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- Israeli medical device start-up Olive Diagnostics, which uses an optical sensor and AI-powered device to perform 100% passive real-time urine analysis, is extending its seed funding round to $7.3 million, after raising an additional $1.5 million from existing investors and private investors.
- The investors in the pre-seed stage include Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare Services, Mayo Clinic, eHealth Ventures, Amgen Ventures, The Israel Innovation
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Withings Unveils New Body Comp Smart Scale & Health+ Service
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- Withings is reimagining the use of smart scales and home health optimization with the introduction of Body Comp, a complete body assessment scale measuring multiple biomarkers typically only assessed in a professional clinical setting, and Health+ an enhanced service providing detailed health analysis and tools to help people improve their health by building a health routine.
- Bundled together, Body Comp and 12-month access to Health+ will be available from October
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Luna Unveils Value-Based Savings Orthopedic Program
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- Luna, the leading in-home physical therapy (PT) platform, today announces the launch of a value-based savings program for orthopedic practices to reduce post-acute care costs by 55-70%.
- Top orthopedic groups are turning to Luna to reduce costs and deliver this innovative, in-person form of care, including Hoag (Orange County), Resurgens Orthopaedics (Atlanta), and dozens of others.
Using At-Home PT Services To Reduce the Cost of Orthopedic
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Femtech – Changing Dynamics of Women’s Healthcare
Femtech a term coined by Danish entrepreneur Ida Tin in 2016 has become a revolutionary moment for women across the globe. Femtech as the term suggests focuses on using technology to solve health issues in females. Although women are the primary caregivers of families, they themselves are at the receiving end of not getting treated for the ailments they suffer. This is owing to multiple reasons that range from socio-economic conditions, lack of awareness regarding health issues and less or no
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Viz.ai Receives Clearance for New Algorithm for Pulmonary Embolism
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- Viz.ai, a provider of AI-powered disease detection and intelligent care coordination, today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for an automated RV/LV ratio algorithm, a seamless new component of the Viz PE Solution (launched in November 2021).
- The algorithm is designed to quickly and accurately measure the diameter of the heart's ventricles to provide the ratio of the maximum right ventricle (RV) diameter versus that
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Solve.Care Unveils Web3.0 Development for Healthcare
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- Solve.Care, the healthcare blockchain platform company, has announced their Care.Labs Wallet, the revolutionary Web3.0 development which is set to revitalize the healthcare industry.
- This is the most compelling, accessible and user-friendly blockchain use case in the transformation of healthcare across the globe, with practitioners and institutions authoring their Care.Networks from Korea to the USA
Causing Breakthroughs in Medicine Using
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Rimidi and Boston Medical Release Metrics from Postpartum Hypertension RPM Program
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- Rimidi, a leading clinical management platform designed to optimize clinical workflows, enhance patient experiences and achieve quality objectives, and Boston Medical Center, a private, not-for-profit academic medical center in New England, recently released metrics from an ongoing remote patient monitoring program for new moms at high-risk of postpartum hypertension.
- Of the 1,000 patients monitored, 98.7% submitted at least one blood pressure measurement,
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How AI and Automation Will Solve America’s Healthcare Administration Crisis
As the existential crisis facing American healthcare reaches a fever pitch, here's how executives can use automation to build resiliency
The American healthcare system is in crisis. There are a huge number of tasks to be completed, and not enough people to do them. Costs are rising, and health systems are finding themselves facing difficult choices.
An enormous amount of time, money, and resources are being devoted to paper shuffling that would be better spent elsewhere. Healthcare
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Infermedica Partners with Conversational AI Platform Hyro to Support Patient Triage
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- Infermedica – a leading digital health company specializing in AI-powered solutions for symptom analysis and patient triage – today announced a partnership with Hyro, a leader in plug-and-play conversational AI.
- The partnership will enable healthcare organizations to support patients at the digital front door by utilizing Infermedica’s Medical Guidance Platform and early symptom assessment technology and Hyro’s industry-leading natural language
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AWS Names 10 Startups for 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator Cohort
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- AWS names the ten digital health startups selected for its AWS Healthcare Accelerator cohort, focused on health equity.
- With the aim of reducing health disparities, these startups are increasing access to health services, addressing social determinants of health, and leveraging data to promote equitable and inclusive systems of care.
2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator Program Details
Over the course of the four-week program, these 10 startups will receive
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