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Caresyntax, which provides an AI-enabled, data-assisted surgery platform for surgeons, secured $180 million in a Series C extension and growth debt expansion round. The $180 million comprises $80 million equity and $100 million growth debt facility. ProAssurance Corp., surgical.ai, Aescuvest, Cure Capital, Vesalius Biocapital, PFM Health Sciences, BIONIQ Capital, MTIP AG, Symbiotic Capital, Plug &…
The Royal Australian College of GPs, the peak body for general practices in Australia, has released guidance for practitioners looking to adopt AI scribes to support clinical documentation. An AI scribe captures audio speech from a clinical encounter to convert it into text that becomes part of a patient’s health record. WHAT IT’S ABOUT RACGP…
Vitamin C was first isolated in 1928 and the chemical structure was identified in 1933.1 It wasn’t until the early 1970s that Dr. Linus Pauling recommended that the optimum daily intake of vitamin C was 2,000 milligrams (mg) and everyone should consume at least 200 mg to 250 mg per day.2 However, as “modern” medicine…
Singapore-based Aevice Health has secured $7 million in an extended seed funding round led by Cedars-Sinai’s Singaporean venture unit Coronet Ventures. The round also saw the participation of existing investors, including East Ventures, A&D Company, NTUitive, Farquhar Venture Capital, and Silicon Solution Venture. Enterprise Singapore’s investment arm SEEDS Capital also joined the round. A spinoff…
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Syra Health, a healthcare technology company that provides tools to analyze population health, reported a total revenue of $2 million in the second quarter of 2024 compared to $1 million in the same period last year. Its Population Health unit comprised 28% of the company’s total revenue in Q2 2024, growing 347% at the end…
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Matt Cybulsky, practice leader for healthcare AI, value-based care and product innovation at LBMC, has studied and analyzed the digital health market for years and advised companies on scaling and profitability as funding landscapes have shifted. Cybulsky sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss strategies for digital health investment and AI’s role in improving both business…
Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers Health reported a 52% year-over-year increase in revenue from $207.9 million in the second quarter of 2023 to $315.6 million in Q2 2024. The San Francisco-based company reported a net income for the second quarter of $13.3 million compared to a net loss of $7.2 million in the…
Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published June 7, 2017. For the past six decades, saturated fats and cholesterol have been wrongly vilified as the central culprit of heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease. However, research has demonstrated that it’s actually trans fats and processed vegetable oils found in many…
San Jose-based telehealth company VSee Health and Ava Robotics, creator of intelligent robots for the workplace, announced their partnership to create an autonomous VSee-powered Ava robot for use in a hospital inpatient intensive care unit. VSee’s SaaS platform, which allows clinicians and enterprises to create telehealth workflows, will power the robot. The robot will enable…
The organic food industry has grown tremendously over the past few decades, but concerns remain about the integrity of organic labeling and certification. In my eye-opening interview with organic industry watchdog Mark Kastel, he discusses the challenges facing organic consumers and farmers, offering insights on how to find truly healthy, ethically produced food. Kastel co-founded…
Period-tracking app Flo Health garnered more than $200 million in Series C funding from growth investor General Atlantic, bringing the women’s health company to unicorn status, with more than $1 billion in valuation. Tanzeen Syed, managing director and head of consumer internet and technology at General Atlantic, and Jessie Cai, principal at General Atlantic, will…
Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published May 11, 2017. Just like the name implies, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a trauma- and stress-related disorder. It may develop after exposure to any intense, frightening or stress-filled event or ordeal. PTSD is most often linked to a traumatic accident, act of violence,…
Medical-robotics company Clarapath announced it has secured $36 million in a Series B-1 funding round, bringing its total raise to $75 million. Northwell Ventures led the round, with participation from new investors Ochsner Ventures, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund and Mayo Clinic. The New York-based company created SectionStar, an autonomous AI-enabled robotic tissue sectioning and transfer…
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Remote patient monitoring and virtual care company CoachCare secured a $48 million strategic growth investment. Integrity Growth Partners led the round with participation from Topmark Partners. WHAT IT DOES CoachCare works with individual practices and hospital systems to provide a remote patient monitoring service for patients with acute and chronic conditions, and it offers connected…
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Korean digital health company LifeSemantics has obtained the first approval for an AI-powered solution for skin cancer diagnosis in South Korea. The company received regulatory clearance from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for canofyMD SCAI four months after its application. The mobile AI technology was developed through the Doctor Answer 2.0 project, which…
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Publicly traded Sharecare, which offers a patient engagement and health navigation platform, has entered into a definitive agreement to be purchased by healthcare investment firm Altaris in a $518 million deal that will see the digital health company go private. Sharecare offers a virtual healthcare navigation platform for individuals, employers, government organizations, communities, health plans…