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Anita Mahon, executive vice president and global head of healthcare at EXL
By  Jessica Hagen 01:18 pm October 13, 2023
Varying use cases for generative AI in healthcare have emerged, from assisting providers with clinical documentation to helping researchers determine novel experimental designs.  Anita Mahon, executive vice president and global head of healthcare at EXL, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss how the global analytics and digital solutions company helps payers and providers determine which data...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:20 pm October 12, 2023
Insurer Cigna's health services subsidiary Evernorth announced it acquired asynchronous platform Bright.md, which it will use to enhance the virtual care offerings of its portfolio company MDLIVE.  Portland-based Bright.md offers an automated patient intake and virtual care connection platform to improve efficiency for hybrid care providers and patients.  Through Bright.md's platform, patients...
Panelists in the Constellation Forum 2023
By  Nathan Eddy 03:25 pm October 10, 2023
Artificial intelligence could have profound implications for the field of oncology, concluded panelists speaking to journalist and moderator Katie Couric at the Constellation Forum 2023 at Northwell Health last week. Dr. Richard Barakat, physician in chief and executive director of cancer services and research division at Northwell Health, noted that using AI in imaging will help radiologists and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 11:34 am October 10, 2023
Hemant Taneja, CEO and managing director of venture capital firm General Catalyst, and Dr. Marc Harrison, former CEO of Intermountain Health, announced the formation of a new business venture owned by General Catalyst dubbed the Health Assurance Transformation Corporation (HATCo) that will see Harrison as its CEO. The pair also announced the intent to buy a health system that will put technology...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:49 pm October 6, 2023
Maternity-focused digital health company Diana Health secured $34 million in Series B funding led by Norwest Ventures Partners, bringing its total raise to $46 million.  Existing investors LRVHealth and .406 Ventures participated in the round, as did AlleyCorp.  WHAT IT DOES The New York-based company partners with hospitals and health systems to offer tech-enabled OB-GYN and women's health...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:58 pm October 4, 2023
Grocery delivery company Instacart announced the launch of a new benefit in partnership with Mount Sinai Solutions, a division of Mount Sinai Health System offering health plans to employers and unions, to provide postpartum and postoperative patients access to grocery deliveries and Mount Sinai's Virtual Storefront.  Patients insured by a Mount Sinai Solutions' employer or union health plan in...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:32 pm October 3, 2023
India-based Doceree, a programmatic marketing platform for pharmaceutical and life sciences companies to reach healthcare professionals, announced it scored $35 million in Series B funding led by Creaegis. Existing investors F-Prime Capital and Eight Roads Ventures also participated in the round. The company, founded in 2019, will use the funds to expand its workforce, speed up product...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:26 pm October 3, 2023
Healthcare data analytics company Komodo Health announced new hires just one week after launching a new tool dubbed MapLab, an AI-enabled offering providing information on treatment pathways, disease trends and patient populations for life sciences and healthcare companies. Julia Goebel will join the company as its new senior vice president of marketing and Brad Kelley as general manager of...
Healthcare provider wearing green scrubs and a stethoscope looking at a tablet in front of an emergency room sign
By  Jessica Hagen 12:40 pm October 2, 2023
Tech giant Microsoft announced a long-term partnership with multistate healthcare system Mercy, which will utilize its Azure OpenAI Service to provide generative AI-assisted communication resources to patients and Mercy employees.  Microsoft's generative AI will be used to help patients understand lab results, schedule appointments and get answers to healthcare-related questions.  Mercy's...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:40 pm September 27, 2023
Virgin Pulse, a mobile-first employee wellness and engagement company, announced its intent to merge with HealthComp, a benefits and analytics platform, to create a technology and data-enabled healthcare service for employers.  The reported $3 billion deal, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, will form a combined entity that utilizes technology and an AI-enabled data platform to deliver...