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- Prenuvo, an Redwood City, CA-based advanced, radiation-free whole body imaging for early detection of cancer and other diseases raises $70M in Series A equity and debt funding led by Felicis, with participation from existing investors including Tony Fadell, NYT bestseller author and founder of Nest; Dr. Timothy A. Springer, Lasker award recipient; Anne Wojcicki, CEO of 23&Me; Steel Perlot, with Eric Schmidt as chairman; entrepreneur Rande Gerber; and wellness
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Deloitte Report: State of AI & Adoption in Healthcare
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- To provide valuable industry insight, Deloitte has released its State of AI 5th edition research report, which surveys global business leaders and executives on how businesses and industries are deploying and scaling AI.
- The report includes valuable insights into the healthcare sector’s current successes in deploying AI, including where companies are working to enhance processes around a patient’s journey.
Fuelling the AI Transformation: Four Key Actions
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Eyenuk Raises $26M for AI-Powered Eye Screening & Predictive Biomarkers
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- Eyenuk, Inc., a global artificial intelligence (AI) digital health company and the leader in real-world applications for AI Eye Screening™ and AI Predictive Biomarkers™, today announced it has secured $26 million in a Series A financing round, bringing the Company’s total funding to over $43 million.
- The capital raise was led by AXA IM Alts and was joined by new and existing investors including T&W Medical A/S, A&C Foelsgaard Alternativer ApS, Kendall
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Imprivata Expands Its Integrated Digital Identity Platform
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- Digital identity company, Imprivata, today announced the extension of its integrated digital identity platform, creating the only solution to accelerate identity intelligence through simplified visibility of user activity.
- Currently, an alarming 51% of organizations don’t monitor access to critical systems and data, making it extremely difficult to remain compliant with regulations while preventing data hacks and
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Philips Expands ClarifEye AR Surgical Navigation in Japan
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- Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, recently announced the expanded rollout of its augmented reality (AR) surgical navigation solution - ClarifEye - to Japan, highlighting positive results in the first patients treated by the International University of Health and Welfare, Mita Hospital using this innovative 3D AR solution.
- Installed on a Philips interventional X-ray system in a hybrid operating room at Mita Hospital, ClarifEye helped the
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Gradient AI Acquires Healthcare Analytics Business Unit from Prognos Health 
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- Gradient AI, a leading enterprise software provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the insurance industry, recently announced that it has acquired Prognos Health’s analytics business underwriting unit to leverage data from the company’s large collection of integrated medical records and lab data via its real-world data marketplace.
- The acquisition will enable Gradient AI to expand its medical database capabilities by integrating Prognos Health’s data
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Growing Surgical Revenue, OR Automation Named Top Priority for Health Systems
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- Increasing surgical services revenue is a top priority for healthcare systems, with automation seen as a way to accomplish it, according to a new survey of healthcare executives conducted by The Health Management Academy.
- Seventy-six percent of respondents named increasing surgical services revenue as a top priority, while half the health systems represented said they plan to increase investments across their surgical services in the next two
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Research: AI Outperforms Ophthalmologists at Detecting Eye Disease
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- A new study published in Ophthalmology Science, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, found that Artificial Intelligence is significantly better at detecting diabetic retinopathy (DR) than eye specialists. DR is the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults yet is easily treatable with early detection.
- The multi-center study evaluated the FDA-cleared EyeArt AI system against dilated eye exams
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Health IT for Emerging “Payviders”
Though doubts about the benefits of the “payvider” model certainly exist, the success of recent payer-provider partnerships showcases the potential of these programs to improve the patient and provider experience. A study of Aetna’s integrated program, for example, found that plan members could realize significant savings for high-cost chronic conditions and experience fewer hospital admissions. A similar report from Cigna echoed these conclusions, finding that integrated benefit plans resulted
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KLAS: State of Digital Pathology Among Early Adopters in 2022
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- In anticipation, many technology vendors are vying for a foothold in the US, leading to a highly varied landscape. In partnership with the Digital Pathology Association (DPA), KLAS surveyed 55 provider organizations (including hospitals, health systems, academic health centers, and reference labs) to assess the state of digital pathology among pioneers in the US and determine which vendors are gaining traction.
- 33 of the interviewed organizations are live with
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