Carrum Health, a digital marketplace for employers to purchase bundled healthcare services, announced it has partnered with Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute to offer employers in Florida breast cancer care services.
Carrum Health offers a value-based platform that allows self-funded employers to buy specialty care, focusing on surgical and cancer care. It provides a digital...
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As 2023 comes to a close, Jay Rughani, investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz, joined MobiHealthNews to discuss his takeaways from the year, noteworthy events, recommendations for regulators forming rules around AI in...
Indian AI drug discovery firm gets $1M to focus on rare diseases
Peptris Technologies from Bangalore, India has received $1 million in pre-seed funding in a round led by Speciale Invest.
In a statement, the AI-driven drug discovery company said it will use its fresh funds to expand its research scope to cover rare diseases, adding to its existing work in cancer and inflammation.
Cipla raises...
GuideHealth, an AI-enabled value-based care provider for health systems, announced it acquired healthcare data analytics company Arcadia's value-based care services division and managed services organization.
The company also announced it signed an agreement with Arcadia to leverage its data analytics platform to power the acquired offerings, which will work in conjunction with its predictive and...
California-based virtual reality therapeutic company AppliedVR announced it secured an expanded contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs via its Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning, dubbed VA Immersive, to provide veterans with VR-based chronic low back pain therapies.
AppliedVR's RelieVRx (formerly EaseVRx) received FDA De Novo clearance in 2021 to be used in the treatment...
Employer Direct Healthcare, a network company for employers who self-fund healthcare coverage, announced it garnered $92 million in secondary investment from Insight Partners, bringing its valuation to $1 billion.
Existing investors Redmile Group, Dundon Capital and Serent Capital will continue to receive ownership interest in the business.
The company also announced the hiring of numerous...
LUMA Vision, maker of a 4D cardiac imaging and navigation platform that uses machine learning, announced it secured $22 million in Series A3 financing.
The round was led by existing investors ABV Uni Fund, imec.xpand and EQT Lifesciences, and included new investors Bayern Kapital, Atlantic Bridge Growth Fund and an undisclosed strategic investor.
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LUMA, which spun out of Trinity...
Digital health executives predict funding in 2024 will increase for companies with platforms proven helpful for healthcare providers and patients, while those not showing value will be forced to dissolve.
Leaders also relayed to MobiHealthNews that mergers and acquisitions will be prominent in the digital health industry, and genAI companies may take center stage when garnering funding. ...
At the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum in San Diego on Dec. 14, a group of panelists outlined tactical pathways to artificial intelligence adoption and investment, including how to maximize impact and decisions around adopting existing tools or building new AI infrastructure.
Anne Snowdon, CEO of Scan Health and chief research officer at HIMSS, said that determining strategic priorities and setting...
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is the result of increased demand for tailored healthcare solutions, lower costs, higher accuracy pertaining to medical decisions and diagnosis to improve patient health outcomes.
With an estimated valuation of $15.1 billion for the global market in 2022, AI in healthcare is an irreversible process that is already reshaping medicine and...
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