What You Should Know:
- Incorrect data in health plan physician directories is a pervasive problem, according to new research conducted by researchers at University of Colorado and HiLabs.
- The study, published in BMC Health Services Research, leverages HiLabs AI algorithms to compare data for >40% of US physicians across five large health plan directories.
Key Findings:
Limited variation in data quality between insurers suggests the issue goes beyond individual
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Thyme Care Secures $95M to Expand Value-Based Cancer Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- Thyme Care, a leading value-based cancer care enabler raises $95M in funding capital led by Concord Health Partners, with participation from existing investors including CVS Health® Ventures, Town Hall Ventures, a16z Bio + Health, AlleyCorp, Echo Health Ventures, Foresite Capital, and new investor SignalFire. The funding brings Thyme Care's total funding to $178M.
- Thyme Care is a value-based cancer care enabler focused on improving patient outcomes and
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Freshpaint Raises $30.7M to Expand Healthcare Privacy Platform
What You Should Know:
- Freshpaint, a San Francisco-based Healthcare Privacy Platform raises $30.7M in Series B funding led by Threshold, with participation from SignalFire, Intel Capital, Y Combinator, Zero Prime, and additional investors. This brings Freshpaint’s total funding to $41.8M.
- Freshpaint is transforming how healthcare organizations approach marketing by enabling them to leverage the full potential of digital advertising tools while strictly adhering to privacy
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Olympics 2024 Anti-Doping: Why Innovation in Testing Is Key
As we approach the 2024 Summer Olympics, ensuring a clean game is a major priority for the International Olympic Committee. More than 1,000 people will be involved in various anti-doping testing stages, including chaperones, sample collection personnel, and dedicated anti-doping control spaces at each competition venue. The goal is to maintain fair competition so we can all trust that those Olympians who earn their podium moment did so without any artificial enhancement. Unfortunately, the
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Bon Secours Mercy Health to Deploy Philips’ Patient Monitoring Platform Across Enterprise
What You Should Know:
- Philips, a global leader in health technology, and Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH), a prominent Catholic health system, today announced a strategic multi-year collaboration focused on improving patient monitoring.
- By integrating Philips' cutting-edge patient monitoring platform into its system, BSMH will standardize care across its 49 hospitals. This platform offers a comprehensive view of patient data, enabling clinicians to make more informed
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Viome Launches the First Personalized Toothpaste that Supports Whole-Body Health Using Biotic Data & AI
What You Should Know:
- Viome, a leading provider of personalized microbiome health products and solutions, today unveiled its pioneering VRx MyBiotics Toothpaste & Gel to complete its Oral Health Solution system, setting a new standard for daily oral care and support overall health.
- This innovative product utilizes the unprecedented oral health insights from the Oral Health Intelligence™ Test (also available with Full Body Intelligence™) to create a personalized toothpaste formula
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COTA, Texas Oncology Partner to Advance AI-Enabled Precision Medicine
What You Should Know:
- COTA, Inc., in collaboration with Texas Oncology’s Precision Health Informatics, LLC (PHI), announces an innovative collaboration aimed at revolutionizing precision medicine across Texas Oncology’s community cancer centers.
- Leveraging COTA’s AI-powered curation engine, CAILIN™, this collaboration will transform fragmented healthcare data into actionable insights.
Enhancing Cancer Care with AI and Real-World Data
Electronic health records
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Crossing the Digital Divide to Serve Medicaid Populations
A discussion of technology and the Medicaid population inevitably raises the topic of the digital divide — that is, the gap between people who have access to modern information and communications technology (ICTs) and those who don't.
“We can’t deliver internet-dependent solutions to Medicaid enrollees because they don’t have access to the internet.” Or so the argument goes.
But this is an outdated and manifestly untrue statement that relies on a very limited definition of
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RLDatix Acquires Digital Care Management Platform Carebeans
What You Should Know:
- RLDatix, a global leader in connected healthcare operations software and services, has announced the acquisition of Carebeans, a UK-based provider of digital care planning and management software.
- The acquisition strengthens RLDatix’s position as a comprehensive solution for healthcare organizations, addressing critical compliance, risk, governance, and workforce management needs.
Addressing Industry Challenges
The acquisition comes at a time
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Huma Secures $80M, Launches ‘Shopify Style’ GenAI Platform
What You Should Know:
- Huma Therapeutics Limited, a leading global healthcare AI company, today announced the closing of its Series D funding round, securing over $80M to fuel the launch of its revolutionary Huma Cloud Platform.
- The Huma Cloud Platform is a first-of-its-kind GenAI-powered ‘Shopify-like’ experience for the digital health ecosystem to design, build and launch innovations quickly. The platform is built on a robust global regulatory foundation and aims to
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