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News 11/20/24
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Synapticure, a virtual provider of care for neurodegenerative disease patients, raises $25 million in Series A funding.
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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Ambulatory surgery center-focused Surgical Information Systems acquires Surgical Notes, which offers billing, coding, and transcription services to ASCs.
Virtual maternal healthcare provider Ruth Health shuts down, citing a fragmented maternity care space and an inability to scale. Co-founder and CEO Allison Greenberg offers some very transparent lessons learned in her thank you message on LinkedIn.
Jimini Health debuts with $8 million in pre-seed funding. The startup offers app-based therapy enhanced by an AI therapy assistant for in-between sessions.
People
CVS Health promotes EVP and Chief Medical Officer Sreekanth Chaguturu, MD to the additional role of president of healthcare delivery.
Announcements and Implementations
Boston Orthopaedic and Spine rolls out the Hurt! urgent orthopedic care app in an effort to help its patients avoid unnecessary trips to urgent care and ER facilities.
Calvient announces GA of its new Practice Intelligence clinical and administrative workflow automation software.
Hudson Valley Care Coalition (NY) implements Blooming Health’s social care coordination software.
Government and Politics
HHS OCR fines Rio Hondo Community Mental Health Center (CA) $100,000 for its failure to provide a patient with requested medical records in a timely manner.
Research and Innovation
Illinois State University student Matt Kase develops an app for the Apple Vision Pro headset that trains users on how to administer Narcan in the event of an opioid overdose. Kase hopes to have a final prototype ready in December, at which point OSF HealthCare, a project supporter, will begin field testing it in rural communities.
Sponsor Updates
- AdvancedMD employees volunteer at the St. Vincent Dining Hall, Utah Food Bank, and the Green Urban Lunchbox organization during the company’s Day of Caring.
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