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- Walmart today announced new digital innovations designed to transform the healthcare shopping experience, specifically aiding customers in maximizing their Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits.
- In a first for retail, select customers can now easily identify plan-specific, benefits-eligible products while shopping on Walmart.com and the Walmart app. Alongside this, Walmart is rolling out "Everyday Health Signals," a new AI-powered digital platform
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AssistIQ Secures $11.5M to Transform Hospital Supply Chains with AI
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- AssistIQ, an AI company utilizing computer vision to revolutionize how hospitals manage surgical and procedural supply chains secures $11.5M in Series A funding round led by Battery Ventures, with participation from return investor Tamarind Hill. With this funding, Battery Ventures Principal Brandon Gleklen will join AssistIQ’s Board of Directors.
- The company’s platform is gaining traction across academic and community hospitals, capturing every item used in
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Abridge Launches AI-Powered Pediatric Well Visit Note Type
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- Abridge, a company specializing in AI-powered clinical documentation, announced the launch of a new pediatric well visit note type within its platform.
- The enhancement leverages Abridge's advanced Contextual Reasoning Engine to automatically generate clinically useful and billable documentation tailored to the unique, structured needs of pediatric well visits, which vary significantly by a child's age and developmental stage.
- The new feature was
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German Bionic Unveils First True Augmented AI Exoskeleton, Exia
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- German Bionic, the robotics pioneer renowned for first connecting exoskeletons to the cloud, launches Exia – its most advanced wearable device to date and the world’s first exoskeleton powered end-to-end by true Augmented AI.
- Informed by insights from billions of real-world motion data points collected across industries including manufacturing, logistics, retail, and healthcare, Exia aims to set a new benchmark for strength, intelligence, and
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Brooklyn Health Secures $6.5M to Expand AI-Powered Precision for Clinical Trial Endpoints
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- Brooklyn Health, a neuroscience technology company focused on objective measurement of mental health announced it has secured $6.5M in seed funding led by HealthX, with participation from Metrodora Ventures, Story Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Laconia Capital, Everywhere Ventures, Hypothesis Studio, Blue Falcon Capital, and others.
- The funding coincides with the company's debut of its new electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) solution, Willis. Willis
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John Snow Labs Acquires WiseCube to Bolster AI-Powered Biomedical Knowledge and Drug Discovery
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- John Snow Labs, the AI for healthcare company announced its acquisition of WiseCube, a pioneer in biomedical knowledge graphs and AI-powered literature analysis. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The strategic move is set to significantly enhance John Snow Labs' mission to deliver responsible, accurate, and explainable healthcare AI solutions by integrating WiseCube’s billion-scale knowledge platform.
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Neuro-Symbolic AI Brings Precision to Healthcare Risk Adjustment
A conversation with RAAPID founder and CEO Chetan Parikh reveals how his company's purpose-built AI platform is transforming risk adjustment in healthcare. The Series A investment from Microsoft's M12 venture fund marks a significant milestone in the organization's mission to accelerate healthcare's transition to value-based care.
"Our vision is to develop and deploy advanced healthcare AI technologies that empower healthcare workers to deliver quality & affordable care," Parikh explains.
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WellTheory Secures $5M to Launch AI Tools to Transform Autoimmune Care
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- WellTheory, a whole-person care platform for autoimmune disease secures $5M in new funding and the successful rollout of its proprietary AI tools, Care Hub and Care Scribe, across its care operations.
- New investors Samsung Next, Opal Ventures, and Up2 Fund joined the round, with continued support from existing investors Accel, OVO Fund, and BoxGroup.
- The new capital will fuel the company’s expansion into the employer and health plan markets and
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Experity Launches AI-Powered Partner Ecosystem to Modernize Urgent Care Tech Infrastructure
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- Experity, an on-demand healthcare solution provider serving 22 of the 25 largest enterprise urgent care organizations in the U.S. launches its innovative Partner Ecosystem.
- The initial rollout of AI-driven capabilities and resources within Experity’s software platform signifies a strategic investment aimed at evolving the landscape of urgent care by enhancing efficiency, creating new profit opportunities for clinics, and expanding the human impact of
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WorkDone Secures $1.8M to Tackle EHR Documentation Errors with AI Copilot
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- WorkDone, a healthcare AI startup closes $1.8M in pre-seed funding round aimed at tackling one of healthcare's most costly and persistent challenges: documentation errors in Electronic Health Records (EHRs).
- The round, which took place in April this year, saw backing from Pioneer Fund, DVC, Fjor, Ryan Chan, Eric Norman, and other notable early-stage investors.
Addressing a Costly Challenge in Healthcare Documentation
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