Merck has tapped McKesson Ventures portfolio company Evidation Health to explore whether data collected from wearables and smartphone apps can help to detect Alzheimer’s disease before visible changes in cognition take place. The companies are partnering to research whether sensor data can be used to develop...
Komodo Health has announced that Bill Madigan has been appointed as the company’s chief revenue officer. With more than 25 years of experience commercializing software and services in healthcare and life sciences, Madigan will oversee Komodo’s customer-facing team and shape its commercial strategy. Madigan brings a...
In a recent episode of the Virtual Care Paradigm, McKesson Ventures Partner Michelle Snyder discussed how a virtual-first approach to healthcare could become the new norm. Snyder started off by discussing the growing interest in investing in primary care. “I remember about 15 years ago when...
On July 8, 2021, Accolade made its Q1 2022 (quarter ended May 31, 2021) earnings call. The call began with Accolade CEO Rajeev Singh, who began by sharing some of the latest news. The company is one month past the close of the PlushCare acquisition and...
McKesson Ventures portfolio company Hims & Hers recently announced that it has expanded its mental health offerings to include individual online therapy. Built to complement the platform’s existing services including access to online psychiatry and free, educational support group sessions, the new individualized therapy offering...
McKesson Ventures Partner Michelle Snyder was one of the speakers at a recent HLTH webinar on investment trends in the health tech field. The webinar, held June 24, 2021, also featured Keith Figloli, general partner at LVRHealth; and Anne Wellington, managing director at Cedars-Sinai. Health tech...
Two experts from Clinical Ink will present a webinar on the benefits of subscription models for clinical trials on July 13, 2021, at 11 a.m. ET. In the webinar, hosted by Xtalks, Clinical Ink Senior Director, Outcome Solutions Kim Romanello; and Manager, Product Innovation Brady Keeter...
An increasing number of people, from patients to payers to biotech companies to providers, are playing a role in medical decision-making, and pharmaceutical companies are looking for more effective ways to communicate the value of innovative treatments they offer. One of the ways they are...
In a recent episode of the Cowen Insights podcast, Cowen’s healthcare technology analyst, Charles Rhyee, spoke with Augmedix CEO Manny Krakaris. They discussed the administrative burden of medical note documentation on providers today and how Augmedix’s offerings can increase productivity and prevent physician burnout. Augmedix provides...
There is an Augmented Reality revolution happening in healthcare. You can see it at places like Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, England, where a pediatric heart surgeon recently used a pair of Microsoft HoloLens 2 smart glasses to transmit the view of the patient’s...