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- 9am.health, a new San Diego, CA-based virtual diabetes clinic delivering personalized, affordable and kind care directly to consumers, today announced the launch of its unique virtual care platform, which provides comprehensive, affordable and compassionate care to people living with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. In addition, the company also announced $3.7M in seed funding, which included participation from Founders Fund, Define Ventures, Speedinvest and iSeed
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Cerner/Livongo Exec Joins Quantum Health, UPMC, Other Executive Appointments
Quantum Health, the industry leader in healthcare navigation and care coordination, announced that Zane Burke has joined the company as chief executive officer and member of the company’s Board of Directors. Prior to Quantum Health, Burke most recently chief executive officer of Livongo Health Inc. Burke assumes the role from Quantum Health founder and chief executive officer Kara Trott, who continues in her leadership role as Board Chair and will assist in a seamless transition.
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Clinicians Believe Telehealth Will Make Up Majority of Future Patient Care, Report Finds
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- 76% of patient-facing clinicians believe telehealth will make up a majority of patient care in the near future, according to key findings from Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) first-ever multi-country Future of Healthcare” Survey. The new report not only found healthcare clinicians and IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) optimistic about the future of telehealth but 85% of ITDMs noted that IT modernization is now one of the driving forces behind infrastructure investment in
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Hinge Health Acquires wrnch for Advanced PT Tech to Track Human Motion
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- Hinge Health, a Digital Musculoskeletal Clinic™, today announced it has acquired wrnch, developer of the leading computer vision platform for measuring human motion. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- wrnch’s three-dimensional motion-tracking technology enables the same precise tracking of full-body movement used by elite athletes and the motion picture industry. Hinge Health now has the largest computer vision team in digital health.
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Vyne Medical Acquires Ahana Pediatrics and its Connected Care Solution
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Vyne Medical announced the acquisition of Ahana Pediatrics, Inc., and its advanced connected care solution. Designed to empower groups of clinicians to collaborate in delivering higher-quality care to patients, the technology will be incorporated into Vyne Medical’s cloud-based Refyne™ platform. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Vyne Medical’s SaaS-based Refyne platform helps optimize workflows and maximize reimbursements for hospitals, health
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Sorcero Raises $10M for AI-Powered Medical Language Intelligence Platform
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- Sorcero, a provider of medical and technical Language Intelligence (LI), today announced the close of a $10M Series A financing round led by CityRock Venture Partners and Harmonix Fund. The round also included participation from Rackhouse, Mighty Capital, and Leawood VC, and joining previous investors, Castor Ventures and Worldquant Ventures, to support the increasing demand from new and existing customers.
- Sorcero’s Language Intelligence platform combines the
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Rune Labs Lands $22.8M to for Neurology Precision Medicine Platform
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- Today, Rune Labs, founded by the former head of Google neuroscience, announced a $22.8M Series A round for the development and delivery of precision medicine for neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders and diseases like dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s, as well as neurological conditions resulting from COVID infections. The round was led by Eclipse Ventures with participation from current investors including DigiTx and Moment Ventures. Justin Butler, Partner
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Flywheel Acquires Radiologics, Raises $22M for Biomedical Research Platform
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- Flywheel, a biomedical research data management platform, announced the acquisition of St. Louis-based Radiologics. The two organizations’ combined capabilities in imaging research data management and analytics provide the medical research community unrivaled end-to-end research workflow solutions—from open source to global enterprise.
- In addition, the company announced a $22M Series C funding round led by 8VC with participation from investors iSelect, Argonautic
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Caresyntax Raises Additional $30M for Digital Surgery Platform
- Caresyntax, a digital surgery platform, today announced a $30M extension to its Series C funding round included participation from BlackRock, ProAssurance, and Harmonix. In addition to existing investors such as the Relyens Group and IPF Partners. This extension brings the total Series C funding to $130M.
- Caresyntax’s digital surgery platform uses proprietary software and artificial intelligence to analyze large volumes of real-world data in and around the operating room to deliver
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Swift Medical Launches AI Digital Wound App to Support Clinical Trials
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Global digital wound care provider Swift Medical, today announced the launch of a new application specifically designed to help pharma and med device researchers conduct decentralized clinical trials. Since patients are now doing more trials at home, study coordinators have had trouble tracking skin side effects remotely -- or trusting patients to conduct adequate analysis and recording on themselves.
- Swift Medical’s first product, Swift Skin and Wound, provides an
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