Cernostics, a Pittsburgh, PA-based diagnostics company focused on delivering better cancer diagnosis and prognosis through a unique approach to tissue analysis has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding led by Illumina Ventures. With the recent investment from Illumina Ventures, Cernostics has raised a total of $13 million, including investments from UPMC Enterprises, Novitas Capital, Geisinger Health System, the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of
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Oncology Platform
Precision Health AI Launches Oncology AI Platform Driven by EMR Dataset
Precision Health AI, a healthcare technology company focused on the application of artificial intelligence to cancer care, today announced the launch of the Eureka Health Oncology AI Platform. The 60+ set of pre-trained AI solution modules will utilize Precision Health AI’s proprietary data to predict a patient’s cancer stage, treatment journey, flow through the healthcare system and survival rate.Driving the new Eureka Health Oncology AI platform is Precision Health AI’s deep, longitudinal
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Roche Acquires Oncology EHR Startup Flatiron Health for $1.9B
Roche has reached an agreement to acquire Flatiron Health, a NYC-based oncology EHR startup focused on accelerating cancer research and improving patient care for $1.9B. Under terms of the acquisition, Flatiron Health will continue its current business model, network of partnerships and overall objectives. The integrity of segregated patient protected health information will be preserved, as will dedicated sales and marketing, provider-facing and life science business activities. In addition,
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Elsevier Acquires Clinical Decision Support Solution Via Oncology
Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, and part of RELX Group, today announced that it has acquired Via Oncology, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company that provides clinical decision support and best practices in cancer care management. A former subsidiary of UPMC, one of the nation's leading integrated healthcare delivery and financing systems, Via Oncology helps cancer centers demonstrate the value of their care to patients, referring physicians
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Integra Connect Launches First End-to-End Solution for Oncology Care Model Success
Integra Connect, the leading provider of technologies and services for value-based specialty care, today announced a uniquely comprehensive solution for oncology practices participating in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Oncology Care Model (OCM) payment program.The OCM, introduced in July of 2016 to further delivery of higher quality, more coordinated oncology care at a lower cost, involves 190 practices representing more than 3,200 US oncologists. Integra Connect’s solution
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