Burnout is a growing situation that has been slowly undermining the productivity of physicians and their staff. And in recent years, it’s gotten worse as demands from patients, documentation, and regulatory requirements increase. Adding to the situation are challenges related to added technology, the need to be virtual and to meet patients where they are, and the need to keep up with constantly changing information and landscape in terms of what our patients need from us. Kirk Davis,
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Augmedix Partners with Google Cloud to Rehumanize the Patient-Clinician Interaction
What You Should Know: - Augmedix, Inc., a provider of virtual medical documentation and live clinical support, today announced that it has partnered with Google Cloud to optimize and integrate automated speech recognition (“ASR”) technology for use in real-world clinical settings. ASR technology is a critical component in the Augmedix technology stack, and Augmedix is now integrating Google Cloud Speech-to-Text into its Notebuilder technology platform, which provides natural language
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Augmedix Launches National Roll-Out of Tech-Enabled Virtual Scribes to Assist Busy ED Clinicians
What You Should Know: - Augmedix, a provider of remote medical documentation and live clinical support launches the national rollout of a transformative tech-enabled medical documentation service powered by virtual scribes and created specifically for busy Emergency Department (ED) environments. - Augmedix trains remotely-located scribes in emergency medicine documentation to alleviate the administrative burden for clinicians, which is especially important today as these clinicians are on
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Recent Executive Hires: CVS Health New President, Cleveland Clinic/Amwell Joint Venture Leadership, Others
CVS Health Corporation names Neela Montgomery Executive Vice President and President of CVS Pharmacy/Retail, effective November 30, 2020. Montgomery will oversee the company's 10,000 pharmacies across the United States. Montgomery, currently a Board Partner at venture capital firm Greycroft, most recently served as chief executive officer of furniture retailer Crate & Barrel and has nearly 20 years of global retail experience. The Cleveland Clinic and Amwell joint venture appoint
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Remote Medical Documentation Startup Augmedix Closes $25M, Reverse Merger with Malo Holding
What You Should Know: - Augmedix closes $25 million in private placement funding and completion of a reverse merger transaction with Malo Holdings Corp. - Following the transaction, the merged entity will be named "Augmedix, Inc.", and will continue the historic and innovative business of Augmedix. Augmedix, a company specializing in providing remote medical documentation and live clinical support services, today announced the closing of a $25 million private placement
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Stanford Alumni Scientists, Physicians Launch StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force
What You Should Know: - More than 1500 Stanford faculty and alumni announced the launch of StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force featuring 70+ StartX Med Innovators with medical breakthroughs for the prevention, diagnostics, and treatment of coronavirus mobilize efforts to fast-track public health needs during the pandemic. - The StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force will collaborate on outreach to government agencies, regulatory bodies and healthcare systems in the interest of public health for
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McKesson to Offer Augmedix EHR Charting Services to Specialty Practices
- McKesson will offer Augmedix EHR charting services to its specialty practices with a mission for providers to spend less time on data entry and more time on patient care. - McKesson previously deployed Augmedix into six practices across the country in The US Oncology Network (The Network). - The expansion builds on the success of the initial deployments, more practices have since engaged Augmedix. To address the growing demand, McKesson is expanding its reach and extending the
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Augmedix Nabs $23M to Expand Google Glass-based Remote Scribe Services Nationwide
Augmedix, Inc., a Google Glass-focused digital health startup, has raised $23 million in funding from McKesson Ventures and OrbiMed with participation from the existing VCs Redmile Group, Emergence Capital and DCM Ventures. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand its remote scribe services nationwide and build out its platform with tools and services that continue to drive improvements in physician productivity and patient care.Founded by Stanford grads, CEO Ian Shakil and Chief
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5 Healthcare Systems Pump $17M into Google Glass Startup Augmedix
Augmedix, Inc., a Google Glass-focused digital health startup announced it has raised $17M in strategic funding from leading healthcare systems including Sutter Health, Dignity Health, Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), TriHealth Inc, and one more. The strategic round was led by Redmile Group with participation from founding institutional investors Emergence Capital and DCM Ventures. Augmedix has raised $40 million in total funding to date. The strategic investment from the five healthcare
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The Future of Wearables in Healthcare for 2016 & Beyond
From Google Glass to the latest in consumer technology, Augmedix’s Pelu Tran tells us where wearables are headed in healthcare. Seems like everyone is talking about the proliferation of wearables these days. It’s hard to find a wrist that doesn’t don one of the latest health tracking devices. In 2015, the wearable trend also gained greater traction among healthcare providers—with gadgets like Google Glass displaying great potential in multiple areas from surgery to telehealth. As
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