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- SoundHealth, the medical technology company behind the SONU Band, has announced the launch of its pioneering medical-grade Android app. The new Android app transforms a simple selfie into CT-accurate skeletal data, enabling precise, drug-free treatment for rhinitis, nasal congestion, and allergy symptoms when used with the SONU Band. This marks a significant expansion of access to millions of Android users suffering from these conditions.
- The SONU Band, the
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CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER Unveils SMILE Health Cohort for Oral Health Innovation
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- CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company dedicated to improving overall health through oral health, in partnership with MATTER, a premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub announced the eight emerging startups selected for the fourth annual SMILE Health program. This marks the largest cohort to date, reflecting a growing urgency to support innovation in oral health, particularly given recent concerns around fluoride policies and persistent underfunding in the
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Healthcare Leads in GenAI Adoption, But Faces Major Security and Infrastructure Hurdles
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- Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced the findings of its seventh annual global Healthcare Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report.
- The report reveals that an astonishing 99% of healthcare organizations surveyed are currently leveraging Generative AI (GenAI) applications or workloads, surpassing adoption rates in every other industry. However, this rapid embrace comes with significant challenges, as 96% of these
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Lunit and Microsoft Collaborate to Advance AI-Driven Cancer Diagnosis
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- Lunit, a provider of AI for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate the delivery of AI-powered healthcare solutions globally.
- The partnership, coupled with Lunit’s recent acquisition of Volpara (a Microsoft Industry Health Certified Partner), aims to provide health professionals worldwide with advanced tools for cancer detection.
Driving Scalable, Integrated AI in Healthcare
The strategic
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Handspring Secures $12M to Expand Youth Mental Health Virtual Therapy
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- Handspring, a mental health provider specializing in high-quality virtual therapy for youth, young adults, and their families secures $12M in Series A funding led by Cobalt Ventures, with participation from NextView Ventures, nvp capital, 25madison, Arkitekt Ventures, VamosVentures, Hyde Park Angels (HPA), Cornucopian Capital, and two health plans.
- The financing will accelerate Handspring's mission to redefine youth mental health care by addressing the
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Suki Integrates Ambient AI Solution with MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR
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- Suki, a leader in healthcare artificial intelligence (AI), has expanded its integration with MEDITECH, a widely trusted electronic health record (EHR) platform.
- This development positions Suki as the first to enable ambiently generated clinical notes to be directly sent into MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR, eliminating the need for copy-pasting and significantly improving documentation efficiency for clinicians.
Suki and MEDITECH Deepen Partnership to Scale Ambient AI
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Agentforce: How AI Agents Are Integrated into Healthcare
AI agents are arguably one of the most avant-garde trends in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Recently, Salesforce has made a push into this territory with its Agentforce solution. This platform is designed to build and deploy trusted assistive and autonomous AI agents for healthcare. Could this development mark a significant turning point in healthcare operations? Let's explore.
AI Agents: The Next Evolution Is Here
For businesses, the allure of AI agents is quite attractive.
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John Snow Labs Launches Spinoff Martlet.ai to Enable AI-Powered HCC Coding for Payers and Providers
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- John Snow Labs, a prominent AI company in the healthcare sector, today announced the launch of Martlet.ai, a new healthcare AI company dedicated to redefining how payers and providers approach Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) Coding.
- Founded by engineers and payment experts from John Snow Labs, Martlet.ai is the first of several planned spin-off companies aimed at tackling specific, high-impact challenges within the healthcare industry using
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Catalio Capital Management Closes $400M+ Fund IV to Fuel Breakthrough Biomedical Innovation
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- Catalio Capital Management, LP (“Catalio”), a healthcare investment firm, today announced the successful close of its fourth venture fund, Catalio Nexus Fund IV (“Fund IV”), with over $400M in commitments across the Fund and its related co-investment vehicles.
- Launched in 2020 by Co-Founders George Petrocheilos and Dr. Jacob Vogelstein, Catalio currently manages $2B in assets across its private equity, private credit, and public equities
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Eko Health’s SENSORA Platform Gains CMS Reimbursement and CPT Code for AI-Powered Cardiac Detection
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- Eko Health, a leader in AI-powered cardiac and pulmonary care, today announced a major stride in expanding access to early heart disease detection. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has included Eko's SENSORA platform in its July 2025 provisional update to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), assigning SENSORA's Category III CPT code to APC 5734, with a reimbursement rate of $128.90 per use.
- The Category III
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