman Scores $35M to Expand Smart Ring for AI-Powered Health Tracking
What You Should Know:
- Ultrahuman, a pioneer in wearable health technology raises $35M in Series B funding led by prominent like Blume Ventures and Steadview Capital.
- Ultrahuman is set to achieve a significant milestone by the end of 2024 – surpassing $100M in annualized revenue run rate (ARR) while remaining profitable.
Building a Multi-Device Health Ecosystem
Ultrahuman: A Multi-Device Ecosystem for Holistic Health
Ultrahuman stands out as a leader in the health-tech
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Smartaly and Ambiq to Develop AI-Powered, Week-Long ECG Monitor
What You Should Know:
- Ambiq, a leader in low-power semiconductors, and Smartaly, an electronics design firm, have partnered to create an artificial intelligence (AI) powered handheld ECG monitor.
- The AI-powered ECG monitor device boasts not only exceptional battery life but also the power of AI for real-time health insights.
Week-long Monitoring on a Single Charge
Smartaly's ECG monitor leverages Ambiq's Apollo3 SoC, a third-generation system on a chip (SoC) specifically designed
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Hippocratic AI Secures $53M to Develop Safety-Focused GenAI for Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- Hippocratic AI, a company developing a safety-focused Large Language Model (LLM) for healthcare raises $53M in Series A funding, bringing their total funding to $120M. The round was co-led by Premji Invest and General Catalyst with participation from SV Angel and Memorial Hermann Health System as well as existing investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health, Cincinnati Children’s, WellSpan Health, and Universal Health Services (UHS).
- The company also launched
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