The mental health landscape is experiencing a surge in demand for services. With limited resources and an ever-growing client base, mental health providers face a daunting challenge: ensuring high-quality care for each individual while managing an overflowing caseload. This is where AI-powered mental health screening platforms can become your secret weapon. These platforms, built around principles of measurement-based care
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Sohar Health Raises $3.8M for AI-Driven Eligibility Verification Platform
What You Should Know:
- Sohar Health, an AI-driven provider of eligibility determination and Verification of Benefits (VoB) raises $3.8M in seed funding round led by Kindred Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Character, and prominent angel investors,
- The funding will accelerate Sohar's mission to eliminate insurance barriers that delay care, burden providers, and leave patients in limbo.
The Problem: Inefficient Insurance Verification:
The
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Tasso Partners with SNBL to Bring Patient-Centric Blood Collection to Japan
What You Should Know:
- Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Ltd. (SNBL) and Tasso, Inc., a Seattle-based provider of patient-centric blood collection solutions, have announced an agreement to establish a new joint venture (JV) company.
- The JV will focus on the exclusive distribution of Tasso's proprietary on-demand blood collection device in Japan.
Tasso's Innovative Blood Collection Device:
Tasso's self-blood collection device offers several unique features that make
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seca Launches Treatment Tracker: AI-Driven Solution Integrates Body Composition with Treatment Planning
What You Should Know:
- seca, a global leader in medical measuring and weighing launches Treatment Tracker, an innovative data-driven solution that integrates a patient's treatment plan with their body composition results on a single platform.
- The first-of-its-kind technology empowers healthcare providers to monitor clinical interventions, visualize changes, and adjust treatment plans in real-time, ultimately enhancing patient outcomes.
Bridging the Gap Between Body
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Layer Health Raises $21M for AI-Powered Medical Chart Review
What You Should Know:
- Layer Health, a health technology company leveraging advanced AI to transform chart review, raises $21M in Series A funding round led by Define Ventures with participation from other prominent investors.
- The funding will enable Layer Health to scale its AI-powered platform, expand its team, and further its mission to improve healthcare efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance patient outcomes.
AI to Tackle Healthcare's Data Challenge
Founded by veteran AI
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Marit Health Launches Anonymous Salary Sharing Platform to Empower Clinicians
What You Should Know:
- Marit Health has announced the launch of its innovative community-powered, anonymous, and verified salary sharing platform for physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs).
- Developed by physicians and led by former Glassdoor and Transcarent executives, Marit aims to provide clinicians with free and real-time access to comprehensive compensation information, along with details on schedules, shifts, and benefits, empowering them to make more
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The Future of Cardiology: Virtual Group Care for Better Patient Access
We have a problem. Millions of Americans—especially women—are trapped in a healthcare system that cannot see them, hear them, or treat them in time.
Nearly half of U.S. counties don’t have a single cardiologist. That means 22 million people live in a cardiology desert, with no access to a specialist for heart disease—the leading cause of death in women. In many places, a patient with worrisome symptoms may have to wait months for an appointment.
This is more than just a physician shortage
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Taxo Raises $5M to Build Out Autonomous Systems for Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- Taxo, a company focused on transforming healthcare administration with its AI-powered data extraction and reasoning engine secures $5M in seed funding led by Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and Character, with participation from notable angel investors.
- Taxo aims to free up healthcare professionals to focus on patient care, ultimately improving efficiency and reducing costs across the healthcare ecosystem. Taxo will utilize the funding to further develop its
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How 3D Modeling is Transforming Medical Imaging and Diagnosis
In the 21st century, we are fortunate to benefit from perpetual advances in medicine. Researchers continue to discover new procedures and treatments, and those advances often rely on technology. Improvements in hardware, internet speeds, interconnected devices, and artificial intelligence all contribute to higher efficiency, personalization, and accessibility in treatments.
Technologies such as advanced imaging and modeling (AIM), augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR), 3D printers,
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Physician Sentiment on the Rise, AI Adoption Grows, But Challenges Remain
What You Should Know:
- Physicians are expressing a more positive outlook on their profession compared to recent years, with increasing optimism about the role of AI in alleviating administrative burdens, according to athenahealth's fourth annual Physician Sentiment Survey (PSS).
- While concerns about the state of U.S. healthcare persist, the survey reveals a notable improvement in physicians' day-to-day sentiment, and a decrease in the number contemplating leaving
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