Morning Headlines 7/29/20
Withings raises $60 million to bridge the gap between consumer tech and healthcare providers
Withings will use a $60 million Series B funding round to building out its Med Pro division, which offers remote patient monitoring devices to programs run by providers, payers, and employers.
TA, Francisco Partners join hands in $1.4bn-plus deal for Edifecs
Francisco Partners and TA Associates invest in health IT company Edifecs, giving them a combined 51% interest in the company.
Ciox Health Acquires Biomedical Natural Language Processing Pioneer, Medal, Inc.
Health records retrieval company Ciox Health acquires Medal, which specializes in using AI to process unstructured data from medical records.
DOE, HHS, VA Announce COVID-19 Insights Partnership
HHS and the VA will use the Department of Energy’s high-performance computing and AI resources to analyze health data and conduct COVID-19 research.
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