AI identified as a top risk for healthcare

Photo: Erik Isakson/Getty Images AI and new technologies are among the top five management risks providers face in 2024, according to an annual report by Kodiak Solutions. The other risks are based around financial performance, competition,  workforce and cybersecurity, with AI and new technologies affecting most of those categories, according to the report. The efficiencies…

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Contributed: Shortcomings and opportunities for health equity in pediatrics

Children and young people throughout the United States continue to face some of the biggest hurdles to receiving timely and appropriate healthcare. As incidence rates of mental health and complex medical conditions rise, the majority of treatment-seeking children face strained health systems, limited affordable treatment options and care that is not personalized to their unique…

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Syra Health partners with Indiana Department of Health

Syra Health, a healthcare technology company that provides tools to analyze population health, announced it signed a one-year $480,000 contract to assess how existing risks to public health in Indiana impact public health infrastructure and behavioral health.  Syra is an Indiana-based company that provides population health tools, including health equity analytical solutions and epidemiology-focused offerings. …

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Forta scores $55M to scale parent-led autism therapy platform

AI-enabled, family-powered autism therapy company Forta announced it closed a $55 million Series A funding round led by Insight Partners.  Alumni Ventures and Exor Ventures also participated in the round, as well as the founders of Forward, Flexport, Curative, 23&Me, Prelude Fertility, Warby Parker, Harry’s and Allbirds.  WHAT IT DOES Forta combines AI and LLMs…

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YouTube Health makes first aid and emergency care videos more accessible

Google‘s video platform YouTube Health announced today it is making step-by-step videos pertaining to first aid and emergency care by reliable healthcare organizations the top search results when users are seeking first aid-related information.  The “first aid information shelves” will include videos in English and Spanish about choking/Heimlich, bleeding, CPR, seizure, stroke, opioid overdose and heart…

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Latest AI integrations for diabetes management in APAC and more AI briefs

New player in digital diabetes management  Diabetes app Smit.fit from India and Qatar-based digital therapeutics (DTx) company Droobi Health have announced their merger.  The combined entity called DroobiSmit, headquartered in Singapore, aims to be a leading diabetes solution provider in the Middle East and South Asia regions. It will offer personalised solutions for people with pre-diabetes, diabetes,…

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Hybrid care provider Harbor Health secures $95.5M and more digital health fundings

Harbor Health, a Texas-based primary care clinic group that offers virtual and in-person care, announced it scored $95.5 million in funding, led by General Catalyst, with participation from Alta Partners and 8VC.  The investment brings the company’s total raise to more than $128 million.  The funds will be used to grow its services and expand…

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