Liquid biopsy company GRAIL announced today that its multi-cancer test has been granted Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This investigational blood test is in development for the early detection of multiple cancer types in individuals aged 50 and over. The FDA...
Kyruus recently announced that its ProviderMatch DirectBook has been included in the Cerner App Gallery. Cerner, an electronic health record platform, is used by hospitals across the U.S. The inclusion in the Cerner App Gallery means that ProviderMatch DirectBook has completed the code Developer Program validation process,...
Retail electronics chain Best Buy recently announced a new partnership with Israeli health tech company TytoCare to carry the company’s digital diagnostics kit. The kits will be available at Best Buy stores in California, North and South Dakota, Ohio, and Minnesota, as well as through Best...
Provider groups and healthcare executives are on board with Medicare’s new Primary Cares Initiative, which will shift primary care from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement models starting in 2020. “Providing adequate financial support for high quality primary care must be an essential element of any strategy to...
AllyAlign Health, an administrator of Medicare Advantage special needs plans that benefit long-term care providers, announced today that it had closed a $10 million strategic funding round led by McKesson Ventures. Existing investors Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund, Health Enterprise Partners, and the Ziegler LinkAge Fund...
The FDA, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Aetion are expanding their real-world evidence (RWE) demonstration to predict the results of seven ongoing FDA drug trials. The FDA drug or treatment trials are in Phase IV, meaning the drug or treatment is being tracked over a long...
Seattle-based digital prescribing platform Xealth today announced that it has raised $11 million in a Series A financing round. The funds will fuel the expansion of Xealth’s platform, allowing it to better connect patients and doctors. McKesson Ventures, Novartis, Philips, and ResMed are new investors in...
Aledade recently announced a series of promotions in its leadership team. Co-founder Edwin Miller has moved into the role of Chief Product Officer; the company named athenahealth veteran Brady Richards as its new Chief Technology Officer; and Emily Maxson, MD, was named the company’s first...
In a paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School said that certain drugs prescribed to teens and young adults with ADHD increase the risk of psychosis. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health,...
Health insurance company Humana is teaming up with health consumer experience firm Accolade to “better provide a differentiated healthcare and benefits experience for consumers,” the companies say. The companies intend to partner in order to offer a well-rounded service package that includes Humana’s provider networks, and...