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Merck Announces the Launch of the Merck Digital Sciences Studio to Help Healthcare Startups Quickly Bring their Innovations to Market
Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, has announced the launch of the Merck Digital Sciences Studio (MDSS) to enable the generation of innovative technologies for drug discovery and development. MDSS will support early-stage biomedical startups with direct investment, access to Azure Cloud computing, and...
McKesson Ventures Takes the ParityPledge to Commit to Increasing Representation for Women and People of Color
McKesson Ventures has signed the Parity.org ParityPledge® in Support of People of Color and in Support of Women. The ParityPledge simply asks that companies commit to interview and consider at least one qualified woman and person of color for every open role, VP and above, including the C-suite and the board of...
OncoHealth Secures Strategic Investments from Arsenal Capital Partners & McKesson Corporation
OncoHealth announced today that Arsenal Capital Partners and McKesson Corporation have strategically invested in the company. The funding, which gives Arsenal a majority ownership stake in OncoHealth, will help the company continue developing its oncology-focused digital health platform. John DiGiovanni, an...
AllyAlign, Partners Form Curana Health to Expand Value-Based Care in Senior Living
As value-based care continues to expand at a rapid pace within senior living, AllyAlign Health has announced a partnership with two different health care organizations. The partnership forms Curana Health, with the intention of helping skilled nursing and senior living facilities across the U.S. The three companies,...
Reimagine Care and University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Collaborate to Provide Home-Centered Care to Bone Marrow Transplant Patients
Reimagine Care, a provider of technology-enabled services that support oncologists in delivering high-quality, home-centered, value-based cancer care, has collaborated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU Anschutz) to deliver care to bone marrow transplant patients. The collaboration will...
Synthetic data trailblazer and CHEO Research Institute spin-off, Replica Analytics, acquired by Aetion signalling CHEO as a place for incubating start-ups
Synthetic data generation startup Replica Analytics was recently acquired by real world evidence technology company Aetion. Replica was first founded by members of the CHEO Research Institute and the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. This acquisition demonstrates how academic research can be put into practice...
OncoHealth Launches New Consumer Platform Bringing Digital Telehealth Services to People with Cancer
OncoHealth, a leading digital health company dedicated to oncology, today unveiled a new digital telehealth service for people with cancer. Iris™ by OncoHealth combines human-centered design, mobile technology, data, empathy, and specially trained oncology experts to deliver personalized, oncology-specific, 24x7...
FDA Biomarker—John Wagner
Koneksa Health Chief Medical Officer John A. Wagner, MD, Ph.D., recently gave a video presentation titled “Multi-Component Biomarkers: Promise, Practice and Perspective on Terminology,” which was uploaded to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s YouTube channel. Dr. Wagner began with a general introduction to...
How Digital Engagement with Patients Leads to Better Quality Care with Mike McSherry of Xealth
In an episode of the This Week in Health IT podcast, Bill Russell and Xealth CEO Mike McSherry discussed how digital engagement with patients leads to better quality care experiences and outcomes. They also discuss what digital health means for patient education, decision making and the quality of the care...
Augmedix to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results on March 21, 2022
Medical data service and documentation provider Augmedix recently announced that its fourth quarter and 2021 financial results will be reported on Monday, March 21, 2022, after market close. A conference call discussing these numbers will be held by company management at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. There are several ways...
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Lightship® and Acclinate Announce Partnership to Increase Access to Clinical Trials for Diverse Populations
Lightship is teaming up with digital health company Acclinate to increase access to and engagement of diverse participants in a decentralized neurology clinical trial for a large pharmaceutical company. Beyond the neurology trial, the partnership aims to increase...
Komodo Health Appoints Lauren Stahl as Head of Sales
Komodo Health announced that Lauren Stahl has been appointed as the company’s vice president and head of sales, effective immediately. In this role, Stahl’s responsibilities include sales team leadership across Komodo’s entire portfolio of customers, overseeing...
Augmedix Launches New Service, Augmedix Prep, to Significantly Reduce Physician Chart Prep Burden
Augmedix, a provider of automated medical documentation solutions, has announced the launch of Augmedix Prep, a new service that significantly reduces the burden on medical staff from preparing charts prior to a patient visit. The new service features specialized...
Augmedix Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
On August 8, 2022, Augmedix reported its financial results for the three-month period that ended on June 30, 2022. Manny Krakaris, chief executive officer of Augmedix, noted that “we continued to see good momentum and are pleased with our strong start to 2022. We...
Augmedix Announces Expanded Partnership with Adventist Health
Augmedix has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Adventist Health. The data-driven partnership aims to utilize Adventist’s experience as a nonprofit health system integrated into more than 80 communities in the western United States. The partnership was...