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- Sempre Health, a San Francisco, CA-based solution for behavior-based healthcare pricing raises $20M in additional funding from three new investors, including Cencora Ventures and Echo Health Ventures. Existing investors including the Blue Venture Fund, UPMC Enterprises and Industry Ventures also participated.
- Sempre will use the latest round of funding to accelerate growth of its two-sided network of pharma manufacturers and health plans, launch products for
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Belong.Life Launches AI Clinical Trial Matching Assistant for Cancer
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- Belong.Life today announced the launch of Tara, a new conversational AI SaaS solution to assist health providers and CROs with cancer clinical trial matching and recruitment.
- Available as a SaaS solution for providers, hospitals, health systems, CROs and other organizations, the technology can be embedded into websites, mobile apps or text messaging platforms to enable easy communication with opt-in patients.
AI SaaS Solution for Cancer Clinical Trial
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AI Algorithm Alerts Therapists to Suicide Risk in Patients
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In light of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Talkspace announced the results of its unique AI algorithm over the last three years of identifying individuals at risk of self-harm or suicide. Using machine learning capabilities, the Talkspace platform can detect language patterns consistent with high-risk behaviors that place individuals at risk for self-harm.The analysis runs real-time on messages sent by patients in their secure and encrypted virtual therapy
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Employers Struggle with Employee Weight Care as GLP-1 Demand Soars
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Found, a medically assisted weight loss program, released its inaugural State of Weight Care Report from a survey representing 500 large employers with a minimum of 5,000 employees each and more than 350 active individual Found members. The 2023 report illuminates what employers and benefits decision-makers need to do to support employees on their healthcare journeys. The survey revealed that nearly all (96%) employers acknowledge weight management is important
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Digital Twins: What Healthcare Organizations Can Learn from Other Industries
Digital twins are helping organizations make more informed decisions. These analytical tools use real-time data to represent a product or process, creating a realistic simulation that can be used to test, monitor, or predict outcomes for its real-world counterpart.
Over the last few years, digital twins of a product (DToP) have grown popular in the manufacturing industry, where creating virtual models and simulating business processes allow manufacturers to better predict
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myTomorrows, Congenica Partner to Advance Precision Oncology by Accelerating Clinical Trial Recruitment
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- Congenica, a digital health company specializing in the provision of software and solutions for genomic data analysis and interpretation, and myTomorrows, a global platform facilitating access to pre-approval treatments and clinical trials, have partnered to expedite access to precision oncology for cancer patients worldwide.
- The strategic partnership between Congenica and myTomorrows will open new opportunities for physicians to search for access to
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Debunking 3 Myths About Virtual Care to Drive Health Equity
Despite positive proof points, the expansion of virtual care and remote patient engagement strategies - including RPM - continues to be hampered by misconceptions among potential users and misalignment of financial incentives among providers and payers.
It’s time to take a look at some of the myths holding back the adoption of virtual care and remote patient engagement tools and limiting progress toward achieving the interconnected goals of the Quintuple Aim.
If there’s a silver
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Notable Launches ChatGPT-Like Assistant for Patients
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Notable, the leading automation platform for patient engagement and staff workflows, launched Notable Assistant, a first-of-its-kind patient assistant designed to expand access to healthcare information and services using large language models (LLMs) and conversational AI.Built on the rich data at the heart of the Notable platform, Patient AI, Notable Assistant introduces an accessible experience, in which every patient has a personal guide navigating them through
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Bold Secures $17M to Expand Healthy Aging Platform with Medicare Plans
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Bold, a Los Angeles-based healthy aging platform raises $17M in Series A funding led by Rethink Impact, with participation from Samsung Next and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health, Khosla Ventures, GingerBread Capital, and Primetime Partners. The latest funding, bringing its total amount raised to $27M. The company plans to utilize the capital to support Bold's continued expansion with national and regional Medicare plans and provider
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Adventist Health Taps Luna to Improve In-Home Physical Therapy Access Across LA
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Luna, the leading provider of in-home, in-person physical therapy, and Adventist Health Simi Valley, a nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast, have today announced a partnership to improve access to in-home, in-person outpatient physical therapy across the greater Los Angeles area.Luna will provide Adventist Health with a seamless, coordinated solution for patients that improve access to outpatient physical therapy,
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