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- Medtronic announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for two AccuRhythm™ AI algorithms for use with the LINQ II™ insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) – and the presentation of AccuRhythm AI validation data this week at Heart Rhythm 2021.
- AccuRhythm AI applies artificial intelligence (AI) to heart rhythm event data collected by LINQ II, improving the accuracy of information physicians receive so they can better diagnose and treat abnormal heart
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Israeli Startup Aidoc Raises $65M for AI-Powered Medical Imaging Platform
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- Aidoc, a Tel Aviv-based provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for medical imaging, announced it has raised $65M in Series C funding led by General Catalyst, bringing its total funding to $140M.
- This Series C round comes on the heels of a surge in demand for Aidoc’s AI-driven solutions, including the largest clinical deployment of AI in healthcare through its partnership with Radiology Partners.
- Founded in 2016, Aidoc’s solutions aid
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Banjo Health Lands $5M for AI-Driven Prior Authorization Platform
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- Banjo Health, a Washington-based provider of AI-driven prior authorization ("PA") solutions, announced today it has raised in excess of $5 million in Series A financing led by Epsilon Health Investors, with participation from Spark Growth Ventures and Tau Ventures. Epsilon Health Investors Co-Founder and General Partner, Gregory Epstein, will be joining Banjo Health's Board of Directors.
- Banjo Health is focused on bringing transparency and automation to PA through
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Zebra-Med Becomes First Company to Receive AI CPT Code for Radiology
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- Zebra Medical Vision announces it has received the first-ever AI CPT code for radiology, for its VCF detection from CT scans for Population Health, setting a new standard for CPT codes in imaging AI, as the company has successfully done with FDA clearances for its algorithms.
- The new CPT III code was submitted to the AMA’s CPT Editorial Panel, by the American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, American Roentgen Ray Society, and the
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NVIDIA Launches UK’s Fastest AI Supercomputer for Healthcare Research
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- NVIDIA launched the UK’s fastest supercomputer -- Cambridge-1, the world’s first collaborative, industry-wide system dedicated to accelerating healthcare and digital biology research using powerful combination of AI and simulation.
- At the virtual inauguration, NVIDIA CEO and founder Jensen Huang discussed what NVIDIA’s $100 million investment will mean for the UK. He said the system will enable research breakthroughs at a scale and speed previously impossible with
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6 Key Ethical Principles for The Use of AI for Health – WHO
- The World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first ever global report on: Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health.
- While new technologies that use artificial intelligence hold great promise to improve diagnosis, treatment, health research and drug development and to support governments carrying out public health functions, including surveillance and outbreak response, such technologies, according to the report, must put ethics and human rights at the
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EchoNous Closes $60M for AI-Assisted Handheld Ultrasound Device
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- EchoNous, a Redmond, WA-based portable AI-guided ultrasound tools and platform, announced it has raised $60 million in funding from Kennedy Lewis Investment Management (“Kennedy Lewis”).
- The investment from Kennedy Lewis combines senior secured debt and equity and builds on the support of KKR, which has been EchoNous’ principal investor since 2015. Kennedy Lewis' funding will help further the development of and grow adoption for the Kosmos platform, which is
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XSOLIS Raises $75M for AI-Driven Precision Utilization Management Platform
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- XSOLIS, a healthcare technology firm focused on improving healthcare operations announced it has raised $75M in minority growth investment from Brighton Park Capital ("Brighton Park"), a research-driven investment firm.
- XSOLIS is an artificial intelligence-based software platform that helps national health systems and payers streamline the utilization management process.
- XSOLIS' suite of data-driven solutions leverages insights from proprietary machine
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Hospitals Can Teach Life Science Companies a Thing or Two About Patient Engagement
The efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine focused the world’s attention on the pharmaceutical industry. Before the pandemic hit, very few people outside of the healthcare industry understood what it takes to develop a new drug. Nor did they consider the complexities of administering the various medications that require a regimen that goes beyond “take one pill each morning.”
The biopharmaceutical industry is massive, accounting for more than $1.3 trillion in economic output, representing four
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Providence-backed Tegria Acquires Digital Health AI Platform KenSci
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- Providence-backed Tegria today announced the acquisition of KenSci, a leader in artificial intelligence platforms and apps for healthcare, with roots in Microsoft's Azure4Research program and the University of Washington. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Founded in 2015, KenSci's digital health AI platform helps organizations bring the power their data and improve health outcomes with advanced analytics. KenSci's customers,
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