Quality Care

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By  Jessica Hagen 09:00 am December 12, 2024
Healthcare data and analytics company Tuva Health has launched with $5 million in seed funding.  Virtue led the round, with participation from Y Combinator, Box Group and health tech angel investors.  WHAT IT DOES  Tuva Health provides tools for pharmaceutical companies, payers and providers to gather insights from EHR and claims datasets via an open-source data model.  The company will use the...
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By  Jessica Hagen 11:43 am December 11, 2024
California-based Capstan Medical, maker of robotic-enabled tools for heart valve disease, closed an oversubscribed $110 million Series C round led by Eclipse.  Existing investors Intuitive Ventures, Yu Galaxy, and new investor Gideon Strategic Partners, participated in the round.  WHAT IT DOES The company offers surgical robotics with catheter-based technology and implants to repair and replace...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:39 pm December 10, 2024
GPT-enabled conversational AI provider Hyro announced it finalized an extension of its Series B funding round. The company told MobiHealthNews that the total Series B funding equates to $35 million, bringing the company's total raise to $50 million.  Healthier Capital led the extension, joining the company's previous investors, Liberty Mutual, Macquarie Capital and Black Opal Ventures.  Amir Dan...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 09:35 am December 10, 2024
Hackensack Meridian Health is one of the largest integrated healthcare networks in New Jersey, with18 hospitals and more than 500 patient care locations, including ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, ambulance services, air medical transportation, rehabilitation centers, urgent care centers, physician practice locations, and a fitness and wellness center. The network...
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By  Jessica Hagen 11:43 am December 6, 2024
Offcall, a platform focused on helping physicians with their careers and finances, has launched with $2 million in funding from Bloomberg Beta, Roar Ventures and 26 practicing physicians nationwide. Physicians who participated in the round include Dr. Shiv Rao, founder and CEO of AI-enabled medical documentation company Abridge; Dr. Joseph Habboushe, CEO and cofounder of MDCalc; and Dr. Cheri...
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By  Jessica Hagen 06:12 pm December 3, 2024
Pennsylvania-based ThoroughCare, a digital care coordination company, has integrated into Canadian health tech company PointClickCare's marketplace, allowing long-term and post-acute care PointClickCare providers to access ThoroughCare's offerings in one place.  ThoroughCare offers a platform aimed at addressing inefficiencies and fragmentation in patient care, which the company says can result...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:31 pm December 3, 2024
Medical device company PhotoniCare announced it secured $4.6 million in Series B funding. The financing is the first close in an expected $9 million funding round.   The company also announced the formation of a manufacturing partnership with Gentex Corporation for its first-in-class, FDA-cleared OtoSight Middle Ear Scope.  It also finalized the relocation of its headquarters from Champaign,...
Movano Health's EvieMED Ring
By  Jessica Hagen 11:47 am December 2, 2024
Wearables maker Movano Health announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its health monitoring wearable, EvieMED Ring.  EvieMED Ring is a smart ring that combines medical and wellness metrics, including blood oxygen levels, heart rate and metrics related to energy, logging of mood, sleep and activity. The publicly traded company touts that receiving FDA clearance will allow it to pursue...
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By  Adam Ang 12:07 am November 29, 2024
South Korean medical imaging AI company Neurophet has received second clearance for its brain image analysis software in the United States. It obtained another 510(k) from the US Food and Drug Administration for the latest functionality on Neurophet Aqua that analyses multiple sclerosis and white matter hyperintensities using T2-FLAIR images.  The brain MRI scan-based analysis software, which...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 08:00 am November 25, 2024
PatientsLikeMe (PLM), a patient-engagement and activation platform, is announcing the launch of Ella, an AI assistant to help women manage their health, powered by generative AI platform Ema. PatientsLikeMe is a personalized health network with a patient support community that allows patients to learn from each other's lived experiences. Users can also access education, tools and services to...