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Kin Health raises $9 million in seed funding. The startup has developed an AI notetaking app with which patients can record their appointments, obtain and share a summary of the visit, and prepare for follow-up visits. The company will soon start working on integrating patient health data from outside sources.
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Optivate names Brad Caldwell (Careficient) CEO.

Vivian Wang (Taroko) joins Kin Health as head of growth.
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Ambulatory value-based care company Aledade will integrate Doximity’s AI medical scribe, clinical AI assistant, and medical search engine into its Assist clinical insights software.
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Despite an overwhelming willingness to engage with digital health tools, a CVS Health survey of Medicare patients finds that most feel that low levels of digital health literacy are negatively impacting their health management. Navigation, including cybersecurity education, was cited as the biggest barrier.
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