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Startup Forum secures $5.3M to build out digital peer support group marketplace

FierceHealthIT

Peer support groups can help people navigate major life challenges and get needed support to manage grief, address loneliness or even guide them through a career change. | New startup Forum offers a two-sided virtual peer support group marketplace to help individuals find the support they need. The marketplace has a rapidly expanding list of groups that cover topics like grief, loneliness, chronic conditions, substance use recovery and caregiving.

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How Health-Tech Founders Can Survive a Brutal 2024

Digital Health Wire

Journalist-turned-VC extraordinaire Christina Farr put out a feast of insights just in time for Thanksgiving, with the latest issue of Second Opinion sharing “ How Health-Tech Founders Can Survive a Brutal 2024 ” instead of a rosy predictions post. Why might things get worse in 2024? In part because most companies raise funding every 18 to 24 months, and those that raised at the top of the market but had a healthy enough burn rate to sit out 2023 will have to come back to the table.

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Bonus Features – November 26, 2023 – 85% of healthcare orgs boosting IT spending in 2024, 70% of orgs actively considering generative AI, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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