We are living in a mental health epidemic. An estimated 26 percent of Americans ages 18 and older – about one in four adults – suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Among mental disorders, cases of PTSD are on the rise. Roughly five percent of American adults suffer from PTSD in any given year and more than 13 million Americans reported PTSD in 2020 – most of whom are women. Standard PTSD treatments most often come in the form of pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy and include
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Butterfly Network, Forest Neurotech Ink $20M Agreement to Develop Brain Implantable Powered By Ultrasound Chip
What You Should Know:
- Butterfly Network, a digital health provider of chip-powered handheld ultrasound technology, and Forest Neurotech, a tech research company has signed a $20M five-year agreement to develop a first-of-its-kind, minimally invasive implantable for imaging and stimulating the brain with ultrasound, powered by Butterfly’s chip technology.
- Forest Neurotech is backed by
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Talkspace Appoints New Chief Medical Officer
What You Should Know:
- Talkspace, an online behavioral health company, announced the appointment of Nikole Benders-Hadi, MD, as Chief Medical Officer.
- As CMO, Dr. Benders-Hadi will lead Talkspace's clinical practice, partnering with providers to deliver the highest quality digital mental health care as Talkspace continues to grow and scale.
- She will be pivotal in elevating the company's clinical offering, including leveraging clinical data and technology to deliver better patient
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Missouri Hospital Taps RapidAI to Enhance Rural Stroke Care
What You Should Know:
- Texas County Memorial Hospital, a hospital in rural Missouri has selected RapidAI to deploy its core stroke imaging and workflow products.
- As a Level III stroke center, TCMH’s closest Level I facility is over 90 miles away, posing a significant barrier to timely treatment for stroke patients in the community.
- With Rapid’s technology, TCMH will now be able to analyze high-res CT scans in real-time, detect suspected ICH and LVO more effectively and make
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RadiantGraph Launches with $5M to Bring AI Personalization to Health Plans
What You Should Know:
- RadiantGraph, a platform using machine learning and artificial intelligence to drive consumer engagement for health plans, today announced its launch today after raising $5 million in Seed funding in a round led by True Ventures and XYZ Ventures, with participation from Remus Capital.
- The company plans to use the funding to accelerate growth, which includes partnering with new healthcare organizations and advancing their enterprise health and
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Israel Defense Forces to Utilize UltraSight’s PoCUS Devices in Combat
What You Should Know:
- UltraSight – an AI-powered micro-ultrasound company that is revolutionizing cardiac sonography to enable more accurate and timely clinical decisions – is now offering its services to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The device has FDA clearance and is now available in Israel, the UK, and the US.
- Many of the IDF soldiers will now have an ultrasound in their pocket. The PoCUS devices – powered by UltraSight’s software - deliver
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OrbiMed Secures $4.3B to Invest in Healthcare Startups Globally
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- OrbiMed, a global healthcare investment firm raises $4.3B in commitments across its four investment funds: OrbiMed Private Investments IX, OrbiMed Asia Partners V and OrbiMed Royalty & Credit Opportunities IV.
- The $4.3B will be used to invest globally, from the seed stage for start-ups incubated by OrbiMed through growth capital opportunities. Investors in these new funds include a broad range of medical institutions, university endowments, foundations,
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AI Model Finds 55% of Commercially Insured Women Unlikely to Get a Mammogram
What You Should Know:
- Cedar Gate Technologies’ advanced AI analytics platform has identified that 55% of commercially insured women are unlikely to get a mammogram. Leveraging this proprietary AI, Cedar Gate evaluated nearly 2.4 million women in its national healthcare benchmark database.
- The model surfaces a probability score for whether or not a woman is likely to get a mammogram based
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Prolucent Secures $4M for Healthcare Workforce Optimization
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- Dallas-based Prolucent, a healthcare workforce optimization company announced it has secured $4M in funding by A1 Health Ventures. Joe Greskoviak, former CEO of Press Ganey and Managing Director of A1 Health Ventures, has joined Prolucent’s Board of Directors.
- The new capital will fuel Prolucent’s continued product innovation to help healthcare providers nationwide gain control of labor costs, build a better-balanced workforce, and meet the demands of a
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3 in 4 Patients Don’t Trust AI in Healthcare Setting
What You Should Know:
Carta Healthcare®, a company whose mission is to improve patient care by harnessing the value of clinical data, today announced the results of a survey measuring American perception and trust of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare.Propeller Insights conducted an online survey of 1,027 U.S. consumers between August 18 and August 29, 2023.
Evolving Public Perception of the Role of AI in Healthcare – Key Insights
The survey finds that on average,
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