Clinical and business intelligence

Scientist in a lab looking at a test tube
By  Jessica Hagen 11:32 am December 31, 2024
San Francisco-based data intelligence and AI provider Databricks has raised $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing in a Series J funding round, completing $8.6 billion to date. The new funding brings the company's valuation to $62 billion.  Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, WCM Investment Management, Insight Partners and DST Global coled the round, with participation from existing...
Person with a prosthetic leg undergoing physical therapy with a physical therapist beside them
By  Jessica Hagen 05:54 pm September 12, 2024
Physical therapy software and EMR provider WebPT is partnering with tech giant Intel to integrate Intel RealSense PT Metrics into the WebPT EMR platform for physical therapy providers, allowing for AI-enabled motion-capture technology. RealSense PT Metrics is an AI-enabled data-driven kiosk that tracks and analyzes a patient's movement, posture and range of motion, and directs patients through...
Clinician examining the contents of a test tube
By  Anthony Vecchione 12:34 pm September 11, 2024
Pharmaceutical company Roche announced the expansion of its digital pathology open environment by integrating more than 20 advanced artificial intelligence algorithms from eight new collaborators. The alliances aim to support pathologists and scientists in cancer research and diagnosis by leveraging AI. The pharma giant will integrate the third-party AI tools into its navify Digital Pathology...
A doctor using a practice management software
By  Adam Ang 10:09 pm August 15, 2024
Latest GP platform incorporates AI in care planning, documentation A new AI-driven practice management platform has been launched in Australia. The system called MediPortal automates tasks and offers smart suggestions for optimising a GP business. Based on a media release, it has features such as medical billing, an AI-powered care plan generator, and an AI scribe.  The software has been...
Three surgeons standing around a patient performing surgery in an operating room
By  Jessica Hagen 11:43 am August 15, 2024
Caresyntax, which provides an AI-enabled, data-assisted surgery platform for surgeons, secured $180 million in a Series C extension and growth debt-expansion round. The $180 million comprises $80 million equity and $100 million growth debt facility. ProAssurance Corp., surgical.ai, Aescuvest, Cure Capital, Vesalius Biocapital, PFM Health Sciences, BIONIQ Capital, MTIP AG, Symbiotic Capital, Plug...
A doctor reviewing a patient record on a desktop computer
By  Adam Ang 09:25 pm August 13, 2024
The Royal Australian College of GPs, the peak body for general practices in Australia, has released guidance for practitioners looking to adopt AI scribes to support clinical documentation. An AI scribe captures audio speech from a clinical encounter to convert it into text that becomes part of a patient's health record.  WHAT IT'S ABOUT RACGP initially suggests developing a policy on...
Healthcare provider wearing scrubs with a stethoscope around their neck while walking down the hallway of a health center
By  Jessica Hagen 01:15 pm July 23, 2024
AI-enabled medical documentation company Abridge, health IT giant Epic and healthcare system Mayo Clinic are partnering to create a genAI documentation platform that integrates Abridge's tools into Epic's EHR for Mayo Clinic nurses. Abridge, founded in 2018, offers an AI tool that records and transcribes conversations between providers and patients. It then organizes and summarizes that...
Three people standing in front of a screen showing continents connected by lines
By  Jessica Hagen 03:14 pm July 2, 2024
OMNY Health, which helps hospitals monetize operational data, has launched an AI-powered platform for health technology companies to leverage its data on more than 75 million patients.  The first two companies to utilize the data are AI-enabled clinical trial design company QuantHealth and life sciences company ArisGlobal. QuantHealth will add OMNY's data to its existing AI technology trained on...
A doctor reviewing a patient's scan
By  Adam Ang 03:42 am June 27, 2024
Cloudphysician, a provider of ICU technology solutions in India, has scored $10.5 million in a funding round led by Peak XV Partners.  The round was also joined by Panthera Peak and Elevar Equity – from which it also raised $4 million in Series A funding in 2021.  WHAT IT DOES Established in 2017, the startup offers a smart ICU and emergency department system called RADAR. It features four AI-...
Healthcare provider holding a tablet while wearing a lab coat and standing in a hallway by a large window
By  Jessica Hagen 01:08 pm May 23, 2024
California-based real-world data platform Atropos Health has secured $33 million in Series B funding. Valtruis led the investment round, which included new investors McKesson Ventures, Merck GHI Fund and Cencora Ventures.  Existing investors Emerson Collective, Breyer Capital and Presidio Ventures also participated in the round. Mike Spadafore, managing director of Valtruis, will join the...