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Heritage Group Announces the Launch of its Executive Advisory Board

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星期二, 六月 13, 2023
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Heritage Group, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has announced the launch of its Executive Advisory Board, comprised of some of the most respected and experienced healthcare executives across the country.

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  • Heritage Group, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has announced the launch of its Executive Advisory Board, comprised of some of the most respected and experienced healthcare executives across the country.
  • “We are thrilled to announce the launch of our Executive Advisory Board,” said Bryan Bui, Partner at Heritage Group.
  • Heritage Group is backed by some of the leading healthcare organizations in the nation, including large provider systems, payers and other healthcare service providers.
  • With the launch of its Executive Advisory Board, Heritage Group is well positioned to continue its successful track record of investing in and supporting talented and visionary healthcare entrepreneurs.

Luna and MedStar Health partner to improve access to in-home, in-person outpatient physical therapy across Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Northern Virginia

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星期二, 六月 13, 2023
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With this relationship, Luna is now the preferred outpatient in-home, in-person technology partner for MedStar Health in the Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Northern Virginia region.

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  • With this relationship, Luna is now the preferred outpatient in-home, in-person technology partner for MedStar Health in the Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Northern Virginia region.
  • MedStar Health Physical Therapy at Home is the name for the in-home aspect of this coordinated care model.
  • Services provided through MedStar Health Physical Therapy at Home are covered by most health insurance plans, in accordance with individual insurance benefit design.
  • The partnership with MedStar Health follows previously announced collaborations from Luna, including AARP, Providence, Emory Healthcare, Intermountain Healthcare, UCLA Health and Scripps Health.

Jim Sheets Named Group President for Multi-State Health System Based in Colorado

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星期三, 五月 31, 2023
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(Centennial, Colo.), May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centura Health, the health care leader in Colorado, Utah and southwest Kansas, is pleased to announce that Jim Sheets has been named Group President, effective June 5, 2023.

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  • (Centennial, Colo.), May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centura Health, the health care leader in Colorado, Utah and southwest Kansas, is pleased to announce that Jim Sheets has been named Group President, effective June 5, 2023.
  • On a mission to elevate others through service, authentic engagement, and fun, Jim will be responsible for the CommonSpirit Health hospitals and clinics in Denver, Fort Morgan, Colo., and Utah.
  • He will also have responsibility for the health system’s continued growth in Denver and Utah.
  • Jim has served in progressive leadership roles with Intermountain Healthcare for 16 years.

Hyro Raises $20M in Funding to Advance Responsible AI-Powered Communications for Enterprise

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星期三, 五月 31, 2023
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyro, the leader in plug-and-play conversational artificial intelligence (AI), today announced that it has finalized a $20 million Series B funding round led by Macquarie Capital, with participation from new investors Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Black Opal Ventures, and K20, as well as existing investors Hanaco Ventures, Spero Ventures, and Mindset Ventures—bringing the company's total funding to $35 million. With this capital raise, Hyro will continue to meet the healthcare sector's critical demand for conversational AI and automation, enabling large organizations to streamline access to digital services for their patients and staff while drastically improving operational efficiencies.

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  • Hyro has grown annual recurring revenue by over 100% year over year since launching in 2020, delivering stellar conversational experiences to over 30 million enterprise consumers resulting in tens of millions in operational savings.
  • Hyro anticipates that the funding round, coupled with the surge in popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Bard and other large language model (LLM) applications, will catalyze another fiscal year of doubled growth in these categories.
  • Hyro has recently released Spot™, a GPT-powered assistant capable of instantly generating answers to FAQs and search queries using customized enterprise data, all while maintaining explainability.
  • "Hyro has been at the forefront of this technology and its operation in regulated environments like healthcare.

New Qualtrics Pulse Innovations Help Leaders Stay in Step With Employee Feedback and Drive Better Outcomes

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星期二, 五月 23, 2023
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With these new capabilities, Pulse can now automatically analyze employees’ feedback and then distribute it to leaders and managers so they can take faster, more proactive action.

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  • With these new capabilities, Pulse can now automatically analyze employees’ feedback and then distribute it to leaders and managers so they can take faster, more proactive action.
  • With Pulse, HR teams can set up an ongoing program that automatically solicits employee feedback from specific teams, and then delivers real-time, actionable insights to respective leaders and managers.
  • According to Qualtrics research , 87% of HR leaders say their organizations should be more nimble.
  • The new Pulse capabilities for senior and HR leaders are now generally available and will be available for managers in late 2023.

athenahealth Names George Hamilton Chief Corporate Strategy and Development Officer

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星期二, 五月 9, 2023
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athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems nationwide, today announced that George Hamilton has joined the company as chief corporate strategy and development officer.

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  • athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems nationwide, today announced that George Hamilton has joined the company as chief corporate strategy and development officer.
  • In this role, Hamilton will oversee athenahealth’s enterprise strategy, corporate development, and Marketplace partner program teams.
  • Over his more than 20-year career, Hamilton has held numerous senior strategic and business development roles.
  • “I am proud to welcome George to athenahealth,” said Bob Segert, chairman and chief executive officer of athenahealth .

Culmination Bio and Cofactor Genomics Leverage Largest Biobank in the U.S. for PREDAPT Precision Medicine Clinical Trial

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星期二, 五月 9, 2023
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Culmination Bio, a new Intermountain Health Company, and Cofactor Genomics, a predictive diagnostic immunotherapy company, today announced a partnership to leverage samples and data from one of the largest biobanks in the country to fuel the development of Cofactor Genomic’s OncoPrism™ test in 11 cancers.

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  • Culmination Bio, a new Intermountain Health Company, and Cofactor Genomics, a predictive diagnostic immunotherapy company, today announced a partnership to leverage samples and data from one of the largest biobanks in the country to fuel the development of Cofactor Genomic’s OncoPrism™ test in 11 cancers.
  • The objective of the partnership is to build biomarkers for cancers being studied in the national PREDAPT (Predicting Immunotherapy Efficacy From Analysis of Pre-treatment Tumor Biopsies) clinical trial.
  • Cofactor’s OncoPrism assay is a laboratory-developed test powered by a sophisticated, multidimensional immune biomarker built to predict which cancer patients are likely responders to monotherapy of immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as Keytruda.
  • “The goal of this partnership is to innovate and build predictive diagnostics that match the right patients to the right treatments, fulfilling the promise of precision medicine,” said Lincoln Nadauld, MD, PhD, CEO of Culmination Bio, and former Vice President and Chief of Precision Health at Intermountain Health.

Reputation Announces First Ever National Leave a Review Day

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星期四, 五月 4, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Reputation, the global leader in reputation experience management, today announces the first ever National Leave a Review Day at its annual event, Transform'23, in partnership with G2, the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Reputation , the global leader in reputation experience management, today announces the first ever National Leave a Review Day at its annual event, Transform'23 , in partnership with G2, the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace.
  • This is why we are so excited to celebrate the first ever National Leave a Review Day," said Joe Fuca, CEO of Reputation.
  • On National Leave a Review Day, Reputation will empower marketers across sectors to proactively seek reviews, while also encouraging customers to leave reviews for brands with which they do business.
  • Reputation and G2 have collaborated on toolkits for businesses that are interested in participating in National Leave a Review Day, including suggestions for promoting online and among their communities.

SelectHealth Initiates Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) Coverage to Support Patient Need for Effective Non-opioid Pain Treatment

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星期四, 五月 4, 2023
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SPR Therapeutics is pleased to see this occur at a time when PNS, such as that delivered by the SPRINT® PNS System, is fast becoming a leading and mainstream non-opioid treatment for chronic pain.

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  • SPR Therapeutics is pleased to see this occur at a time when PNS, such as that delivered by the SPRINT® PNS System, is fast becoming a leading and mainstream non-opioid treatment for chronic pain.
  • With more than thirty peer-reviewed publications supporting the use of SPRINT PNS across a wide range of pain conditions, SelectHealth is taking steps to assure access for their members to this FDA-cleared treatment as well as other PNS treatments.
  • Chronic shoulder and knee pain collectively represent the largest group of patients with peripheral pain being treated using the SPRINT PNS System.
  • Major limitations on day-to-day living are often seen in patients dealing with shoulder and knee pain.

MDClone Receives Third Straight "Best Healthcare Big Data Platform" Award From MedTech Breakthrough

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星期三, 五月 3, 2023
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BE'ER SHEVA, Israel, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MDClone, a leading data analytics and synthetic data company, today announced that it has been named "Best Healthcare Big Data Platform" for the third consecutive year in the 7th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global health and medical technology market.

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  • MDClone offers solutions that give users across the healthcare ecosystem the ability to more easily access and leverage data.
  • MDClone is the first company to deliver an innovative, self-service, data analytics environment powering exploration, discovery, and collaboration throughout and among healthcare organizations.
  • "Valuable insights are buried inside the massive quantities of healthcare data, but accessing healthcare data is difficult, time-consuming, and labor-intensive costing health systems valuable resources, time, and money," said James Johnson, managing director, MedTech Breakthrough.
  • Congratulations are in order once again this year to MDClone for being MedTech Breakthrough's 'Best Healthcare Big Data Platform!'