What You Should Know:
- Millar, a provider of OEM solutions and a leader in pressure sensor-enabled medical devices for over 54 years, acquires Sentron, a pressure and pH sensor manufacturing company headquartered in Leek, The Netherlands, currently owned by Wellinq.
- The acquisition includes sensor development and fabrication facilities, significantly broadening Millar's capabilities. It enables Millar to expand its product offerings to include pH and electrical conductivity sensors,
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Bamboo Health Launches Discharge Summaries to Streamline Follow-Up Care
What You Should Know:
- Bamboo Health has announced a new solution called Discharge Summaries, which is an enhancement to its existing Pings platform.
- Discharge Summaries is designed to address the challenges of patient discharge communication by providing care coordinators with easy access to real-time discharge information, including medication lists, follow-up appointments, and other vital details. This information is critical for ensuring that patients receive the appropriate care
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IHS Awards $2.5B Contract to GDIT for Oracle EHR Implementation
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has selected General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) to build and maintain a new electronic health record (EHR) system utilizing Oracle Cerner technology. for the Indian Health Service (IHS). The new EHR system will replace the current Resource and Patient Management System, which is over 40 years old.
- The new EHR system will modernize IHS healthcare delivery and operations, making it easier for
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AccurKardia Brings ECG Software to Lucem Health’s AI Platform
What You Should Know:
- AccurKardia, an ECG-led diagnostics software company, has announced a multi-year agreement with Lucem Health, a leading provider of clinical AI solutions.
- The partnership will allow AccurKardia to integrate its FDA-cleared ECG interpretation software platform, AccurECG, into Lucem Health's Reveal family of solutions, which identify patients who may be at higher risk of severe or chronic diseases.
Automated ECG Interpretation Cloud-Based Software
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Forum Launches with $5M for Virtual Peer Support Groups to Help People Navigate Life’s Challenges
What You Should Know:
- Forum, a peer support group marketplace, has officially launched with $5.3M in funding from a seed round led by NextView Ventures and featuring participation from MBX Capital, Cue Ball Capital, Sahil Bloom of SRB Ventures, Romeen Sheth, Shaan Puri and City Light Capital..
- Forum connects mission-driven facilitators with individuals seeking support for various life challenges.
Virtual Support Group Marketplace Forum
The platform offers a range of support
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Artera, Hyro Launches AI-Powered Virtual Assistant
What You Should Know:
- Artera, a digital health leader in patient communications, has introduced Artera Care Assist, powered by Hyro, an AI-powered adaptive communications solution.
- Artera Care Assist is a web-virtual assistant that can be deployed on a healthcare providers website, in as little as 48 hours, to answer common patient questions 24/7.
- Patient inquiries including questions around locating providers with specific qualifications and language skills, or finding nearby
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CareAbout Health Selects Innovaccer to Scale VBC for Expanding Provider Network
What You Should Know:
- CareAbout, a healthcare management services company, has selected Innovaccer's data platform and analytics solutions to help its providers achieve their clinical and financial goals.
- The partnership between CareAbout and Innovaccer will help CareAbout's providers achieve their clinical and financial goals in a value-based care environment.
- Innovaccer's platform will provide CareAbout's providers with actionable insights into quality, performance, and cost
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Philips Expands AI-Guided Ultrasound Capabilities with Bill & Melinda Gates Investment
What You Should Know:
- Philips has secured a second round of funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate global adoption of AI algorithms on its Lumify Handheld Ultrasound. The second round of funding brings a total of $60M from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- The AI technology simplifies key measurements to identify abnormalities during pregnancy, significantly reducing the training time required for ultrasound use from weeks to hours.
New
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ApolloMed & Wider Circle Partner to Deliver Patient-Centered Care in California
What You Should Know:
- Wider Circle and Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (ApolloMed) are partnering to provide Enhanced Care Management (ECM) to high-need Medicaid members in California as part of the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative.
- The collaboration aims to deliver patient-centered care and ECM by combining Wider Circle's community-based engagement model with ApolloMed's clinical care management expertise and technology platform.
ApolloMed
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Kythera Labs Raises $20M for Wayfinder Data Technology Platform
What You Should Know:
- Kythera Labs, a healthcare technology and data analytics company, has secured $20M in Series A funding and debt financing from BIP Ventures and CIBC.
- The funding will support the growth and scaling of Wayfinder, Kythera's data-transforming technology platform, and the development and adoption of new and existing offerings. It will also be used to expand partnerships with industry leaders such as Datavant and Databricks.
WayFinder Data Technology
Kythera Labs
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