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Emory Healthcare Takes Data-Driven Approach to Improving Patient Portal
During a recent webinar, OpenNotes Director of Dissemination John Santa, MD, MPH, spoke with several informatics executives at Atlanta’s Emory Healthcare about their work to improve the health system’s three patient portals. The executives described their efforts to deploy a “portal scorecard” to identify and patch...
Swiss hospital drones to take off again
Matternet drones grounded after two safety incidents have been given the go-ahead to fly again. The company had been working with Swiss Post to carry lab samples by drone between hospitals. However, after an emergency landing in Lake Zurich following a GPS hardware error and a crash near a children’s play area after...
McKesson Ventures Team Volunteers at Local Food Bank
McKesson Ventures recently completed a team volunteer afternoon at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. The group worked with 45 other volunteers to break down pallets of rice into 1-pound bags for distribution to needy Bay Area residents. Food insecurity is a very real problem in an area of the country so expensive...
McKesson Ventures’ Carrie Hurwitz Williams Recognized as GCV Rising Star
McKesson Ventures Principal Carrie Hurwitz Williams has been honored as one of 10 Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars. Williams joined McKesson Ventures in 2017, bringing with her more than 15 years of experience in health care from several vantage points within the industry. She was attracted to corporate...
Matternet Raises Strategic Investment from McKesson Ventures
Matternet, a company focused on providing drone delivery for medical applications, announced a strategic investment from McKesson Ventures. McKesson Ventures joins Matternet’s current investors, Boeing, Sony, and Mercedes-Benz, along with a growing list of strategic partners including UPS and Swiss Post. Matternet...
Kyruus Raises $42 Million in New Financing After Delivering Another Year of Record Growth
Kyruus, a provider of search and scheduling solutions for health systems, recently announced that it raised $42 million in new financing in a Series D round that brings its total funding to more than $125 million since its founding in 2010. Venrock and Highland Capital Partners led the round, with participation from...
Komodo Health Secures $50 Million in Series C Funding Led by Andreessen Horowitz, Joined by Oak HC/FT
Komodo Health recently announced $50 million in Series C funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Oak HC/FT also joined the round, along with previous investors including IA Ventures and Felicis Ventures. The funding will allow the company to create new software for life sciences, payers, advocacy groups, and provider...
Aetion-HealthVerity partnership: More data sources, faster evidence generation
Aetion and HealthVerity have announced a new partnership to streamline and accelerate access to HealthVerity’s expansive and diverse data sources and data preparation services for research on the Aetion Evidence Platform. Combining HealthVerity’s real-world data sources with Aetion’s real-world evidence platform will...
Healthgrades Acquires Evariant
Healthgrades, a resource that connects consumers, physicians, and health systems, today announced it has acquired healthcare consumer and physician engagement company Evariant. With the combination of these two companies, Healthgrades says it will offer the most comprehensive end-to-end engagement platform in the...
Dr. Davin Lundquist Joins Augmedix as Chief Medical Officer
Medical note automation platform creator Augmedix has announced that Dr. Davin Lundquist will be joining the company as its chief medical officer. In his new role, Dr. Lundquist will drive rapid technological innovation across Augmedix’s product development teams while maintaining clinical excellence and tight...
Press Releases
McKesson Ventures Donates $10,000 to Alzheimer’s Association
McKesson Ventures has donated $10,000 to the Alzheimer’s Association on behalf of ClearCare, a former portfolio company. Moving forward, McKesson Ventures intends to donate a portion of its financial returns from any positive exit to a charitable organization of that...
Amino Seamlessly Drives Greater Healthcare Savings for Millions of Americans, with New Health Savings Accounts
Digital health company Amino has announced that it will be adding a health savings account (HSA) to its list of features for customers. Amino currently offers a “find care” service, which helps connect people with in-network physicians and facilities, as well as...
VC-backed GRAIL Appoints Cook as CEO
GRAIL, Inc., a McKesson Ventures portfolio company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, announced on December 14th the appointment of Jennifer Cook as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 2nd, 2018. Bill Rastetter, the interim CEO since...
McKesson Ventures Expands Investment Team
In order to further its mission of partnering with exceptional healthcare entrepreneurs, McKesson Ventures has added two new members to its investment team: Carrie Hurwitz Williams as Principal and Irem Mertol as Director. “We are pleased to welcome both Carrie and...
Evariant Announces New Engagement Center Solution to Enable Smarter Patient Engagement and Retention
Healthcare CRM data analytics platform Evariant announced today that it is launching a new Evariant Engagement Center. This product enables call center agents to deliver on-the-fly, highly personalized patient experiences resulting in smarter patient engagement,...