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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A new report from Komodo Health shows that diagnostic testing for cancer and other conditions has declined across the U.S. since mid-March following regional lockdowns for the COVID-19 pandemic. Komodo Health analyzed billing records of 320 million patients from March 19 through April 20 and found...
GRAIL has announced that two of its executives will be speaking at the BofA Securities 2020 Health Care Conference. Hans Bishop, Chief Executive Officer; and Joshua Ofman, MD, MSHS, Chief Medical Officer and External Affairs, will provide an overview of the company at the virtual conference,...
Vivante Health, a provider of digital medicine tools for digestive health and disease, has joined the Accolade Partner Ecosystem as part of the company’s Trusted Supplier Program. GIThrive is Vivante’s digital gut health platform. Using proprietary algorithms and data from each user’s symptom and food log,...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the HLTH Matters Blog Series will be interviewing experts from across the health ecosystem to bring timely facts and updates to the HLTH community. A post written by Aetion CEO Carolyn Magill details the role of real-world evidence in...
Electronic health record software provider Epic released data indicating that appointments for cervix, colon, and breast cancer screenings have dropped between 86 percent and 94 percent compared to average volumes in the three years before the confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in the U.S. At...