MDClone, an Israeli-based provider of the world’s first healthcare data sandbox has raised $26 million in Series B funding led by aMoon with participation from existing investors OrbiMed Israel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. MDClone plans to utilize the funding to further develop its existing platform and build new products and novel approaches leveraging data across its global network, as well as accelerate sales and marketing efforts.Healthcare Data Sandbox: Explore and Discover
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Enable My Child Nabs $1.2M to Modernize AI-Driven Pediatric Therapy For Schools, Parents
Enable My Child (EMC), a pediatric therapy provider offering high-quality, real-time therapy services through its digital platform, today announced it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding led by CMI Ventures. The NYC-based startup plans to use the seed funding to expand its AI-driven pediatric therapy platform to schools and early intervention centers across the country.
Importance of School-Based Therapy
According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
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UTHealth, Cerner Opens Data Science Challenge Focused on Sepsis
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Biomedical informatics (SBMI) with Cerner has announced the DII National Data Science Challenge. Leveraging Cerner Health Facts® and Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud support, this year’s challenge will focus on predictive accuracy for two tasks (tracks): sepsis onset and sepsis mortality. The most innovative solution (not necessarily the one with the best performance) to the above referenced tasks constitutes a third
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Health2047 Spins Out Zing Health to Offer SDOH-Driven Medicare Advantage Plans
Today Health2047 Inc. is launching Zing Health, community-focused, physician-led Medicare Advantage plan that addresses social determinants of health (SDOH). Co-founded by Health2047 with experienced entrepreneurs Dr. Eric Whitaker and Dr. Ken Alleyne, Zing Health will initially offer a Medicare Advantage plan built around community and member health outcomes to consumers in the Midwest. With significant seed funding, a passionate and seasoned founding team and major market interest in its
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SafeKeeping Raises $330k for Long-Term Care Coordination Dashboard
SafeKeeping, an Evansville, Indiana-based integrated care dashboard for long-term care providers that utilizes facilities' electronic medical record (EMR) data to improve health outcomes for caregivers, family members and residents announced it has raised $330k in seed funding led by Solidea Capital. The company plans to use the seed funding to expand offerings, support additional long-term care facilities and meet urgent industry demands for an engagement channel that puts facility efficiency
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MyHealthTeams Lands $9.44M to Expand Social Networks for Chronic Condition Communities
MyHealthTeams Co-founders Eric Peacock and Mary Ray
MyHealthTeams, a San Francisco, CA-based creator of the largest and fastest-growing social networks for people facing chronic health conditions raised $9.44 million in a Series B financing round led by strategic investor UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company. This financing brings total investment in MyHealthTeams to $26.84M, building on the company's Seed and Series A1, A2 and A3 rounds. Existing investors including Adams Street Partners,
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Nomad Health Raises $34M to Disrupt Healthcare Staffing Industry
Nomad Health, an NYC-based on-demand medical jobs marketplace platform has raised $34M in new equity and debt financing led by Icon Ventures. The financing also includes additional investment from prior investors Polaris Partners, RRE Ventures, .406 Ventures, and Silicon Valley Bank. Nomad’s mission is to revolutionize healthcare staffing by creating the first online marketplace for healthcare jobs and by bringing the gig economy to healthcare – it is disrupting a multibillion-dollar industry in
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Mayo Clinic Backs Imago Systems to “Re-Visualize” The Mammogram for Breast Cancer Detection
Mayo Clinic has signed a know-how license agreement with Imago Systems, a medical imaging company with an advanced machine learning software that is designed to dramatically improve a clinician’s ability to detect cancer and other abnormalities earlier and more accurately. Imago Pilot DetailsAs part of the know-how license agreement, a breast imaging research specialist at Mayo Clinic will spearhead Imago's pilot and pivotal studies to clinically validate Imago's visual intelligence software as
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Lilly Launches Innovation Challenge to Transform IBD Care Through Digital Health
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is launching an open innovation challenge to encourage individuals and teams across the U.S. to identify and submit pioneering digital health solutions aimed at transforming inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) care. The challenge, "Transforming IBD Care: Better disease monitoring, management, and care for people with inflammatory bowel disease" focuses on innovation in IBD monitoring, condition management or care enhancements.Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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OSF Ventures Joins $35M Funding Round for Handheld, Exo Ultrasound Device
OSF Ventures, the investment arm of OSF HealthCare has joined a $35M Series B funding round to support medical device startup Exo Imaging that’s developing a breakthrough handheld, AI ultrasound device that will allow healthcare providers to make critical, real-time diagnostic decisions.Performance Ultrasound PlatformFounded in 2015, Exo (pronounced “Echo”) is bringing diagnostic-grade medical imaging to the pocket of every caregiver and clinician worldwide. The company is developing an
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