Aflac Corporate Ventures, the investment arm of Aflac Incorporated, has announced a strategic investment in digital health company Sharecare. The Atlanta-based company’s total funding now exceeds $425 million following this…
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Software Startup Florence Raises $7.1M Series B to Grow Its Clinical Trial Network
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaClinical trials software startup Florence has raised a $7.1 million Series B round led by Atlanta-based growth equity firm Fulcrum Equity Partners. Atrium Health and Bee Partners also participated in…
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This 15-Year-Old Developed Machine Learning Tech to Screen for Cardiac Risk
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaOver 320,000 cardiac arrests occur annually in the U.S. outside a hospital, making it one of the leading causes of death in the country. Quickly and without warning, an individual…
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Physician-Founded Telmedix Puts Specialty Medical Consults Right In the Primary Care Clinic
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaA patient with chronic ailments generally sees several specialty physicians, whom often operate in silos. These individuals deal with scheduling different offices, finding reliable transportation, and the challenge of taking…
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This Health-Conscious Founder Wants to Identify Chronic Disease and Poor Diet From Data You Usually Flush Down the Drain
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinHumans today are obsessed with measuring health data — we purchase expensive wearables to count our steps, track macros in a spreadsheet, and strap on heart rate monitors before going…
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Liine Analyzes Phone Calls to Tell Doctors How Their Patients Found Them
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaPatients find doctors from ratings sites, ads, word of mouth, or even social media. But despite spending thousands of dollars in marketing, the doctors usually don’t know where exactly these…
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With Prescription Prices on The Rise, This Startup Is Shaking Up Pharma From the Inside Out
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaIn 2017, U.S. healthcare spending grew 3.9 percent, reaching $3.5 trillion. On average, that’s more than $10,000 per person. Smaller employers are having a hard time keeping up with rising…
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Surefhir Automates Ownership In Electronic Health Records
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaAs electronic medical records— the digital version of a doctor’s paper chart — become more commonplace, it’s important for the information they hold to be updated in real-time. Having one…
