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GE HealthCare to acquire AI ultrasound guidance company Caption Health

  • February 9, 2023
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GE HealthCare announced Thursday it had signed an agreement to acquire Caption Health, maker of AI-enabled ultrasound guidance software.  The deal marks the newly independent company’s second acquisition announcement since it completed its spin-off a month ago. Shortly after the newly spun-off GE HealthCare debuted on Nasdaq, the company revealed it had entered into an […]

GM secures key semiconductor parts for EVs with unique ‘first-of-its-kind’ agreement

  • February 9, 2023
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2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV 3LT with Super Cruise activated (Source: GM) General Motors (GM) announced a new, first-of-its-kind “direct” supply agreement with GlobalFoundries (GFS) for semiconductor wafers. GM’s new agreement secures EV semiconductor supply After dealing with semiconductor shortages over the past several years, GM is not taking its chances moving forward. The company announced […]

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Senators raise concerns about telehealth startups’ data sharing

  • February 9, 2023
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Bipartisan senators sent letters to telehealth providers Monument, Workit Health and Cerebral urging the companies to better protect users’ healthcare data.  Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) expressed concerns that the companies are “tracking and sharing sensitive and personally-identifiable health data with third-party social media and online […]

GM wants a piece of Vale’s base metal spinoff, Tesla’s nickel supplier

  • February 9, 2023
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General Motors (GM) has advanced to the next round of bidding for a stake in Brazilian mining company Vale’s base metals spinoff. According to a new report from Bloomberg, GM is in serious discussions with the mining giant for a minority stake in its newly established business. Vale is the largest producer of Iron Ore […]

How a digital approach has tackled health inequalities among ethnic and vulnerable patients

  • February 9, 2023
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Significantly longer waiting times for elective surgery among certain patient groups, particularly those in ethnic communities and areas of deprivation, have been dramatically reduced thanks to digital innovation between a health trust and the informatics service it hosts. Analysis carried out by The Health Informatics Service (THIS), which is hosted by the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS […]