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 Sky Labs, maker of ring-type BP monitor, bags $15M Series C funding
MobiHealthNews - (Tuesday October 17, 2023) South Korean health tech startup Sky Labs has raised 20.7 billion won ($15.3 million) in a Series C funding round led by the government-run Korea Development Bank. K2 Investment Partners, Devsisters Ventures, SJG Partners, and…  Sky Labs, maker of ring-tye BP monitor, bags $15M Series C funding
MobiHealthNews - (Tuesday October 17, 2023) South Korean health tech startup Sky Labs has raised 20.7 billion won ($15.3 million) in a Series C funding round led by the government-run Korea Development Bank. K2 Investment Partners, Devsisters Ventures, SJG Partners, and… |
 No More Surprises: Automation Ensures Compliance, Mitigating Penalties
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday October 17, 2023) Eric Demers, CEO of Madaket Health The No Surprises Act (NSA) is a bipartisan effort to protect patients from unexpected healthcare expenses. This law is good news for patients, with a KFF poll showing that…  What Will Rite Aid Need to Do to Recover from Bankruptcy? – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Tuesday October 17, 2023) It’s not an easy time to be a retail pharmacy chain. This is especially true for Rite Aid, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey on Sunday. |
 Microsoft’s Healthcare AI Efforts Holds Huge Promise for Patients – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Tuesday October 17, 2023) Microsoft rolled out several AI tools at the HLTH conference last week to enable providers to harness the power of data to be more efficient in their care delivery efforts. The overarching goal is…  Great Speech expands in-network speech therapy to federal service members
MobiHealthNews - (Tuesday October 17, 2023) Virtual speech therapy platform Great Speech announced it is now an in-network provider within the TRICARE West Region through Health Net Federal Services, extending its offerings to military service members and their families. Great Speech… |
 Rite Aid Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday October 17, 2023) What You Should Know: – Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday to address its $4B debt load and legal battles for allegedly filing unlawful opioid prescriptions. – Last Thursday, Rite Aid filed…  DeepQuality improves infant retinopathy screening
npj Digital Medicine - (Tuesday October 17, 2023) Image quality variation is a prominent cause of performance degradation for intelligent disease diagnostic models in clinical applications. Image quality issues are particularly prominent in infantile fundus photography due to poor patient cooperation, which… |
 HeartX Accelerator Announces 5 Startups for 2023 Program
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday October 17, 2023) What You Should Know: – HeartX, a digital health accelerator powered by HealthTech Arkansas and MedAxiom along with eleven leading cardiology practices in Arkansas and around the country — has selected the five healthcare companies that…  How Mayo Clinic Is Approaching Generative AI Risk Mitigation – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Monday October 16, 2023) While leaders across the healthcare industry are certainly excited about generative AI and its potential to alleviate clinical and operational inefficiencies, they are also carefully considering how to mitigate risk associated with the use… |
