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Forward nabs $100M, rolls out CarePods as self-serve clinics

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Primary care player Forward unveiled this week what it has been quietly working on the past two years—self-serve CarePods that use artificial intelligence to screen and diagnose health conditions. The new CarePod modules are being deployed in malls, gyms, and offices starting in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. Forward plans to more than double its footprint in 2024, the company said. The AI-based CarePods are the next step in the healthcare unicorn's vision to use technology to scale healthcare services to large populations, essentially, everybody, Adrian Aoun, Forward's outspoken founder and CEO, told Fierce Healthcare in an interview to preview the CarePods. "We ask ourselves, 'What would it take to get healthcare to the whole planet?' You quickly realize when you peel back the layers of the onion that we're doing healthcare all wrong. Today, healthcare is based on doctors and nurses. And, they're awesome, but you're never going to scale doctors and nu

OpenAI’s health AI chief: ‘Bet on the models getting better’ Health Tech Primary care player Forward unveils AI-based, self-serve CarePods backed by $100M series E round By Heather Landi Nov 15, 2023 9:00am Forward Artificial Intelligence AI and Machine Learning --> Primary care player Forward unveiled this week what it has been quietly working on the past two years—self-serve CarePods that use artificial intelligence to screen and diagnose health conditions. The new CarePods, which look like kiosks, are being deployed in malls, gyms, and offices starting in the San Francisco Bay Area, New Yor

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