What You Should Know:
- Element5, the world’s first Automation-as-a-Service solution purpose-built for post-acute care, today announced that it has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners. With the closing of the Series B funding round, Element5 has raised $48.5M in total capital to date.
- This investment will strengthen Element5’s position and enable the company to continue the disruption of the health care industry’s $400B post-acute
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UCSF Health & Tia Partner to Open Flagship Women’s Clinic in SF
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- UCSF Health, and women's healthcare provider Tia announced a partnership to transform women's healthcare in the Bay Area -- while also demonstrating a model for how a traditional health system and an upstart can work together to improve health outcomes and experiences for 51% of the population.
- The flagship Tia Clinic will provide Bay Area women with a first-of-its-kind medical home designed to make every woman feel seen, heard and cared
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Enlyt Health Secures $10M to Expand Healthcare Digital Front Door
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What You Should Know:
- Enlyt Health, a St. Petersburg, FL-based low code platform for healthcare digital front door raises $10M in Series A funding led by Meritage Partners. Enlyt Health has several well-known Health Systems already live on the platform providing patients the needed access and tools to better their overall health journey.
- Enlyt Health helps organizations build Digital Front Doors
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Physicians Say Access Challenges Impact Their Care Plans for Up to 33% of Patients
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- Physicians would make a different therapy choice for 33% of patients if medication access was not a factor, and physicians had to change their treatment plan for 26% of patients due to medication access challenges, according to recent survey findings from OptimizeRX Corp.
- The results of a survey of 102 specialist physicians highlight how inefficient access pathways negatively impact patient care.
Survey Report Background
The survey, conducted in March
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Why a Focus on Behavioral Health is Key to Improving Quality Measures
Since the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act in 2008, the U.S. healthcare system has been moving towards value-based care (VBC) which encourages health providers to improve care quality by reimbursing them based on successful outcomes rather than individual medical services. The overarching goal of VBC is to improve the patient experience, improve population health, and reduce per capita health costs.
As part of this VBC model, hospitals and health systems
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Transcarent Launches Oncology Care for Collaborative Cancer Care Experience
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- Transcarent, a new, different, and better health and care experience company for employees of self-insured employers and their families launches Transcarent Oncology Care, a collaborative cancer care experience that connects employees and their families with high-quality cancer care from leading cancer institutes, top-rated oncology providers and researchers, and clinical trial identification irrespective of their geographic location.
- Transcarent Oncology Care
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HonorHealth Deploys Loyal’s Symptom Checker to Improve Patient Triage/Experience
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- Phoenix-based HonorHealth has deployed Loyal’s Symptom Checker chatbot solution to assist with patient intake and triage. Symptom Checker leverages machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) to identify which clinical symptoms may be affecting patients – with the ability to handle multiple health conditions and access a clinical database of over 1,200 symptoms, 660+ conditions and 130+ risk
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DUOS Secures $15M for Senior Assistance Platform for Older Adults
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- DUOS, a digital health company on a mission to increase the longevity and independence of older adults, announced today a $15 million Series A funding led by Imaginary Ventures, along with participation from existing investors Forerunner Ventures, Declaration Partners, and new investor Optum Ventures.
- DUOS focuses on members' social needs and maximizes their independence by building long-term, high trust 1:1 relationships, coordinating community resources, and
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CipherHealth Launches Suite of Pre-Care Digital Front Door Solutions
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- CipherHealth launches a suite of pre-care digital front door solutions powered by CipherConnect to drive appointment volume and reduce no-shows.
CipherConnect is a new conversational engagement solution that automates the many manual scheduling, intake, and virtual waiting room tasks that consume precious frontline resources.
Conversational Engagement Solution
CipherConnect manages patient-provider communication via a frictionless, conversational,
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Viz.ai Raises $100M for Care Coordination Platform at $1.2B Valuation
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- Viz.ai, a San Francisco-based AI-powered disease detection and care coordination platform raises $1000M in Series D funding led by Tiger Global and Insight Partners. The round also included participation from Scale Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Threshold, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Sozo Ventures, CRV, and Susa.
- The new funds will be used to support Viz.ai’s significant growth trajectory, expand the Viz Platform to detect
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