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- Siemens has acquired Brightly, an asset management software company used by many schools, governments, hospitals and manufacturers around the world for a purchase price of $1.575B.
- The acquisition will add Brightly’s well-established cloud-based capabilities across key sectors – education, public infrastructure, healthcare, and manufacturing – to Siemens’ digital and software know-how in buildings.
Brightly Software Background
Brightly Software is a leader
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Nomad Health Raises $105M to Expand Marketplace Beyond Travel Nurses
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- Nomad Health, a leading digital marketplace for temporary healthcare jobs, today announced the closing of a $105M financing co-led by Adams Street Partners and Icon Ventures. New equity investor HealthQuest Capital committed the largest sum and was joined by existing investors Polaris Partners, .406 Ventures, AlleyCorp, and RRE Ventures, and new debt providers J.P. Morgan and Trinity Capital. This brings Nomad’s total funding to over $200M since its founding in
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Medidata Launches New Clinical Operations Technologies
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- Today, Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, is announcing technology enhancements that address key issues in clinical trial management and oversight.
- These enhancements are to Medidata Detect and Rave CTMS (Clinical Trial Management System), which will improve both data oversight and reporting for sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) in two meaningful ways: how they comprehensively monitor their trial data, and how they
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When It Comes to Digital Health, Experience Is Everything
Thanks to COVID-19 and numerous other factors, the adoption of digital health technologies used by patients in the home has skyrocketed. Accenture reported in 2021, for example, that remote patient monitoring technology adoption tripled among patients. Whether it is streaming video telehealth appointments with a provider, a remote patient monitoring platform, or a prescribed digital therapeutic to manage a chronic condition, the emphasis must be on the patient and caregiver
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AWS & MATTER Launches Incubator for EMEA Healthcare Startups Entering US Market
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) and MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, announced the launched of a new incubation program called AWS Expand.
- The program supports startups entering the US market from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) by providing expert guidance, mentorship, client connections, an extensive network within the healthcare industry, and more.
AWS Expand’s First Cohort of 30 EMA Healthcare Startups
The dual-track program will prepare Europe,
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SteadyMD Acquires BlocHealth to Enhance Clinician Licensing & Credentialing
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- SteadyMD, a B2B telehealth infrastructure provider that powers high-quality telehealth patient experiences for leaders and innovators in healthcare acquires BlocHealth, a clinician licensing, credentialing, and payer enrollment platform. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- With the acquisition of BlocHealth, SteadyMD further improves clinical capacity for the entire online healthcare industry by enhancing its licensing and credentialing
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Turquoise Health Integrates Price Transparency Data with Ribbon Health
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- Ribbon Health, an API data platform for the healthcare industry that powers care decisions, and Turquoise Health, a provider of structured data on the cost of care to make pricing data both transparent and accessible to patients, announced an integration partnership.
- By integrating Turquoise Health's price transparency data into the Ribbon Health platform, healthcare companies will be able to effectively navigate patients to cost-effective and high-quality
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New Hospital-At-Home Study Focuses on Rural Health Deserts
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- Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH), based in Lexington, Ky., will use Biofourmis’ virtual care and AI-based predictive analytics technology to support a new Rural Home Hospital program delivering acute hospital-level care inside patients’ homes--including a clinical trial studying this care model in rural areas.
- ARH joins Blessing Health System—which is also using Biofourmis’ solution—as one of only two U.S. participants
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Sesame Raises $27M to Expand Its National Healthcare Marketplace
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Sesame, the only company proven to lower the price of medical care for American consumers raises $27M in Series B financing to expand its national marketplace of high-quality, ultra-affordable medical care for all Americans, whether they are insured or not.
- The round was led by GV (formerly Google Ventures) with participation from TeleSoft Partners and FMZ Ventures, alongside existing investors General Catalyst, Industry Ventures, Coefficient Capital, Giant
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Walgreens Launches New Clinical Trial Business to Address Access & Diversity
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- Walgreens today announced the launch of its clinical trial business to redefine the patient experience and increase access and retention in sponsor-led drug development research.
- Walgreens flexible clinical trial model combines the company’s vast foundation of patient insights, partner-enabled health and technology capabilities and in-person and virtual care options to break through barriers to engaging broader and more diverse communities.
Patient Recruitment
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