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The digital health landscape in 2024 was marked by a surge in early-stage investments alongside significant moves by established healthcare giants, according to Rock Health’s annual end of the year funding…
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U.S. digital health startups snagged $10.1 billion in venture funding across 497 deals in 2024, a slight decrease from 2023 at $10.8 billion across 503 deals, according to a new report from Rock Health.
Although…
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Businesses are about to enter the highest healthcare cost era in a decade — so understandably, leaders are looking for ways to optimize or reduce spend. In an upcoming webinar hosted by MedCity News…
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NHS Providers has called for government investment into digital technology to improve productivity, following a survey of NHS trust leaders.
The survey results, published on 8 September 2024, found that finances had taken a series…
In a time of inflation, talent shortages, supply chain challenges and shrinking capital, healthcare decision-makers must be more adept than ever at stretching dollars. And those headwinds are spurring some health system leaders to…
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On Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule for next year’s Medicare physician fee schedule.
The proposed rule would cut physician’s payment rates by 2.8%. Industry groups reacted with…
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If the global healthcare industry was a country, it would be the world’s fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gas.
As lawmaking bodies and other various entities continue to reckon with the daunting future of climate change,…
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Multi-state hospital operator Steward Health Care files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and seeks up to $300 million in financing to keep the doors of its 31 remaining hospitals open.
The company blames…
Rising healthcare costs are a major concern for employers in 2024 as they battle inflation, provider shortages and increasing drug costs. After raising $4.8 million in seed funding last week, one startup aims to…
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The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced £3.4 billion of new investment in NHS digitisation in the Spring Budget.The NHS in England, which had been facing real-term cuts due to inflation, will also receive a…
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