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- Connie Health, a Boston, MA-based tech-enabled consumer Medicare navigation platform helping Americans make more informed health and financial choices has raised $13M in Series A round funding led by Khosla Ventures and Pittango Healthtech.
Unlike employment-based health insurance, where people have two or three options, seniors face hundreds of Medicare choices which are delivered at the individual County
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Leveraging Digital Health to Assist Developing Countries’ Health Systems
Vaccine rollouts are picking up steam and many parts of the world are gradually beginning to relax restrictions and reopen their economies. While this welcome news is cause for celebration, it is crucial for decision-makers in developed countries to understand the reality: for the most part, it is only developed countries that are really moving through this. Less fortunate parts of the world—notably Brazil and India—have practically served these past few months as petri dishes for mutations that
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M&A: Komodo Health Acquires Breakaway Partners to Improve Patient Access
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- Today, Komodo Health announces the acquisition of Breakaway Partners to improve patient access to effective therapies. The acquisition brings together Komodo’s Healthcare Map and software suite with Breakaway Partners’ industry-leading formulary data, policy criteria, and analytics software to create the industry’s first prescription drug access business solution based on a comprehensive, real-time view of real-world outcomes and
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XRHealth, Reducept Offer Patients Virtual Reality Therapy for Pain Management
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- XRHealth, extended reality and therapeutic apps, announced today that they are working with Reducept to expand their offering to patients for virtual reality therapy for pain management. Virtual reality technology provides exercises that train people suffering from chronic pain on how to gain control over pain, potentially reducing the need for medication.
- The XRHealth and Reducept partnership was designed for individuals experiencing ongoing
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Teladoc Health Integrates Solo platform with Microsoft Teams for Health Systems
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- Teladoc Health announced a collaboration with Microsoft in which Teladoc Health’s Solo platform for hospitals and health systems will be integrated into the Microsoft Teams environment to strengthen physician and patient access to best-in-class virtual healthcare.
- The combination of communications and workflows in Microsoft Teams with Teladoc Health’s medical-grade whole-person virtual care delivery solutions will simplify
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Israeli Startup Aidoc Raises $65M for AI-Powered Medical Imaging Platform
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- Aidoc, a Tel Aviv-based provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for medical imaging, announced it has raised $65M in Series C funding led by General Catalyst, bringing its total funding to $140M.
- This Series C round comes on the heels of a surge in demand for Aidoc’s AI-driven solutions, including the largest clinical deployment of AI in healthcare through its partnership with Radiology Partners.
- Founded in 2016, Aidoc’s solutions aid
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Axuall Raises $10.4M to Expand Workforce Intelligent Network for Healthcare
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- Axuall, a Cleveland, OH-based workforce intelligent network that enables healthcare providers to share their authenticated credentials and qualifications in real-time has raised $10.4M in Series A funding led by Flare Capital Partners. The round also included participation from co-investors Intermountain Ventures, University Hospitals Ventures, MedStar Health, Epsilon Health, InHealth Ventures, AV8 Ventures, JumpStart, M25 Ventures, and North Coast Ventures.
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Solve.Care Launches the First Open Global Blockchain Telehealth Network in 20 Countries
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-Solve.Care, the blockchain healthcare platform that is redefining the way healthcare is administered, has announced the launch of the first blockchain enabled tele-consultation network, Global Telehealth Exchange (GTHE), in 20 countries across Europe, Americas, Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Oceania with plans for further global expansion to cover almost all other countries.
- GTHE is a secure, peer-to-peer, decentralized network that facilitates teleconsultation
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Ohio Hospital Selects Hicuity Health for Tele-ICU and Telemetry Services
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- Knox Community Hospital has selected Hicuity Health to provide both tele-ICU and cardiac telemetry services. Hicuity Health is well-positioned to address the hospital’s multiple care needs and enables the facility to expand access to critical care within the community while also supporting Knox clinical staff as they address the around-the-clock challenges of critical care.
- By partnering
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Philips, Cognizant Partner to Develop Digital Health Solutions to Providers, Researchers and Patients
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- Cognizant and Phillips announced a strategic collaboration to develop digital health solutions intended to improve patient care and accelerate the clinical trials process by increasing connectivity across patients, providers and clinical researchers.
- The strategic alliance brings together Philips HealthSuite, a cloud-based platform and Cognizant’s digital engineering expertise
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