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- Medtronic announced that its planned New Diabetes Company will be named MiniMed. The name honors the company's roots, reflecting its original name prior to its acquisition by Medtronic in 2001 and its deep, 40-year history of transforming diabetes care worldwide.
The announcement marks a significant step in the intended separation of Medtronic's Diabetes business into a new, independent entity.
Simplify Life with Diabetes
The new MiniMed's mission is to
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Doctors Are Using AI, But Lack of Guidelines and Training Leaves Them Feeling Unprepared, New Survey Finds
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- A new survey of U.S. physicians from Inlightened, a tech-enabled healthcare insights platform, reveals a significant paradox in the adoption of artificial intelligence: while a majority of doctors are already using AI tools in their practice, very few feel prepared to manage the benefits and risks, and most are operating without formal organizational guidelines.
- The findings highlight a critical opportunity for AI innovators and healthcare leaders to better
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GE HealthCare Integrates Advanced Features with MIM Encore Platform
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- GE HealthCare announced the combination of its proprietary features and algorithms with MIM Encore, marking a significant milestone in its mission to deliver precision care through advanced digital solutions. This implementation brings powerful new capabilities to healthcare organizations using GE HealthCare systems alongside MIM Software's state-of-the-art platform.
- The integration is based on a single-platform design developed from user input, aimed at
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Virta Health CEO: GLP-1s Didn’t Kill Weight Watchers, Its Broken Model Did
On the heels of Weight Watchers' recent bankruptcy filing, the conversation around the future of the weight loss industry has intensified. While many point to the rise of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic as the primary disruptor, Sami Inkinen, co-founder and CEO of Virta Health, argues that the real story is more fundamental. He contends that the "eat less, exercise more" model, central to programs like Weight Watchers for decades, was always doomed to fail because it doesn't address the
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Commons Clinic Secures $26M to Launch “Wholebody” Preventative Care Program
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- Commons Clinic today announced a $26M Series B financing, bringing its total funding to over $60M led by RA Capital, with participation from Floating Point, SteelSky Ventures, Time BioVentures, Courtside Ventures, and Commons Clinic physicians.
- The funding supports the launch of Wholebody by Commons Clinic, a multi-specialty suite connecting all of the organization’s advanced preventative care offerings.
Through early detection, tailored prevention,
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Autonomize AI Raises $28M Series A to Scale Agentic AI for Healthcare and Life Sciences
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- Autonomize AI, a pioneer in AI-driven healthcare solutions, today announced that it raised $28 million in a Series A funding, bringing total capital raised to $32 million to date.
- The round was led by Valtruis, The Cigna Group Ventures, Tau Ventures, and other strategic investors. Asset Management Ventures, ATX Venture Partners and Capital Factory are among the company’s existing investors who also participated.
Autonomize AI Secures Funding to Scale
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Lumeris Taps Google Cloud to Address the 2 Billion Hour Gap in Primary Care
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- Lumeris, a leader in healthcare technology and services, and Google Cloud today announced a partnership to improve access to high-quality primary care in the United States by building Lumeris’ Tom™ platform on Google Cloud technology.
- The collaboration targets a growing gap, where annual demand for care exceeds 2.5 billion hours, but less than 500 million hours are available, according to Lumeris estimates.
Lumeris and Google Cloud Redefine Scalable,
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Mayo Clinic Invests in hellocare.ai, Backing Future of Ambient Clinical Intelligence
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- hellocare.ai, an AI-assisted virtual care delivery platform announced it has entered into a collaboration with Mayo Clinic focused on ambient clinical intelligence. The AI company also announced the expansion of its previously announced $47M growth round, welcoming Mayo Clinic as its latest investor.
- The collaboration aims to leverage technology for a more proactive approach to healthcare, with the potential to reduce hospitalizations, decrease the severity
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RadiantGraph Unveils AI Voice Studio to Scale Personalized Member Engagement
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- RadiantGraph, the AI-powered platform for personalized healthcare engagement, has unveiled AI Voice Studio, a new capability in its Intelligent Personalization™ platform.
- The new feature leverages HIPAA-compliant AI voice agents to help health plans and digital health organizations scale their member outreach and engagement efforts efficiently and effectively.
AI Voice Studio Overview
AI Voice Studio integrates seamlessly with RadiantGraph's
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Eli Raises $12M to Launch the Hormometer™, The World’s First Real-Time Hormone Monitor
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- Eli, a health technology company, announced it has raised $12M in Series A funding to scale its vision for real-time hormone monitoring led by BDC Capital’s Thrive Venture Fund, with participation from Muse Capital, TELUS Global Ventures, and other key investors. This brings the company's total funding to $20M.
- The new capital will be used to bring the Hormometer™—the world’s first instant hormone monitoring system—to millions of people, addressing a
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