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- Eleos Health, a digital health startup transforming behavioral healthcare with voice-based AI insights, today announced the close of $6M in seed funding to develop and launch their new category of automated health tech solutions that accelerate clinicians’ decision making led by aMoon Fund with participation from lool ventures, who led the company’s pre-seed round, and Gandyr Group, alongside Arkin Holdings, Geingels and former c-suite and executives from Google, MIT
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Chatbots in Healthcare: A More Humanized, Patient-Oriented Approach
The adoption of chatbots and virtual assistants, coupled with the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, has revolutionized the healthcare industry. In many ways, chatbots have become ubiquitous, providing a more optimized user experience through digital means.
The healthcare industry has already benefited immensely from this technology, namely through greater access to valuable services and information, more accuracy in determining what care patients require,
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Teladoc Integrates with Proximie’s Virtual Operating Room Platform
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- Proximie, a health technology platform focused on digitizing operating and diagnostic rooms, announced an integration with Teladoc Health’s Solo platform for hospitals and health systems. The partnership is a global agreement, focused initially on the US market.
- As part of the integration, Proximie’s virtual operating room capabilities will become a part of the Solo ecosystem for hospitals and health systems. The combined capability allows multiple
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Neuroglee Raises $10M to Develop Virtual Neurology Clinics with Mayo Clinic, Others
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- Neuroglee, a Boston, MA-based provider of personalized evidence-based digital therapeutics (DTx) and virtual care solutions, today announced it has raised $10M in Series A funding led by OpenSpace Ventures with participation by EDBI.
- Neuroglee Therapeutics discovers, develops and commercializes personalized evidence-based digital therapeutics (DTx) and virtual care solutions to treat and manage patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Neuroglee’s adaptive
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Cedars-Sinai Cancer Launches ‘Molecular Twin’ Initiative for Precision Cancer Treatment
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- Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Tempus, a provider of artificial intelligence and precision medicine, are harnessing the power of big data and AI to design personalized cancer treatment options by creating virtual replicas of patients' DNA, RNA, protein and other information to help identify the most effective approach to each individual's disease.
- By creating these "molecular twins," scientists can genetically classify cancer genes and proteins of particular tumors
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State of Consumerism in Healthcare 2021: Regaining Momentum
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- Hospitals and health systems that launched or accelerated digital health capabilities during the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic are failing to commit fully to the digital and consumer-centered transformation required to deliver care when, where and how consumers want to receive it, according to Kaufman Hall’s 2021 Healthcare Consumerism Survey.
- The survey found only 7% of participating organizations performed in the first tier of the Kaufman Hall Healthcare
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J&J Vision Receives Approval for New Kid Contact Lenses for Myopia Management
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- Johnson & Johnson Vision received Health Canada approval for ACUVUE® Abiliti 1-Day Soft Therapeutic Lenses for Myopia Management, specifically designed for children 7 to 12 years old.
- The announcement of Abiliti 1-Day, a daily wear, single use, disposable lens, expands the J&J Vision portfolio for treating kids with myopia. Earlier this year the FDA approved Abiliti Overnight, designed and custom fitted to reshape the cornea while sleeping.
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Stryker Acquires Med Device Company Gauss Surgical
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- Stryker today announced the acquisition of Gauss Surgical, a Menlo Park, CA-based medical device company that has developed Triton™, an artificial intelligence-enabled platform for real-time monitoring of blood loss during surgery. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Triton combines the power of A.I. with the simplicity of a mobile device to deliver accurate blood loss during surgery. Triton has demonstrated improvements in maternal and
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Solv Raises $45M to Expand Same-Day Appts & Virtual Care Options Nationwide
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- Solv (Solv Health), a San Francisco, CA-based national network of healthcare providers making same-day and next-day healthcare accessible to anyone, announced it has raised $45M in Series C funding led by Acrew Capital and Corner Ventures. The Series C round also included participation from prior investors Greylock Partners and Benchmark Capital.
- The funding will support Solv's expansion of its national network of healthcare providers, consumer-driven
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Lyra Health Launches Care Integration Solutions for Alcohol Use Disorder and Other Serious Mental Illnesses
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- Lyra Health, a Burlingame, CA-based provider of comprehensive mental health care benefits for global employers, today announced the first technology-integrated care solutions designed to address serious mental health issues such as alcohol use disorder (AUD), suicidality, and other complex mental health diagnoses.
- Traditional employee assistance programs and health plans too often don’t effectively support people with serious mental illnesses and substance use
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