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Keeping Physicians Independent: Dr Patricia Salber Interviews Dr Farzad Mostashari
In a recent episode of the American Journal of Managed Care’s Managed Care Cast podcast, Dr. Patricia Salber, MD, MBA, of The Doctor Weighs In interviewed Aledade Co-founder and CEO Farzad Mostashari, MD, about how his company is keeping physicians independent through value-based care. Value-based care, Mostashari...
Baptist Health Engages Kyruus to Enable Next-Generation Online Patient Access Experience
Kyruus announced that Baptist Health, the largest nonprofit health system in Kentucky, has engaged the company to help elevate its digital access experience for consumers. The health system will collaborate with Kyruus to modernize the care search experience for consumers on the Baptist Health website and enable them...
The Spread of COVID-19 Has Caused Medtech to Boom
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 Market Insights forecasts that...
Here’s the pitch deck that convinced Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to participate in a $33 million Series C extension for Vineti, which makes cloud software to track advanced drug development
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 it raised an extension to its...
IVX Health Completes Acquisition of Precision Healthcare
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...
Vineti Extends Series C Funding Round to $68M with an Expanded Investor Coalition
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...
Augmedix Closes $25 Million Private Placement
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...
Coronavirus Home Tests: How They Work, What They Cost, and How Accurate They Are
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 country. Even now, with improved...
Rock Health’s COO talks digital health funding, M&As and ‘Teladongo’
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...
Time-crunched doctors are relying on remote-working scribes to take notes via video call
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 the opposite...
Press Releases
Evidation Raises $153 Million to Scale Virtual Health Capabilities of Achievement™ Platform
Evidation Health today announced the close of a $153 million Series E growth funding round to rapidly expand its virtual health programs on Achievement, the largest digital health network in the United States. The round was co-led by OMERS Growth Equity and Kaiser...
CD&R, Merck, and McKesson Ventures Invest in Innovative Oncology Data and Informatics Platform
Oncology data and informatics platform M2GEN has announced a significant investment by three major venture investment firms: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI), and McKesson Ventures. The investment will...
GRAIL, AccessHope Collaborate to Optimize Patient and Healthcare Provider Experience for Galleri, First-of-Kind Multi-Cancer Early Detection Blood Test
GRAIL has announced that it is joining forces with AccessHope™ to offer a world-class service experience to people who use Galleri™, GRAIL’s first-of-kind multi-cancer early detection blood test. This collaboration is part of GRAIL’s effort to help patients and their...
GRAIL Announces First Health System to Offer Galleri, Novel Multi-Cancer Early Detection Blood Test
GRAIL today announced a partnership with the health system Providence to offer Galleri, GRAIL’s multi-cancer early detection blood test. Providence, based in Renton, Wash., will offer Galleri as a complement to recommended single cancer screening tests. Providence...
Truveris Expands Leadership Team With Key Appointments
Truveris, a digital health company focused on reducing costs and improving access in pharmacy, announced that it has bolstered its leadership team with several key hires and internal appointments. Under the leadership of CEO Jeff Eberle, Truveris has assembled a...