- Health Scholars, a Westminister, CO-based virtual reality healthcare training platform raises $17M in Series B funding. - Funding will be utilized for the expansion of clinical training simulations and virtual simulation technologies.Health Scholars, known for their VR simulations and cloud-based training platform utilized for management, delivery, and analysis of clinical training, is excited to announce the successful completion of a $17M round of fundraising with investments from Arboretum
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CLEW Lands $20M to Expand AI-Powered Critical Care Platform in the US Market
- CLEW closes a $20M Series B round of funding to scale US operations and commercialize CLEW’s critical care platform. - CLEW is a real-time AI analytics platform designed to help providers make better informed clinical decisions by predicting life-threatening complications across various medical care settings.CLEW, a digital health startup announced that it has successfully concluded its Series B funding, bringing the total capital raised to over $20 million. The round was led by Pitango
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Mercom: Global Digital Health VC Funding Down 6% at $8.9B in 2019
- New Mercom Capital annual report reveals global venture capital (VC) funding in digital health declined 6% at $8.9B compared to $9.5B in 2018. - Total corporate funding into Digital Health – including VC funding, debt, and public market funding - dropped 18% to $10.6 billion in 2019 compared to $13 billion in 2018.- Five digital health IPOs brought in a total of $1.4 billion in 2019Global venture capital (VC) funding in digital health, including private equity and corporate venture, declined
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AMA and RedCrow Collaborate to Promote Physician-Driven Healthcare Innovation
- The American Medical Association (AMA) and direct investment platform RedCrow are teaming up to promote physician insight-powered healthcare innovation. The American Medical Association (AMA) and RedCrow, a direct investment platform for healthcare innovation, today announced a collaboration to drive engagement between physicians and entrepreneurs that fosters innovative healthcare startups with insight, guidance, and funding to help grow promising companies. Building on a shared conviction
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HealthStream Launches Virtual Reality-Based Education Pilot Program to Improve Resuscitation Outcomes
- Healthstream launches an innovative virtual reality (VR)-based education pilot program through the HealthStream Resuscitation Innovation Lab. - Unique program focuses on leadership capabilities of the clinical team leader in improving resuscitation outcomes, a largely overlooked, critical component of training for code blue events.HealthStream announced today that CHSPSC, LLC (CHS), an affiliate of Community Health Systems, Inc., one of the nation’s leading operators of general acute care
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Livongo Integrates With Dexcom’s G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Livongo announced a data integration partnership with Dexcom to offer Livongo Members the ability to sync data from their Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System with the Livongo applied health signals platform. - As part of the integration, Livongo can now combine Dexcom CGM data with rich Member data from Livongo’s connected devices to deliver health insights that address the whole person.Livongo, an Applied Health Signals company has partnered with Dexcom, Inc. a provider of
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EarlySign, Maccabi Healthcare Launches AI-Powered Flu Vaccination Campaign
- Medial EarlySign unveils the first clinical implementation of its AI-based solution to identify unvaccinated individuals at high-risk of developing serious flu-related complications.- Developed in collaboration with leading Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare Services, the implementation utilizes existing EHR data to identify and stratify patients at high risk.Medial EarlySign, a Israeli-based provider of machine learning-based solutions to aid in the early detection and prevention of high-burden
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Cerner Extends On-Site & Near-Site Health Center Experience with 24/7 Digital Primary Care
- Cerner selects HealthTap to further extend healthcare experiences beyond on-site and near-site health and pharmacy centers through HealthTap’s comprehensive digital primary care, including text and video visits and searchable content written by physicians. - Cerner clients using HealthTap’s digital primary care physician network can offer their employees the ability to connect with a U.S.-based, board-certified physician 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on-demand. Cerner Corporation is
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Sutter Health, Lyft Partner to Improve Access to Care for Patients & Staff
- Sutter Health and Lyft announced a collaboration to provide patients and staff with improved access to care that will optimize the patient/provider experience. - Starting today, Sutter hospitals and care centers around Northern California will have the option to start implementing customized, individual transportation programs, and address social determinants of health. Not-for-profit network Sutter Health and transportation network company Lyft today announced a collaboration to power the
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AI-Powered Bionic Leg Offers A Glimpse Into Our Cyborg Future
The world of prosthetics is evolving quickly. It’s no question that researchers, doctors, and engineers want to design more effective robotic limbs that can help paralyzed and amputees live not only more comfortable but more normal lives. The question is - how?
Prosthetics have come to life in a variety of ways, with recent evolvements looking more like a sci-fi depiction of the future. And most of this technology is designed to mimic our body and bring back the function that was lost.
But
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