What You Should Know:
- Exai Bio and researchers at UCSF released data demonstrating that Exai’s novel, RNA-based liquid biopsy platform accurately detected breast cancer at the earliest stages and smallest tumor sizes.
- Earlier detection of breast cancer is crucial for optimal patient outcomes but cannot always be achieved based on symptoms or mammography.
Non-Invasive Blood-Based Platform Delivers Promising Data on Detecting Breast Cancer At It’s Earliest Stages
Exai Bio is a
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Research Shows Power of Anumana AI-ECG Algorithms to Detect Heart Conditions
What You Should Know:
- The research is mounting to show that Anumana’s AI-ECG algorithms could dramatically improve screening for cardiovascular disease (CVD), providing early warnings of disease from just a standard electrocardiogram (ECG). Yesterday, a study was published in Nature Medicine that shows an Anumana AI algorithm applied to Apple Watch ECG recordings successfully identified a weak heart pump in patients.
- This follows other recent research findings, published in The
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7 out of 10 Healthcare Workers Find it Stressful to Manage Their Finances
What You Should Know:
- More than half of all healthcare workers (52%) feel less confident about their personal financial situation now compared to a year ago, according to a recent Harris Poll, among over 2,000 U.S. adults of which nearly 200 are healthcare workers, commissioned by IntelyCare and DailyPay.
- The latest IntelyCare Research Group report, looks at how financial precarity and stress affect healthcare workers and simultaneously explores measures
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Intel Labs & Penn Medicine Uses Privacy-Preserving AI to Identify Brain Tumors
What You Should Know:
- Intel Labs and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine) have completed a joint research study using federated learning – a distributed machine learning (ML) artificial intelligence (AI) approach – to help international healthcare and research institutions identify malignant brain tumors.
- The largest medical federated learning study to date with an unprecedented global dataset examined from 71 institutions across six
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KLAS: Home-Based Post-Acute Care and Facility-Based Post-Acute Care Trends
What You Should Know:
- The homecare market has surged as healthcare organizations have sought to maintain quality patient care throughout the pandemic and fulfill requirements for value-based reimbursement, according to the latest KLAS report. Organizations are looking to expand their homecare offerings; however, the pandemic has exacerbated staffing shortages and decreased bandwidth, making operations—let alone growth—difficult. To help organizations understand how peers are approaching the
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Digital Health VCs Cite ROI & Clinical Validation As Greatest Markers of Company’s Success
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- Investors in the healthcare technology space believe a measurable return on investment (ROI) and clinical validation of the technology's platform will be the greatest indicators of company success in 2023, according to a new survey of top digital health investors by GSR Ventures.
- ROI was deemed "important" or "very important" to the success of digital health companies by more than 94% of investor respondents, and 79% for clinical evidence and trials.
Top
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PE Firms Rebrand Prison Healthcare Companies, But Care Issues Continue
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- A new report, “Private Equity Firms Rebrand Prison Healthcare Companies, But Care Issues Continue,” by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) focuses on healthcare company Wellpath and the regulatory risks that the company continues to take in local jails and prisons.
- Wellpath is owned by private equity firm H.I.G. Capital and is among the largest healthcare companies serving U.S. prisons and jails. Wellpath has had a litany of staffing and access to
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Improving Patient Access to Med Services Named Top Priority for Health Systems
What You Should Know:
- Improving patient access to medical services remains a top priority for U.S. health systems as they grapple with economic uncertainty and the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has altered patient behavior, according to a new report from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) and KLAS Research.
- To address the challenge, health systems are investing in telehealth technology, patient portals and other digital tools, updating their organizational
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Lumen Raises $62M for Handheld Device to Measure Metabolic Health
What You Should Know:
- Lumen, the metabolic health company behind the first handheld device to measure your metabolism through the breath, today announced that it has raised $62M in a series B funding round led by Pitango Venture Capital.
- Participating investors include Hanwha Group, Resolute Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Unorthodox Ventures, Almeda Capital, and Disruptive VC.
World’s Largest Platform For Measuring Metabolism To Expand Business Growth and Research
Lumen helps
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UCLA Spinout PictorLabs Launches with $18.8M to Revolutionize Histopathology
What You Should Know:
- PictorLabs launches with more than $18M in financing to advance an AI-powered virtual staining platform to revolutionize histopathology, an area that has seen little change in over a century and is essential for clinical research and patient diagnoses. Investors include M Venture (Merck's corporate VC arm), SSC Soft Computer, and Koç Holding.
- Spun out of UCLA, PictorLabs replaces complex chemical-based tissue staining processes (which are time-consuming to
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