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- Medallion, a provider of AI-powered provider network infrastructure, today announced it has raised $43M in new funding led by Acrew Capital, with participation from Washington Harbour Partners and returning investors including Sequoia Capital, GV, and Spark Capital. The funding brings the company’s total raised to $130M, reinforcing its mission to eliminate administrative waste and streamline healthcare operations.
- The company plans to automate thousands of
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Ambience Healthcare Launches Chart Chat, an AI Copilot for Epic EHRs
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- Ambience Healthcare has announced the launch of Chart Chat, an AI copilot designed to integrate directly into Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system.
- Chart Chat is a first-of-its-kind tool that provides healthcare providers with context-aware clinical insights by combining patient chart data with trusted medical content from BMJ Best Practice and open AI technology.
- Chart Chat aims to combat the growing challenge of information overload for
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Teladoc Health Acquires Telecare to Strengthen Australian Presence
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- Teladoc Health announced the acquisition of Telecare, an innovative Australian technology-enabled company specializing in virtual delivery of specialist and allied healthcare. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Under the terms of the acquisition, Telecare will continue to operate under its existing brand name and will be led by its current founders and management team. This approach ensures continuity for Telecare's existing
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Citizen Health Secures $30M to Pioneer AI-Powered Rare Disease Care
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- San Francisco-based Citizen Health, a platform empowering patients with rare and complex conditions, secures $30M in Series A funding led by 8VC, with participation from Transformation Capital and Headline, bringing the company's total funding to $44M since its launch in late 2023.
- The new capital will accelerate the development of the company’s flagship product, a personalized AI Advocate designed to help patients navigate their health journeys.
New
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Cardinal Health to Acquire Solaris Health for $1.9B to Expand Urology Focus
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- US drug distributor Cardinal Health has signed a $1.9B agreement to acquire a majority stake in Solaris Health from Lee Equity Partners. The deal is aimed at expanding the Specialty Alliance, Cardinal Health's multi-specialty management services organization (MSO) platform.
- The acquisition will give Cardinal Health a stake of around 75% in Solaris Health. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of this year, pending customary closing
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Sleep Problems: How No-Contact Sensors Can Help Sleep Health
Sleep problems are getting worse around the world, with one recent scientific paper describing sleep problems as a ‘global epidemic’. Around a third of U.S. adults are not getting enough sleep every week, according to research by the CDC. Part of the blame lies with our device addiction, the report found, along with issues such as hectic modern lifestyles meaning that people do not go to bed at the same time every day. For physicians, understanding and dealing with such
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Better Medicine Raises $7M to Commercialize AI-Powered Radiology Tools
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- Better Medicine, an AI-powered diagnostic startup for radiology, has secured nearly €6M ($6.89M) in total funding. The company recently raised €1M ($1.1M) in a pre-seed funding round led by Soulmates Ventures, with additional participation from Specialist VC, UT Ventures, and several angel investors.
- The funding follows a €2.5M ($2.9M) grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) and other grants, bringing its total funding to €2.25M ($2.6M) in
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Isaac Health Raises $10.5M to Democratize Access to Dementia Care Amid Rising Public Health Crisis
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- Isaac Health, a leading health technology company for brain health and dementia care, announced today a $10.5 million Series A led by Flare Capital Partners, with participation from new investors, Industry Ventures, and Black Opal Ventures.
- Existing investors — Meridian Street Capital, B Capital, and Primetime Partners — also doubled down, with some increasing their stake. This brings the company’s total funding to $16.3 million, enabling it to expand its
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FDA Authorizes ArteraAI Prostate: The First AI-Powered Tool for Prostate Cancer Prognosis
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- Artera, the developer of multimodal artificial intelligence (MMAI)-based prognostic and predictive cancer tests, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted De Novo authorization for ArteraAI Prostate, establishing it as the first and only AI-powered software authorized to prognosticate long-term outcomes for patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer.
- ArteraAI Prostate is now recognized as an FDA-regulated Software as a Medical
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Array Behavioral Care Launches Care Pathways to Standardize Virtual Mental Health Treatment
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- Array Behavioral Care, a virtual behavioral health provider, has introduced its proprietary Care Pathways, a structured framework designed to ensure patients receive timely, clinically appropriate, and tailored treatment.
- The new model is intended to bring consistency, accountability, and personalization to a field that has long struggled with variability in care delivery. Care Pathways also enables measurement-based care across Array’s virtual
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