What You Should Know: Mayo Clinic and GE HealthCare has formed a strategic healthcare collaboration for research and product development programs aimed to transform the experience of patients and clinicians in the practice of radiology and the delivery of novel therapies.The Strategic Collaboration for Innovation in Medical Imaging and Theranostics comprises Mayo Clinic and GE HealthCare scientists, technology developers, clinicians and other healthcare providers. The partnership seeks to
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Experity Acquires Teleradiology PACS Platform OnePACS – M&A
Experity Acquires Teleradiology PACS Platform OnePACS - M&AWhat You Should Know: - Experity, the technology partner of over 50% of U.S. urgent cares, has acquired OnePacs – a medical imaging SaaS company revolutionizing the Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) and Teleradiology industries. - The acquisition further strengthens Experity’s position as the leading urgent care Teleradiology provider and fills a gap in on-demand care delivery. Acquisition
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French Startup Gleamer Raises $29.4M for AI-Powered Medical Imaging
What You Should Know: Gleamer, a Paris, France-based European manufacturer in AI-powered solutions for medical imaging raises €27M ($29.4M USD) in Series B funding led by Supernova Invest, co-led by Heal Capital and backed by Gleamer’s long-term partners XAnge, Elaia, Bpifrance via the funds Digital Venture and F3A from France 2030, MACSF, Crista Galli Ventures, and UI Investissement, as well as several European radiologists. Founded in 2017, Gleamer’s suite of AI-powered solutions
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Why AI-Driven Cancer Screening Will Soon Become Standard of Care
Healthcare delivery is undergoing a dramatic transformation as AI technologies begin to take hold in the care setting. The technology is revolutionizing radiology, particularly in ED triage, early disease detection, and now in cancer imaging and reporting. These fields are particularly suited to improvements using AI, given their antiquated workflows and resistance to change over the decades. But how – specifically – is AI transforming this industry for good? Using AI for advanced cancer
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OXOS Medical Raises $23M to Deliver ”Radiology Department in a Box”
What You Should Know: OXOS Medical, the MedTech innovator developing simple and safe X-ray solutions, announced a $23 million Series A funding from Parkway Venture Capital and Intel Capital, bringing its total funding to $45 million.OXOS continues to build on its traction across outpatient clinics, the military, the Veterans Administration, sports teams, hospitals, imaging centers, and bioskills labs. To help accelerate the company’s growth, Gregg Hill, Parkway Venture Capital co-founder and
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Telehealth Utilization Declined 76% Nationally from 2020 to 2021
What You Should Know: - From 2020 to 2021, telehealth utilization declined 76 percent nationally while, during that same period, retail clinic utilization increased 51 percent nationally. - Retail clinic growth had the greatest increase among all alternative places of service studied—retail clinics, urgent care centers, telehealth and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs)—as well as emergency rooms (ERs), in a new FAIR Health white paper containing the sixth annual edition of
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The Market Demand for Data-Driven Tech Solutions in Healthcare
The market demand for data-driven technology solutions in healthcare is on the rise. Today, one-third of the world's data is generated by the healthcare industry. This data is often complex and is coming from multiple different sources such as personal health information, claims data, clinical trial data, patient surveys, disease registries, population health statistics, wellness apps, and wearable devices. And so, the need for data management technologies continues to grow. In the Future Health
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CodaMetrix Raises $55M for AI-Powered, Autonomous Medical Coding
What You Should Know: - 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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Is AI-Assisted Lung Cancer Diagnosis Right For Your Hospital?
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with approximately 1.8 million people dying from this disease each year. Most patients are diagnosed after symptoms have appeared and the disease has progressed to an advanced stage (Stage III or IV), which explains the current worldwide five-year survival rate of just 20 percent. In contrast, the survival rate for small lung tumors that are treated at Stage 1A is as high as 90 percent. This significant difference highlights a critical
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Top 10 Health Technology Hazards in 2023 to Watch
What You Should Know: - ECRI, the nation's largest non-profit patient safety organization, names communications gaps with recalls of home-use medical devices as the nation’s most pressing health technology safety issue for 2023. - ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2023 list identifies the potential sources of danger that will warrant the greatest attention for the coming year and offers practical recommendations for reducing
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