Valencell, a Raleigh, NC-based developer of wearable biometric sensor technology, has raised $10.5M in Series E financing led by Sonion with participation from existing investors TDF Ventures, GII LLC, and WSJ Joshua Fund. The startup plans to utilize the funding to expand its biometric sensor technology and team. The latest round brings the total amount of funding raised to date to $35 million.Many people think you can create accurate biometric wearable devices by piecing together some LED’s,
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Fred Pennic
Fred Pennic is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of HIT Consultant. Fred is a seasoned health IT strategist with fourteen years of experience in providing advisory services to executive leadership at hospitals and health systems. Some of his previous clients include Mayo Clinic, Stanford Hospital and Health Clinics, Northwell Health, Trinity Health.
Telehealth App Medici Lands $22M to Re-imagine the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Medici, an Austin, TX-based digital health startup focused on the future of doctors and patients has raised $22 million in Series A funding from individual investors including executives from well-known global companies such as Citadel, Dell, Publix, and Starwood Capital. The latest round brings the total amount of funding raised to date to $46.6 million.Today’s doctors are buried with regulatory requirements, administrative hurdles and downward pressure on their own costs to run their
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New Study Reveals Personalization is Key to Diabetes Management
New study led by Livongo demonstrates that personalization is key to diabetes management and short periods of intensive coaching when people get stuck on their way to their glucose and weight goals can be helpful. A new study reveals that use of Livongo for Diabetes significantly improves the health of people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to recent findings reported in the Journal of Diabetes Research. Researchers also found pairing participation in Livongo for Diabetes with lifestyle
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Inspirata Acquires Caradigm to Expand its Cancer Information Data Trust
Inspirata, Inc., a Redmond, VA-based cancer informatics and digital pathology workflow solution, today announced it has acquired Caradigm from GE Healthcare. Inspirata plans to leverage Caradigm Intelligence Platform (CIP) and population health management platform to accelerate our Cancer Information Data Trust (CIDT) development. Inspirata’s Cancer Information Data Trust (CIDT) is a cancer big data platform that securely ingests, structures and manages clinical data, diagnostic images, anatomic
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UCHealth to Create Healthcare Innovation Hub in Denver to Transform Healthcare Delivery
UCHealth’s innovation team, today announced it will develop a healthcare innovation hub in Denver that will leverage brilliant minds both inside and outside the health system – to help transform health care delivery of the future. The new healthcare innovation hub will be housed at the Catalyst Health-Tech Innovation building in Denver’s River North District (RiNo) as one of the facility’s largest tenants.The hub will bring together more than 70 organizations that will all work together in a
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Cohealo Launches EHR-Integrated Solution for Tracking Medical Equipment Utilization
Cohealo, a healthcare IT company for equipment sharing and planning, today launched Cohealo Track, a SaaS-based solution that leverages case information from a hospital system’s EHR to provide actionable insights into medical equipment utilization. On average, a health system’s medical equipment will sit idle for 58 percent of its lifespan, tying up finite capital planning budgets in redundant purchases that are estimated to be as high as 25 percent of a single hospital’s inventory. With Cohealo
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Brook Lands $4M for AI-Powered Diabetes Assistant App, Partners With Independent Health
Brook, a Seattle-based personalized diabetes assistant app platform for personal empowerment and intelligent support has raised $4M in funding from a group of investors. In addition to the funding, the startup has inked a strategic partnership with Independent Health, a Western New York State health plan to provide enhanced resources to help its 380,000 members self-manage their care and make the best decisions about their health. The partnership builds on the 2017 pilot program with Independent
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Inova Personalized Health Accelerator Invests in Prior Authorization Platform, CoverMyTest
Inova Personalized Health Accelerator (IPHA), an unique program providing health IT entrepreneurs with C-suite coaches, early-stage capital and strategic partners, today announced it has invested in health IT startup CoverMyTest. The New York-based startup partners with labs to optimize and automate prior authorization (PAs) workflows.CoverMyTest is the only PA service provider solely focused on assisting laboratories offering genetic and genomic testing. This PA software comes at a critical
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Glooko Unveils Web-based Diabetes Analytics Platform
Diabetes management provider Glooko has unveiled new version of the Glooko Web Application (Population Tracker) that includes streamlined navigation and a large array of diabetes analytics, charts and graphs. The new web application version, which will now be rolled out in the U.S. and Canada and continue with the first European phase later this year, includes support for IDC’s Ambulatory Glucose Profile (AGP), an important standard with clinicians.The new web application version, which will now
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1Vision and AMC Health Lands VA Contract to Provide Telehealth Solutions to Veterans
1Vision LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., and AMC Health, the leading provider of proven real-time virtual care solutions, have been awarded the Authority to Operate (ATO) and provide telehealth solutions to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).As part of the agreement, 1Vision’s and AMC Health’s telehealth solutions will be made available to enrolled Veterans and their family members. Earlier this year, 1Vision and AMC Health announced their participation in an
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