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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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Smart Eye Will Monitor Driver’s Vital Signs to Enhance Road Safety
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Smart Eye, a developer of Driver Monitoring System (DMS) technology for the automotive industry adds vital signs detection that analyzes multiple physiological signals to remotely monitor heart and respiration rates, enabling detection of sudden illness and prioritizing driver well-being.
By tracking the driver's physiological indicators, this new feature enables the early detection of sudden illnesses or unresponsive behavior while operating a vehicle. This
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Rimidi Enhances Integration with Dexcom, Adds Glycemic Risk Index to Diabetes Platform
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Rimidi, a clinical management platform designed to optimize clinical workflows, enhance patient experiences and achieve quality objectives, is announcing enhancements to its diabetes management platform, including the addition of Glycemic Risk Index (GRI) as an emerging tool for patient and population outcomes management.
The inclusion of CGM data and GRI into Rimidi’s platform and clinical workflows is made possible via an enhanced integration with Dexcom, a
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Medtronic, Allurion Launches AI-Powered Weight Loss Pilot
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Allurion, a company dedicated to ending obesity launches a pilot collaboration agreement with Medtronic to expand access to Allurion’s AI-powered weight loss program through a sales agency agreement in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CEMA) region.The partnership enables Allurion to offer the Allurion Balloon and accelerate utilization of the Allurion Iris Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform in the management of bariatric surgery patients
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DUOS Raises $10M to Empower Older Adults to Live Independently
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DUOS, a digital health company focused on empowering older adults to live independently, announced today an additional $10M in funding led by Primetime Partners, SJF Ventures, and CEOC's Aging Innovation Fund managed by Castellan Group. Founded in 2020, DUOS focuses on older adults' aging needs and maximizes their well-being by connecting them with untapped health plan benefits and building high-trust relationships. The DUOS' System of Aging technology connects
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Workplace Collaboration Linked to Positive Employee Mental Health
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TELUS Health today released its monthly Mental Health Index which revealed that workers who collaborate with others in the workplace have a better mental health score than those who work exclusively independently. The Index also showed that the mental health scores of workers who do not feel supported in their mental health and wellbeing by their employers scored 10 points below the national average.
Collaboration aligns with better mental health
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Medical AI: AccurKardia Secures $2.7M for Clinical Grade ECG Analytics
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AccurKardia, Inc., a New York-based medical AI software company delivering clinical-grade ECG interpretation software to cardiac monitoring companies raises $2.7M in seed funding led by Popular Impact Fund alongside other private investors. AccurKardia combines proprietary AI and non-AI-based techniques to provide near-real-time ECG analytics in the cloud, on device and at the edge
Clinical-grade, device-agnostic, API-accessible ECG analytics.
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