Whether a Federally Qualified Health Center or a nonprofit health clinic that’s self-sustaining, you work tirelessly to provide primary care services in your communities. As the tech leaders in your healthcare organization, you’re positioned to evaluate your center’s technologies and ensure they are contributing to your mission.
When it comes to building and evaluating your tech stack, think about choosing software that builds on the impressive outcomes your organization touts and that
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Vytalize Health Raises $50M for Value-Based Care Platform for Seniors
What You Should Know:
- Vytalize Health raises over $50 million to advance its value-based care platform for seniors helping primary care doctors strengthen relationships with their patients through data-driven, holistic, and personalized care.
- Led by Enhanced Healthcare Partners, the financing round signals an enormous opportunity for Vytalize Health to accelerate the adoption of value-based care programs by providers.
Vytalize Health, a leading value-based care platform for
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MemorialCare Taps TytoCare to Offer Virtual Exam Kits for Enhanced Telehealth
What You Should Know:
- TytoCare, a provider of AI-powered, on-demand, remote medical exams has inked a partnership with MemorialCare, a health system in Orange and Los Angeles Counties, to bring patients diverse telehealth options and allow them to pursue comprehensive primary care options from home.
- The integration of the TytoCare solution into MemorialCare’s current telehealth appointments enhances the health system’s ability
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Dental AI Startup VideaHealth Nabs $20M to Expand AI-Based Diagnostics
What You Should Know:
- VideaHealth, a dental diagnostic AI solution raises $20M in Series A funding led by Spark Capital including existing investors Zetta Venture Partners. Pillar VC also contributed to the round, bringing the company to $26.4M to date.
- The company will use the financing to expand its groundbreaking AI-based diagnostics capabilities to over 6000 dental practices by the end of 2023.
Transforming Dentistry Through AI
Today, more than 40% of dental
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Digital Health Disconnect Creates Unnecessary Roadblock to Patient Engagement
By all accounts, the last two years have accelerated consumer adoption of digital tools for managing nearly every aspect of our lives. Ordering takeout? Odds are good you used a digital payment method, alongside the 93% of consumers who say they’ve used tools like Venmo and Zelle over the last year. Visiting your primary care physician? There’s a good chance you had at least some interaction with a patient portal or telehealth platform. Even the
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Hims & Hers & Carbon Health Partner to Expand Care Options for California Customers
What You Should Know:
- Hims & Hers & Carbon Health partnership adds the seventh U.S. state to the Hims & Hers provider network, which enables seamless care for a wide range of conditions.
- Collaboration advances Hims & Hers efforts to transform healthcare by adding another high-quality provider to its growing network of provider relationships.
Hims & Hers Health, the multi-specialty telehealth platform focused on providing modern personalized health and wellness
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UHG’s Optum Acquires Home Health Business LHC Group for $5.4B
What You Should Know:
- UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum has agreed to acquire LHC Group, a national patient-focused provider of high-quality in-home health care services for $5.4 billion ($170 per share).
- The acquisition will further strengthen their shared ability to advance value-based care, especially in the comfort of a patient’s own home.
Extend Value-Based Care into Patients’ Homes
The combination of LHC Group with Optum Health, which works
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Altibbi Raises $44M for Middle East AI-Based Digital Health Platform
What You Should Know:
- Altibbi, the Middle East’s largest AI-based digital health platform raises $44 million in Series B fund funding led by Foundation Holdings, Hikma Ventures and existing investors Global Ventures and DASH Ventures. The Series B round marks the largest single financing round for a regional Digital Health company.
- Raising more than $50M in funds since its founding in 2011, Altibbi’s diverse shareholder base also includes high-profile investors Endeavor Catalyst,
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Why Mainstream Precision Medicine Hinges on Healthcare HPC Storage
The healthcare industry is experiencing a data deluge, and it shows no sign of slowing down.
In 2020, estimates reported that healthcare data comprised a staggering 30% of the world’s total data volume; projections for 2025 bump that number up to 36%, a growth rate outpacing every other industry.
This is promising news for precision medicine, the data-driven healthcare initiative that promotes the right treatment for the right patient at the right time.
Precision (or personalized)
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Telemedicine-Supported Medication-Assisted Treatment Should Remain Available After Pandemic
What You Should Know:
- A staggering 100% of patients believe that telemedicine-supported Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) should remain available even after the pandemic comes to an end, according to new findings from a survey conducted by Bicycle Health.
- The comprehensive survey studied over 900 patients suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD), and their attitudes about critical topics like recovery, telehealth, and stigma.
Opioid Use Disorder: A Deadly American
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