What You Should Know:
- Verantos, the global leader in high-validity real-world evidence at scale, has launched its Alzheimer’s Disease Pragmatic Registry.
- This registry offers life sciences organizations rich and reliable data on patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related conditions.
Verantos: Leading High-Validity Real-World Evidence
Verantos is the global leader in high-validity real-world evidence at scale. By applying artificial intelligence to comprehensive patient
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Empara Launches AI Virtual Assistant for Navigating Benefits
What You Should Know:
- Empara, a developer of healthcare technology focused on making healthcare accessible, affordable and seamless, has announced the launch of Em, its customizable AI virtual assistant.
- Em is designed to make the member experience of navigating benefits simpler, more intuitive and personalized, while also increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of service providers and HR teams.
Empara: Innovating Healthcare with Generative AI
Empara is a developer
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Tasso & InnoVero to Supply Anti-Doping Test to 2024 Paris Olympics, Expanded Partnership
What You Should Know:
- InnoVero, a global leader in providing innovative, athlete-centric collection technologies to anti-doping organizations worldwide and Tasso, Inc., the leading provider of patient-centric, clinical grade blood collection solutions, today announced the extension of their partnership that was first initiated in 2021.
- In addition to collaboratively developing new athlete-centric solutions, InnoVero will continue to serve as the exclusive worldwide distributor of Tasso
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CareFirst’s Healthworx Launches New Healthcare Accelerator for Startups
What You Should Know:
- Healthworx, an agile group of healthcare experts, combines investment, strategic partnership, commercialization, and launch pad capabilities. They are introducing a reimagined accelerator for healthcare startups seeking funding and mentorship.
- The Healthworx Accelerator, formerly known as 1501 Health, will equip startups with the necessary tools and knowledge to navigate and grow within complex and entrenched healthcare markets. The program aims to help startups
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HarmonyCares Secures $200M to Expand Access to In-Home Primary Care
What You Should Know:
- HarmonyCares, a provider of value-based in-home longitudinal care, raises $200M to make its integrated, physician-led in-home care model available to more vulnerable patients nationwide.
- The funding round, led by General Catalyst, McKesson Ventures, and a large national payer, underscores the critical need to address the primary care access gap in the United States.
Addressing the Primary Care Gap for Vulnerable Populations
A recent survey
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SAIGroup Acquires Get Well to Power Personalized Care with AI
What You Should Know:
- Enterprise AI investment firm SAIGroup announced today the acquisition of Get Well, a leader in digital patient engagement.
- Get Well currently facilitates over 10 million patient interactions annually across more than 1,000 healthcare organizations. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Aligning with AI Leaders in Healthcare
This acquisition strengthens SAIGroup's presence in the AI-powered healthcare landscape. Get Well joins
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Avesi Partners Closes $1.35B Fund for Healthcare and Business Services Investments
What You Should Know:
- Avesi Partners LLC ("Avesi" or the "Firm"), a private equity firm specializing in healthcare and business services, announced today the successful closing of Avesi Partners Fund II LP ("Fund II") at $1.35 billion.
- Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut with an office in Richmond, Virginia, Avesi Partners focuses on partnering with lower-middle market, privately held, and family-owned businesses. Their primary sectors of interest lie in healthcare
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Digital Health Funding Surges TO $5.7B in Early 2024 Despite Market Jitters, Rock Health Reports
What You Should Know:
- The digital health industry is showing signs of strength despite recent economic uncertainties, according to Rock Health’s latest H1 report.
- U.S. digital health startups raised a significant amount in the first half of 2024 ($5.7B), with the potential to exceed full-year totals from 2019 and 2023. This growth is fueled by strong Series A activity, with a median deal size of $15M, indicating larger investments for early-stage companies.
Here's a breakdown
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Why Precision Medicine Demands a Completely New Type of Database
Precision medicine is revolutionizing healthcare - by optimizing the efficiency and therapeutic benefit for particular groups of patients, especially by using genetic or molecular profiling. This approach enables a range of health disciplines, including disease prediction, prevention and the resulting treatments, diagnostic screening for prenatal and newborns, and screening for rare diseases and cancer types. For life sciences, the ability to peer into high-resolution molecular profiles has
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Teladoc Health Announces Executive Leadership Change
What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health, Inc. has announced a significant change in its executive leadership structure. Laizer Kornwasser, President of Enterprise Growth and Global Markets, has been terminated without cause as part of a reorganization of the company’s executive reporting structure. This change will take effect on July 1, 2024.
- Mr. Kornwasser, who has been with Teladoc since October 24, 2022, will remain with the company in an advisory capacity to the Chief Executive
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