What You Should Know:
- Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Tempus, a provider of artificial intelligence and precision medicine, are harnessing the power of big data and AI to design personalized cancer treatment options by creating virtual replicas of patients' DNA, RNA, protein and other information to help identify the most effective approach to each individual's disease.
- By creating these "molecular twins," scientists can genetically classify cancer genes and proteins of particular tumors
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AppliedVR Lands $29M for VR Platform to Treat Chronic Pain
What You Should Know:
- AppliedVR, a Los Angeles, CA-based company advancing the next generation of digital medicine, today announced $29 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funds raised to date to $35 million. The round, which includes key investors F-Prime Capital, JAZZ Venture Partners, Sway Ventures, GSR Ventures, Magnetic Ventures and Cedars-Sinai, will fuel the company’s growth as it pursues full FDA approval over the next year.
- Founded in 2015, AppliedVR provides
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Vytalize Health to Acquire Patient Financial Experience Platform MedPilot
What You Should Know:
- Vytalize Health to acquire patient financial experience platform MedPilot to accelerate data-driven engagement technology to its ACO's Medicare population.
- An alumnus of the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator, MedPilot’s platform has already helped over 1 million patients to date and boasts a 97% patient satisfaction score.
Vytalize Health, a leading provider of value-based healthcare announced it is acquiring MedPilot, a Cleveland-based patient financial
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Cedars Sinai Launches COVID-19 Recovery Program
What You Should Know:
- Patients in the Cedars-Sinai COVID-19 Recovery Program
receive a comprehensive in-person evaluation with an expert in infectious
diseases or pulmonary medicine who can refer them to a network of specialists.
Cedars-Sinai,
today announce the launch of the COVID-19 Recovery Program to meet the needs of a
growing number of COVID-19 patients who experience lingering symptoms weeks and
even months after physicians say they are virus-free.
COVID-19
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KēlaHealth Lands $12.9M to Expand AI-Powered Surgical Intelligence Platform
What You Should Know:
- KēlaHealth
announced their Series A round (combined seed and Series A) of $12.9M led by
Sante Ventures and new innovation VC, Intuitive Ventures.
- KēlaHealth, is a surgical intelligence engine that
applies a dynamic cycle of patient-specific predictions, stratified
interventions, and outcomes tracking to reduce surgical complications
- KēlaHealth is the first investment for Intuitive
Ventures, a new innovation fund spun out of Intuitive Surgical,
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Cleveland Clinic Awarded $7.2M NIH Grant for to Study MRI-Based Biomarker in Multiple Sclerosis
What You Should Know:
- Cleveland Clinic-led research team has been awarded a $7.2M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a multi-center study to study CVS, an MRI-based biomarker identified in multiple sclerosis associated white matter lesion.
- The prospective study, referred to as CAVS-MS, will
enroll 400 patients with typical or atypical presentations of MS at 11
participating centers in North America, with Cleveland Clinic serving as
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Patient Financial Engagement Startup MedPilot Raises $1.5M to Fuel Expansion
- Patient financial engagement startup MedPilot raises $1.5M in funding to fuel its next stage of growth, bringing its total to date to $3.6M.
- MedPilot’s patient financial relationship platform transforms patient billing through customized outreach tailored to people's preferences.
MedPilot, a
Cleveland, OH-based patient financial engagement company announced it has
raised $1.5M in funding led by JumpStart, TurnCap, Northcoast Fund, Wavemaker
Three-Sixty Health, Valley Growth
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Incredible Health Raises $15M to Transform The Way Nurses Get Hired
- Incredible Health raises $15M in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to solve America’s looming health care labor crisis.
- Founded in 2017 by a former physician and an MIT alum from a family of nurses, the company has pioneered a new custom matching algorithm that personalizes a hospital’s hiring experience.
- The platform empowers hospitals to apply to nurses seeking permanent positions, matching their needs to skilled professionals who fit the bill.
Incredible
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Cedars-Sinai Named Coordinating Center for Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network
Patrick Lyden, MD, is leading a National Institutes of Health study about strokesQuick Glance- Cedars-Sinai named the coordinating center for the multicenter stroke research program- First-of-Its-Kind Program Will Help Doctors Analyze Several New Potential Stroke TreatmentsCedars-Sinai has been named the coordinating center for a multicenter stroke research program that will be the first of its kind in the U.S. Named the Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network (SPAN) will assess the effectiveness
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Digital Medical Tech Raises $1.5M for Hospital Management & Asset Tracking
Digital Medical Tech
(DMT), an Annapolis, MD-based solution provider for hospital management and
asset tracking, recently raised $1.5 million in seed capital led by DMTI
Capital Partners, LLC. The company plans to use the funding to launch a
nationwide engagement program for targeting healthcare providers and potential
partnerships.
Solutions for Hospital Management & Asset Tracking
Founded in 2016 by CEO Matthew Nicholson, Digital Medical Tech’s enables health systems to proactively
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