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Artelon Inc., a privately held medical device company raises $20M in Series B funding, led by Vensana Capital with expected additional participation from existing investors. Artelon's Dynamic Matrix technology is a proprietary polymeric bio-textile for musculoskeletal soft tissue reconstruction designed to mimic the natural mechanical and biological properties of healing ligament tissue. It has been proven in clinical studies to protect the surgical repair
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Taps Philips to Reduce Carbon Footprint
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Philips announced a collaboration to reduce the health system’s carbon footprint with a project focused on measuring and addressing energy consumption in the radiology department. Radiology is an especially high contributor to the CO2 emissions responsible for climate change with its heavy energy, equipment, and supply usage. Philips and VUMC will analyze radiology energy consumption data from VUMC’s diagnostic imaging
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German Digital Health Startup Patient21 Secures $108M to Transform Primary Care
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Patient21, a Berlin, Germany-based digital health startup raises has successfully raised €100m ($108M) in Series C funding from investors Pitango, Target Global, Piton Capital, PICO Venture Partners , Bertelsmann Investments, and Artian Investments Limited.Founded in 2019, Patient21 provides mix of brick-and-mortar primary care clinics and a digital health platform for online booking, check-in and insurance.The company plans to use the
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Digital Health Executive Hires & Departures: Ed Marx Departure, Particle Health CEO, Rhapsody CFO, Others
Health IT veteran Ed Marx announces his departure as CEO at Divurgent to launch his advisory company, Marx Advisory focused on helping healthcare executives & organizations achieve objectives and key results.
Particle Health appointed Jason Prestinario as its next CEO, effective today. Troy Bannister, founder and current CEO, will continue with Particle as Chief Strategy Officer, where he will spearhead product innovation.
Rhapsody names Jeff Chiumiento as the company’s new
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Roundups: Tampa General, Henry Ford, PatientsLikeMe, Other Digital Health Partnerships
Tampa General Hospital Teams Up with Navina
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) partners with AI-powered platform Navina to bring its transformative AI the health system's primary care clinicians. Navina's AI takes large amounts of patient data, including information from labs, consult notes, imaging and more to help create a concise picture of a patient's health status that is instantly understandable and actionable. Clinicians using Navina's platform can quickly assess diagnoses and
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HealthSnap Secures $9M for Remote Patient Monitoring Platform
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HealthSnap, a Miami-based remote patient monitoring platform for chronic disease management raises $9M in funding led by Asclepius Growth Capital, an SPV founded by David Jahns, a managing director of Galen Partners, and Steve Cashman, CEO of Caption Health and former CCO of InTouch Health, as well as new strategic investments from current business partners UnityPoint Health and Tampa General Hospital. Existing stockholders Florida Funders and MacDonald Ventures also
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Catalyst by Wellstar Launches $100M Digital Health Venture Fund
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Catalyst by Wellstar, an innovation company and venture firm created by one of the largest health systems in Georgia launches a $100M digital health venture fund to shape the future of healthcare by creating better care and market value.The venture fund aims to make more than 50 direct investments in early-stage digital health startups, Pre-seed to Series A, over the next five years and invest indirectly in 150+ startups through limited partner investments with venture
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Included Health Launches Virtual-to-Home, Care Model
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Included Health announced a new partnership with a national provider of high acuity and complex in-home care, DispatchHealth to launch a new virtual-to-home, care model.Included Health and DispatchHealth will supplement care that begins online with on-demand, in-home support. This augmented offering will activate the home as a setting to treat everything from common to complex injuries, illnesses and disease, and offers great promise when it comes to reducing
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How AI Can Improve the Human Connections of Healthcare
ChatGPT is the latest artificial intelligence (AI) advancement making waves. Nearly every industry is evaluating the advantages and disadvantages associated with incorporating this technology into their processes. In healthcare specifically, ChatGPT’s AI capabilities are far away from true disruption, but there is a sharp lens on its future potential for improving healthcare operations and delivery of care. Looking more broadly, we are at a pivotal moment in time with the AI and machine learning
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LRVHealth Raises $200M Fund V Focused on Care Anywhere
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Today, LRVHealth announced that it raised $200M in its fifth fund to accelerate its track record of driving transformational change in healthcare. In addition, the firm has expanded its team of healthcare operators and insiders to focus on a core investment strategy for this new fund that’s anchored around a central theme: Care Anywhere. The LRVHealth team has partnered with leading entrepreneurs and helped build many of the healthcare industry’s
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