What You Should Know:
- In a significant step towards improving cardiovascular care, several Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have granted coverage for Cleerly's AI-enabled Quantitative Coronary Topography (AI-QCT) scans.
- The decision expands access to Cleerly's potentially life-saving technology for Medicare beneficiaries at risk of heart attacks.
Expanding Access to Innovative Cardiac Care
Cleerly, a company dedicated to eradicating heart attacks, sought MAC
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Amwell Integrates with Hello Heart to Offer Digital Cardiovascular Solution
What You Should Know:
- Amwell, a digital health platform, has joined forces with Hello Heart, a pioneer in preventive heart health, to offer a comprehensive digital solution for individuals at risk of cardiovascular disease.
The partnership integrates Hello Heart's innovative program into Amwell's Converge platform, providing a seamless and accessible way for health plan members to manage their heart health.
Addressing a Critical Need
Heart disease remains the leading
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Kettering Health Partners with Story Health to Improve Heart Failure Care
What You Should Know:
- Heart failure patients navigating their condition face multiple issues, including daily care management and monitoring, as well as risk of hospitalization. To improve the care experience for patients living with heart failure, Kettering Health has partnered with Story Health, a digital health company transforming specialty care delivery.
- For Kettering Health patients who opt into the program, Story Health will collaborate with Kettering Health providers for
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Chamber Secures $8M to Empower Cardiologists to Transition into Value-Based Care
What You Should Know:
- Chamber Cardio (Chamber), a groundbreaking healthcare company designed to support cardiologists in the transition to value-based care raises $8M in seed funding led by General Catalyst, with participation from existing investor AlleyCorp and additional support from Company Ventures, American Family Ventures, and City Light.
- By providing technology-enabled support and a deep understanding of value-based care, Chamber empowers cardiologists to deliver high-quality
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Medical AI: AccurKardia Secures $2.7M for Clinical Grade ECG Analytics
What You Should Know:
AccurKardia, Inc., a New York-based medical AI software company delivering clinical-grade ECG interpretation software to cardiac monitoring companies raises $2.7M in seed funding led by Popular Impact Fund alongside other private investors. AccurKardia combines proprietary AI and non-AI-based techniques to provide near-real-time ECG analytics in the cloud, on device and at the edge
Clinical-grade, device-agnostic, API-accessible ECG analytics.
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Viz.ai Receives Clearance for New Algorithm for Pulmonary Embolism
What You Should Know:
- Viz.ai, a provider of AI-powered disease detection and intelligent care coordination, today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for an automated RV/LV ratio algorithm, a seamless new component of the Viz PE Solution (launched in November 2021).
- The algorithm is designed to quickly and accurately measure the diameter of the heart's ventricles to provide the ratio of the maximum right ventricle (RV) diameter versus that
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AI More Accurate for Cardiac Diagnosis than Echocardiogram Assessments
What You Should Know:
- In a first-of-its-kind randomized clinical trial led by researchers at the Smidt Heart Institute and the Division of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine at Cedars-Sinai, artificial intelligence (AI) proved more successful in assessing and diagnosing cardiac function when compared to echocardiogram assessments made by sonographers.
- The results, announced during a late-breaking presentation at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2022, have immediate
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Abridge Secures $12.5M to Power AI-Powered Medical Conversations
What You Should Know:
- Abridge, the leader in medical conversation artificial intelligence (AI), today announced an oversubscribed $12.5M Series A-1 led by Wittington Ventures.
- The round also had participation from all existing investors including Union Square Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Pillar Venture Capital, and UPMC Enterprises, and new investors including Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio, and Whistler Capital.
Automated Solutions to Combat Physician
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Caption Health, Heartbeat Health Partner to Provide Access to Cardiac Care
What You Should Know:
- Caption Health and Heartbeat Health today announced a partnership that will enable providers to offer their patients earlier access to cardiovascular care than ever before possible.
- Together, the partners are increasing access to early cardiac evaluations and care by providing these two innovations as a value-based bundle for health providers, payers, and value-based care organizations.
Improving Access To Cardiac Care
Limited access to cardiac diagnosis and
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Story Health Secures $22.6M for AI-Driven Virtual Specialty Care Platform Across Cardiology
What You Should Know:
- Story Health, a health technology and services company that extends specialty care into patient’s homes raises $22.6M in Series A funding co-led by Northpond Ventures and B Capital Group. The round also included participation from new investor LRVHealth and existing investors Define Ventures and General Catalyst, bringing the company’s total funding to approximately $27M.
- The Story Health platform empowers specialists through intelligent embedded clinical software
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