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Virgin Pulse and Headspace expand their relationship to make it easier for employers and health plans to provide high-quality, affordable mental health resources.Organizations using the Virgin Pulse health and wellbeing platform have access to the full suite of Headspace offerings as part of Virgin Pulse’s partner ecosystem, including behavioral health coaching, therapy, psychiatry, and EAP services. Also, Virgin Pulse will provide Headspace offerings to its
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Abbott & WeightWatchers Launches Type 2 Diabetes Connected App
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During the ADA’s annual scientific sessions in San Diego on Saturday, Abbott and Weight Watchers unveils its new new connected app experience for people living with Type 2 diabetes. The connected app experience, which is available now for people living with Type 2 diabetes, syncs key glucose data from Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 2 continuous glucose monitoring system within the WeightWatchers app, allowing people to learn how food and activity impact their
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Flywheel Secures $54M for Medical AI Imaging Platform
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Flywheel, a Minneapolis-based medical imaging data and AI platform raises $54M in Series D funding, backed by tech giants including NVIDIA, Microsoft, and more.Flywheel helps organizations turn complex imaging data into analysis-ready datasets for accelerated research and AI development. Flywheel offers comprehensive solutions for pharma companies, providers, payers, system integrators, AI developers and academic medical centers to get optimum value out of
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Augmedics Raises $82.5M for Augmented Reality Spine Surgery Platform
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Augmedics, a Chicago-based provider of augmented reality (AR) surgical navigation raises $82.5M in Series D funding led by CPMG and adds Evidity Health Capital as a syndicate partner, with participation from current investors H.I.G. Capital, Revival Healthcare Capital, Almeda Ventures and others.The company’s revolutionary xvision Spine System® allows surgeons to see patients’ anatomy as if they have “x-ray vision” and accurately navigate instruments and
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Eko Health Launches AI-Enhanced Digital Stethoscope
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Eko Health today announced the launch of its next-generation AI-enhanced digital stethoscope, CORE 500™. Engineered to enhance diagnostic accuracy and early disease detection, the CORE 500™ combines artificial intelligence (AI) software, high-fidelity audio experience, full-color display, and 3-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) to deliver an essential patient assessment tool for healthcare professionals (HCPs).
CORE 500 Features
The CORE
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Why Interoperability is Key to Successful Digital Pharma Solutions
We are at an interesting crossroads when it comes to pharma and digital health. Several years after the first iteration of digital patient solutions was initially launched, many pharma companies are taking a step back to strategically evaluate how they have performed in practice and the impact they have had on both patient and business outcomes.
Unfortunately, many platforms that pharma companies have either integrated within existing platforms or built have failed to meet those needs – for
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Abbott, American Diabetes Association Launches Therapeutic Nutrition Program for People with Diabetes
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American Diabetes Association® (ADA) and Abbott announced a collaboration a new collaboration on a pilot therapeutic nutrition program to help people living with Type 2 diabetes.The collaboration aims to understand how diabetes technology like continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems can help people living with diabetes make informed decisions about their food and activity.
Abbott’s $2.6M Grant to Support Diabetes
Abbott is providing a $2.65 million grant
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Shoni Health Ventures Launches Health Tech VC Fund
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Shoni Health Ventures, a new health tech VC fund announces it’s official launch affiliated with ARC Innovation at Sheba Medical Center. The affiliation with Sheba Medical Center gives portfolio companies access to global ecosystem partners, including leading health systems and medical personnel, and more than 25 years of medical data. The fund will invest in early-stage (pre-seed and seed stage) startups and will utilize its unique resources to support entrepreneurs
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AWS Launches $100M Generative AI Center to Accelerate Healthcare, Life Sciences
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Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced an investment of $100M to launch the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, with healthcare and life sciences as a prioritized industry (alongside Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Telco, and others). The AWS Generative AI Innovation Center will connect AWS AI and machine learning (ML) experts with customers around the globe to help them envision, design, and launch new generative AI products, services, and
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UnitedHealthcare Launches Virtual Eyewear Prescription Renewal
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UnitedHealthcare launches a new virtual eyewear prescription renewal option for millions of members enrolled in eligible employer-sponsored vision plans.Millions of UnitedHealthcare Vision members now have the option to virtually renew their prescriptions for contact lenses and glasses at no additional cost, all from the comfort of home or on the go.
UHG Virtual Perscription Renewal Benefits
The capability is designed as an additional option for
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