Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is using an artificial intelligence algorithm to identify a left ventricular cardiovascular disease that can go unnoticed until a serious cardiac event, the Post Bulletin reported Nov. 2.
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Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger is using an artificial intelligence-powered workflow system to identify patients with lung abnormalities for further screening.
Walmart Health has inked its first health system partnership.
Despite the $1 billion valuation, not all healthcare unicorns have been able to find long-term success. Becker's has reported on RCM, physician services and digital healthcare unicorns that have shut down or filed for bankruptcy.
Life sciences and diagnostics company Danaher appointed Christopher Riley as executive vice president for biotechnology.
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World Rugby has adopted a smart mouthguard developed at Cleveland Clinic to help detect head injuries.
General Catalyst's recently launched Health Assurance Transformation Corp. plans to purchase a health system in the "$1 billion to $3 billion range" that will serve as a "blueprint" for healthcare transformation.
NYU Langone trustees Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert Gottesman gave $9.8 million to the department of pediatrics at NYU Langone Health to help spur innovation in pediatric research.
Naveena Yanamala, PhD, director of the Center of Innovation at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, has been appointed to the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health Patient Engagement Advisory Committee.
Despite a decline in healthcare venture funding, a report from CB Insights, found that there are still 121 healthcare unicorns, or companies with at least a $1 billion valuation.