What You Should Know:
- Heartbeat Health, a healthcare technology company working to deliver effective, efficient, and engaging heart care, announced that it has partnered with Withings, as they launch their ECG-enabled hybrid ScanWatch in the U.S. on November 9.
- The Withings and Heartbeat integration is a game-changing development in the cardiovascular space - as Atrial Fibrillation, a form of irregular heart rhythm, is significantly underdiagnosed and, in some cases, can be an
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Archives for 2021
Olive, ClosedLoop Integrate to Bring Predictive Analytics to Hospitals
What You Should Know:
- Today, healthcare automation company Olive announced their partnership with ClosedLoop, a healthcare-specific data science platform that allows hospitals to implement artificial intelligence (AI) technology. As part of the partnership, Olive will be able to leverage ClosedLoop’s technology within Olive Helps to help deliver better patient outcomes, such as reducing unplanned hospitalizations, readmission rates and hospital-acquired infections.
- This partnership
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Reshaping Imaging: 4 Areas Enhancing Provider Workflows & Patient Care
Ever since Wilhelm Roentgen created the first X-ray image in 1895, few technologies have had more influence on medicine than those related to clinical imaging. It’s pretty remarkable if we compare the MRI, CT, and X-ray technologies of even just 20 years ago with those of today. Rapid innovation is making imaging better and easier. Still, we’re only starting to scratch the surface of some amazing advances that promise to entirely reshape how doctors diagnose and treat patients.
As with
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Virgin Pulse Completes Acquisition of Welltok – Health M&A
What You Should Know:
- Virgin Pulse, a global provider of tech-enabled wellbeing solutions, today announced it has completed acquisition of Denver-based consumer activation company, Welltok, a leader in data analytics-based targeting and multi-channel outreach solutions.
- Welltok’s proprietary activation engine is focused on motivating consumers, employees, patients, and members to complete targeted actions like participating in a mental health program, refilling a medication,
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Color Raises $100M at $4.6B Valuation to Expand Accessible, Equitable Public Health Infrastructure
What You Should Know:
- Color, a San Francisco, CA-based health technology company committed to advancing public health, announced a $100 million Series E financing round at a valuation of $4.6 billion led by Kindred Ventures and by certain funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. with participation by existing investors General Catalyst, Viking Global Investors, and Emerson Collective.
- Color makes population-scale healthcare programs accessible, convenient, and
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GE to Form Tax-Free Spin-Off of GE Healthcare Focused on Precision Health
What You Should Know:
Today, GE announced plans to form a tax-free spin-off of GE Healthcare, creating a pure-play company at the center of precision health in early 2023.
The announcement is part of GE plans to form three independent industry-leading, global, investment-grade public companies focused on the growth sectors of aviation, healthcare and energy.
GE is on track to reduce debt by more than $75 billion by the end of 2021 and is now on track to bring its net-debt-to-EBITDA*
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Sirona Medical Secures $40M for Cloud-Native Radiology Operating System
What You Should Know:
- Sirona Medical, a San Francisco, CA-based cloud software company for radiologists taking on legacy technology, announced $40 Million in Series B funding led by GreatPoint Ventures and joined by Rose Park Advisors and Avidity Partners, with additional participation from previous investors including 8VC and Global Founders Capital.
- Sirona Medical Inc. is addressing the needs of today’s radiology
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Caption Health, Ultromics Partner for AI-Powered Heart Disease Detection
What You Should Know:
- Caption Health and Oxford University spin-out Ultromics have teamed up to empower a broader set of healthcare providers and put heart disease detection and management tools in more hands. This is a second strategic partnership that Caption Health secured in the last three months to enable earlier disease detection and management with AI-based guidance and diagnostics.
- Together, the companies will offer the Caption AI™ software platform alongside Ultromics’ EchoGo®
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Bright Health, MedArrive Partner to Deliver Preventative In-Home Care
What You Should Know:
- Bright HealthCare (“Bright Health”), a tech-enabled health insurance carrier, announced a new partnership with MedArrive, a healthcare platform that enables payers and providers to extend medical services into the home. Through the program, which recently kicked off in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bright Health is tapping MedArrive’s network of highly skilled EMS professionals within the community to conduct in-home preventive health visits coupled with physician-led
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Blue Cross NC Expands Telehealth Offerings with Teladoc Health
What You Should Know:
- Blue Cross NC has announced the rollout of Teladoc Health’s full suite of virtual care services, including chronic condition management and mental health, to select Blue Cross NC employers and members. With Teladoc Health, Blue Cross NC can continue to offer more equitable access to chronic disease digital solutions regardless of physical location and work to make health care better for all North Carolinians.
- Members on most Blue Cross NC individual and fully
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