What You Should Know:
- Medable Inc., a software platform for patient-centered drug development, today announced an industry-first digital certification program that provides life sciences companies with specialized tools, knowledge sharing and skills development to rapidly scale their decentralized and hybrid trial strategies.
- Hybrid/decentralized clinical trials have unleashed an entirely new patient experience, but this new approach to clinical research will only work if
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Naborforce Raises $2M to Expand Social Engagement, On-Demand Support for Older Adults
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- Naborforce, a Richmond, VA-based company connecting aging adults to a network of trusted care providers for companionship and on-demand support, announced it has raised $2M in seed funding led by Claritas Capital.
- Inspired by JOY to promote engaged, productive and connected aging and living, Naborforce's tech enabled platform connects aging adults to a network of “Nabors” for social engagement and on-demand support with errands, transportation and help around the
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Priority Health Launches “Full Lifecycle” Social Determinants of Health Initiative
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- Priority Health, a nationally recognized nonprofit health plan, announced today that it has launched a first-of-its-kind “full lifecycle” social determinants of health (SDoH) initiative.
- Recent research has shown that SDoH, or social factors like access to healthy food, transportation options and financial security, may be responsible for up to 80% of health outcomes.Priority Health’s first-of-its-kind program
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DrChrono Raises $12M to Expand Operations of Medical Practice Platform
What You Should Know:
- DrChrono Inc., a company developing an essential platform and services for modern medical practices, today announced it has raised a new round of over $12M in growth capital from ORIX Corporation USA’s Growth Capital team (ORIX Growth Capital.)
- The company plans to use the growth capital to expand all operations and provide enhancements across the other key product areas including EHR, practice management, medical billing and the company’s core partner
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Pear Therapeutics Goes Public Via $1.6B SPAC Deal – Digital Health IPO
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- Pear Therapeutics, the leader in developing and commercializing prescription digital therapeutics to treat serious disease, and Thimble Point Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: THMA), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) whose management team is associated with the Pritzker Vlock Family Office, today announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement.
- Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, upon closing of the
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Recuro Health Acquires Risk Stratification Solution MyLegacy – M&A
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- Recuro Health (Recuro), an integrated digital health solution that evolves healthcare from a reactive, disease-focused model to a personalized, proactive system, today announced the acquisition of MyLegacy, a risk stratification tool and clinical decision support application which uses proprietary algorithms based on practice guidelines developed by the Cleveland Clinic Genomic Medicine Institute.
- The acquisition will further increase the scope and capabilities of
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Bicycle Health Raises $27M for Virtual, Evidence-Based Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
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- Bicycle Health, a Boston, MA-based virtual care provider of evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder, today announced a $27 Million Series A investment led by Questa Capital with participation from City Light Capital, Emily Melton and previous investor SignalFire.
- In addition, Bicycle Health is announcing national in-network insurance coverage from UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Medicare and Medicaid in select states, helping to make
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LifePoint to Acquire Kindred Healthcare, Invest $1.5B Over 3 Years
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- LifePoint Health and Kindred Healthcare announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for LifePoint to acquire Kindred Healthcare. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition enhances LifePoint’s commitment to providing high-quality care close to home with Kindred’s specialty hospital and rehabilitative expertise and emerging behavioral healthcare platform.
- In addition, LifePoint to invest $1.5 billion over the
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Cleerly Launches with $43M for Digital Care Pathway Solution for Heart Attack Prevention
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- Cleerly, a New York City-based company launched today with $43M in Series B funding and unveiled its first-of-its-kind digital care pathway solution for heart attack prevention. The Series B funding, which was led by Vensana Capital with participation from LRVHealth, New Leaf Venture Partners, DigiTx Partners, the American College of Cardiology, Cigna Ventures, and existing investors, brings Cleerly’s total funding to $54M.
- Using more than
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eCaring Acquires Home Care Agency Platform Home Care IT – M&A
What You Should Know:
- eCaring, an integrated software platform that aligns the entire in-home care team, has acquired Home Care IT, a secure, web-based software product for home care agencies based in Lexington, MA.
- Home Care IT™ is a feature-rich, web-based, home care management software for non-medical home care and personal care agencies. The product consolidates and simplifies many of the important tasks required for the management of a home care agency and drives
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