What You Should Know:
- This week, Amazon announced the launch of its new Symptom Checker for Alexa devices and provide a list of possible medical conditions for common ailments like fever, rash, stomachache, runny nose, and headaches to help you make better-informed decisions about your health.
- This symptom checker experience was inspired by the COVID-19 self-checker feature that Alexa teams was launched in March 2020.
Alexa, Check My Symptoms
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Flume Health Secures $30M for Health Plan Administration Platform
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- Flume Health, an NYC-based Health-Plan-as-a-Service platform announced today a $30M round of Series A funding led by Optum Ventures with participation from Cigna Ventures is participating, bringing its total raise to date at $40M.
- Flume gives all U.S. health insurers the option to build personalized healthcare plans–what Stripe or Plaid did for digital banking is what Flume is doing for digital health.
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Black Female Co-founders CancerIQ Raises $14M to Improve Cancer Early Detection and Prevention
What You Should Know:
- CancerIQ, a Chicago-based platform powering early cancer detection and prevention across broad patient populations, announced today it closed a $14M Series B financing round.
- The Series B round was co-led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI) and Amgen Ventures with participation from McKesson Ventures, OSF Ventures (the investment arm of OSF HealthCare, a current CancerIQ customer), and HealthX Ventures.
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Lynx Launches with $17.5M for API-Connected Healthcare Payments
What You Should Know:
- Lynx, a Boston-based API-connected healthcare payments, banking, and e-commerce platform announced today that it has emerged from stealth with $17.5M in equity financing led by Obvious Ventures and .406 Ventures with participation from Frist Cressey Ventures. Other investors include Winter Street Ventures (an investment subsidiary of Commonwealth Care Alliance), Shields Capital, and Huntington Avenue Ventures.
- Lynx’s goal is to introduce modern fintech to
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DarioHealth Forms $30M Strategic Agreement with Sanofi U.S.
What You Should Know:
- DarioHealth Corp., a provider of global digital therapeutics (DTx), announced it has entered into a $30M multi-year, strategic agreement with Sanofi U.S., an innovative global healthcare company. The multi-year, $30 million-dollar agreement will help accelerate commercial adoption of Dario's full suite of digital therapeutics and drive the expansion of digital health solutions on the Dario platform.
- As part of the strategic agreement, Dario and Sanofi will
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Massachusetts General Hospital to Co-Develop VR Digital Therapeutic for Stem Cell Patients
What You Should Know:
- Massachusetts General Hospital ("MGH") announced a research agreement with Rocket VR Health, an emerging digital therapeutics company developing clinically validated virtual reality therapies that enhance the quality of life of cancer patients, their families and their caregivers.
- The research will study the effects of daily Virtual Reality Therapy's effect on patients during their entire hospital stay.
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Bamboo Health & Bicycle Health Partner to Enhance Telehealth Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
What You Should Know:
- Bamboo Health today announced an expanded partnership with Bicycle Health to enhance care collaboration for treating opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, ahead of their upcoming participation at ViVE and HIMSS.
- Bicycle Health will leverage the company’s Pings™ and Spotlights™ solutions for real-time insights into the emergency department (ED) and acute inpatient care utilization for improved outcomes, as well as to understand the impact of
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Cedars-Sinai Establishes New Division: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM)
What You Should Know:
- Today, the department of Cedars-Sinai announced it has established a new division to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to help solve complex medical problems and enhance clinical care.
- The new division, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, or AIM will be led by Sumeet Chugh, MD, an associate director of the Smidt Heart Institute and a prominent expert in sudden cardiac arrest, who has long relied on technology and population-wide data to help
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GTCR Acquires Majority Stake in Experity to Drive On-Demand Care
What You Should Know:
- Experity, the national leader in on-demand care solutions, today announced a strategic growth investment from GTCR, a private equity firm with significant experience in healthcare technology and services. Existing investor Warburg Pincus will retain a minority interest in the company
- The strategic growth investment from GTCR, along with the combined capability of two world-class investors (including Warburg Pincus) will provide industry-leading innovation and
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Butterfly Launches System-Wide Ultrasound w/AI-Guided Option
What You Should Know:
- Butterfly Network today launched Butterfly Blueprint, a system-wide platform that supports scaled deployment of ultrasound across hospitals and health systems.
- Blueprint integrates ultrasound information into health systems’ clinical and administrative systems and workflows. That means clinicians across all disciplines now have a tool that allows them to see and know results sooner to drive better care
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