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🌟 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝟱𝟬: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 🌟 In the next spotlight of the Forbes AI 50 list, we’ll look at Abridge, a pioneering company at the forefront of leveraging artificial intelligence within the healthcare sector. Founded in 2018 by Dr. Rao, a practicing cardiologist, Abridge is dedicated to tackling one of the healthcare industry's most enduring challenges: the administrative burden on clinicians. Operating out of its headquarters, Abridge seeks to revolutionize patient-care documentation. Utilizing advanced AI, Abridge records conversations between clinicians and their patients, providing succinct summaries that significantly reduce paperwork and allow healthcare providers to focus more on patient care rather than administrative tasks. Already, 10,000 clinicians have integrated Abridge into their practices, a testament to its effectiveness and potential. Following a succession of successful venture funding rounds, Abridge is now valued at an impressive $850 million. This innovation represents a remarkable stride in the integration of AI within healthcare, not just simplifying processes but also improving patient engagement and outcomes. How might Abridge's continued expansion and technological evolution influence healthcare technology, particularly in regards to patient data security and privacy? 📷 MH Illustration/Abridge #data #analytics #artificialintelligence #AI #innovation #keynote #speaker #consulting #careers #leadership #management ---------------------- 💥 I am Achille 🔺 Supporting you and your businesses leveraging data 🔺 Providing advisory, consultancy and keynotes specializing in Retail, Supply Chain & Construction Like this post? Want to see more? Ring the 🔔 on my profile Follow #achilleai 🔝 Connect with me

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"Sency is the first tech company to successfully bring the added value of AI motion analysis to over a million members and numerous companies. Great interview with our CBO, Adam Grinker, in Athletech News. See the full article in the first comment

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When McKinsey & Company speaks we listen! Read below our thoughts and recommendations based on McKinsey's latest report about the impact of #AI on health plans admin costs with a focus on Care Management quality and efficiency.

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Expect to see more entrants in the Care at Home market as consumer-centric companies enter healthcare through tech-enabled services & better patient experiences.

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🎯 Is football ready for the attention economy? The Baller League isn’t just another football tournament. It’s an attempt to reinvent how football is consumed. CEO Felix Starck calls it the 'UFC of football', combining six-a-side games, immersive storytelling, and star power from legends like Luis Figo to influencers like IShowSpeed. Unlike traditional football, the Baller League focuses on action, narrative, and accessibility: ✅ High-speed, high-stakes gameplay ✅ Free live streaming on YouTube & Twitch ✅ A hero-led approach that resonates with younger audiences As the myth of "short attention spans" is debunked, the real issue emerges: a lack of excitement and authenticity. The Baller League capitalizes on this by creating what Starck calls “fight night for football.” How does it compare to Gerard Piqué's Kings League? What lessons can traditional sports learn from the UFC and abridged rulesets like 20/20 cricket? I explore this in my latest Substack piece:

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💡 Highly insightful new market 📈 report we just released on the State of Heart Health tracking. A few key take-aways from my view: ⌚ 💍 Strong desire by Consumers to use wearables for preventative health tracking - ❤️ heart health tracking is their top feature. 👨‍⚕️ 89% of consumers would use a consumer wearable if a doctor prescribed and 95% would share their data with a doctor. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 69% of people would recommend using a consumer wearable for health tracking to a loved one or family member. 🏥 However...there is still a lack of trust by physicians with the quality and accuracy of data from consumer wearables - only 9% of providers find more than 75% of data from wearables as useful. ✅ Take-away - The convergence of consumer wearables with the healthcare market is fully upon us.  Consumer wearables have a huge opportunity to tap into this for broadening appeal that drives Consumer sales growth or new B2B healthcare sales expansion. To be successful though, highly accurate and medical grade health insights are critical to gaining trust and advocacy by healthcare providers. #WearableTech #HealthTech #HeartHealth #DigitalHealth #Innovation #HealthcareTechnology #MarketResearch #HealthInnovation #HeartMonitoring #PreventativeHealth

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Digital Health Acquisitions # 107 - # 108: Week of July 14th - 20th, 2024 Digital health M&A cooled off slightly last week with just two deals announced. 108: Commure acquired Augmedix in an all-cash deal valued at $139M. Augmedix, a company that previously went public through a SPAC transaction, was initially listed through a reverse merger with Malo Holdings Corp. in 2020 before listing through a traditional IPO on NASDAQ in 2021. This acquisition marks a significant move for Commure, as it aims to enhance its healthcare technology offerings by integrating Augmedix's capabilities in medical documentation and workflow automation. 107: The German/Dutch company Apothera GmbH / MYA Health acquires Disapo.de Apotheke B.V. from Europe's omnichannel premium beauty chain Douglas Group. Apothera has its main office in Berlin, Germany but operates its online pharmacy through Mya Health B.V. in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This acquisition is a strategic play to strengthen Mya Health's online pharmacy presence and reach a wider customer base. While deal activity slowed down, the digital health industry continues to evolve rapidly. What are your thoughts on the current M&A landscape? Did I miss a deal last week? Galen Growth | Insights You Can Trust #DigitalHealth #Mergers #acquisitions

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"Training is the test. The test is training" - a common sentiment that we've heard throughout our product market fit interviews among sports med professionals. We typically ask what the standard athlete "test" environment looks like, often times leading to a battery of methods that, well, don't look like training for sport. Is there value in mobility, iso-holds and jump screening - yes, absolutely. BUT, do these equate to training...? On the flip, we'll ask what training modalities or movements are the typical test for an athlete returning to training, post-injury. While the aforementioned screenings may be early filters, the final "tests" are typically loaded strength movements to ensure the athlete can absorb force and drive through a range of motion. A better option - isokinetic Olympic bar movements. Velocity controlled exercises that replicate the movements athletes do in training but capture the necessary strength and movement data necessary to inform test and recovery protocols. Appropriate for training and daily data capture. Appropriate for testing and required screening. Appropriate for returning an athlete to force production, post-injury. https://lnkd.in/eXFAbYbi

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The Joint Replacement Market at a Glance Joint replacement accelerated well beyond historical norms, as it grew 7.3% and reached $21.4 billion in sales in 2023. The segment is the largest in orthopedics, accounting for 36% of the $59 billion global market. This market is going to be huge.

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Med Tech in Focus   Rotator Cuff Surgery Success Improved by Device Inspired by Python Teeth Engineers at Columbia University designed a device that mimics the backward curve of python teeth that nearly doubles repair strength in tendon-to-bone shoulder surgery. The device is made of biocompatible resin teeth set on a curved base. The sharp teeth are half the length of currently used staples, so they won’t break through the tendon and cause suture pull-through. The base can be customized to match a patient’s curvature of the tendon attachment site. Currently, successful reattachment is fraught with high failure rates estimated at 20% for younger patients with minor tears to 94% in elderly patients with massive tears. Most of the failures are the result of suture pull-through. It is estimated that about 600,000 rotator cuff surgeries are performed in the US annually at a cost of $3 billion. The engineers are now researching a bioabsorbable version that would dissolve when the tendon heals and reattaches back to the bone. VC Investors are always adjusting their "Play Book" with a variety of options for investing. Mikal Ventures is one of those alternatives, offering curated solutions to real world problems. Reach out if you have questions on how we can be of assistance and bookmark https://mikalventures.com/ for additional insights and information.

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Hailing all Defenders of the Detrusor ... More tools in your toolbelt! Yes ... the Golden Era of Bladdder Diagnostics for BPH BPO is alive and well! The category of Basic Urodynamics continues to grow as it includes ... IPSS, Diary, PSA, Uroflow, and Ultrasound (DWT, BWT, PV, IPP, PL. etc.) ! Use #Uroflow as an additional data point to triage LUTS patients and identify who needs a Bladder Health Baseline which included at least a #cystoscopy and ideally multi-channel Advanced #urodynamics if available. If you have Enhanced UDS like penile cuff or external condom catheter technology, then use that. Any data is better than none. Great listen as the Brigade of Uroflow Defenders keep advancing both the hardware and software technologies to empower BPH BPO patients with their own data !!! Amazing how the technologies can account for so many parameters ... Patient Height | Echoic properties | Water depth | Shape of toilet bowls | Background noice | Meatal geometry | Water depth ... Nice! Defenders, find the technology that works for your BPH BPO operational pathway. Most importantly, keep prioritizing DATA OVER DRUGS!!!! #stopnarcotizingbladders Luca Cindolo Drugs are Temporizing measures, not Therapeutic measures. Data shines light into the darkness of BPH BPO. Accurate data drives appropriate decision-making! Let's go save more bladders!! Shout out to Emano Flow and the visionary team they have assembled Bishara Korkor, MS Teddy Hay, PhD Kevin McVary Alexander Glaser Chuck Schwiesow DPT, CMTPT, ATC Gratitude for the growth of the Uroflow Brigade of Defenders Stream Diagnostic - Empowering urologists to further the conversation Mark W. Robinson Austen Slade, MD, MBA MenHealth Jenny Belotserkovsky Sijo Parekattil M.D., FACS Soundable Health Catherine J Song Bilal Chughtai Ricardo R Gonzalez MD URPS iO Urology Corp Britton GarrettSteven Kaplan Minze Health Gilles Tas Tip of the hat to and appreciation for Master Interviewer John Lin, MD ... The microphone technique ... the eye contact ... the interview questions ... So much to learn in this Crusade to Save Bladders. ______ Let’s evolve the Guidelines together… Prioritizing the Preservation of Bladder Health Ending the Polypharmacy Epidemic and Preventing Late-Stage BPH BPO / End-Organ Bladder Failure(Patient-Centered Medicine) (Stg1 BPO Stg 2 Overactive Bladder Stg 3 Urge Incontinence, Stg 4 Acute Retention, Stg 5 Bladder Failure) ________ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gsFnAhvZ #WhatAboutMyBladder #manvsprostate #prostate #bph #urology #bladder #bladderhealth #menshealth

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Sports investments are everywhere. It's not uncommon for active investors to hear about a new sports related investment opportunity weekly these days. From pickleball teams, to women's sports franchises, to European soccer clubs, to sports technology. The opportunities are everywhere. On top of that we are seeing the democratization of sports investing with exciting startups making it simple for fans to invest in racehorses, amateur golf and tennis players, baseball players and so much more. I am personally excited to see what areas of sports investing catches the next wave of attention. Golf, sports data/analytics & making the space investable for fans are all things we actively are involved in at Social Leverage I think we see a lot more buzz continuing around women's sports from basketball to soccer, cricket, men's soccer, and more alternative new sports leagues. https://lnkd.in/g9nYw_RE

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A first pitch, whether done live or online with an audience is usually allotted 5-10 minutes. If it’s a read by a target investor from an email, you’ll get even less time to grab their attention. So simplicity and clarity is key. “Less is more.” The goal is to get to a second meeting for a deeper dive. Thanks for your very helpful insights, Chris Tottman.

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As reported on TechInvest Magazine PainChek (ASX: PCK), the innovator behind the world's first smartphone-based pain assessment tool, is inching closer to a pivotal milestone. In a significant update to the market, the company has announced it is in the final stages of its FDA De Novo submission process for the PainChek Adult App, with the final Clinical Evaluation Report nearing completion. Having wrapped up data collection across five US aged care homes in Iowa and New York in July 2024, PainChek has analysed the performance data from 105 participants. With these results locked in, the company’s Clinical Research Organization (CRO) is finalising the necessary statistical analyses. As PainChek prepares to submit the data to the US FDA, it marks a crucial moment for the company’s expansion into the world's largest aged care market, which services 1.7 million residents. Read full article here: https://lnkd.in/g-5YySef Philip Daffas Adam Davey John Murray Ross Harricks Natalie Climo Cynthia Payne

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🔶Diamonds in the [Tech] Rough: The first failure: In 2016, we embarked on a bold journey with the launch of HYPE, fueled by a vision to bridge the gap between sports tech startups and industry giants. My co-founder, armed with invaluable insights from Adidas, and I leveraged our deep networks to champion the cause of emerging innovators. The first failure: We initiated a program dedicated to identifying and nurturing startups that represented the real “diamonds” of innovation. Despite our enthusiasm and industry connections, none of the startups managed to secure a deal or even a pilot test with the brands during that period. The feedback was… Full story: #AI #SportsTech #Sportsbiz #News #Media #Sports HYPE Sports Innovation

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