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Ambience Healthcare Raises $70M to Scale the Most Comprehensive AI Operating System for Healthcare Organizations

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambience Healthcare , the most comprehensive AI operating system for healthcare organizations, has announced a $70M Series B raise co-led by Kleiner Perkins and OpenAI Startup Fund.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambience Healthcare , the most comprehensive AI operating system for healthcare organizations, has announced a $70M Series B raise co-led by Kleiner Perkins and OpenAI Startup Fund.
  • The Ambience AI operating system consists of a holistic suite of applications, designed to alleviate clinician burnout, improve overall system efficiency, and enable high-quality care.
  • Other key technical product features include the ability to:
    By customizing the Ambience AI operating system for each clinical specialty, healthcare systems have seen rapid adoption among clinicians.
  • Ambience's platform approach also enables healthcare organizations to break down silos and achieve significant improvements to overall system efficiency.

Pennant and John Muir Health Enter into a Home Health Joint Venture in the Bay Area, California

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024
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John Muir Health has contributed its home health business to the new joint venture, which will be majority-owned and managed by a Pennant subsidiary.

Key Points: 
  • John Muir Health has contributed its home health business to the new joint venture, which will be majority-owned and managed by a Pennant subsidiary.
  • The new venture will provide home health services, including skilled nursing, physical occupational and speech therapy, home health aide and medical social work services to patients throughout the Bay Area under the name Muir Home Health.
  • Muir Home Health is poised to hit the ground running.”
    "We are grateful for the opportunity to strategically expand our Bay Area presence and build on John Muir Health’s legacy through Muir Home Health."
  • John Muir Health was advised on the joint venture by Sheppard Mullin.

John Muir Health and Ambience Healthcare Launch End-to-End Epic EHR Integrations with Generative AI

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- John Muir Health (JMH) and Ambience Healthcare announced a collaboration today, launching a generative AI platform that is fully integrated with Epic's electronic health record (EHR).

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- John Muir Health (JMH) and Ambience Healthcare announced a collaboration today, launching a generative AI platform that is fully integrated with Epic's electronic health record (EHR).
  • John Muir Health is well respected as one of the most forward thinking, innovative health systems in the country.
  • Working closely with Ambience and our colleagues at Epic, we're already seeing the technology revolutionize the patient and clinician experience at John Muir Health."
  • Currently, full-time clinicians at JMH are leveraging Ambience to save an average of 1-2 hours per day on EHR documentation.

Canopy Health Announces New CEO

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Monday, November 13, 2023
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EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopy Health, a Bay Area joint venture originally founded by John Muir Health and UCSF Health, announced the planned retirement of Mike Robinson as CEO effective at the end of the year. Ken Wood, a seasoned Bay Area health care executive, will serve as Canopy Health's CEO effective immediately.

Key Points: 
  • EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopy Health, a Bay Area joint venture originally founded by John Muir Health and UCSF Health, announced the planned retirement of Mike Robinson as CEO effective at the end of the year.
  • Ken Wood, a seasoned Bay Area health care executive, will serve as Canopy Health's CEO effective immediately.
  • "The Canopy Health board of directors would like to thank Mike Robinson for his five years of service, which saw the organization grow to provide HMO coverage to more than 50,000 Bay Area residents," said Mike Thomas, chair of the Canopy Health board and the president and CEO of John Muir Health.
  • "The Canopy Health board is pleased that Ken Wood was available to step in and ably lead the organization through a planned growth phase," said Shelby Decosta, vice chair of the Canopy Health board and president of the UCSF Health Affiliates Network.

Sutter Health Names Market Leaders in System’s Collaborative Dyad Model

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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“I’m pleased to announce Sutter Health’s community-based market leaders,” said Warner Thomas, Sutter Health president and CEO.

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  • “I’m pleased to announce Sutter Health’s community-based market leaders,” said Warner Thomas, Sutter Health president and CEO.
  • Market leaders will collaborate with medical group presidents alongside community physicians to enhance access and provide exceptional care.
  • Tosan Boyo, Greater East Bay Market President, was most recently senior vice president of hospital operations at John Muir Health.
  • Christina Oh, Greater San Francisco Market President, comes to Sutter Health from HCA Healthcare’s Trident Health System in Charleston, South Carolina where she was president and CEO.

Announcing a New Era: Gardner Health Services Names New CEO

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gardner Health Services has announced its choice for its next Chief Executive Officer. After a year-long search, Rafael Vaquerano has been tapped to replace Reymundo C. Espinoza, who is retiring in January 2024.

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  • After 37 years, Gardner Health Services taps John Muir Health executive Rafael Vaquerano to be its next CEO.
  • SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gardner Health Services has announced its choice for its next Chief Executive Officer.
  • Dr. Noe Lozano, Gardner Health Services' Board Chair, released the following statement after Vaquerano was ultimately selected as CEO:
    "Congratulations to Rafael Vaquerano on being named the next CEO of Gardner Health Services.
  • Today Gardner Family Health Network, Inc. which is doing business as Gardner Health Services provides care to 46,525 patients throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo counties with an operating budget of $90 Million.

John Muir Health First in Northern California to Offer LungVision™ AI-Driven Imaging for Lung Cancer Diagnosis

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
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CONCORD, Calif., July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- John Muir Health in Concord, California has become the first hospital in Northern California to deploy Body Vision Medical's LungVision™ AI-driven, imaging system that enhances the ability of physicians to diagnose lung cancer at an earlier stage and facilitates diagnosis and treatment of a lung cancer patient in a single sitting or "single-anesthesia event."

Key Points: 
  • CONCORD, Calif., July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- John Muir Health in Concord, California has become the first hospital in Northern California to deploy Body Vision Medical's LungVision™ AI-driven, imaging system that enhances the ability of physicians to diagnose lung cancer at an earlier stage and facilitates diagnosis and treatment of a lung cancer patient in a single sitting or "single-anesthesia event."
  • Traditionally, when a patient is diagnosed with a suspicious lung nodule, they are referred to an interventional pulmonologist who performs a lung biopsy to confirm or rule out cancer.
  • If the lung nodule is indeed cancer, patients may often wait weeks or even months before they proceed to receive treatment.
  • The combination of innovations in both medical technology and how we approach lung cancer has enabled us to elevate patient care across the board from diagnosis to treatment."

Hagens Berman: John Muir Health Sued for Overcharging Bay Area Patients

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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California law requires that our client and other patients of John Muir emergency departments get the emergency care they need without having to incur unreasonable and unaffordable bills, said Tom Loeser, partner at Hagens Berman representing the proposed class of John Muir patients.

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  • California law requires that our client and other patients of John Muir emergency departments get the emergency care they need without having to incur unreasonable and unaffordable bills, said Tom Loeser, partner at Hagens Berman representing the proposed class of John Muir patients.
  • The law firms are seeking to hear from other patients who received exorbitant bills for laboratory services after visiting a John Muir Health Emergency Department.
  • Patients of John Muir Health who suspect they may have been overcharged can contact the attorneys for more information.
  • Through her employer she had Kaiser health insurance, which paid John Muir over $6,000 for the medical services John Muir rendered to her that night.

Susan G. Komen® San Francisco MORE THAN PINK Walk Raises Money to Support Breast Cancer Research and Financial Assistance

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen , the world's leading breast cancer organization, will hold an in-person MORE THAN PINK Walk in San Francisco to raise critical funds that support breast cancer research and breast cancer patients who are in need of financial assistance.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen , the world's leading breast cancer organization, will hold an in-person MORE THAN PINK Walk in San Francisco to raise critical funds that support breast cancer research and breast cancer patients who are in need of financial assistance.
  • The San Francisco Walk will be held on Sunday, October 2, at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens.
  • Funds raised will support breast cancer research and patients in need of services like the Komen Financial Assistance Program," said Jenifer Weiss, State Executive Director of Northern CA Susan G. Komen.
  • "Our goal is to raise $250,000 this year to support funding new research studies for breast cancer and metastatic breast cancer.