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- Elektra Health, a new women’s health tech company on a mission to smash the menopause taboo, is announcing $3.75M in seed funding co-led by Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six and Flare Capital Partners, with participation from City Light Capital, January Ventures, Human Ventures, The Fund, Community Fund, and notable angels including Hannah & Guy Raz, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Jenny Fielding, and others.
- With a mission to smash the menopause taboo, Elektra is the first
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Nanox Acquires Medical Imaging Platform Zebra Medical Vision for $200M
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- Nanox, the innovative medical imaging company, today announced the acquisition of Zebra Medical Vision, the deep-learning medical imaging analytics company.
- In a deal valued at up to $200M, the medical imaging pioneers will leverage Zebra-Med’s industry-leading team, cutting-edge AI technology, and cloud capabilities, and unprecedented regulatory framework to form the next-generation Medtech juggernaut.
- Nanox also announced today that it has
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ConsenSys Health Acquires FHIRBlocks to Enable Control of Their Confidential Health Data
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ConsenSys Health, a Las Vegas-based provider delivering next-generation infrastructure for healthcare and life sciences, today agreed to acquire FHIRBlocks, an innovative developer of advanced solutions to support self-sovereign patient-directed fine-grained sharing of their protected personal health information.
- The acquisition includes the transfer of FHIRBlocks’ technological and other IP, as well as key executives and staff, business activities, and
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Raintree Systems Mourns the Passing of its CEO, Richard Welty
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- Raintree Systems, a software development company that provides value-based solutions for the healthcare industry, announces the passing of the company's Founder and CEO, Richard Welty. The company is mourning this loss and extends our condolences to his wife, their children, and the entire Welty family.
- Terrence Sims, former Chief Operating Officer and current President of Strategic Growth & Marketing has been appointed Interim CEO.
"Richard was full of
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M&A: Healthcare Data Startup H1 Acquires Carevoyance
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- H1, a global healthcare platform that connects healthcare professionals has acquired Portland, Oregon based Carevoyance, which offers the best targeting, sales enablement, and physician segmentation platform to medical device sellers. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition enables H1 to expand its presence in the medical device market, and allows Carevoyance - which will continue to operate independently, as a subsidiary of H1 -
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GE Healthcare Unveils AI-Enabled, Cloud Imaging Solution
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- GE Healthcare unveils its next-generation, cloud-based Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS) designed to address the acute shortage of radiologists and growing demand for imaging scans has put radiology departments under increased strain. Edison True PACS is a transformative system, offering AI-enabled decision support to help radiologists adapt to higher workloads and increased exam complexity, and improve diagnostic accuracy.
- Through a web-based
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Tegria, Cedar Partner to Humanize the Patient Financial Experience
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- Tegria, a Seattle-based healthcare technology, and services company, and Cedar, a New York City-based healthcare financial technology platform, announced the formation of a strategic partnership. The partnership will bring Cedar's consumer-facing financial engagement platform to Tegria customers and deliver Tegria's robust revenue cycle management expertise to Cedar's extensive client base, enabling a seamless, intuitive, and dependable financial experience for both
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Colgate Taps Verily’s Baseline Platform for Oral Health Research
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- Verily and Colgate, today announce a new oral health study as part of Verily’s ongoing Baseline Health Study that will aim to improve understanding of the connections between oral health and overall human health. The study will assess how oral health practices affect health more broadly.
- The study’s goal is to see how oral health practices, including intensive non-surgical periodontal therapy, as well as a robust Colgate home oral hygiene regimen monitored through
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Relatient Merges with Patient Access Platform Radix Health, Raises $100M+
- Today, Relatient, Inc., the leading SaaS-based, patient engagement platform, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to merge with Radix Health, a data-driven platform that helps medical practices and hospital groups optimize scheduling, patient access, and self-scheduling. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed.
- In addition, Relatient has raised $100+ million of additional growth equity capital from its existing investor, Brighton Park Capital, and its affiliates.
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GoodRx and Surescripts Brings Real-Time Drug Discount Pricing in EHRs
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- Today, GoodRx announced an exclusive agreement with health information network Surescripts to deliver real-time drug discount price information for prescriptions in Surescript’ price transparency solution.
- Surescripts is a nationwide network that connects virtually all EHRs, pharmacies and health systems, enabling providers to view patient-specific benefit and cost information and then electronically prescribe a medication. Last year, nearly 2 billion electronic
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