The clinical trial industry is, once again, at an uncertain crossroads. And while it might be assumed that the outsized impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the inability to recruit patients for trials, it is instead, a challenge generated, over time, by the industry itself. Thankfully, there is an opportunity to change course.
It’s no secret that research studies and clinical trial sites struggle with recruitment. In fact, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) states
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Unlock Healthcare Data to Improve Patient Care and Operational Efficiency
The ease in which protected health information (PHI) is shared, accessed, and analyzed has a direct impact on clinical productivity, patient care coordination, and health outcomes. Today, clinicians still spend a considerable amount of time typing in, clicking through, and editing electronic health records (EHR). Manually keying-in patient data into fields is not only time-consuming and inefficient, but it can also lead to medical errors if any of the information is typed incorrectly.
This
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Sirona Medical Acquires Nines Radiology AI Division
What You Should Know:
- Sirona Medical, a software company with a cloud-native solution for radiologists, has announced its acquisition of Nines Radiology’s AI division. Sirona Medical did not acquire Nines' teleradiology business, Nines Radiology. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
- This is Sirona’s first acquisition just months after its exit from stealth in Aug. 2021 with a total of $62.5M in Series A & B financing rounds.
Why It Matters
The FDA-cleared medical
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EarliTec Diagnostics Raises $19.5M to Advance Autism Diagnosis and Treatment in Children
What You Should Know:
- EarliTec Dx, a digital health company developing novel diagnostic and therapeutic products for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and early childhood vulnerabilities, today announced a $19.5 million financing led by Bernie Marcus, with participation from the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA).
- This round of financing will be used to support filing with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 510K clearance, as well as commercialization of the
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NourishedRx Raises $6M to Accelerate Intelligent Food-for-Health Platform
What You Should Know:
- NourishedRx, a digital health company raises $6M in seed funding led by S2G Ventures with additional investors Route 66 Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, Primetime Partners, and other individual investors.
- The company will utilize the funding to expand its high-tech, a high-touch platform to provide personalized, culturally relevant food solutions to health plan members nationwide.
Personalized Nutrition
Founded in 2019, with the support of the Mailman
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Leveraging A More Impactful Analytics Strategy to Improve Your Health Plan Member CX
Healthcare organizations are increasingly eager to leverage analytics technologies, including machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), in new ways. One telling sign of this is that the global predictive analytics healthcare market, which was valued at $1.8 billion in 2017, is projected to reach more than $8.5 billion by 2025.
But as technology evolves, it’s clear that the types and use of analytics platforms that can drive change among health plans — as well as the breadth of
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LifeOmic Acquires Bavard, an Enterprise-Grade Conversational AI Platform
What You Should Know:
- LifeOmic, a software company that leverages the cloud, machine learning and mobile devices to power precision health and wellness solutions announced it has acquired Bavard, a Utah-based conversational artificial intelligence (AI) company offering intelligent digital assistants and platforms. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition comes as AI technology has experienced widespread adoption in the health care space, a trend
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Scopio Secures $50M for AI-Powered Peripheral Blood Smear App
What You Should Know:
- Scopio Labs, provider of the world's first full-field digital cell morphology solution, today announced a $50M investment for its end-to-end hardware and software platform for digitizing, quantifying and analyzing hematology and other digital cytology samples.
- The Series C round included OurCrowd, Aurum Ventures, Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank Invest and Ilex Medical, with the participation of strategic investors operating in the field and existing
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3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can be Used to Improve Health Equity
When I graduated from medical school and took the Hippocratic Oath, I vowed to not just treat the illness on a patient’s medical history form but to treat the person behind the diagnosis. To do this well, clinicians need to understand the whole person and the context in which they live — their race, gender identity, native language, socioeconomic status, or zip code, among other things — to ensure equitable care. According to the CDC, health equity is reached when every person has the
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Glooko Acquires German Medical AI Company xbird – M&A
What You Should Know:
- Glooko, a provider of remote patient monitoring and digital health solutions for diabetes and other chronic conditions, today announced it has acquired xbird, a German-based health AI company developing JITAI ( Just In Time Adaptive Intervention) technologies to support patients and their providers in predicting behavior and managing diabetes.
- The addition of xbird expands Glooko’s advanced analytics capabilities and tools, further broadening Glooko’s platform
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