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Strive Health, a Denver-based provider of value-based kidney care today announced it has raised $166M in Series C funding led by NEA alongside five new investors, including large strategic investor CVS Health Venture.The company will use the new funds to grow and scale the business by expanding into new markets, investing in its existing payor, health system, nephrologist and medical group partnerships and refining its clinical value-based care model. Strive will
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AI in Drug Discovery Market to Reach $4B by 2027
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The AI in Drug Discovery market in terms of revenue was estimated to be worth $600M in 2022 and is poised to reach $4B by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 45.7% from 2022 to 2027 according to a new report published by MarketsandMarkets™. The report cites the growing need to curb the drug discovery cost & reduce the overall time taken in this process, the rising adoption of cloud-based applications and services, and the impending patent expiry of blockbuster
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DiagnaMed Launches Generative AI Brain Health Solution
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DiagnaMed, a generative AI healthcare solutions company launches PalGPT.ai, a generative AI brain health solution powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT for people seeking an AI companion to have meaningful private conversations, friendly advice and share inner thoughts.PalGPT.ai is the Company’s second commercial product from its Health GenAI division, which is focused on the development and commercialization of a suite of generative AI ready-made and customizable applications to
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HHS, Advantus Health Partners Sign $1.2B Patient Experience Partnership
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Advantus Health Partners and HHS announced an eight-year, $1.2 billion agreement designed to provide optimized productivity and expanded analytics capabilities that contribute to a high-quality and consistent patient experience.HHS serves 750+ customers worldwide and offers multiple services, including housekeeping, food, facilities, patient transport, healthcare technology management, and linen and laundry management.This strategic collaboration allows Advantus to bring
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Taps Philips to Reduce Carbon Footprint
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Philips announced a collaboration to reduce the health system’s carbon footprint with a project focused on measuring and addressing energy consumption in the radiology department. Radiology is an especially high contributor to the CO2 emissions responsible for climate change with its heavy energy, equipment, and supply usage. Philips and VUMC will analyze radiology energy consumption data from VUMC’s diagnostic imaging
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Mastercard, HealthLock Partner to Protect Against Medical Fraud
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Mastercard and HealthLock have partnered to offer millions of Americans help in protecting themselves against medical bill fraud, claim errors and overcharges. HealthLock’s platform helps consumers audit every single medical insurance claim and keep them organized through a user-friendly dashboard.The partnership will initially open HealthLock’s analytics-backed healthcare services to millions of US-issued HSA and FSA Mastercard cards, with plans to expand to other
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Included Health Launches Virtual-to-Home, Care Model
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Included Health announced a new partnership with a national provider of high acuity and complex in-home care, DispatchHealth to launch a new virtual-to-home, care model.Included Health and DispatchHealth will supplement care that begins online with on-demand, in-home support. This augmented offering will activate the home as a setting to treat everything from common to complex injuries, illnesses and disease, and offers great promise when it comes to reducing
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M&A: ArisGlobal Acquires SPORIFY to Expand Regulatory Solutions
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ArisGlobal, a provider of life sciences software acquires SPORIFY, the trusted substances, products, organizations and referentials (SPOR) data harmonization technology solution for five of the world’s top 20 largest pharmaceutical companies. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.With its second acquisition in the last 90 days, ArisGlobal is prioritizing the development of an open architecture that enables an interconnected life sciences ecosystem.The
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PatientsLikeMe & MGH Partner to Support ALS Research
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PatientsLikeMe (PLM), announced a partnership with the Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to share de-identified patient data that can improve research outcomes for ALS.The company’s outcomes-rich data is now freely available to the international research community and will be a significant addition to Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials (PRO-ACT) database comprising anonymized data from 29
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Pear Suite Raises $2.5M for SDoH-Driven Care Navigation Platform to Empower AAPI Communities
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Pear Suite, a digital health company empowering community health workers (CHWs) to improve health in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and address social determinants of health (SDOH) raises $2.5M in seed funding. The investment round was led by Mucker Capital, Impact Engine, American Heart Association, Sweater Ventures, and Atento Capital, with support from Techstars, Open Venture Capital, Incisive Ventures, Lair East Labs, StartUp Health, and
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