What You Should Know:
- Visory Health, a women-led, patient-first health tech platform, and Kroger, a leading grocery store chain, have joined forces to offer increased access to affordable healthcare for women, families, and underserved communities across the U.S.
- The strategic partnership combines Kroger's extensive reach with Visory Health's mission-driven prescription savings solutions, creating a powerful alliance for positive change.
Visory Health: Championing Affordability for
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Innovaccer and Wolters Kluwer Join Forces to Tame Unstructured Data
What You Should Know:
- The healthcare industry sits on a goldmine of data, yet 97% of it remains unused, according to the World Economic Forum. To unlock the immense potential of this information, digital healthcare leader Innovaccer has joined forces with Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of professional information and software solutions.
- The strategic partnership aims to transform raw data into actionable insights, ultimately improving patient care and driving healthcare
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Kyruus Health Appoints Harshit Shah as Chief Technology Officer
What You Should Know:
- Kyruus Health, a care access platform, announced the appointment of Harshit Shah as Chief Technology Officer.
- In his role as CTO, Shah will oversee the engineering teams, spanning software development, infrastructure, security, and data management — while also helping to define the company’s future technology strategy.
Shah Bio/Background
Harshit Shah, with over 24 years of experience at technology giants like Amazon and Microsoft, as well as healthcare
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1upHealth Appoints Andrea Kowalski as Chief Product Officer
What You Should Know:
- Andrea Kowalski has been appointed as the Chief Product Officer at 1upHealth, the leading FHIR® platform provider for claims and clinical data.
- In her role, Kowalski will lead the company's product strategy, focusing on enhancing 1upHealth's offerings and strengthening its position as a leader in interoperability.
Kowalski Bio/Background
With over 15 years of experience in healthcare technology, Kowalski's background includes serving as SVP of Products for
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CDC Awards Truveta Real-World Data Contract to Study COVID, Maternal Health, Pediatric Care
What You Should Know:
- Truveta, a consortium of 30 health systems united in "Saving Lives with Data," has secured a significant partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- This collaboration will leverage Truveta's vast repository of real-world healthcare data to empower CDC researchers in tackling pressing public health challenges, including COVID-19, maternal health, and pediatric care.
Unprecedented Data Access for COVID-19 Insights
Truveta will
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Invitae Sells Reproductive Health Assets to Natera for Up to $52.5M
What You Should Know:
- Invitae (NYSE: NVTA), a medical genetics company, announced the completion of its sale of certain reproductive health assets, including carrier screening and non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS), to Natera (NASDAQ: NTRA).
- The transaction is valued at up to $52.5M, comprised of cash, milestone payments, and litigation credits.
Streamlining Focus on Oncology and Rare Disease
This strategic move streamlines Invitae's operations and allows them to focus their
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AI Breakthrough for Lung Disease: Thirona’s LungQ Receives FDA Clearance
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- Thirona, a pioneer in AI-powered lung analysis, received a major boost for its cutting-edge technology LungQ™ with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its latest update, v3.0.0.
- This FDA clearance paves the way for American hospitals to now harness the software's advanced capabilities, marking a significant step forward in lung disease diagnosis and treatment.
LungQ 3.0.0: Precision Navigation for Lung Interventions
This latest
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Sano Genetics Secures $11.4M to Turbocharge Precision Medicine Research
What You Should Know:
- Sano Genetics, a software company that is revolutionizing precision medicine research, has secured $11.4M in new funding.
- This latest investment, led by Plural with participation from existing investors MMC Ventures, Episode 1, and Seedcamp, brings the company's total funding to $22M.
Revolutionizing Precision Medicine Research
Founded by a trio of visionary minds - Patrick Short (CEO), Charlotte Guzzo (COO), and William Jones (CTO) - Sano Genetics is
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LifeStance Health Appoints Dr. Ujjwal Ramtekkar as Chief Medical Officer
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- LifeStance Health, a provider of virtual and in-person outpatient mental healthcare, announced today the appointment of Dr. Ujjwal Ramtekkar as its new Chief Medical Officer, effective January 22, 2024.
- Dr. Ramtekkar succeeds Dr. Anisha Patel-Dunn, who is stepping down from the role to spend more time with her family. Dr. Patel-Dunn's contributions to LifeStance have been invaluable since joining in 2019, playing a crucial role in establishing the company's
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Viventium Appoints Navin Gupta as New CEO to Drive Growth in Post-Acute Care HCM
What You Should Know:
- Viventium, a provider of SaaS-based human capital management (HCM) platforms for the post-acute care industry, has announced the appointment of Navin Gupta as its new CEO.
- Gupta brings a wealth of experience in both healthcare and technology, which will be invaluable as Viventium looks to capitalize on the growing demand for its HCM solutions in the post-acute care space.
Gupta Bio/Background
Gupta has spent decades working in the healthcare and technology
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