The promise of digital health, telehealth, and other medtech solutions like remote patient monitoring has been apparent to people in the industry for a long time, but it wasn’t until COVID-19 forced the adoption of these tools that the promise started to become a reality. Global...
Vineti, a cloud software startup that manages the development of drugs such as cancer vaccines and cell and gene therapies recently raised a $33 million extension to its Series C round. Business Insider recently interviewed Vineti CEO and Co-founder Amy DuRoss about the company, why...
IVX Health, a national provider of infusion and injection therapy for patients with complex chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and Crohn’s disease, announced its acquisition of Precision Healthcare. Precision operates 12 infusion centers across Tennessee and northern Arkansas. The acquisition was led by...
Vineti, a leading digital platform of record for personalized therapeutics, announced the closing of a $33 million extension to its Series C financing round. The new financing will support further expansion of the company’s Personalized Therapy Management (PTM)® platform for personalized and high-value advanced therapies. The...
Remote medical documentation and live clinical support services provider Augmedix has closed a $25 million private placement financing and completed a reverse merger with Malo Holdings Corp. “We’re thrilled to complete this financing, which we believe puts Augmedix on the path of accelerated expansion, and will...
The shortage of COVID-19 tests has become an ongoing problem in the U.S. The shortages of test kits and testing supplies, combined with lack of access to physical testing sites, contributed to the lack of coronavirus testing nationwide and the spread of infection throughout the...
At HIMSS’ recent Accelerate Health event, Rock Health Chief Operating Officer Megan Zweig gave participants some insights on how digital health has behaved during the pandemic and the resulting volatile economy. Rock Health statistics point to a record-breaking year. “We’ve already surpassed $7.5 million in funding...
Medical scribes first appeared in the 1970s, when they began serving as note-takers for ER physicians. But after the federal HITECH Act motivated healthcare providers to adopt electronic health records, scribing really took off. EHRs were supposed to simplify patient record-keeping, but instead they had...
Amwell has expanded its partnership with Tyto Care, the healthcare industry’s first all-in-one modular device and examination platform for AI-powered, on-demand, remote medical exams. The two companies will introduce exclusive integrations and newly designed workflows and tools to enhance the ability for providers using the...
Hims, a direct-to-consumer telehealth startup, is close to securing a deal to go public through a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Oaktree Acquisition Corporation, according to a September 25 report in Bloomberg. According to people familiar with the deal, the merger could be announced next week...