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Google Cloud Expands Intelligent Vaccine Impact Solution to Support Vaccine Equity

by Jasmine Pennic 04/15/2021 Leave a Comment

Google Cloud Expands Intelligent Vaccine Impact Solution to Support Vaccine Equity

What You Should Know: - Google Cloud today launched an expanded virtual agent as part of its Intelligent Vaccine Impact solution (IVIs). People will be able to schedule vaccine appointments and ask common questions through a virtual agent, Contact Center AI. - Contact Center AI (CCAI), one core component of the Intelligent Vaccine Impact solution, scales call center human operations with intelligent virtual agents that understand, interact and can talk with people 24/7 in real-time,
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Led by Sequoia, Benchling Raises $200M to Accelerate R&D Cloud Platform

by Fred Pennic 04/14/2021 Leave a Comment

Benchling Nabs $34.5M to Power Life Sciences R&D Cloud Platform

- Today Benchling, the leading life and sciences R&D cloud, announced a $200M Series E raise led by Sequoia Capital Global Equities and joined by Altimeter Capital, Byers Capital, and Elad Gil. This funding will be used to aggressively invest in product development and global expansion to support enterprise customers. The raise is also joined by existing investors Thrive Capital, Benchmark, Menlo Ventures, Alkeon Capital, ICONIQ, Lux Capital, Spark Capital, and Lead Edge Capital. -
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Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity

by Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP) 04/12/2021 Leave a Comment

Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity

The first quarter of 2021 has been one of investor optimism as the vaccine rollout continues ahead of expectations and economic activity begins to accelerate in response.  Within the Health IT industry, the already strong investment and M&A trends seen in 2020 have only accelerated.  Over the course of the quarter, we observed $7 billion in private equity and venture capital investment across 158 companies.  By comparison, Q1 of 2020 saw $3.2 billion and 127 investments.  Health IT
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M&A: Microsoft Acquires Nuance for $20B to Accelerate Healthcare Cloud Strategy

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M&A: Microsoft Acquires Nuance for $16B to Accelerate Healthcare Cloud Strategy

What You Should Know: - Today, Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN) announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Nuance for $16B.  Financial terms of the all-cash deal details Microsoft paying $56 per Nuance share, a 23% premium over Friday’s closing price with a total value including debt at $19.7 billion. - Microsoft’s acquisition
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Why the Digital-First, Patient-Centered Care is Critical to Healthcare

by Michael D. Robinson Vice President, Healthcare North America at VMware 04/12/2021 Leave a Comment

Why the Digital-First, Patient-Centered Care is Critical to Healthcare

In the turmoil of one of the hardest years the healthcare industry has experienced, many healthcare organizations innovated nearly overnight, transforming bedside tablets into virtual care providers and parking garages into field hospitals. Through the help of agile, flexible technology, healthcare has empowered providers to support patient care anywhere.  The pandemic created a tipping point: The healthcare industry must accelerate its drive toward a digital-first mentality.
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Cardinal Health and Deep Lens Collaborate for AI-based Oncology Clinical Trial Matching

by Jasmine Pennic 04/07/2021 Leave a Comment

Cardinal Health and Deep Lens Collaborate for AI-based Oncology Clinical Trial Matching

What You Should Know: - Today, Deep Lens and Cardinal Health announced a strategic collaboration that will integrate Deep Lens’ AI-based clinical trial matching solution, VIPER, into community-based oncology practices throughout the Cardinal network. VIPER will be a part of Cardinal Health’s new Navista advanced suite of technology solutions designed to help oncologists improve outcomes, provide high quality care at the best possible cost and select the right care plan at the onset of
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MEDITECH, WELL Health Partner to Enhance Digital Patient Engagement

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MEDITECH, WELL Health Partner to Enhance Digital Patient Engagement

What You Should Know: - MEDITECH recently announced Expanse Patient Connect, powered by WELL Health, a contemporary, mobile solution enabling bidirectional, communication between healthcare organizations and their patients. Available through the MEDITECH Cloud Platform, the solution leverages WELL Health’s automated patient interaction functionality to improve provider efficiency and keep patients and their families connected to their care in the most convenient way
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Could ‘Hospitals Without Walls’ Be the New Normal for Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring?

by Fred Pennic 04/02/2021 Leave a Comment

75% of Americans Lack Access or Unaware of Telehealth Options, Survey Finds

The statistics surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be startling, despite the ever-growing mental and physical fatigue that we’ve all experienced living through this frightening, intimidating and unprecedented era. More than 125 million cases worldwide have resulted in a death toll closing in on three million, while in the United States alone, 30 million reported infections have resulted in a death toll that reached 550,000. (1) One thing that can be said for certain about
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Boost Operational, Clinical and Financial Performance with Good Data

by Pete Nelson, Vice President and General Manager, Global Alliances, GHX 04/01/2021 Leave a Comment

There’s an old adage that every challenge is merely an opportunity in disguise. COVID-19 highlighted the healthcare industry’s ongoing challenge with producing clean, standardized data. As the industry looks to rebound from the severe financial impact of the pandemic, there’s a renewed urgency among hospitals and health networks to improve operational efficiency.  The push toward greater operational efficiency – in a time of constrained budgets and resources – has accelerated
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Oneview Healthcare Launches Cloud-Based Virtual Care Experience Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 04/01/2021 Leave a Comment

Oneview Healthcare Launches Cloud-Based Virtual Care Experience Platform

What You Should Know:  - Oneview Healthcare collaborated with long-time client, NYU Langone Health, to roll out a virtual patient engagement platform in response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.  - CXP Cloud Enterprise powered by Microsoft Azure technology with the use of Samsung tablets, helps engage patients, reduce non-clinical demands on care teams and optimize clinical and operational effectiveness.  - CXP Cloud Enterprise gives patients and their families the
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