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- Assured Allies, an insurtech company for evidence-based successful aging raises $42.5M in Series B funding round co-led by FinTLV Ventures and existing investor Harel Insurance, and was joined by new and existing investors including Lumir Ventures, Funds managed by Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE), New Era Capital Partners, MS&AD Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Poalim Equity, EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, Akilia Partners, and Samsung Next. The latest round
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Is Education is the Catalyst to Increased Adoption of Handheld Ultrasound?
Handheld ultrasound has not yet reached mainstream adoption but the market is still forecast to reach over $500 million by 2026. Signify Research’s newly published Handheld Ultrasound Deep Dive Report 2022 shows that market revenues are estimated to have grown by approximately 30% in 2021, driven by strong growth in the US, the biggest market for handheld ultrasound. Despite the global challenges for handheld ultrasound vendors in 2022, such as rising inflation and supply chain disruptions, the
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Implicity Launches SMART on FHIR App to Optimize Interoperability & Workflow Efficiencies
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- Implicity, a leader in remote patient monitoring (RPM) and cardiac data management solutions, released a new SMART on FHIR application to improve interoperability and workflow efficiencies for providers.
- The new app improves cardiac remote monitoring workflows by providing clinicians access to Implicity alerts and reports directly within Epic's EHR system.
Implicity Background
Implicity's cloud-based platform allows cardiac teams to streamline workflows by
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CodaMetrix Raises $55M for AI-Powered, Autonomous Medical Coding
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- CodaMetrix, an AI technology platform transforming healthcare revenue cycle management, today announced that it closed a $55 million Series A round led by SignalFire. Frist Cressey Ventures (FCV), Martin Ventures, Yale Medicine, University of Colorado Healthcare Innovation Fund, and Mass General Brigham physician organizations also participated in the round.
- The capital injection will accelerate go-to-market with major provider organizations and health systems, as
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AWS, Center for Health Affairs Launches Social Determinants of Health Hub
What You Should Know:
- The Center for Health Affairs and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it has established the world’s first and only Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Innovation Hub.
- The hub’s objective is to start locally and move globally to address structural racism and poverty that result in gun violence, behavioral health crises, and a myriad of other factors negatively impacting the health of local residents.
SDOH Challenges
According to the U.S. Census Bureau,
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Eko Launches Cardiac Disease Detection Platform, SENSORA
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- Eko, a digital health company applying artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against heart and lung disease launches the SENSORA™ Cardiac Disease Detection Platform.
- SENSORA™ currently features AI that objectively identifies structural murmurs, a sign of valvular heart disease, and Care Pathway Analytics software that provides downstream visibility and metrics of the patient journey through the healthcare system.
Eko SENSORA Cardiac Disease Detection
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It’s Time to Stop Accepting the Payer-Provider Dynamic as ‘Adversarial’ and Work Toward Alignment
Today’s relationship between payers and providers is more fraught than ever. With a history of transactional, often adversarial, fee-for-service contract negotiations, it’s no wonder that the healthcare industry has grown too comfortable pitting payers and providers against each other.
The lack of trust and transparency between the two groups has led to a perceived misalignment of vision. Across the board, the administrative staff has shouldered the brunt of this friction, which in the end
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Vysioneer & Pfizer Partner on AI-Powered Oncology Clinical Trials
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- Vysioneer, a provider of applied AI for Oncology, today announced a data-sharing agreement with Pfizer, a global leader in pharmaceuticals. The agreement aims to lay the foundation for the application of AI in oncology clinical trials.
As part of the agreement, Vysioneer gains access to one of Pfizer's oncology clinical trial datasets to apply Vysioneer's advanced machine-learning techniques to facilitate the drug efficacy assessment process, thereby allowing Pfizer
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Aledade Acquires Curia, Adds More Than 450 New Practices
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- Aledade today announced the acquisition of Curia, a leader in value-based care analytics using practical applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize the targeting of patient care and engagement programs. The acquisition will enhance Aledade’s ability to extract valuable insights from disparate data sources, provide more accurate predictions using past data, and optimize primary care workflows through cutting-edge AI algorithms.
- In addition, the
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Bluestem Health Launches AI-Based Virtual Healthcare Assistant Powered by Mediktor
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- Nebraska-based Bluestem Health today announced it has launched an AI-based virtual medical assistant powered by Mediktor. This is available for both established and non-established patients to efficiently assess their symptoms online and direct them to the appropriate level of care.
- Mediktor combines AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning technologies for the first clinically validated digital medical assistant, proven in clinical trials with
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