Augmedix, the Google Glass App for Medical Data Entry, Raises $16 Million粘性的初创公司正在开发一个应用程序gle Glass that will give doctors easier access to patient information.
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Google Glassmay no longer bethe shiny, new thing that every developer in Silicon Valley wants to play with, but it's still attracting investor attention.
A San Francisco-based startup calledAugmedix, which aims to "rehumanize" health care through Google Glass, today raised $16 million in Series A funding. The company's Glass-based platform assists doctors with data entry, thus freeing them up for more time with patients. The platform extracts informationfrom the audio-visual of a doctor's conversation with a patientand uses it to update electronic health records in real time. It also allows doctors to verbally call up a patient's records or test results.
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Although other companies have backed away from the much-anticipated and little-used wearable tech platform, Augmedix has rolled out deployments in 10 states throughout the country. The money will allow the company to continue its work and perhapsadd to its roster of 100-plus employees.
The money for this round of funding comes fromDCM,Emergence Capital PartnersandGreat Oaks Venture Capital. In June of last year, the company raised $7.3 million.
Augmedix now has a valuationclose to $100 million, according to CEO Ian Shakil.
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