What You Should Know:
- Built at Redesign Health, Iron Health, the tech-enabled, virtual care partner that empowers OB/GYNs and their patients today announced its official launch with $4.5 million in seed investment.
- March of Dimes both contributed funds to Iron Health as part of its seed as its first investment from its first Innovation Fund but is also a partner resource for the startup. Iron Health addresses the fragmentation between OB/GYN, primary,
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Serena Williams-Backed Juno Medical Raises $12M to Expand Tech-Enabled Healthcare Clinics
What You Should Know:
- Juno Medical, the modern doctor's office that's designed for the 99% raises $12M in Series A funding co-led by Julian Eison, Managing Partner at NEXT VENTURES, and Serena Williams, Managing Partner at Serena Ventures. Other notable participants include Vast Ventures, which led Juno’s seed round, Empire State Development’s New York Ventures, TXV Partners, Genius Guild, Gaingels, and previous investors Atento Capital and Humbition.
- Juno’s products and services are
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21st Century Pregnancy Care: Unleashing The Power of RNA
While maternal mortality is on the rise in the U.S., pregnancy health has seen little innovation in understanding the underlying biology of disease and is ripe for change. Nowhere is this more evident than in the realm of the prediction of preeclampsia. Fortunately, with new technology on the horizon, doctors will finally be able to predict preeclampsia and other pregnancy complications before they arise by evaluating the underlying biology of each pregnancy expressed through RNA messages.
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American Samoa Medical Center Authority Extends Contract with Medsphere and CareVue EHR/RCM Solution
- American Samoa Medical Center Authority (ASMCA) and the American Samoa Department of Health (DOH) extends their contract with Medsphere and CareVue EHR/RCM Solution- South Pacific island group’s safety-net healthcare system signs on for seven more years plans to implement Medsphere enhancements of CareVue platformMedsphere Systems Corporation, a provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions, today announced that the American Samoa Medical Center Authority (ASMCA)
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Which Physician Specialties Have The Most Inpatient Cost Variation?
- IllumiCare’s new research found thousands of dollars in disparities among providers of the same specialties taking care of the same type of patients, both across different hospitals and within the same hospital. - The variations stem from costs providers make judgment calls about — such as ordering medications, lab tests and radiological exams.-The report sheds light at how provider choices in medications, labs, and radiology tests create big differences in spend on a similar diagnosis/patient
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5 Trends Shaping the Future of the Global Ultrasound Market
2018 was a record year for the world ultrasound equipment market, with revenues increasing by 6.8%, tipping the market over the $7 billion mark for the first time. Despite the backdrop of global economic uncertainty, the ultrasound market is forecast to continue to grow relatively strongly in the coming years, with the following trends driving growth.1. New Users of UltrasoundOver the years, the use of ultrasound has gradually expanded beyond radiology, cardiology and OB/GYN to a wide range of
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Genneve Raises $4M for Telemedicine Clinic for Women with Menopause
Genneve, a Seattle-based digital health company for women in midlife & menopause has raised $4M in seed funding led by BlueRun Ventures including participation from Maven Ventures and Startup Health. The latest round brings the startup’s total funding to date to $5.3 million, GeekWire first reports.Telemedicine Clinic for MenopauseEvery woman will experience menopause which lasts 4-10 years, costing her on average $20k through trial-and-error spending on prescriptions, doctor visits,
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Adventist Integrates CancerIQ Platform with Cerner EHR Systemwide to Get AHEAD of Cancer
Adventist Health is getting AHEAD of hereditary cancer (which tends to be earlier onset, more aggressive, and accounts for 10 percent of all new diagnoses). The Adventist Health Early All-Around Detection – or AHEAD Program – at Adventist Health is a population hereditary cancer risk assessment initiative.To ensure patients in both urban and rural settings have access to the preventive services needed to reduce risk, Adventist Health is partnering with CancerIQ to identify candidates for genetic
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Philips Unveils New OB/GYN Ultrasound Innovations Featuring Anatomical Intelligence
Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, this week announced new OB/GYN innovations, aBiometry AssistA.I, TouchVue and Tilt, as well as the eL18-4 transducer available on Philips EPIQ 7 and 5 and Affiniti 70 ultrasound systems. Philips' OB/GYN ultrasound solutions are designed to give clinicians more information earlier in pregnancy, making it easier to provide a confident diagnosis and overcome diagnostic challenges.The new OB/GYN solutions feature innovations such as anatomical
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drchrono EHR Adds Prenatal Flow Sheets for OB/GYN Practices
Mobile EHR provider drchrono, today announced it has added new Flow Sheets and medical forms specialized for OB/GYN physicians and practices to its EHR platform.Using Prenatal Flow Sheet in drchrono, providers and their staff can easily enter patients’ medical records from each visit and visualize pregnancy progress across multiple visits in one glance on an iPhone, iPad or via the web. The drchrono Flow Sheet can also be further customized to meet providers’ specific needs. Flow Sheet and other
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