What You Should Know: - FDA awards AppliedVR Breakthrough Device designation for
treating treatment-resistant fibromyalgia and chronic intractable lower back
pain - AppliedVR’s EaseVRx program helps patients learn self-management skills grounded in evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and other behavioral methods. AppliedVR,
a pioneer advancing the next generation of digital medicine, today announced
its EaseVRx product received Breakthrough Device designation
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Innovaccer Launches AI-Enabled Patient Relationship Management Solution
What You Should Know: - Innovaccer launches its artificial
intelligence (AI)-enabled patient relationship management solution to
streamline communication between patients and their care teams. - The solution enables
providers and member teams to move beyond treating illness to facilitating
proactive care by building productive, long-term relationships with patients. Innovaccer, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare technology
company, today launched its artificial
intelligence
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UCSF, Fortanix, Intel, Microsoft Team Up to Accelerate Development of Clinical AI Algorithms by 1000X
What You Should Know: - UCSF, in partnership with Fortanix, Intel, and Microsoft, will announce BeeKeeperAI, a Privacy-Preserving Analytics Platform that will accelerate the development of clinical AI algorithms by 1000X (from 30 months to 1 day). - This will help get life-saving clinical applications to
all patients faster, such as predicting the need for blood transfusions or
detecting tumors on X-rays, while maintaining patient privacy using
Confidential Computing technology. UC
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NVIDIA Develops AI Model to Accurately Predict Oxygen Needs for COVID-19 Patients
What You Should Know: - NVIDIA and Massachusetts General Brigham Hospital
researchers develop an AI model that determines whether a person showing up in
the emergency room with COVID-19 symptoms will need supplemental oxygen hours
or even days after an initial exam. - The ultimate goal of this model is to predict the
likelihood that a person showing up in the emergency room will need
supplemental oxygen, which can aid physicians in determining the appropriate
level of care for patients,
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Parexel Acquires Healthcare NLP Provider Roam Analytics
What You Should Know: - Parexel acquires healthcare software company Roam
Analytics, Inc. to strengthen and enhance Parexel’s pharmacovigilance (PV)
services. - The acquisition provides significant opportunities to
apply Roam Analytics’ natural language processing (NLP) technology to further
streamline and extract insights from unstructured data. - Parexel will also use Roam’s AI technology to leverage
various data, from clinical notes, medical images, patient surveys,
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Corindus Vascular Robotics CEO Departure, UPMC Enterprises’ New President, Nordic Consulting’s New CIO, Other Health IT Hires
Mark Toland, CEO of Corindus Vascular Robotics (acquired by Siemens for $1.1B last year), has announced his departure and will be joining BioStar Capital, a health-tech venture capital group focused on cardiovascular and orthopedic medical devices. As a partner and entrepreneur in residence, Mark will help to identify and develop innovative companies leveraging AI, deep learning, robotics, and other transformative technologies that address a wide range of unmet needs. The BioStar team has
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Revint Merges with Triage to Deliver Comprehensive Revenue Integrity
What You
Should Know: - Revint,
a leader in technology-enabled revenue integrity solutions for healthcare
providers, announced they will be merging with Triage Consulting Group, one of
the nation’s premier healthcare revenue integrity companies. - With this merger, Revint continues to invest in its technology and product solutions that recover revenue through a guaranteed ROI model that hospital systems can depend on. Revint Solutions, a leader in
technology-enabled revenue integrity
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Innovaccer Launches Perioperative Optimization Platform for Surgeons
What You Should Know: - Innovaccer launches a perioperative
optimization solution for surgeons to realize clinical and financial goals with
patient-risk analysis. - The solution redefines surgical planning and
post-surgical recovery with machine learning-based patient stratification for
optimized surgery experience and personalized patient care management. Innovaccer, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare technology company, recently launched its perioperative optimization
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Mission Bio Lands $70M to Expand Cancer Therapies With Single-Cell Multi-Omics Platform
What You Should Know: - Mission Bio raises $70 million in Series C funding led by
Novo Growth to accelerate the development of cancer therapies with single-cell multi-omics. - Mission Bio’s Tapestri Platform, the first single-cell platform capable of detecting DNA and protein changes simultaneously, gives a profound insight into the mutations that drive disease to accelerate the development of novel treatments and save patient lives. Mission Bio,
Inc., a South San Francisco,
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Ginger Lands $50M to Expand On-Demand Mental Health Support Platform
What You Should Know: - Ginger announces $50 Million in Series D funding to expand
access to its on-demand mental healthcare system led by Advance Venture
Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners; joined by Cigna Ventures and existing
investors. - Company has more than tripled revenue over the past year, now brings access to on-demand mental healthcare to millions around the world through 200+ employer clients and leading health plans. Ginger, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of
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