Category: digital health

A startup founded by a former Cleveland Clinic physician to manage compliance and physician relationships for advanced practitioners has landed $3 million in venture capital funding.

Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford University School of Medicine, says artificial intelligence’s long-term effects on medicine are “underhyped,” Politico reported Aug. 23. 

As healthcare disruptors continue to enter the fray, Americans still aren’t all that familiar with some of them.

Nursa, a digital nurse staffing platform designed to combat hospital staffing shortages, raised $80 million in series B financing. 

Banner Health partnered with Nference, a biotechnology software company, for better access to analytics focused on driving scientific discoveries to improve treatment, diagnosis and care.

Clinetic, a clinical research software company spun out of Durham, N.C.-based Duke University, raised $5 million in a series A financing round, Triangle Business Journal reported Aug. 21.

Waystar, a healthcare-focused financial management software vendor, may be headed for an initial public offering, according to an Aug. 21 report from Reuters.

Health systems nationwide are taking advantage of virtual nursing tools to reduce clinicians’ administrative workload.

Viome Life Sciences, a healthcare company creating digital diagnostics tests, raised $86.5 million in series C financing.

One of the greatest challenges health systems face when it comes to digital transformation is striking a balance between leveraging advanced technology and maintaining patient privacy, data security and ethical considerations, according to Terri Couts,…