Our brain is an extraordinary organ. This three-pound structure is the central processing unit of our universe that controls intelligence, sense, movement, behavior and much more. When healthy, we take it for granted, and when diseased we carry a substantial burden.
Astonishingly, the burden of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias is growing rapidly with an aging population. The economic and health burden is expected to reach nearly $1 trillion by 2050. This is a massive
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AI Can Eliminate Surprise Bills, Improve Payment Integrity
Anyone who receives a hospital, medical imaging, or outpatient surgery bill is usually surprised at the cost.
No matter the cost, how do they know the bill is correct? They don’t.
Incorrect medical bills have become so prevalent that organizations have started applying technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to reduce drastically high healthcare costs.
Consider what organizations as diverse as the Office of the Inspector General, Harvard
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M&A: Florence Acquires Virtual Care Solution Zipnosis
What You Should Know:
Florence, an innovator in healthcare enablement software, announced today its acquisition of Zipnosis, an asynchronous-first virtual care solution that creates efficiency for clinicians while making quality care more accessible and affordable for patients. Through this acquisition, Florence will broaden its product offerings with synchronous and asynchronous virtual care and further their mission to create a consumer-centric interface that
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Why AI-Driven Cancer Screening Will Soon Become Standard of Care
Healthcare delivery is undergoing a dramatic transformation as AI technologies begin to take hold in the care setting. The technology is revolutionizing radiology, particularly in ED triage, early disease detection, and now in cancer imaging and reporting. These fields are particularly suited to improvements using AI, given their antiquated workflows and resistance to change over the decades. But how – specifically – is AI transforming this industry for good?
Using AI for advanced
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Artelon Secures $20M to Advance Surgical Treatment of Joint Instability
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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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