Artificial intelligence and precision medicine tools can provide a wide range of benefits, and health systems nationwide are using them for a multitude of reasons.
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UC San Diego Health is piloting a new initiative that uses QR codes to help patients see how their medical insurance information is retrieved and verified during check-in.
Inbox Health, a patient billing communication company, raised $22.5 million in series B financing.
Physicians from Orlando (Fla.) Health have been collaborating with their counterparts at a Puerto Rico hospital to advance robotic surgery on the island, Positively Osceola reported May 3.
When patients are admitted to the emergency room at Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Medical Center, they have their intakes done by nurses who aren't in the same room — or even building.
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Despite a global slump in venture capital funding in April, the healthcare sector raised $5.7 billion, Crunchbase reported May 3.
Cowen Healthcare Investments raised $555.6 million to close on its fourth fund targeting healthcare.
Some Colorado hospitals are backing a cancer diagnostics startup as part of a $58.75 million funding round.
Consumerism has taken over healthcare. Patients are in the driver's seat, and they are demanding high-quality customer service and more personalized experiences aided by digital tools.
DarioHealth, a digital health company focusing on chronic conditions, announced the pricing of a $14.3 million private placement of stock.