mPulse Mobile, a provider of mobile solutions to drive healthy behavior change has raised $11 million in Series B funding led by SJF Ventures including existing investors HLM Venture Partners, EchoHealth Ventures, OCA Ventures, and Bonfire Ventures. That latest round brings the company’s total funding to date to over $25 million. In addition to the Series B funding, the company announced the launch of its Activation Intelligence product, which delivers on the promise of personalized health
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98point6 Launches AI Driven, On-Demand Primary Care Service in 10 States
After three years of R&D and a year of beta, 98point6 has announced the launch of its on-demand primary care service to deliver personalized consultation, diagnosis and treatment to patients across the country. The on-demand primary care platform combines innovative AI technology with board-certified physicians to deliver affordable and high-quality care right to a patient's smartphone. On-Demand Primary Care with Digital Platform Primary care is a necessity for all, serving as the front
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Change Healthcare Adds Front-End Patient Access to Revenue Cycle Analytics
Change Healthcare has unveiled a new version of Acuity Revenue Cycle Analytics that adds front-end patient access analytics to expand its revenue cycle intelligence portfolio. Available now, hospitals and health systems using Acuity Revenue Cycle Analytics can more readily understand the interdependencies and influences across the revenue cycle from the first moment they touch a consumer all the way through claims submission, processing, billing, and payment.One reason why revenue cycle managers
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Clinical Collaboration Platform Doc Halo Rebrands As Halo Communications
Clinical communication and collaboration platform Doc Halo announced it has rebranded as Halo Communcations. Founded in 2010 by Dr. Barreau and Dr. Amit Gupta, Halo provides secure messaging, VoIP calling, alert management and system-wide on-call scheduling to some of the most prestigious health systems in the country. “Our vision for the company remains the same: Simplify clinical communication so clinicians can focus on care,” said Dr. Jose Barreau, CEO and Co-Founder of Halo
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HHS Launches KidneyX to Drive Innovation in Kidney Disease Treatment
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is teaming up with American Society of Nephrology to launch the Kidney Innovation Accelerator (KidneyX), a a public-private partnership to accelerate innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases. KidneyX will engage a community of researchers, innovators, and investors to enable and accelerate the commercialization of therapies to benefit people with and at risk for kidney diseases through a series of prize
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iBeat Closes Additional $5.5M to Bring Wearable Heart Monitoring Smartwatch to Market
iBeat, makers of the heart monitoring smartwatch wearable that perpetually monitors and detects cardiac arrest, heart attack, and atrial fibrillation has closed another $5.5 million in seed funding, bringing to the total funding round to $10 million. The second tranche of funding includes new investors Kairos, 8VC, City Light Capital, Plug and Play Ventures, ChinaRock Capital Management, as well as angel investors Tony Robbins, Josh Kazam, Shlomo Ben-Haim, Dr. Fred St. Goar, and Dr. Uma
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Catchwind Innovations Partners with VantEdge Ventures to Foster Medical Innovation
Catchwind Innovations, a Minneapolis-based healthcare innovation company, and VantEdge Ventures, a Chicago-based innovation firm and venture fund, have announced a strategic partnership to foster medical innovation. Catchwind Innovations accelerates and provides visibility to the development path for healthcare technology and medical device startups from concept to commercialization. Its proprietary system and revolutionary approach connects entrepreneurs at any stage to the expertise, resources
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GHX and Hashed Health Partner on Healthcare Blockchain Solutions for Supply Chain
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC(GHX), a healthcare business and data automation company, announced today that it is partnering with Hashed Health, a leader in blockchain innovation for healthcare. As part of the partnership, the companies will collaborate on blockchain and distributed ledger innovation projects for the healthcare supply chain. GHX and Hashed Health share an interest in using blockchain technologies to solve unmet needs across healthcare. Blockchain is widely believed to have
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Fitbit and Google Team Up to Develop Consumer and Enterprise Health Solutions
Fitbit and Google are exploring the development of consumer and enterprise health solutions. Fitbit intends to use Google’s new Cloud Healthcare API to help the company integrate further into the healthcare system, such as by connecting user data with electronic medical records (EMR). Combining Fitbit data with EMRs can provide patients and clinicians a more comprehensive view of the patient profile, leading to more personalized care. The companies will also look to help better manage chronic
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Smart Meter’s Diabetes Care Solution Meets Newly Created Remote Monitoring CPT Code
Smart Meter, an innovative diabetes management data, technology and solutions company, today announced that its iGlucose® Diabetes Care Solution meets the requirements for the newly created Remote Monitoring CPT Code, as defined by Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The iGlucose solution, which uses cell-enabled technology to automatically transmit real-time blood glucose results, is providing clinicians with another tool for making connected health more available and more widely
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