Private equity (PE) firms, once eager investors in the healthcare services sector, are facing a chilling reality. A confluence of factors including challenges recruiting and retaining physicians, reimbursement headwinds, accelerating labor costs and restrictive antitrust policies, have resulted in a string of high-profile failures, and are casting doubt on the future role of PE in healthcare. This shift has profound implications across the healthcare delivery spectrum – from hospitals and health
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HLTH: Walmart Launches Nationwide Same-Day Pharmacy Delivery
What You Should Know:
- Walmart today announced Pharmacy Delivery, an innovative service that saves customers time by bringing prescriptions – along with the rest of their Walmart orders – right to their doorsteps.
- This innovative offering allows customers to seamlessly integrate prescription orders with their regular grocery and merchandise purchases, all delivered to their doorstep.
Expanding Reach and Impact
Currently live in six states (Arkansas, Missouri, New
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HLTH: Amazon One Medical’s AI Tools Help Clinicians Reclaim 40% of Their Time
What You Should Know:
- Today, Amazon One Medical announced new AI tools to ease administrative workload on providers. Integrated into its proprietary Electronic Health Record (EHR), these AI tools simplify provider workflow and help them get back to focusing on patient care.
- By using Amazon One Medical’s AI technology, backed by AWS generative AI services including Amazon Bedrock and AWS HealthScribe, doctors can now save time on
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Combining an Omnichannel Strategy with Benchmarking and Metrics to Engage Healthcare Professionals
A critical aspect of any pharma/life sciences commercialization strategy is to develop and deploy effective and meaningful ways to engage, inform and build trust with healthcare providers (HCPs). A brand can best meet its clinical and commercial objectives throughout its lifecycle by offering a well-orchestrated mix of information and resources in different digital and in-person formats that HCPs can easily access.
As with any multifaceted marketing and commercialization strategy, brand
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HLTH: Avandra Launches World’s Largest Federated Network for Medical Imaging and Clinical Data
What You Should Know:
- Avandra, the world’s largest federated network for medical imaging and clinical data, today launched out of stealth. Avandra’s network aims to organize global medical images and create a data ecosystem for research and innovation.
- It utilizes industry-leading de-identification and tokenization solutions to securely deliver aggregated, multimodal data to power the future of health.
Avandra: A Federated Marketplace for Medical Imaging
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HLTH: Zoom and Suki Integrate to Power AI-Generated Clinical Notes
What You Should Know:
- Suki, a leader in AI technology for healthcare, announced a partnership with Zoom Video Communications, Inc., a leading telehealth platform.
- Zoom will integrate Suki's AI engine, Suki Platform, to generate clinical notes, enhancing its user experience and improving patient care.
- The Suki Platform enables companies to build AI experiences with minimal development effort and already supports nearly one million clinicians across the U.S.
- Suki's AI-powered
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LeanTaaS Appoints Rami Karjian to Lead Operating Rooms Business
What You Should Know:
- LeanTaaS, Inc., a provider of AI-powered capacity management solutions for health systems, has appointed Rami Karjian as the new leader of its Operating Rooms business.
- Karjian brings extensive experience in healthcare transformation and a proven track record of building and scaling innovative companies.
- Karjian's career has been marked by a focus on optimizing healthcare operations and improving patient care. He co-founded Medically Home, a
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HLTH: Cleveland Clinic, Amazon One Medical Partner to Expand Primary Care Access in Northeast Ohio
What You Should Know:
- Academic health system Cleveland Clinic and Amazon One Medical, a hybrid virtual and in-person primary care provider, are collaborating to improve access to seamless and coordinated care in Northeast Ohio.
- The strategic partnership will leverage the strengths of both organizations to offer patients a comprehensive and convenient healthcare experience.
Expanding Access to Primary Care
Amazon One Medical will open its first primary care office in
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HLTH: Uber Health and NationsBenefits Partner to Provide Seamless Access to Transportation and Grocery Benefits
What You Should Know:
- Uber Health and NationsBenefits today announced a partnership to enable millions of NationsBenefits members to use their flex cards for rides on Uber and same-day delivery of grocery items on Uber Eats. The partnership unlocks seamless and convenient access to these two ancillary benefits for millions of NationsBenefits members.
- The two companies will also work together to enable members to shop directly for groceries on the Uber Eats app through the
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HLTH: CopilotIQ & Biofourmis Merge to Create AI-Driven Platform for In-Home Care
What You Should Know:
- CopilotIQ, a health tech company focused on improving the lives of older adults with chronic conditions, and Biofourmis, a global leader in technology-enabled home care solutions, have announced a strategic merger.
- The combined company creates an AI-driven platform to deliver comprehensive in-home care across the entire care continuum, from pre-surgical optimization to acute, post-acute, and chronic care management. As part of this merger, investors
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