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- Talkspace, an online behavioral health company, announced the appointment of Nikole Benders-Hadi, MD, as Chief Medical Officer.
- As CMO, Dr. Benders-Hadi will lead Talkspace's clinical practice, partnering with providers to deliver the highest quality digital mental health care as Talkspace continues to grow and scale.
- She will be pivotal in elevating the company's clinical offering, including leveraging clinical data and technology to deliver better patient
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Missouri Hospital Taps RapidAI to Enhance Rural Stroke Care
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- Texas County Memorial Hospital, a hospital in rural Missouri has selected RapidAI to deploy its core stroke imaging and workflow products.
- As a Level III stroke center, TCMH’s closest Level I facility is over 90 miles away, posing a significant barrier to timely treatment for stroke patients in the community.
- With Rapid’s technology, TCMH will now be able to analyze high-res CT scans in real-time, detect suspected ICH and LVO more effectively and make
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RadiantGraph Launches with $5M to Bring AI Personalization to Health Plans
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- RadiantGraph, a platform using machine learning and artificial intelligence to drive consumer engagement for health plans, today announced its launch today after raising $5 million in Seed funding in a round led by True Ventures and XYZ Ventures, with participation from Remus Capital.
- The company plans to use the funding to accelerate growth, which includes partnering with new healthcare organizations and advancing their enterprise health and
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Israel Defense Forces to Utilize UltraSight’s PoCUS Devices in Combat
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- UltraSight – an AI-powered micro-ultrasound company that is revolutionizing cardiac sonography to enable more accurate and timely clinical decisions – is now offering its services to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The device has FDA clearance and is now available in Israel, the UK, and the US.
- Many of the IDF soldiers will now have an ultrasound in their pocket. The PoCUS devices – powered by UltraSight’s software - deliver
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OrbiMed Secures $4.3B to Invest in Healthcare Startups Globally
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- OrbiMed, a global healthcare investment firm raises $4.3B in commitments across its four investment funds: OrbiMed Private Investments IX, OrbiMed Asia Partners V and OrbiMed Royalty & Credit Opportunities IV.
- The $4.3B will be used to invest globally, from the seed stage for start-ups incubated by OrbiMed through growth capital opportunities. Investors in these new funds include a broad range of medical institutions, university endowments, foundations,
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AI Model Finds 55% of Commercially Insured Women Unlikely to Get a Mammogram
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- Cedar Gate Technologies’ advanced AI analytics platform has identified that 55% of commercially insured women are unlikely to get a mammogram. Leveraging this proprietary AI, Cedar Gate evaluated nearly 2.4 million women in its national healthcare benchmark database.
- The model surfaces a probability score for whether or not a woman is likely to get a mammogram based
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Prolucent Secures $4M for Healthcare Workforce Optimization
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- Dallas-based Prolucent, a healthcare workforce optimization company announced it has secured $4M in funding by A1 Health Ventures. Joe Greskoviak, former CEO of Press Ganey and Managing Director of A1 Health Ventures, has joined Prolucent’s Board of Directors.
- The new capital will fuel Prolucent’s continued product innovation to help healthcare providers nationwide gain control of labor costs, build a better-balanced workforce, and meet the demands of a
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3 in 4 Patients Don’t Trust AI in Healthcare Setting
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Carta Healthcare®, a company whose mission is to improve patient care by harnessing the value of clinical data, today announced the results of a survey measuring American perception and trust of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare.Propeller Insights conducted an online survey of 1,027 U.S. consumers between August 18 and August 29, 2023.
Evolving Public Perception of the Role of AI in Healthcare – Key Insights
The survey finds that on average,
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WebMD’s Provider Growth Arm Stepping Up Data Privacy
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- Today, WebMD Ignite, a full-service growth partner for organizations across the healthcare industry, announced a strategic partnership with Freshpaint, a healthcare privacy platform that allows healthcare providers to continue doing high-performance marketing while protecting patient privacy.
- The partnership promotes compliance for hospitals, health systems, and health plans through a privacy-first approach to using Google Analytics, Google Ads, Facebook
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AI-Massage Powered by Robotics: Redefining Healthcare and Wellness
In an era where technological breakthroughs reshape traditional industries, the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics delivers extraordinary transformations in healthcare and wellness. The emergence of AI-driven robotic massage devices is not only revolutionizing the quintessential relaxation experience but also poised to redefine the fundamental dynamics of healthcare practices.
In 2022, the global market for artificial intelligence in healthcare was around $15.1
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