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Signal AI, the leading global External Intelligence company, today announces that it has acquired US company KELP Inc., the first actionable platform for corporate reputation. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The healthcare industry is defined by reputation and trust. And through this acquisition Signal AI will now be able to build upon its risk management capabilities allowing healthcare companies to identify, mitigate and avoid emerging
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FundamentalVR Raises $20M for VR Surgical Simulation Platform
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- FundamentalVR has raised an additional $20M to significantly accelerate medical skill-transfer and increase surgical proficiency through its world-leading medical simulation platform, Fundamental Surgery.
- The funding was led by EQT Life Sciences investing from the LSP Health Economics Fund 2 and joined by prior investors Downing Ventures. The new investments follow a Series A round in October 2019 and bring the
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Teladoc Brings At-Home Diabetes Testing for Members
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- Teladoc Health recently added an at-home A1C testing program to its chronic care solution, making it easier for members to manage their diabetes while also bridging health equity gaps in chronic condition care.
- Livongo by Teladoc Health members will have the option to receive at-home A1C tests provided by LetsGetChecked, a leading healthcare solutions company that enables providers to administer diagnostics and
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Femtech Startup Nanopath Raises $10M to Develop POC Diagnostics for Women’s Health
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- Nanopath, a molecular diagnostics company enabling high-quality molecular testing in minutes raises $10M in Series A funding, co-led by co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Medtech Convergence Fund, to develop a point-of-care diagnostics platform for women’s health screenings.
- The company plans to use the latest round of funding to support development and commercialization of Nanopath's biosensing platform that aims to transform how women's pelvic and
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Healthcare Companies on the Stock Market
Good healthcare and the financial sector cannot be separated entirely, even when their base motivations lie in different directions. While the medical sector should focus more on the health of the patients instead of consumerism, a good amount of capital is needed to ensure a functional system.
Naturally, we can find healthcare companies on the stock market. Considering the continuous need for health care, that is not tied to market crashes the way other stocks are, this is a great chance for
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Telehealth Utilization Grew 10.2% Nationally in May 2022
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- In May 2022, for the second straight month, telehealth utilization, as measured by telehealth's share of all medical claim lines, grew nationally and in every US census region (Midwest, Northeast, South, West), according to FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
- FAIR Health reports national telehealth utilization increased 10.2 percent, from 4.9 percent of medical claim lines in April to 5.4 percent in May. Regionally, the greatest increase
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Netsmart Acquires SNF Claims Data Analytics Solution CORE Analytics
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- Netsmart announced that it has acquired CORE Analytics, the industry-leading skilled nursing facility (SNF) claims data analytics offering from Zimmet Healthcare.
- With the addition of Core Analytics, Netsmart Simple™is now the only solution suite in the market capable of calculating quality measures and Five-Star ratings leveraging Minimum Data Set (MDS), Payroll-Based Journaling (PBJ) and UB-04 claims data.
Software Solutions to Problems in
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Diagnostic Robotics Raises $45M for Medical-Grade AI Triage & Clinical Predictions Platform
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- Diagnostic Robotics has announced the closing of a $45M Series B funding round led by StageOne investors, with participation from Mayo Clinic, thus becoming a Mayo Clinic Platform portfolio company. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, as well as other existing investors such as strategic angel investor Bradley Bloom, co-founder of Berkshire Partners, participated in this funding round as well.
- The new funding will be used to accelerate product development,
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Adventist HealthCare to Deploy Innovaccer Health Cloud for Value-Based Whole-Person Care
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- Adventist HealthCare has selected Innovaccer Inc., the Health Cloud company to be their next-generation population health management and value-based care partner.
- Innovaccer will help Advent HealthCare create a unified data platform to help deliver deeper insights into community health and network operations.
Supporting Value-Based Whole-Person Care
One of the longest-serving health systems in the Washington, D.C. region, and one of
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Inflation is Here. Why Deflationary Healthcare is Our Best Bet
Almost every sector of the economy is experiencing inflation the likes of which we haven’t seen in 40 years. One area that hasn’t experienced it (yet) is health care, but it is coming. Fortunately, the very pandemic that has fueled inflation in almost every other sector of the economy has also been the catalyst for digital health trends that could give us the tools we need to curb health care inflation.
Making this a reality, however, will require smart
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