What You Should Know:
- The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced the formation of a powerful AI Advisory Group and an in-house AI residency program, both focused on building predictive models of healthy and diseased cells – a key step towards creating virtual cell models.
AI Advisory Group Background & Members
CZI's newly established AI Advisory Group will provide invaluable guidance and cross-disciplinary insights to CZI and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network to push the
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PocketHealth Secures $33M to Expand Medical Image Exchange Platform
What You Should Know:
- PocketHealth, a Toronto, CA-based patient-centric platform for medical image exchange raises $33M USD ($45 million CAD) in Series B funding led by Round13 Capital with participation from Deloitte Ventures, Samsung Next.
- PocketHealth plans to use the latest round of funding to develop its secure platform, streamlining image exchange between patients, providers, and any healthcare facility. In addition, PocketHealth plans to double its workforce and significantly
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Phreesia Appoints Jack Callahan as Chief Technology Officer
What You Should Know:
- Phreesia, a provider of patient intake, outreach and activation appoints Jack Callahan as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer.
- As Chief Technology Officer, Callahan will oversee Phreesia’s core and integration platforms and is responsible for the company’s Patient Intake, Data Center Operations, Site Reliability Engineering and Analytics teams.
Callahan Bio/Background
Callahan previously served as Phreesia’s Vice President of Engineering and has been
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Femtech: New Prenatal Genetic Test Predicts Baby’s Traits as Early as 10 Weeks
What You Should Know:
- BillionToOne (BTO), a company dedicated to accessible and accurate genetic testing, has launched BabyPeek, a first-of-its-kind prenatal test uses advanced technology to predict a baby's non-medical traits as early as 10 weeks.
- BabyPeek is designed to bring a touch of lighthearted joy to your pregnancy journey and complements the essential UNITY test, which screens for chromosomal abnormalities and recessive genetic conditions.
Peek at Your Baby's
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Google & Apollo Fight TB, Lung & Breast Cancer in India with 3 Million Free AI Screenings
What You Should Know:
- Google Health and Apollo Radiology International are joining forces to tackle some of the country's biggest health challenges – tuberculosis (TB), lung cancer, and breast cancer – using AI-powered screening technology.
- Over the next decade, Apollo will leverage AI models to provide 3 million free screenings for TB, lung cancer, and breast cancer. The initiative has the potential to save countless lives and improve healthcare outcomes for millions of Indians.
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Abridge & NVIDIA Partner to Supercharge AI-powered Clinical Documentation
What You Should Know:
- Abridge, a leader in generative AI for healthcare documentation forms a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to leverage NVIDIA's cutting-edge technology and expertise to significantly improve clinician workflows and patient care through AI-powered solutions.
- Abridge also secured an investment from NVentures, NVIDIA's venture capital arm, further solidifying their commitment to revolutionizing healthcare documentation
Unearthing a Sea of Lost
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Artera Expands Automated Referral Outreach to Stop Referral Leakage
What You Should Know:
- Artera, a leading SaaS digital health provider, enhances its Artera Harmony platform with premium capabilities through Artera Referrals. This expansion aims to assist healthcare providers in optimizing referral communications, boosting patient outreach, engagement, and loyalty.
- Addressing the challenge of incomplete patient referrals and the priority to retain patients within networks, Artera Referrals offers a timely solution for healthcare
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Leveraging the AI Opportunity for Healthcare Unstructured Data
Unstructured data – such as medical images, scans and lab reports – opens the door to a wide range of exciting new possibilities in the world of healthcare. By deriving insights from unstructured data, healthcare organizations can deliver better patient care, as well as unlock powerful capabilities – like using AI models to streamline medical note-taking, reshape hospital billing and improve medical coding.
To do these things, however, you need to be able to track and access all your
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Ultrahuman Scores $35M to Expand Smart Ring for AI-Powered Health Tracking
What You Should Know:
- Ultrahuman, a pioneer in wearable health technology raises $35M in Series B funding led by prominent like Blume Ventures and Steadview Capital.
- Ultrahuman is set to achieve a significant milestone by the end of 2024 – surpassing $100M in annualized revenue run rate (ARR) while remaining profitable.
Building a Multi-Device Health Ecosystem
Ultrahuman: A Multi-Device Ecosystem for Holistic Health
Ultrahuman stands out as a leader in the health-tech
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Google Health Unveils Generative AI Progress at Check Up 2024
What You Should Know:
- Google Health recently hosted its annual event, The Check Up, showcasing significant progress in applying generative AI to revolutionize healthcare.
- These advancements aim to improve personalized care, radiology workflows, information accessibility, and ultimately, empower individuals to take charge of their health.
Advancements in Generative AI for Personalized Care, Radiology, and Information Access
Here's a breakdown of six key takeaways from Google
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