Operations

Healthcare provider wearing scrubs with a stethoscope around their neck while walking down the hallway of a health center
By  Jessica Hagen 01:15 pm July 23, 2024
AI-enabled medical documentation company Abridge, health IT giant Epic and healthcare system Mayo Clinic are partnering to create a genAI documentation platform that integrates Abridge's tools into Epic's EHR for Mayo Clinic nurses. Abridge, founded in 2018, offers an AI tool that records and transcribes conversations between providers and patients. It then organizes and summarizes that...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:12 pm July 22, 2024
Employee and government benefits organization Sun Life announced it is partnering with Hinge Health to provide its members with digital access to technology and clinicians for musculoskeletal care. Hinge Health, founded in 2015, provides individuals with musculoskeletal conditions access to health coaches, orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists and technological resources, such as surgery...
Healthcare provider in the clinical setting with a patient
By  Jessica Hagen 04:12 pm July 18, 2024
Pennsylvania-based behavioral health company NeuroFlow announced it is partnering with Intermountain Health to help identify behavioral health needs within the health system's primary care patients in Colorado.  NeuroFlow's cloud-based platform allows providers to monitor and connect with patients between office visits and obtain AI-powered clinical decision support with personalized patient...
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By  Jessica Hagen 03:14 pm July 2, 2024
OMNY Health, which helps hospitals monetize operational data, has launched an AI-powered platform for health technology companies to leverage its data on more than 75 million patients.  The first two companies to utilize the data are AI-enabled clinical trial design company QuantHealth and life sciences company ArisGlobal. QuantHealth will add OMNY's data to its existing AI technology trained on...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:09 pm July 2, 2024
Virtual primary care provider K Health announced it secured $50 million in an equity funding round.  Claure Group led the round with participation from Pablo Legorreta, the founder and CEO of Royalty Pharma. Existing investors Valor Equity Partners, Mangrove Capital Partners and Atreides Management LP also joined the round.  WHAT IT DOES K Health is an AI-enabled virtual care provider that offers...
Person lying down preparing to roll into a diagnostic imaging machine
By  Jessica Hagen 12:46 pm July 1, 2024
GenAI radiology workflow company Rad AI and Bayer announced a collaboration to bring Rad AI's technology to the multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company's Calantic Digital Solution customers. Calantic is a vendor-neutral cloud-based marketplace of AI-enabled radiology apps aimed at automating routine radiology tasks.  California-based Rad AI offers radiologists generative AI tools...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:09 pm June 27, 2024
Sidecar Health, an insurance startup focused on price transparency and direct payments for care, announced it secured $165 million in Series D financing. Koch Disruptive Technologies led the round, with participation from Cathay Innovation, GreatPoint Ventures, Morpheus, Drive Capital, Duke University, BOND and Menlo Ventures.  The company also announced that Koch Industries will provide medical...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:12 pm June 25, 2024
Adonis, a healthcare revenue cycle intelligence and automation company, announced it secured $31 million in Series B funding, bringing its total raise to $54 million.  Point72 Private Investments led the round with participation from new investor Kin Ventures and existing investors General Catalyst, Max Ventures and Bling Capital. WHAT IT DOES Adonis provides revenue cycle technology to...
Dr. Guido Giunti, leader of the digital therapeutics research group at the University of Oulu and adjunct professor at Trinity College Dublin
By  Jessica Hagen 07:26 am June 6, 2024
Investments in the digital health sector dipped substantially last year compared to the prior year, from $15.3 billion in 2022 to $10.7 billion in 2023. While funding in the industry has decreased, so has the need to rethink how digital therapeutics are created to ensure clinical effectiveness and company longevity. Dr. Guido Giunti, leader of the digital therapeutics research group at the...
Pharmacy worker looking at shelves with medications on them
By  Jessica Hagen 01:38 pm May 31, 2024
San Francisco-based Plenful, a workflow-automation platform for pharmacy and healthcare operations, announced it secured $17 million in Series A investment less than a year after launching with $9 million in funding.  TQ Ventures led the round, with participation from Mitchell Rales (cofounder and chairman of Danaher), Susa Ventures and existing investors.  WHAT IT DOES Plenful offers pharmacy...