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Spanish home care startup Senniors raised $5.6 million, and health benefits company Thatch launched with more than $6 million raised in pre-seed and seed funding.

The funds will be used to expand its research and development teams in the U.S. and Israel.

In discussing health IT trends in 2023, AJ Missaghi, CTO for Healthcare & Life Sciences at Dell Technologies APAC and Japan, says the data explosion resulting in wider use of wearable devices will improve patient experience.

Qure.ai's qXR software will enable Mylab's upcoming x-ray device to quickly detect TB.

Tasso received a CE Mark for its blood collection device, and MindMaze launched Izar, a smart peripheral to help improve a user's hand motor function.   

Data is collected via a sensor on a user's chin during sleep and analyzed using AI to aid in diagnosing sleep apnea or other sleep-related conditions.

Virtual care can help fill gaps left by specialist deserts across the country as well as provider shortages, says Kuldeep Singh Rajput, CEO of Biofourmis, a tech vendor turned telemedicine provider organization. 

A WTW survey of 232 U.S. employers revealed 88% of respondents plan to change their vendor partnerships in the next two years.

According to Forbes, the layoffs bring the company's employee count from 691 to 572.