What You Should Know:
- CorVista Health, a Toronto-based digital health company dedicated to improving cardiovascular disease diagnosis, announced it has closed a $65 million Series C financing, bringing the total funding to nearly $100 million.
- This significant capital provides a runway for ongoing research, development and commercialization efforts for CorVista® System, the company’s non-invasive, point-of-care solution that allows physicians to rapidly test for heart disease.
- The
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Archives for 2021
Payers Struggle with Provider Data Management Too
Provider data management is usually discussed from the provider perspective: the busy staff, the needless paperwork amid a pandemic, the faxing, emailing and uploading of data. In these scenarios, the health plans are often painted as the villains for their bureaucratic processes and unique requirements. But the reality is that health plans aren’t totally to blame.
Payers and providers share a common goal: to provide the best quality care for their patients. The amount of data, including
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Canadian Online Pharmacy PocketPills Nabs $30M to Fuel Same Day Delivery Nationwide
What You Should Know:
-PocketPills, Canada’s largest and fastest-growing online pharmacy, announced it has raised $30M in Series B funding, led by TELUS Ventures. The investment will be used to broaden PocketPills’ product offering and further accelerate its national expansion, with facilities opening in Quebec and Alberta that will help achieve its goal of nationwide same-day delivery.
- PocketPills is a technology-first online pharmacy, and its research and development team of 30
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First Databank Clinician Addresses COVID-19 Vaccine Skepticism – Q/A
As the Biden administration ramps up its efforts to increase the access of COVID-19 vaccines to more Americans, there are a large number of Americans who are skeptical about of the COVID-19 vaccine. About 1 in 3 Americans stated they definitely or probably won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a recent poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll reveals while 67% of Americans plan to get vaccinated or have already done so, 15% are certain they
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DispatchHealth Reaches $1.7B Valuation, Raises $200M for In-Home Care Model
What You Should Know:
- DispatchHealth has secured an additional $200 million in a Series D round of funding led by Tiger Global. The additional financing brings DispatchHealth into the “unicorn” category and solidifies its valuation at more than $1.7 billion.
- DispatchHealth’s new round of financing will allow the company to bring it’s model of in-home medical care to more than 100 markets across the country
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Best Buy Health Now Offers Lively Health & Safety Services On Apple Watch For First Time
What You Should Know:
- Best Buy Health, today announced it is offering a full array of health and safety services available on the Apple Watch to help to make it easier for older adults to stay safe, healthy, and connected.
- Now Apple Watch users with the Lively app can get help from highly trained Lively Urgent Response Agents to get help in an emergency and non-emergency situations, from medical emergencies to car trouble and more.
How to Access Lively Health & Safety Services
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Wellstar Invests $10M to Become First Sharecare-Enabled Health System
Wellstar Health System, one of Georgia’s largest and most integrated healthcare systems, and Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on unique, market-leading innovations in personalized care delivery, population health, and consumer engagement. Through this partnership, Wellstar also will become the first “Sharecare-enabled” health system in the country, utilizing Sharecare’s solutions to
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Improving Inventory Management During COVID-19 and Beyond
Healthcare systems across the country are facing high patient volumes combined with higher patient expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, hospitals and other healthcare facilities need to consider technology that can help them keep pace with evolving demands while prioritizing the health, safety, and experience of their patients.
One of the most impactful solutions in a healthcare facility’s technology arsenal are the ones focused on inventory management. These
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Biden Announces Deal With Merck, Johnson & Johnson to Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Production
What You Should Know:
- President Biden’s administration today announced a historic manufacturing deal between Merck and Johnson & Johnson (J&J), to expand production of J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine. The collaboration will increase manufacture of vaccine drug substance, as well as its fill-finish capacity – two of the biggest bottlenecks facing J&J in the production of its vaccine.
- In addition, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will collaborate with Merck
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Cipher Skin Lands $5M for Mesh Network of Sensors to Capture Movement
What You Should Know:
- Denver-based data startup, Cipher Skin, today announced its $5 million Series A, led by the Boyett Group with participation from Draper Capital, Tribe Capital and TKC Capital to grow its product line and expand into new markets.
- Founded in 2017, Cipher Skin’s first-of-its-kind, patented, sensor technology, Cipher Mesh, wraps around patients’ body parts—allowing doctors, PTs, and human performance professionals to collect detailed data of the body in motion
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