While in recent years healthcare has made significant strides toward optimizing the customer experience, the industry is now at an inflection point with the adoption of generative AI (GenAI). With its highly trained and expensive talent and mountains of unstructured data, healthcare is uniquely suited to leverage GenAI to drive productivity and an improved consumer and employee experience. In fact, according to McKinsey, healthcare companies could unlock up to $1 trillion in value by
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Medidata Launches Patient Payments: Streamlining Clinical Trial Reimbursements
What You Should Know:
- Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes brand and leading provider of clinical trial solutions to the life sciences industry, today announced the launch of Medidata Patient Payments, a new solution that streamlines trial-related stipends and reimbursements for patients participating in clinical research.
- This offering automates the payment lifecycle and addresses the longstanding challenge of compensating participants for their time, effort, and study-related expenses,
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How Next-Gen Sleep Monitoring Can Help Children and Adolescents Achieve Academic Success
It’s no secret that sleep is crucial for children's health and academic performance. A good night's rest enhances cognitive functions like memory and problem-solving, which are vital for learning and test performance. Aside from academic performance, adequate sleep promotes a myriad of different physical and emotional benefits, including stress management, a more positive outlook on life, proper growth, immune function, and much more.
Despite the endless benefits, some students
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Mission Bio Launches First-of-its-kind Single-cell Genome Integrity Solution
What You Should Know:
Mission Bio, a leader in single-cell multiomics solutions for precision medicine, today announced the launch of its Tapestri® Genome Integrity CNV Solution. This new product is the only single-cell high-throughput solution for measuring genome-wide copy number variants (CNVs) on the market and is designed to fulfill important needs in the critical areas of therapeutic development oncology research.
Advancing Genomic Integrity Analysis with Mission Bio’s Tapestri
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Mount Sinai and Noom Partner to Deliver Holistic Weight Loss Support
What You Should Know:
- Mount Sinai Health System, a leading U.S. healthcare provider, and Noom, a pioneer in digital health and chronic disease prevention, have joined forces to offer patients a comprehensive approach to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.
- The partnership aims to bridge the gap between doctor visits by providing patients with continuous digital support for behavior change while keeping their physicians informed of their progress.
Addressing the
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Qure.ai Raises $65M to Expand Healthcare AI Solutions Globally
What You Should Know:
- Qure.ai, a prominent global innovator in healthcare AI, has successfully closed a $65M in Series D funding round led by Lightspeed and 360 ONE Asset, with contributions from Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and Kae Capital. The round also included participation from existing investors, including Novo Holdings, HealthQuad, and TeamFund.
- This substantial investment will accelerate the company's expansion into the US market and other regions, boost
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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly When Leveraging AI in Healthcare
Much has been discussed about artificial intelligence (AI) and the impressive proliferation of Generative AI (GenAI) over the last several months. It is staggering. As I think about the potential changes and impacts of leveraging AI and GenAI within a healthcare organization, I can’t help but think about the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Good: Ambient AI
There are many positive examples so far, where AI can improve healthcare, but one stands out for me: ambient AI technology. It’s a
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Pomelo Care Acquires The Doula Network to Offer Virtual & In-Person Care
What You Should Know:
- Pomelo Care, a provider of evidence-based maternity care, has acquired The Doula Network, the largest network of credentialed, in-network doulas in the United States.
- The acquisition expands Pomelo's reach to over 15 million covered lives, including more than 1 in 6 Medicaid beneficiaries nationally. By integrating doula care into its evidence-based, hybrid care model, Pomelo is expanding access to high-quality care, improving outcomes for mothers
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Beyond FHIR: AI’s Potential to Revolutionize Healthcare Data Insights
For decades, one of the most daunting tasks in healthcare has been managing and making sense of the vast amounts of data generated annually. From patient and outcomes data to billing and scheduling data, the list goes on and on.
The predominant challenge lies not just in quantity but like this data: much if not most of it is unstructured, i.e., data that isn’t predefined and searchable on a table, such as text messages, images, videos, audio files, and emails.
Historically, healthcare
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Everise Acquires CGS Healthcare Vertical, Expands US Footprint and Service Offerings
What You Should Know:
- Everise, a global leader in healthcare customer experience (CX), today announced its acquisition of Continuum Global Solutions' (CGS) healthcare vertical from Skyview Capital.
- Everise's acquisition of CGS's healthcare vertical is a strategic move that will significantly enhance its capabilities in the healthcare CX space.
Expanded Footprint and Service Offerings
The acquisition will significantly expand the combined entity's customer base
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