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- Walmart today announced new digital innovations designed to transform the healthcare shopping experience, specifically aiding customers in maximizing their Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits.
- In a first for retail, select customers can now easily identify plan-specific, benefits-eligible products while shopping on Walmart.com and the Walmart app. Alongside this, Walmart is rolling out "Everyday Health Signals," a new AI-powered digital platform
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AssistIQ Secures $11.5M to Transform Hospital Supply Chains with AI
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- AssistIQ, an AI company utilizing computer vision to revolutionize how hospitals manage surgical and procedural supply chains secures $11.5M in Series A funding round led by Battery Ventures, with participation from return investor Tamarind Hill. With this funding, Battery Ventures Principal Brandon Gleklen will join AssistIQ’s Board of Directors.
- The company’s platform is gaining traction across academic and community hospitals, capturing every item used in
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Wisp Launches At-Home Diagnostics, Expands to Offer 360-Degree Telehealth Care
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- Wisp, the largest U.S. telehealth company focused exclusively on women’s sexual and reproductive health, has launched its new diagnostics vertical, significantly expanding its service offerings.
- With over 1.5 million patients across all 50 states, Wisp is now providing convenient, affordable at-home testing for common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), coupled with integrated follow-up care within its existing virtual ecosystem.
Wisp Launches Nationwide
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Get a Second Opinion Emerges from Stealth with AI-Powered Medication Analysis Platform
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- Get a Second Opinion Inc. has officially emerged from stealth mode, unveiling its AI-powered platform designed to transform how patients understand and manage their medications.
- By analyzing a vast body of FDA data, clinical studies, and real-world outcomes, the company offers personalized insights that help patients make more informed decisions about prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) treatments.
Get a Second Opinion Launches AI-Driven Medication
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Ciba Health and ADA Join Forces to Transform Chronic Care
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- Ciba Health, a digital health platform focused on personalized, outcomes-based care for chronic conditions, has announced a collaboration with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to enhance prevention and treatment strategies for type 2 diabetes.
- This partnership brings together Ciba Health’s root-cause approach with the ADA’s national leadership in advocacy, research, and public education.
Ciba Health and American Diabetes Association Collaborate to
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Philips & March of Dimes to Integrate Maternal Health Content into Avent Pregnancy+ App
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- Philips and March of Dimes, the nation’s leading nonprofit fighting for the health of all moms and babies, announced a new collaboration aimed at improving maternal health education.
- The partnership will see essential March of Dimes content integrated into the widely used Philips Avent Pregnancy+ app, with the goal of enhancing health literacy and raising awareness on critical topics such as preparing for a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) stay,
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Drug Diversion in Hospitals Persists as an Underreported “Elephant in the Room”
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- Despite increased investments in detection programs, drug diversion—the illegal obtaining of prescription drugs by healthcare staff—continues to be a significant and often underreported issue within U.S. hospitals and health systems, according to the fifth edition of the "State of Drug Diversion" report released by Wolters Kluwer Health.
- The comprehensive survey of nurse leaders, pharmacists, risk managers, and drug diversion program leaders reveals that
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German Bionic Unveils First True Augmented AI Exoskeleton, Exia
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- German Bionic, the robotics pioneer renowned for first connecting exoskeletons to the cloud, launches Exia – its most advanced wearable device to date and the world’s first exoskeleton powered end-to-end by true Augmented AI.
- Informed by insights from billions of real-world motion data points collected across industries including manufacturing, logistics, retail, and healthcare, Exia aims to set a new benchmark for strength, intelligence, and
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Brooklyn Health Secures $6.5M to Expand AI-Powered Precision for Clinical Trial Endpoints
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- Brooklyn Health, a neuroscience technology company focused on objective measurement of mental health announced it has secured $6.5M in seed funding led by HealthX, with participation from Metrodora Ventures, Story Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Laconia Capital, Everywhere Ventures, Hypothesis Studio, Blue Falcon Capital, and others.
- The funding coincides with the company's debut of its new electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) solution, Willis. Willis
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John Snow Labs Acquires WiseCube to Bolster AI-Powered Biomedical Knowledge and Drug Discovery
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- John Snow Labs, the AI for healthcare company announced its acquisition of WiseCube, a pioneer in biomedical knowledge graphs and AI-powered literature analysis. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The strategic move is set to significantly enhance John Snow Labs' mission to deliver responsible, accurate, and explainable healthcare AI solutions by integrating WiseCube’s billion-scale knowledge platform.
Enhancing AI Capabilities in
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