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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...
Amwell Expands Partnership with Tyto Care to Extend Healthcare at Home
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...
Telemedicine startup Hims closing in on deal to go public: 4 details
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 and...
2020 Precision Health Virtual Symposium
Evidation Health Director of Strategic Partnerships Bray Patrick-Lake was one of the speakers at the afternoon keynote address at the 2020 Precision Health Virtual Symposium, which focused on how health data is gathered and used in research and how the data is being used for patient care. Patrick-Lake started her...
Koneksa Completes $16M Series B Financing to Expand Digital Biomarker Platform
Koneksa, a company that develops and implements patient-centric digital biomarkers for drug development, has closed a $16 million Series B financing round. The funds will be used to expand the development of Koneksa’s digital platform for integrating wearables, sensors, and other patient-facing technologies into...
Illumina to Acquire GRAIL to Launch New Era of Cancer Detection
GRAIL and Illumina have entered into a definitive agreement under which Illumina will acquire GRAIL for cash and stock consideration of $8 billion upon closing of the transaction. In addition, GRAIL stockholders will receive future payments representing a tiered single-digit percentage of certain GRAIL-related...
Matternet Expands Operations to Asia Through Drone Delivery Partnership with Japan Airlines
Matternet is expanding its operations to Asia through a new business partnership with Japan Airlines. The partnership will deploy the Matternet M2 drone system in Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s new drone logistics business development project and utilize the system to assess drone delivery opportunities in Japan....
McKesson Ventures Grows Leadership Team with New Partner Promotions
McKesson Ventures has expanded its leadership team, promoting Jennifer Carter and Carrie Hurwitz Williams to partners in the organization. Their promotions reflect McKesson Ventures’ commitment to an apprentice model of mentoring and promoting from within. Carter brings more than 20 years of healthcare experience,...
Cleveland Clinic Joins Interventional Study Using GRAIL’s Multi-Cancer Early Detection Test to Help Guide Clinical Care
Cancer detection company GRAIL has announced that Cleveland Clinic has joined GRAIL’s PATHFINDER Study, a prospective, multi-cancer clinical study that is evaluating the implementation of Galleri™, an investigational multi-cancer early detection blood test, into clinical practice for the first time. Today, most...
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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...
Hims & Hers Health, Inc. Closes Business Combination and Wil Begin Trading on the New York Stock Exchange
Hims & Hers Health Inc (“Hims & Hers”), a multi-specialty telehealth platform, announced that it has closed its business combination with Oaktree Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Oaktree Capital Management....
Aledade Raises $100 Million Series D to Help More Primary Care Practices Thrive in Value-Based Care
Aledade recently closed a $100 million Series D funding round following a year of significant growth for its national network of risk-taking primary care practices. Returning investor Meritech Capital led the round, which included new growth investors Tiger Global...
Kyruus Enables Online Scheduling for COVID-19 Vaccine Visits and Facilitates More Than 100,000 Appointments in the First Month
Kyruus announced that it has expanded its patient access platform to enable customers to offer online consumer scheduling for COVID-19 vaccine visits. The vaccine scheduling capabilities are available within the company’s award-winning online scheduling solution....