GRAIL management has confirmed that the company will be releasing a cell-free, DNA-based assay in Hong Kong this year to test for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. At the recent Precision Medicine World Conference, GRAIL also outlined their strategy for a circulating cell-free genome atlas trial. They plan to...
McKesson Ventures portfolio company Landmark Health is considering a sale, making it possible for Landmark’s chief executive to take a leadership role with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Landmark provides home healthcare for chronically ill patients. It focuses on behavioral, social, medical, and palliative...
Landmark Health, a healthcare company backed by private equity firms such as McKesson Ventures, is exploring the possibility of a sale. This would free up Landmark CEO Adam Boehler to head the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). Back in December, Politico reported that...
What’s the second richest company in California? If you can’t answer that question, you aren’t the only one. The answer? McKesson Corporation. According to Fortune, McKesson is “a massive corporation hiding in plain sight.” A distributor of pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies, McKesson is often overlooked...
Investors poured $5.8 billion into digital healthcare in 2017, according to Rock Health. That’s an increase of $1.4 billion – or 32.1% – over 2016’s investments. This kind of growth has been standard over the last several years; since 2012, digital healthcare investment has had...
Kyruus and the Epic App Orchard have joined forces. The new partnership will allow hospital systems to use both Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system and Kyruus’s DirectBook solution in tandem. This means that patients will now be able to access Kyruus’s ProviderMatch™ to find...
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 portfolio’s choosing, a move that...
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 allowing them to...
According to a report sponsored by Avizia, most consumers are not taking advantage of telehealth options. Avizia, a telehealth provider based in Virginia, sent out two surveys in March 2017 to get a feel for the current use rates among consumers and healthcare professionals. One survey...
In a recent article for The Daily Star, Shahriar Rahman interviewed Ian Kazi Shakil, founder/CEO of Augmedix. Augmedix, a McKesson Ventures portfolio company, uses Google Glass technology to give providers more time to focus on patient care. By taking on documentation and administrative tasks through...