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Healthcare AI News 4/24/24 – HIStalk

HIStalk - (Thursday April 25, 2024)
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In-home health screening startup Reperio Health raises $14 million in its latest funding round. The company plans to expand its offerings beyond digital health screening kits and apps to include virtual consults with nurses…

Back to Basics: The Role of AI in Cybersecurity

HealthTech Magazine - (Thursday April 25, 2024)
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AI Can Circumvent Cybersecurity Controls
Healthcare organizations are trying to become more adept at turning the vast amount of data that they collect, store and share into actionable insights. They’re using more meaningful analytics…

Women’s virtual care clinic Midi Health raises $60M

MobiHealthNews - (Wednesday April 24, 2024)
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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…

AI-enabled drug discovery company Xaira launches with $1B

MobiHealthNews - (Wednesday April 24, 2024)
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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…

Effects of a Planned Web-Based Educational Intervention Based on the Health Belief Model for Patients With Ischemic Stroke in Promoting Secondary Prevention During the COVID-19 Lockdown in China: Quasi-Experimental Study

JMIR mHealth and uHealth - (Wednesday April 24, 2024)
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Background: Some common modified vascular risk factors remain poorly controlled among stroke survivors, and educational programs may help improve these conditions. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of planned online educational intervention…

GenAI company Alaffia Health raises $10M and more digital health fundings

MobiHealthNews - (Wednesday April 24, 2024)
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Alaffia Health, which creates genAI solutions for health insurance claims, secured $10 million in Series A funding, bringing its total raise to $17.6 million. FirstMark Capital led the funding round with participation from GingerBread Capital…

Augmedix Launches GenAI-Powered, Medical Documentation Solution for Emergency Departments

HIT Consultant - (Wednesday April 24, 2024)
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What You Should Know: 

– Augmedix, a frontrunner in AI-powered medical documentation, has unveiled Augmedix Go – the first-ever fully automated GenAI solution designed specifically for Emergency Department (ED) documentation. 

– The nationwide roll-out follows a…

Cedars Sinai Researchers Uses AI to Analyze Regular Chest CT Scans to Predict Heart Disease Risk

HIT Consultant - (Wednesday April 24, 2024)
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What You Should Know: 

– Researchers at Cedars-Sinai have developed a new method using artificial intelligence (AI) to assess cardiovascular disease risk during a routine chest computed tomography (CT) scan without contrast dye. 

– The recent…

Nutrition app MyFitnessPal announces tools for GLP-1 medication support

MobiHealthNews - (Wednesday April 24, 2024)
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Food and nutrition tracking app MyFitnessPal announced a new set of tools and content to support members taking GLP-1 medications by helping them maintain proper nutrition and consistency while experiencing weight loss. MyFitnessPal is a…

Highlighting rural voices is imperative for equitable, bias-free healthcare AI

Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday April 24, 2024)
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At HIMSS24 this past month, a new consortium of healthcare leaders announced the creation of the Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network, or TRAIN, which aims to operationalize responsible AI principles to improve the quality,…


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