What You Should Know:
- Trustwise, an innovator in AI performance and risk management, has collaborated with Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex (Health Innovation KSS), Hitachi Digital Services, and Further to co-develop MedAssist GPT, a generative AI application for medical education that leverages NVIDIA NIM microservices.
- The application equips UK medical students with real-time, personalized evidence-based clinical guidance. Integrating more than 700 National Institute for Health
Read More
Food is Medicine: Thrive Global and Blue Shield of California’s Cookbook Initiative
What You Should Know:
- Just in time for the holiday season, Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global will be releasing a new budget friendly, healthy-eating cookbook tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 26, in partnership with Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan.
- At a time when rates of chronic diseases including obesity and diabetes are rising, and many people struggle to afford and access healthy food, the Thrive Global Cookbook does more than just share recipes- it reflects Thrive
Read More
TailorMed Secures $40M to Improve Medication Access and Affordability
What You Should Know:
-TailorMed, a leading innovator in healthcare technology, announced a $40 million financing round combining equity and debt. This investment positions the company to advance its bold vision of transforming medication access, adherence, and affordability across the United States.
- Windham Capital Partners led the round, alongside Citi Impact Fund, Samsung Next, and BrightEdge, and the investment arms of some of the nation’s top health systems: Providence Ventures, OSF
Read More
Cofactor AI Nabs $4M to Combat Hospital Claim Denials with AI
What You Should Know:
- Hospitals across the country are facing an ever-increasing onslaught of claims denials from insurance companies, with denials up 20.2% in 2023, according to the American Hospital Association. These denials – triggered by AI and often error-prone – cost hospitals $20 billion a year in administrative bloat and reduce patients’ access to quality care.
- To help hospitals fight back, Cofactor AI today introduced a new first-of-its-kind AI-powered
Read More
MCG Secures $5.7M NIH Grants to Study Cardiovascular Complications of HIV
What You Should Know:
- Two new National Institutes of Health grants, totaling $5.7 million, are aimed at helping scientists at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University better understand the mechanisms of two cardiovascular complications associated with HIV.
- Thanks to the advent of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), which uses a combination of three or more drugs to stop the virus from replicating in the body, life expectancy of people living with HIV has
Read More
Rula Health & Amino Health Partner for Mental Healthcare Access
What You Should Know:
- Rula Health, a behavioral health company focused on delivering timely access to high-quality care, today announced a partnership with Amino Health, a leading digital healthcare navigation company.
- Through the partnership, Amino Health members will now have access to Rula’s nationwide network of more than 10,000 in-network providers representing more than 80 clinical specialties and a diverse range of backgrounds.
Rula and Amino Health: Expanding Access to
Read More
Willowglade, Flatiron Health Partner to Enhance the Oncology Patient Experience
What You Should Know:
- Willowglade Technologies®, provider of the only Unified Digital Patient Experience™ Platform available to oncology practices nationwide, announced a new partnership with Flatiron Health, a leading healthtech company dedicated to expanding the possibilities of point of care solutions in oncology.
- The partnership aims to enhance patient centered care by expanding the availability of the Unified Digital Patient Experience™ Platform to practices using Flatiron’s
Read More
Stryker Launches Oculan Lighting Platform for Enhanced Surgical Visualization
What You Should Know:
- Stryker (NYSE:SYK), a global leader in medical technologies, unveiled the Oculan Lighting Platform, an innovative lighting solution designed to provide consistent, high-quality illumination, allowing surgeons to focus on delivering the highest standard of care.
- In today’s operating rooms, where precision and accuracy are critical, even the smallest challenges may impact surgical outcomes – factors which may impede a surgeon’s ability to see clearly and work
Read More
Rightway & Curai Health to Offer AI-Powered Virtual Urgent Care
What You Should Know:
- Rightway, a company transforming care navigation and pharmacy benefits, announced a strategic partnership with Curai Health, an AI-powered virtual clinic to maximize member outcomes and reduce costs.
- Members can access Curai for virtual urgent care 24/7 through the Rightway app. Within minutes, members can connect with a Curai MD, DO, or ARNP for diagnosis, treatment, prescriptions, and follow-ups as needed. Rightway nurses ensure seamless post-visit support by
Read More
StoryCatch Partners Acquires EmpiraMed
What You Should Know:
- StoryCatch Partners, a Public Benefit Corporation leveraging the power of individual stories to improve mental and physical wellbeing, today announced that it has acquired Maynard, Mass.-based EmpiraMed Inc., a digital health technology leader in the field of virtual clinical studies for real-world evidence.
- EmpiraMed performs post-market, prospective, virtual clinical studies to generate real-world evidence for life sciences, pioneering site-less virtual
Read More
