Oracle has announced that Seema Verma, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will head up its life sciences division.
Verma will serve as senior vice president and general manager for life sciences, where she'll lead the division, as well as the company's data analytics and research arm Cerner Enviza. She most recently worked as a senior advisor to private equity...
Health technology company PicnicHealth, pharma giant Roche and its subsidiary Genentech are expanding their partnership globally to speed up neurological disease research through investments in real-world data.
PicnicHealth allows patients to see their health history and contribute their de-identified medical data to clinical research.
Roche will leverage PicnicHealth's newest real-world...
It's still early days for integrating digital therapeutics into clinical care, said panelists at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition. But they have a role to play when developers consider the different needs of all healthcare stakeholders, including patients, hospitals, clinicians and payers.
Santosh Mohan, vice president of digital at Moffitt Cancer Center, said there are...
CHICAGO – During Venture Connect at HIMSS23 on Wednesday, Holly Maloney, managing director of General Catalyst, discussed responsible AI use in healthcare and what the company looks for in a startup when considering an investment.
"Over the last three to four years, we've put pen to paper of defining truly what is our thesis," Maloney said. "And it is all around this concept of Health Assurances...
CHICAGO — At the HIMSS23 Venture Connect event on Wednesday, panelists how their investment strategies are changing in a slowed funding landscape.
"It is certainly an investor-friendly environment. And it's not to say that we'll take advantage of that, per se, but I think the entire reset brings us to more rational levels," said Milind Parate, managing director of ventures at Northwell Holdings...
Cortica, a hybrid provider that develops care programs for individuals with autism, announced it closed a $75 million financing round led by Deerfield Management and Optum Ventures.
New investors participated in Cortica's recent round, including Echo Health Ventures and RA Capital Management as well as existing investors .406 Ventures, Longitude Capital, Ajax Health, Aperture Venture Partners,...
CHICAGO — During the Venture Connect panel on demystifying digital therapeutics at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition here on Tuesday, panelists provided insights into the state of investments in digital therapeutics, the barriers to adoption, challenging existing standards of care and how success in the sector requires patience and persistence.
"Very recently [investment]...
CHICAGO — Digital therapeutics have the potential to give patients a new way to access care and lessen the burden on providers, said panelists at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition on Tuesday. But startups face some challenges when it comes to getting these tools into patients' hands.
Kelsey Maguire, managing director at Blue Ventures Fund, said many companies are interested...
CHICAGO – At a panel discussion at the HIMSS Global Conference on Tuesday, panelists highlighted the importance of minority and historically marginalized populations having a seat at the table during any decision-making process to improve health equity by using technology.
"Some have said technology can be the great equalizer in medicine by improving access to care for some historically...
CHICAGO — During the Machine Learning and AI for Healthcare Forum at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition here on Monday, panelists discussed the good, the bad and the possibilities for artificial intelligence.
"The opportunity is to really leverage the power of these 0's and 1's in mass, really bring them together and bring out the insights that are actionable at the point...
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