The COVID-19 pandemic may have roiled the U.S. economy and caused unemployment rates unseen since the Great Depression, but that hasn’t stopped the flow of money into digital health, according to a recent Rock Health report. Rock Health’s 2020 Midyear Digital Health Market Update shows that...
While COVID-19 has justifiably been at the top of healthcare news, a major medical breakthrough has been quietly happening in the San Francisco Bay area—one that could detect another potentially fatal disease before it’s too late: Cancer. And the company responsible for this breakthrough? GRAIL. The...
Evidation Health has announced the close of a $45 million Series D funding round to power the expansion of its privacy-first, direct-to-person research platform, Achievement, to include virtual health. The company will use the new capital to build upon its existing evidence generation capabilities to...
Kyruus recently surveyed 1,000 patients about their virtual care experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings reveal that nearly three-quarters of the respondents engaged in their first telemedicine experience ever during the initial surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., and more than 75 percent...
McKesson Ventures portfolio company Hims & Hers is one of the first 12 national companies signing on to a pledge to guarantee employee birth control coverage, whether or not they are required to do so by law. Currently, under the Affordable Care Act, most employers are...
On June 24, 2020, Accolade set the terms for its IPO. The startup will price 8.75 million shares at between $19 and $21, raising as much as $211 million. If it succeeds in raising that amount of money, its valuation will rise to around $1...
The Froedtert & MCW health network has expanded its digital health offerings to pregnant patients through a new integration between virtual obstetrical care platform Babyscripts and Xealth, a company that enables digital health at scale. This clinical solution is the latest measure in Froedtert &...
Proteus Digital Health, the maker of an ingestible sensor for tracking medication adherence, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 15, 2020. In addition, Andrew Thompson stepped down as the company’s CEO, replaced by Lawrence Perkins of SierraConstellation Partners, who had previously been hired...
Aledade has been named one of The Washington Post’s 2020 Top Workplaces in the Washington, D.C., area. Selection is based solely on employee feedback gathered through an anonymous survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC, which measured several aspects of workplace culture, including alignment, execution,...
Walmart is acquiring technology and intellectual property from CareZone, a startup that makes it easier for people to manage multiple medications, Walmart confirmed to CNBC. CareZone got its start in 2010. It develops apps to help people manage their medicines. The company also developed technology that...