UPMC Enterprises, the commercialization arm of Pittsburgh-based UPMC, participated in a $20 million funding round for Sempre Health, a company that uses digital tools to boost medication adherence.
Category: digital health
Froedert taps new digital health partner for employees
The Frodert and the Medical College of Wisconsin health network has tapped Xealth, a digital health platform, to enroll its employees into the Omada Health virtual care program.
Digital health startup lays off 40% of workforce
Akili, a digital health company that was making video games to treat behavioral health disorders, is laying off 40 percent of its workforce as it switches business models, Boston Business Journal reported Sept. 14.
Healthcare AI adoption hindered by 'switchover disruptions'
The U.S. healthcare industry will struggle to adopt artificial intelligence due to “switchover disruptions,” the expensive implementation period for new technologies that can disrupt profitable operations, Harvard Business Review reported Sept. 14.&nbs…
Advocate, Dana-Farber innovation chiefs to help lead CancerX
Two health system innovation chiefs have been named to the steering committee for CancerX, an initiative that aims to cut the U.S. cancer death rate in half through digital health.
Mayo Clinic taps GE HealthCare to improve imaging tech
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and GE HealthCare are collaborating on a new project that will create an innovation center designed to advance medical imaging and theranostics.
Top 6 health IT deals of Q2, per PitchBook
While private equity and venture capital activity in health IT remained “muted” in the second quarter of 2023, VC funding picked up alongside health systems’ financial improvement, PitchBook reported.
Top 6 health IT deals of Q2, per PitchBook
While private equity and venture capital activity in health IT remained “muted” in the second quarter of 2023, VC funding picked up alongside health systems’ financial improvement, PitchBook reported.
Hartford HealthCare, MIT partner on 14 AI projects
Fourteen Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare physicians have pitched ideas to doctoral students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology that aim to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance healthcare, Hartford Courant reported Sept. 11.&nbs…
Hartford HealthCare, MIT partner on 14 AI projects
Fourteen Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare physicians have pitched ideas to doctoral students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology that aim to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance healthcare, Hartford Courant reported Sept. 11.&nbs…
