Healthcare organizations today face an unprecedented crisis. Workforce shortages coupled with administrative overload have left clinicians and support staff stretched to the breaking point. In an environment where demand continues to outpace the available workforce and clinicians are overwhelmed by administrative tasks, healthcare organizations need new ways to do more with less.
The Scope of the Staffing Crunch
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare companies were struggling
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Amalgam Rx Secures $20M to Accelerate AI-Powered Healthcare Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Amalgam Rx, a company specializing in data-driven healthcare decision-making, has announced a $20M credit investment from Catalio Capital Management.
- The $20M senior secured term loan provides Amalgam with an initial draw of $12M to support its market expansion and refinance existing corporate debt. The credit investment also gives Amalgam access to Catalio’s extensive network of life sciences leaders, including its board of advisors and over 45
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Abridge and Highmark Collaborate on AI-Powered Prior Authorization Solution
What You Should Know:
- Highmark Health announced today the launch of an enterprise-wide collaboration with Abridge to deploy its ambient clinical documentation platform, collaborate on a paradigm-shifting prior authorization solution at the point of conversation, and invest in other innovative tools that integrate Abridge’s AI technology.
- Highmark Health is a Pittsburgh-based organization that includes a multi-state insurance services division (Highmark Inc.) and a 14-hospital
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Fujifilm and AWS Partner with Major Health System to Digitize Pathology
What You Should Know:
- FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), has been selected by a leading East Coast health system to implement its Synapse® Pathology solution.
- The initiative aims to transform the health system's pathology delivery and reduce diagnosis timelines through digitalization. The fully cloud-based Synapse Pathology platform will be deployed across five hospital sites, making it a first-of-its-kind,
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SetPoint Medical Raises $140M to Support Commercialization of Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy
What You Should Know:
- SetPoint Medical, a company focused on developing innovative therapies for chronic autoimmune diseases secures $140M in private financing. This includes the final $25M tranche of its Series C funding and a substantial $115M Series D round co-led by Elevage Medical Technologies and Ally Bridge Group.
- The funding will fuel the commercialization of the SetPoint System, a groundbreaking neuroimmune modulation therapy for adults with moderate-to-severe
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Marchex Unveils AI Healthcare Solution to Transform Patient Acquisition and Marketing
What You Should Know:
- Marchex, a provider of conversational intelligence, has launched a new AI-powered healthcare solution aimed at health systems, large ambulatory care facilities, and healthcare marketing organizations.
- The new platform uses AI to transform unstructured patient conversations into actionable data. The solution is designed to help these organizations more accurately attribute marketing-driven patient leads, prioritize high-value appointments, and proactively
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Mount Sinai Researchers Develop AI-Driven Surgical Education Model to Improve Quality of Resident Training
What You Should Know:
- Mount Sinai researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of teaching surgical trainees a difficult procedure using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and an extended-reality headset without the presence of an instructor. All of the 17 trainees in the study achieved surgical success.
- The novel study, published in Journal of Medical Extended Reality, drew highly favorable reviews
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Tiger Lily Collective Launches Free 3D Areola Tattoo Program for Breast Cancer Survivors
What You Should Know:
- Tiger Lily Collective (TLC), a studio specializing in comprehensive health, wellness, and beauty services, has announced a new 3D Areola Tattoo Giveaway program.
- As part of its commitment to empowering survivors, TLC will provide a free 3D areola tattoo each month to a breast cancer survivor. This initiative is designed to remove financial barriers to a service that can be a crucial part of the healing process.
Restoring Confidence Through
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The PR Blindspot That’s Costing Healthcare Startups Their Next Funding Round
In today’s investment landscape, artificial intelligence is changing the way venture capitalists conduct early-stage due diligence. And if you are a health tech founder preparing for your next raise, understanding how PR fits into that equation may be one of the most strategic decisions you can make.
Over the past decade, I have helped clients raise over $1 billion in venture capital and guided dozens of companies through successful acquisitions and exits. When it comes to PR and funding,
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Closing the Gap in Dementia Detection with Creyos’s New Session Notes Feature
What You Should Know:
- Creyos, the digital platform reshaping brain health assessment in clinical care, has expanded its Session Notes feature to support structured assessment protocols commonly used in the evaluation of cognitive function related to conditions like dementia.
- The addition of session notes to protocols is designed to help close the gap in detection by turning cognitive screening and assessment results into structured, clinically relevant, documentation.
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