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• June 2024: Docplix, a health-tech firm in New Delhi, India, secured INR 1.2 crore (USD 0.14 million) in a Bridge Round spearheaded by Inflection Point Ventures. The company plans to channel the funds into product development, AI integration, and broadening its market presence. This strategy includes upgrading the EHR system with cutting-edge AI features to bolster decision-making and patient care and extending innovative healthcare solutions to larger clinics and hospitals.
• April 2024: The Union Health Ministry of India unveiled the myCGHS app for iOS devices, designed to enhance access to electronic health records and vital information for beneficiaries of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).

• June 2024: Wheel, a telehealth and virtual care solutions provider, unveiled its AI-driven Horizon platform. This platform acts as an easy button for health plans, retailers, digital health solution providers, and life sciences companies, enabling them to rapidly scale their virtual care programs nationwide. The initiative aims to enhance patient experiences, boost outcomes, and derive intelligent insights from every program.
• April 2024: Included Health, which specializes in virtual care and health navigation, rolled out a virtual-first specialty care clinic. This initiative grants its members streamlined access to over 4,000 specialist physicians, along with support services and care navigation. The clinics will integrate expert medical opinions, primary care, mental health services, and navigation capabilities. This holistic approach aims to address challenges in specialty care access and costs while also tailoring services to align with members' health benefits and preferences.

• June 2024: Lokavant Inc. launched Spectrum, an artificial intelligence (AI) software for clinical trial feasibility. Spectrum helps study teams predict, optimize, and control trial timelines and costs in real time, allowing for ongoing feasibility analyses and mid-study adjustments.
• April 2024: Parexel, a global leader in clinical research organizations (CROs) offering comprehensive Phase I to IV clinical development services, partnered with Palantir Technologies Inc., a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) system development. Their collaboration aims to use AI to improve and speed up the delivery of safe and effective clinical trials for biopharmaceutical clients worldwide. Through this partnership, Parexel will use Palantir’s Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) to strengthen its clinical data platform, focusing on making clinical trials more efficient while maintaining high safety and regulatory standards.

• May 2024: WELL Health Technologies Corp. launched HEALWELL AI, a second-generation WELL AI Decision Support (WAIDS). The upgraded WAIDS includes screening capabilities for numerous chronic diseases such as chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and diabetes, enabling risk stratification of patients into high-, medium-, or low-risk categories. This expansion broadens WAIDS's utility in detecting more than 100 rare and chronic diseases, providing clinically validated insights that identify care gaps and equip clinicians with actionable information at the point of care.
• February 2024: Elsevier Health, in partnership with OpenEvidence, launched ClinicalKey AI, the first and most advanced clinical decision support tool in the United States that combines the latest and most trusted medical content with generative artificial intelligence (AI) to help clinicians at the point of care.

• April 2024: Barti Software, a venture-backed software startup, launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) ambient listening and transcription technology add-on to its electronic health records (EHR) and practice management platform for optometric practices.
• February 2024: Best Practice Software, based in Australia, forged a partnership with Lyrebird Health. This collaboration positions Bp Premier, Best Practice’s leading practice management system, as the inaugural platform to introduce fully integrated generative AI software for Australian practitioners. Lyrebird Scribe enhances the consultation process by automatically generating pertinent medical documentation, enabling clinicians to prioritize patient interaction over administrative tasks.

• July 2024: WHO/Europe unveiled an evidence-based tool designed to bolster telemedicine services across nations. The Support Tool to Strengthen Telemedicine seeks to enhance telemedicine offerings, catering to needs ranging from individual health facilities to comprehensive national health systems.
• January 2024: Rudolf Riester GmbH signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Docs in Clouds TeleCare GmbH, one of the leading providers of software solutions for the healthcare sector. The collaboration aims to enhance Riester's telemedicine services with cutting-edge software. This partnership underscores Riester's commitment to delivering top-tier telemedicine solutions.

• September 2023: Caraway, a New York-based Gen Z health services provider, reported the acquisition of Sesh, a digital group therapy platform that provides mental and physical health services as well as sexual and reproductive health offerings for Gen Z women.
• May 2023: DHI Insights, a digital healthcare company, launched BMOXI, a mental health app for teen girls. This app helps teen girls who are facing a mental health crisis.

• June 2024: EPAM Systems Inc., a digital transformation services and product engineering company, reported the acquisition of Odysseus Data Services Inc., which offers artificial intelligence and data analytics solutions used for drug safety and efficacy epidemiological research.
• April 2023: Cerner Enviza, an Oracle company, and John Snow Labs collaborated to develop a new methodology to enhance computerized queries, or phenotyping, of digital patient data and clinical notes to support pharmacoepidemiology.

• July 2024: K Line Europe GmbH, a clear aligner manufacturer, launched ClearX aligners featuring a 4D printing technology in the United States. 4D-printed clear aligners combine 3D printing technology and shape memory materials. With this technology, aligner trays are printed using shape memory polymers (SMPs).
• July 2023: Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast created personalized 4D-printed “smart” implants for breast cancer management. These multipurpose implants change size to fit better within the breast cavity, resulting in personalization to an individual’s body. This helps improve aesthetic and confidence outcomes for those who have or have had breast cancer.

• May 2023: T-Systems International, a technology company, reported the launch of MagMoves, an AI health coach that focuses on gamifying health, customization, and personalized healthcare recommendations. By using this application, consumers can track physical activity, receive tailored healthcare advice, and create a customized avatar that will live in the metaverse.
• March 2023: Hello Heart, a digital health coaching platform, reported the virtual pillbox upgrade to its app called My Meds. The tool focuses on medication adherence and safety by tracking medications and flagging known drug interactions. The app gamifies other heart health-related activities, such as reaching exercise and step goals and tracking blood pressure.