Health

Paramus, New Jersey-based Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, a 1,070-bed not-for-profit hospital, is partnering with NeuroFlow, a behavioral health technology and analytics company, to help gauge and oversee patient population risk. The aim is to have the medical center integrate NeuroFlow’s workflow tools into the medical center’s ambulatory care settings to enhance the identification of behavioral health needs and more …

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 enterprise software, an application designed …

AppliedVR, an immersive therapeutics company, announced that Pittsburgh-based Highmark, a Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated health insurer, will be the first health plan to cover RelieVRx, AppliedVR’s FDA-cleared virtual reality offering to treat chronic low back pain.  Eligible Highmark members 18 years and older diagnosed with moderate to severe chronic low back pain will be able to get a prescription for …

Pinaceae (pine) pollen On the roof of a UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) lab, at Chilton’s Harwell Science Campus in Oxfordshire, a new chapter in artificial intelligence (AI) and pollen monitoring is unfolding. By leveraging real-time data and AI-powered analysis, our team of toxicologists are developing a deeper understanding of the air we breathe and its impact on our well-being. …

At a virtual event today, Apple unveiled its Apple Watch Series 10 with new health and fitness features and AirPods Pro 2 with hearing test and over-the-counter hearing aid capabilities.  Watch Series 10 Apple Watch Series 10 will include a new Sleep Apnea feature that uses the accelerometer to measure a new metric called Breathing Disturbances.  The Health App will …

Pharmacy service provider Advanced Rx announced an alliance with pain-management digital health company Sure Med Compliance to give Advanced Rx sole entry to Sure Med Compliance’s Perspectives in Care (PiC) to ensure proper risk and benefit analysis has been determined and recorded when a controlled substance is dispensed. PiC delivers medicolegal understanding at the point of care and educates providers …

Viome Life Sciences announced a $25 million internal Series D and the appointment of its new chief operating officer, Kal Raman. Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, Bold Capital WRG Ventures and others participated in the round.  Raman joins Viome as COO after previously holding the position of senior vice president of non-media business, marketing and retail technology at Amazon and chief …

Google DeepMind announced the launch of AlphaProteo, an AI system to help biological and health researchers design novel, high-strength proteins that bind to target molecules with accuracy and strength.  AlphaProteo was trained on the Protein Data Bank (PDB) that enables breakthroughs in science and education by providing access and tools for exploration, visualization and analysis of experimentally-determined 3D structures from …

Hippocratic AI, a generative AI company developing safety-focused large language models for healthcare, is partnering with Adtalem Global Education to create an academic curriculum to train and certify clinicians on the use of AI in healthcare. “What we wanted to do is develop a curriculum that really educates nurses around general introductions to artificial intelligence and generative AI, which are …

Vesta Healthcare, a virtual care company for individuals receiving home care, closed a $65 million Series C round with new debt financing. RA Capital Management led the round with participation from Chrysalis Ventures, Oak HC/FT, CareCentrix/Walgreens, Deerfield Management, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Nationwide, Lux Capital and Generator Ventures.  Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, a Monroe Capital affiliate, provided debt capital.   WHAT IT …