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Healthcare & Life Science M&A Activity Plummets 1H’22

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The index of Healthcare & Life Science equities tracked by Stout was down 16.8% – Healthcare & Life Science M&A activity plummeted to 338 deals in Q2 2022 versus 535 in Q2 2021 and a record 565 deals in Q4 2021. Key Trends and Market Summary. in the quarter.

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Membership Medicine: The Future of Primary Care?

HIT Consultant

VP, Strategic Solutions at Definitive Healthcare Primary care is at a tipping point. However, in the past, primary care delivery has been dictated by changes in payor-led reimbursement models. Amazon is also making moves to dominate physician markets, buying out primary care practice One Medical.

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UpDoc to develop conversational, assistant-directed AI providers

Healthcare It News

Dr. Sharif Vakili, UpDoc CEO, a practicing primary care physician at Stanford Medicine and entrepreneur advisor at Polaris Partners, and Ashwin Nayak, the company's income chief technical officer, a clinical informatician at Standford, AI researcher and software developer invented the technology. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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AI roundup: HEALWELL AI buys LLMs, Forward to roll out staffless health kiosks

Healthcare It News

HEALWELL AI to acquire majority control of Pentavere HEALWELL AI debuted last month after partnering with WELL Health Technologies, which provides a digital healthcare operations platform, to launch AI-based decision support to advance early disease diagnosis and improve preventative care. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Why Mainstream Precision Medicine Hinges on Healthcare HPC Storage

HIT Consultant

Adam Marko, Director of Life Science Solutions at Panasas. The healthcare industry is experiencing a data deluge, and it shows no sign of slowing down. This is promising news for precision medicine, the data-driven healthcare initiative that promotes the right treatment for the right patient at the right time.

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Roundup: Princess Alexandra Hospital joins medication harm research and more briefs

Healthcare It News

The portal provides knowledge and tools that primary care teams need to improve outcomes for whānau Māori and Pacific peoples, who are disproportionately affected by gout. It features gout education, a guide on medicines and prescribing, point-of-care testing, and care pathways, among others.

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Healthcare predictions for 2024

Health Business Group

My healthcare predictions for 2023 were on the money: Medicare Advantage faced pushback, retailers struggled to deliver primary care, and AI started to realize its potential. AI enables culturally competent care AI often reinforces existing biases in healthcare and society. Here’s how I’m seeing 2024.