Heart disease company Cleerly launched Proxy, a software tool that allows Cleerly to transfer data to care providers by automating the uploads of coronary computed tomography angiography.
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Cigna Ventures, the venture capital arm of health insurance giant Cigna, participated in the $44.5 million growth equity round for virtual mental health company Valera Health.
A study from the Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical Center showed that using a text-messaging-based alert system led to quicker in-hospital responses to cardiac arrests.
Big Tech companies such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google have been making headway into the healthcare industry in part through partnerships with health systems and other healthcare companies.
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has invested in a seed funding round for Hippo Technologies, a virtual care company focused on increasing access to specialty care in rural areas.
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Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has a venture capital arm called Intermountain Ventures that invests in early- and growth-stage companies aiming to improve health, providing clinical expertise and data along the way.
Biopharmaceutical company PTC Therapeutics has entered into a financing partnership with Blackstone worth up to $1 billion.
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger has been selected as one of the finalists for the Hearst Health Prize, a competition that recognizes excellence in data science in healthcare.
Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center, Cleveland-based University Hospitals, and Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network are among the health systems participating in a precision oncology research platform created by tech company Tempus.
President Joe Biden has appointed Stephen Klasko, MD, an executive-in-residence with venture capital firm General Catalyst and a former health system CEO, to the National Board for Education Sciences, the White House said Oct. 27.