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Lightship, Inc. Market Research Confirms Patients’ Interest in Direct-to-Patient Trial Offering Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Lightship, a global direct-to-patient clinical trial company, recently announced the results of a nationwide market research survey designed to capture patients’ opinions surrounding clinical trial participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results indicated that the option to participate in clinical research...
Artificial Intelligence vs Intelligence Amplification for Medical Note Taking
In a recent post on the Augmedix blog, Joe Marks, company board member and executive director of the Center for Machine Learning & Health at Carnegie Mellon University, argues that given the current state of computer technology, IA—intelligence amplification—is a better choice than AI alone when it comes to...
Oncology Analytics Raises $28 Million Series C Financing Led by Baird Capital
Oncology Analytics, a data analytics and technology-enabled services company dedicated to helping health plans, providers, and patients with solutions that are purpose-built for oncology, recently announced it had closed a Series C funding round of $28 million. The round was led by Baird Capital, which joins existing...
Propeller Health Receives FDA Clearance to Connect Patients Using the Symbicort® Inhaler to its Digital Health Platform
Propeller Health, a digital health company dedicated to the management of asthma and COPD, announced that it has received 501(k) clearance from the FDA to connect patients using AstraZeneca’s Symbicort Inhaler to its digital health platform. The Propeller Health platform already connects to the majority of inhalers...
Drone deliveries are making their case in a crisis
With the coronavirus pandemic forcing people to spend most of their time indoors and, when possible, maintain social distancing, and with companies instituting numerous measures to minimize the threat and spread of infection, there has to be a safer and quicker method of exchanging goods and services. The good news...
Amwell Raises $194 Million, Committing to Expand the Best and Largest Digital Health Platform
Amwell has announced that it has closed its Series C financing round, adding $194 million in funding across two tranches. Many early investors and strategic partners participated in this round, including Allianz X and Takeda. Amwell will use significant parts of the funds to expand its investment in technology and...
Digital Health Investments See Significant Uptick in Q1; Investors Consider COVID-19 Impacts in Coming Months
COVID-19 has brought changes and uncertainty to the entire venture-backed ecosystem. Nonetheless, the digital health sector saw its best first quarter since analysts started tracking its performance more than 10 years ago: according to Rock Health data, the sector logged $3.1 billion in investment across 107 deals....
Study finds slight rebound in patient volumes in May, but physicians still in danger financially
A study published recently by the Commonwealth Fund shows that although visits to ambulatory care practices have rebounded slightly, physicians are still facing major obstacles to get their practices back to pre-pandemic levels. The Commonwealth Fund data released April 23 shows that the number of visits to...
Aetion Launches Research Collaboration with FDA to Advance Understanding of COVID-19
Aetion has signed a research collaboration agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use real-world data to advance the understanding of and response to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The research will support the FDA’s objectives to explore the natural history of the disease, as well as treatment and...
Hims & Hers, Vault Health now sell FDA-authorized home COVID-19 tests via telehealth
Less than a week ago, the FDA authorized a home-collected saliva test for COVID-19. Now that test is available through telehealth companies Hims & Hers and Vault Health. Hims & Hers has greatly expanded its telehealth offerings over the past few months to meet the demand for telehealth primary care services....
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Komodo Health Lauded by Frost & Sullivan for Empowering Healthcare Stakeholders with Dynamic Real-world Evidence Solutions
Based on its recent analysis of the North American real-world evidence (RWE) solutions market in healthcare, Frost & Sullivan has recognized Komodo Health with the 2020 North American Company of the Year award. Komodo Health’s comprehensive real-time Healthcare...