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- Element5, the world’s first Automation-as-a-Service solution purpose-built for post-acute care, today announced that it has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners. With the closing of the Series B funding round, Element5 has raised $48.5M in total capital to date.
- This investment will strengthen Element5’s position and enable the company to continue the disruption of the health care industry’s $400B post-acute
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How the Life Sciences Industry Can Boost Diversity and Inclusion Efforts
Although it is well established that diversity improves outcomes and drives excellence, implementing diversity lags behind in many industries, including life sciences and healthcare.
Diversity is lacking across the entire field, from academic research to clinical work, composition of the workforce, and medical practice. This leads to worse health outcomes and fewer professional opportunities for underserved demographics, such as racial and ethnic minorities, women, and people with
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Hello Heart Raises $70M to Expand Heart Health Solutions
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- Hello Heart, the only digital therapeutics company focused exclusively on heart disease, announced a $70M Series D funding round led by Stripes to support its rapid growth in the employer market
- The funding round will specifically support the increase in employer market demand for Hello Heart’s technology as a focus on heart health sharpens. The company has experienced massive growth in the employer market, doubling the number of clients in the last three
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Withings Health Solutions Launches Enhanced Remote Patient Monitoring Solution
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- Withings Health Solutions unveils its RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) Solution, designed to place the patient experience back at the heart of telehealth. Benefitting both the patient and the provider, Withings RPM solution tackles the challenges that are causing friction for care teams and patients when it comes to long-term medical requirements.
- Led by Antoine Robilard, Withings Health Solutions is delivering a dual approach for patients and providers, by
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Imagene Raises $21.5M to Expand Image-Based Biomarker Detection for Precision Medicine
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- Imagene AI, an emerging leader in the field of AI-based precision medicine for cancer, today announced it raised $21.5 million, comprising $3M in seed funding led by Blumberg Capital and an $18.5M Series A round led by renowned technology-driven cancer medicine investors Larry Ellison, Dr. David Agus, and AI imaging space pioneer Eyal Gura.
- The use of AI-based molecular testing in cancer diagnostics is revolutionizing patient care by offering a new level of
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Rochester Regional Health Taps TytoCare for On-Demand Virtual Visits
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- Rochester Regional Health, an integrated health system serving western New York, the Finger Lakes, and beyond, announced it has selected TytoCare, an all-in-one modular device and examination solution for AI-powered, remote medical exams. On-demand virtual visits via TytoCare are available starting today for Rochester Regional patients.
- The integration of the TytoCare solution into Rochester Regional’s current telehealth appointments enhances the health system’s
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Houston Methodist Taps BioIntelliSense to Advance Remote Care and Clinical Intelligence Solutions
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- Houston Methodist and Colorado-based BioIntelliSense, a continuous health monitoring and clinical intelligence company, today announced a new collaboration to advance remote monitoring and analytics technologies across the healthcare continuum, from in-hospital to at-home.
- BioIntelliSense’s FDA-cleared BioSticker™ and medical-grade BioButton® wearable devices, along with its algorithmic-based data services, enable effortless remote data capture and continuous
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UCSF Health & Tia Partner to Open Flagship Women’s Clinic in SF
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- UCSF Health, and women's healthcare provider Tia announced a partnership to transform women's healthcare in the Bay Area -- while also demonstrating a model for how a traditional health system and an upstart can work together to improve health outcomes and experiences for 51% of the population.
- The flagship Tia Clinic will provide Bay Area women with a first-of-its-kind medical home designed to make every woman feel seen, heard and cared
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Health Tech VC Firm Flare Capital Partners Closes $350M Fund
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- Flare Capital Partners, a Boston-based healthcare technology venture capital firm closes its third fund with $350M, which follows up on its prior two funds raised in July 2019 and the inaugural fund raised in April 2015, respectively.
- The most recent fund, establishes Flare Capital Partners as one of the largest, independent, early-stage venture capital firms dedicated to healthcare technology.
“When we started the firm in 2014, over $4.5 billion was invested
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Inspire Medical Systems Invests in AI Startup EnsoData
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- Inspire Medical Systems has announced its investment in EnsoData, an artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare company helping clinicians uncover disease while patients sleep.
- EnsoData’s technology helps address some of the most intractable problems in healthcare: access and affordability for patients and clinician burnout. By letting doctors and other clinicians use powerful AI to automatically analyze and diagnose diseases while a patient sleeps, EnsoData
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