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By  Jessica Hagen 12:29 pm April 26, 2024
OpenAI and Moderna announced the pair have expanded their partnership to offer the pharma giant's employees access to ChatGPT Enterprise, a platform that allows customizable GPTs to be developed for a specific purpose.  Through ChatGPT Enterprise, users can create GPTs by beginning a conversation with ChatGPT, then providing extra knowledge on a subject or giving it instructions. Users can also...
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By  Jessica Hagen 05:53 pm April 25, 2024
Baby tech company Owlet and telehealth staffing and services company Wheel announced they are partnering to allow Wheel's clinicians to prescribe caregivers Owlet's medical pulse oximetry wire-free sock for infants. Owlet's BabySat, which received FDA clearance last year, uses pulse oximetry technology to monitor a baby's heart rate and oxygen saturation level, and alerts caregivers when a...
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By  Trevor Dermody 02:45 pm April 25, 2024
Israel-based Scopio Labs announced the FDA granted De Novo clearance for its Full-Field Bone Marrow Aspirate (FF-BMA) software that provides AI-enabled decision support tools for bone marrow analysis.  The FF-BMA application allows for bone marrow aspirate analysis. It combines full-field imaging and an AI-powered decision support system that allows hematopathologists to analyze bone marrow...
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By  Trevor Dermody 08:55 am April 25, 2024
Old Dominion University, Washington-based HaptX and Georgia Institute of Technology won a grant to further virtual reality development for the visually impaired using glove-based streaming of braille characters and digital images.  The project will explore how visually impaired people experience virtual environments by using HaptX gloves to interact with streaming digital images and objects....
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By  Jessica Hagen 03:47 pm April 24, 2024
Midlife women’s health clinic Midi Health announced it secured $60 million in a Series B funding round led by Emerson Collective, bringing its total raise to $100 million.  GV (Google Ventures), who led the company's $25 million Series A round announced in September, participated in the round. SemperVirens, Icon Ventures, Felicis, Gingerbread Capital, Steel Sky Ventures, Black Angel Group,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:21 pm April 24, 2024
Xaira Therapeutics, an AI-enabled drug discovery and development company, announced its launch with more than $1 billion in capital.   The biotechnology company is a joint incubation by ARCH Venture Partners and Foresite Labs, the lead investors in the funding round.  Lux Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, F-Prime, Rsquared, SV Angel, Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, NEA, the Parker Institute for...
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By  Jessica Hagen 10:31 am April 24, 2024
Prior authorization automation platform Cohere Health and health insurer Humana announced they are expanding their 2021 partnership, which focused on the prior authorization process for musculoskeletal issues, to include diagnostic imaging and sleep services. The Cohere Unify Platform leverages AI to accelerate the prior authorization process by using predictive technology and clinical...
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By  Jessica Hagen 05:28 pm April 23, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the launch of a new initiative, Home as a Health Care Hub, that focuses on using augmented reality and virtual reality to improve health equity by reimagining the home environment as part of a healthcare system.  The FDA contracted with an architectural firm that designs buildings with health and equity in mind to consider what will be needed to...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:22 pm April 23, 2024
Digital mental health company Headspace announced it will offer direct-to-consumer mental health coaching to its subscribers, with therapy offerings becoming available later this year.  U.S. subscribers will have access to a mental health coach within the company's app for issues that may not require a therapist, such as getting better sleep, handling everyday stress or enhancing one's emotional...
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By  Trevor Dermody 01:25 pm April 23, 2024
GE HealthCare has partnered with radiation therapy company Elekta to develop new software to improve clinicians experience and enable greater precision treatment.  Elekta will use GE HealthCare’s MIM Software imaging management platform, which GE HealthCare acquired earlier this month. MIM’s auto contouring and treatment management platform will allow Elekta to develop radiation oncology...