Digital health funding fell to $3.4 billion for the fourth quarter of 2022, hitting a five-year low, according to a Jan. 24 report from research and data company CB Insights.
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NFL Players Association, Silicon Valley Bank back $40M medtech company financing round
The NFL Players Association and Silicon Valley Bank participated in a $40 million financing round for Miach Orthopedics, a medtech company that creates an implant allowing patients to help heal their anterior cruciate ligament tears.
Wider adoption of AI could save healthcare $360B, study says
The wider adoption of artificial intelligence tools in the healthcare industry could lead to savings of 5 to 10 percent of U.S. healthcare savings, or $200 to $360 billion annual savings.
How to incorporate Fitbit, Apple data into EHRs? UMass Chan to study
A study at Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Chan Medical School is analyzing how to effectively integrate data from wearables into EHRs.
Healthcare supply chain's No. 1 issue: a language barrier
While holding up an empty Gatorade bottle, Dan Hurry, chief supply chain officer of Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, explained the biggest problem for the medical supply chain.
Healthcare supply chain's No. 1 issue: a language barrier
While holding up an empty Gatorade bottle, Dan Hurry, chief supply chain officer of Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, explained the biggest problem for the medical supply chain.
Labor shortages and Medicaid changes will lead to uneven inpatient volumes: Moody's
Continuing labor shortages and changes to Medicaid regulations are likely to make hospital inpatient volumes uneven for much of 2023, Moody’s warned in a quarterly report issued Jan. 24.
Surgical Directions appoints new heads of anesthesia
Anesthesia services company Surgical Directions has appointed Robert Johnson as its managing director of anesthesia and Mark Penkhus as its strategic executive adviser.
Buffalo ASC debuts Bear implant
The team at Buffalo (N.Y.) Surgery Center, which is partnered with Orchard Park, N.Y.-based Excelsior Orthopedics, completed the first BEAR implant procedure in the city, according to a Jan. 24 tweet from Westborough, Mass.-based Miach Orthopedics.&nbs…
UT Southwestern, Children's Health plan $2.5B hospital campus
UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health System of Texas are planning to build a pediatric campus in Dallas that will cost an estimated $2.5 billion, D Magazine reported Jan. 24.
