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THCB Spotlights: Chris Gervais, CTO of Kyruus
Kyruus has grown quite a bit since it first started as a hospital appointment scheduling platform, and the company aims to continue that trend with its recent acquisition of HealthSparq. With this move, the company plans to bridge the gap between providers and payers and expand their presence in both areas. Kyruus...
Survey Says Moms Want In-Person Care With a Side of Digital Health
Digital health company Xealth announced a recent survey examining new mothers and their expectations for digital health in comparison with the healthcare services they received. The survey was conducted among over 1,000 new or expectant mothers, with 57 percent of them showing a more favorable opinion of digital...
AI: Leveraging Wearables and Other Patient-Generated Data in Research
Luca Foschini, PhD, is chief data scientist and co-founder at Evidation Health. In a recent interview he discussed how artificial intelligence interacts with patient-generated data to create advancements in clinical studies for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Smartphones and smartwatches are used daily around...
Hims & Hers Unveils Mobile Platform For Their Over 500,000 Subscription Members
Hims & Hers announced plans to provide a further encompassing and personalized care experience with the launch of its mobile application. The app is expected to be available for the company’s more than 500,000 subscription members within the coming weeks. Hims & Hers Co-founder and CEO Andrew Dudum detailed...
Clinical Ink Acquires Digital Artefacts
Global clinical trial data and technology company Clinical Ink has announced its acquisition of Digital Artefacts, a digital technology company that specializes in data capture for complex cognitive, behavioral, and physiological research. “Data derived from Digital Artefacts can now increase the richness of our...
Koneksa Broadens Multi-Year CNS Research Collaboration with Sanofi
Digital Biomarker company Koneksa announced an extension to its collaboration with Sanofi in central nervous system clinical trials. Sanofi is one of the world’s top biopharmaceutical companies, and Koneksa CEO Chris Benko expressed enthusiasm for the extension: “We’re proud that our long-term partnership has enabled...
How Hims & Hers built a business entirely centered on telehealth
Healthcare IT News recently interviewed Hims & Hers Chief Operating Officer Melissa Baird about how the company has built its brand around telehealth but still has its origins in helping people deal with conditions that are uncomfortable to talk about—sexual health, mental health, contraception, and hair loss,...
FDA Selects Aetion Evidence Platform® to Advance Regulatory Science and Innovation
Aetion announced that it is expanding its relationship with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use real-world evidence to study COVID-19 interventions and advance regulatory science and innovation. The FDA and Aetion will use the Aetion Evidence Platform, validated software that enables efficient, transparent,...
Carlyle and Leading Healthcare-Focused Venture Finds Announce Strategic Growth Investment of up to $430 Million in Saama
Saama Technologies announced that funds led by global investment firm Carlyle have made a strategic growth investment and will acquire a majority stake in the company. A broad co-investor group with several healthcare-focused venture funds including Amgen Ventures, Intermountain Ventures, Merck Global Health...
Trinity Health Invests in Xealth to Accelerate Digital Health
Xealth has announced that Trinity Health, one of the nation’s largest Catholic healthcare systems, has invested in the company, bringing Xealth's total Series B funding to $25 million. This support demonstrates continued provider consensus in adopting digital health in a way that best engages both clinicians and...
Press Releases
Reimagine Care Secures $25 Million in Series A Funding to Drive Commercialization of Home-Centered, Value-Based Cancer Care
Technology-enabled service provider Reimagine Care is a leader in promoting support for oncologists by delivering valuable, home-centered cancer care. It recently announced that a $25 million capital raise has been completed. Led by LRVHealth, Santé Ventures, and...
Hims & Hers and Walmart Collaborate To Expand Availability Of Hair Care Offerings To 1,400+ Stores Nationwide and Online
Personal telehealth company Hims & Hers recently announced an expansion to its multi-specialty platform: it has partnered with Walmart to make its products available in certain stores across the country and on the Walmart website. Hims & Hers Chief Operating...
M2GEN Expands Leadership Team, Appointing Daniel Elgorth, Ph.D. as Chief Data and Analytics Officer and May Yoon as Chief People Officer
Bioinformatics company M2GEN is known for its constant push to further oncology research discoveries through analytics and data. It recently announced an expansion of its executive team, appointing two new members: May Yoon has joined as chief people officer and...
MVP Health Care and Galileo Launch First Virtual Primary and Specialty Care Solution for Medicaid Members in New York
Galileo and MVP Health Care recently announced a partnership with a goal of giving MVP Medicaid members in New York primary and specialty care that is virtual and all-inclusive. This partnership is unlike any previous health care offering because of the two companies’...
Atlantic Health System Takes Consumer Convenience to the Next Level with Online Scheduling from Kyruus
Health system scheduling solution and provider search platform developer Kyruus recently announced that New Jersey-based Atlantic Health System has increased its use of the Kyruus ProviderMatch® platform. Within the first five months of the system going live Atlantic...