Walgreens announced it is partnering with Pearl Health, which offers a technology platform for primary care practices in value-based care arrangements, to expand value-based care options in collaboration with primary care providers.
Pearl Health offers a technology platform for primary care providers participating in Medicare's ACO REACH model. The platform includes data visualizations and...
Shareholders of healthcare-at-home specialist Amedisys voted in favor of the roughly $3.3 billion pending acquisition by Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
The shareholders approved the adoption of the merger agreement, as well as compensation to the company's executive officers in connection with the merger.
Still, the deal...
New York-based tech-enabled health insurance company Oscar Health announced the appointment of Kerry Sain as executive vice president of +Oscar and Steven Kelmar as executive vice president and chief of staff to the CEO.
Oscar Health launched +Oscar in 2021. The platform gives provider-sponsored and regional health plans the services and technological capabilities of more extensive health plans...
Tel Aviv-based AI-enabled computational protein engineering platform Scala Biodesign announced its launch today with $5.5 million in seed funding.
The round was led by TLV Partners, an Israeli venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups.
WHAT IT DOES
Scala's computational method utilizes AI, physics-based modeling and biological data analysis to engineer and improve proteins for...
A diverse workforce is vital to ensuring patient populations in all communities receive an optimal and effective healthcare experience, but much still needs to be done to ensure proper racial representation in the care setting.
Dr. Dale Okorodudu, author of the book Diverse Medicine: Building a Stronger and Healthier Nation, a pulmonary and critical care physician at Dallas VA Medical Center,...
Online health information platform AskDr has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by Health Innovations, a group of medical doctors based in Singapore.
AskDr serves as an online avenue for trusted medical advice and personalised health information. It enables patient-led discussions with doctors as moderators.
Launched during the pandemic, it was run by volunteer doctors who help address medical...
Lissun scores $1.3 million seed funding
Lissun, a mental health platform from India, has collected $1.3 million in seed funding from a round led by Inflection Point Ventures and Rainmatter Capital.
The startup aims to tackle the stigma around mental health by offering consumer-facing solutions through healthcare institutions in a B2H2C model.
According to a press statement, Lissun plans to use...
Taiwanese medical AI startup AESOP Technology announced it is collaborating with conversational and generative AI platform SOAP Health to create a new platform dubbed Precision Patient Profiles, which merges the two organizations' technologies to provide physicians with a more comprehensive view of patient information.
Precision Patient Profiles will combine AESOP's machine learning, AI-enabled...
Google's video platform YouTube announced today it is launching two new initiatives for healthcare content creators: AI-enabled Aloud, which dubs videos in various languages, and THE-IQ Creator Program, which expands upon the Tackling Health Equity Through Information Quality program, established last year.
THE-IQ program aimed to present videos with diverse perspectives and health information...
