What You Should Know:
Today AliveCor, the leader in AI-based, personal ECG
devices and cardiology platforms, announced they closed $65 million in Series E
funding to accelerate its growth.
To date, AliveCor’s FDA-cleared Kardia devices have
recorded more than 85 million ECGs. Since the pandemic began, nearly 15 million
ECGs were taken which is an increase of 70% year-over-year.
AliveCor, a Mountain
View, CA-based provider of AI-based
personal ECG technology and provider of enterprise
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Medtronic Launches Smart Insulin Pen Integrated with Real-Time CGM Data
What You Should Know:
- Medtronic,
the global leader in medical technology, announced the launch of InPen
integrated with real-time Guardian
Connect Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) data.
- InPen is the first and only FDA-cleared smart insulin pen
on the market for people on multiple daily injections (MDI).
- The combined solution now provides real-time glucose
readings alongside insulin dose information giving users everything they need to
manage their diabetes in one view.
-
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Gates Foundation Awards Caption Health $4.95M Grant to Develop AI-Guided Lung Ultrasound System
What You Should Know:
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awards Caption
Health a $4.5M grant to support the development of an AI-guided lung ultrasound
system.
- The grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
will be leveraged to create new AI technology that allows medical professionals
without prior ultrasound experience to perform lung ultrasounds, expanding
access to quality medical care.
Caption Health, a leading medical
artificial intelligence (AI) company, today
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Mount Sinai Develop Machine Learning Models to Predict Critical Illness and Mortality in COVID-19 Patients
What You Should Know:
- Mount Sinai researchers have developed machine learning models that predict the
likelihood of critical events and mortality in COVID-19 patients within
clinically relevant time windows.
- The new machine learning models were outlined in a recent study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research—could aid clinical practitioners at Mount Sinai and across the world in the care and
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Mobile Point-of-Care Ultrasound Is Now A Frontline Warrior in Pandemic
Health authorities need to prioritize delivery and the repurposing of mobile point-of-care ultrasound machines which have proven to be reliable, affordable, and effective in saving the lives of coronavirus patients.
Most Americans are familiar with ultrasound technology from the scans done to check on the status of the fetus during pregnancy.
But far fewer are aware of how valuable mobile versions of these units have also become in America’s emergency rooms where they almost
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Buoy Health Raises $37.5M to Expand AI-Powered Healthcare Navigation Platform
What You Should Know:
- Buoy Health raises $37.5 million in Series C funding to
expand it’s AI-powered healthcare navigation platform, bringing its total raised
to date at $66.5M.
- Buoy will use the proceeds to further build out its IP with respect to artificial intelligence and other technologies, as well as grow the Buoy team.
Buoy Health, a
Boston, MA-based AI-powered
healthcare navigation platform, today announced the completion of a $37.5
million Series C funding round. Cigna
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ASN, HHS Launches KidneyX COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge
What You
Should Know:
- The HHS and the American Society of Nephrology announces the launch of the COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge.
- The $300k
challenge aims to identify and share these frontline solutions so all
communities can benefit. Winners will receive $20,000 each in recognition of
their solutions.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) launched the KidneyX COVID-19 Kidney
Care Challenge . The $300,000
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Tampa General to Launch Healthcare Innovation Venture Fund in Q1 2021
What You Should Know:
- Tampa General Hospital announces its plan to launch a new
healthcare innovation venture fund to improve the quality and access to care
across the Tampa/St. Pete metro area in Q1 2021.
- Through TGH InnoVentures, Tampa General will partner
with Embarc Collective, Tampa Bay's innovation hub and education nonprofit
dedicated to helping startups grow into scalable, thriving businesses.
Today, Tampa General Hospital
President and Chief Executive Officer John
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Johnson & Johnson Innovation Launches 3 Collaborations to Advance Healthcare in China
What You Should Know:
- Johnson & Johnson Innovation announces three strategic
collaborations with a focus on advancing healthcare solutions in China.
- The three strategic collaborations are focused on leveraging advances in science and technology to address areas of high unmet medical need across several areas, including discovery science, lung cancer, and medical devices
Johnson & Johnson Innovation, a division of Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Limited, today
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Aptar Pharma Acquires the Assets of Respiratory Startup Cohero Health
What You Should Know:
- Apstar Pharma acquires the assets of respiratory health company Cohero Health to expands its digital portfolio with a focus on respiratory disease management.
- Cohero Health develops digital tools and technologies to improve respiratory care, reduce avoidable costs, and optimize medication utilization.
AptarGroup, Inc., a global leader in consumer dispensing, active packaging, drug delivery solutions, and services, announces that it has acquired all operating
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