Salesforce announced the launch of Agentforce for Health, an AI-driven platform that automates tasks like appointment booking, benefits verification and clinical trial matching. The tech giant is also partnering with healthcare technology company Athenahealth to streamline workflows, such as summarizing patient histories and processing prescription refills.
Amit Khanna, senior vice president and...
Academic health system Emory Healthcare is partnering with Atropos Health, a company that translates real-world clinical data into real-world evidence, to advance medication formulary decisions and protocols.
Emory is piloting a program that aims to advance patient care by allowing clinical questions to be answered in real time using Atropos' platform.
The Atropos Evidence Network allows Emory...
AI-enabled risk adjustment platform Keebler Health has raised $6 million in seed funding.
Freestyle Capital, MBX Capital, New Stack Ventures, Underdog Labs, Everywhere VC, Ludlow Ventures, Primordial, the Tweener Fund, the Hustle Fund, Deb Liu and Bong Koh participated in the round.
The latest funding brings Keebler Health’s total raise to $7.8 million.
WHAT IT DOES
Keebler Health's platform...
Exero Medical, a company focused on early detection of post-operative complications using tissue healing data, has secured up to $12.7 million in funding to complete its FDA trial and launch its breakthrough-designated xBar system in the United States.
The round includes $10 million in upfront funding and additional milestone-based warrants, as well as $2.7 million in non-dilutive grants.
The...
Candid Health, a revenue cycle management platform for healthcare providers, announced it raised $52.5 million in Series C funding.
The round was led by Oak HC/FT with participation from existing investors.
The latest funding round brings the company's total amount raised to $99.5 million.
WHAT IT DOES
Candid Health aims to simplify medical billing by giving providers the ability to focus on...
Venture Capital firm General Catalyst announced the creation of a new wealth management business, GC Wealth.
GC Wealth aims to support clients from their earliest stages through their evolution.
The business will offer "specialized support, responsible collaboration and unique experiences that connect clients to global transformations shaping the future."
It will focus on prioritizing fee...
Boston Consulting Group's Ashkan Afkhami, managing director and senior partner and global leader of healthcare at BCG X, sat down with MobiHealthNews outside of the JPM Healthcare Conference to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of America's health system – and his take on the importance of trust, governance and iterative development with the rise of AI adoption.
MobiHealthNews: Where does the...
South Korean wearable robot heads to US
WIRobotics, a robotics manufacturer from South Korea, is set to launch its wearable gait assistance robot in the United States.
Called WIM (We Innovate Mobility), the wearable exoskeleton, launched last year, features different modes: assist, resist, hike, and slow walk. It comes with a companion mobile application that provides analysis of gait, including...
NeueHealth, a company that connects providers and payers with technology to enable value-based care, announced it entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of New Enterprise Associates (NEA) at a value of $1.3 billion, which, upon completion, will make NueHealth a privately held company.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, NeueHealth common stockholders will...
When asked by MobiHealthNews how they see AI's place in the sector changing in 2025, executives explained how the focus of AI will shift from what it can do to what it does, and the role the technology can play in extending current provider capacity via clinical decision support, ambient charting, inbox management and streamlining care operations.
Some leaders said AI will revolutionize how...
