What You Should Know:
- Vocera announced a collaboration with Amazon to deliver Vocera skill for Alexa. This HIPAA-compliant solution provides an easy, personal, and direct way for hospitalized patients and aged care residents to connect with their caregivers and more.
- Through the hands-free Vocera skill, Alexa clarifies the nature of patient requests, establishes urgency, and updates the patient on the status of the care team’s response in a personalized, conversational manner. Vocera
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H1 Raises $100M to Expand Healthcare Professional Data Network
What You Should Know:
- Health tech startup H1 announced that it has raised a $100M Series C round of funding. NY-based H1 plans to invest the funds in the expansion of its data and network, product development and hiring, with a goal to make H1 the core global healthcare network for every
medical professional and organization in the world.
The Series C round was led by Altimeter Capital, joined by new investors Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Flex Capital, with
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QGenda Acquires Nurse & Staff Scheduling Platform Schedule360 – M&A
What You Should Know:
- QGenda today announced the acquisition of Schedule360, the provider of cloud-based software to automate nurse and staff scheduling.
- With the addition of nurse and staff scheduling, QGenda will enable healthcare organizations to manage, schedule and optimize the deployment of their entire workforce. Now, organizations can streamline scheduling processes across the enterprise to better optimize capacity and to improve outcomes through more
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Ribbon Health Raises $43.5M for Healthcare API Data Platform
What You Should Know:
- Ribbon Health, an API data platform that powers high-quality, cost-effective, and convenient care decisions, announced a $43.5 million Series B investment led by General Catalyst and with participation from new and current investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), BoxGroup, Rock Health, and Sachin Jain.
- Ribbon plans to use this funding to prioritize team expansion and technology investments to build a best-in-class data platform to simplify
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Lightbeam Health Solutions Acquires RPM Platform CareSignal
What You Should Know:
- Lightbeam Health Solutions, Inc., a provider of end-to-end population health management solutions, announced today the acquisition of CareSignal, the pioneer of Deviceless Remote Patient Monitoring technology. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition enables Lightbeam to integrate scalable, evidence-based remote engagement and monitoring capabilities into its core population health offering, which serves more than 42 million patient
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AppliedVR Secures $36M to Scale Therapeutic Virtual Reality Platform for Pain Management
What You Should Know:
- AppliedVR, a Los Angeles, CA-based company advancing the next generation of immersive therapeutics, today announced $36 million in series B funding, bringing its total funding to $71M. The round, which included investments from F-Prime Capital, JAZZ Venture Partners, Sway Ventures and SVB Ventures, set up AppliedVR for rapid growth as it prepares for its decision from the FDA on its first de novo submission.
- Virtual reality provides an immersive experience that
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Notable Labs Launches by Acquiring Rights to Volasertib – Will Use Data, AI to Fast-Track Cancer Treatment
What You Should Know:
- Coming out of stealth, Notable Labs, a pioneer and developer of predictive precision medicines, is acquiring worldwide development and commercial rights to volasertib, a PLK-1 inhibitor in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) from Oncoheroes.
- Notable will leverage its high-fidelity Predictive Precision Medicines Platform to identify and select volasertib-responsive patients prior to their treatment and fast-track volasertib’s clinical development
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Cue Health Launches DTC Virtual Health Platform Featuring COVID-19 Self Test
What You Should Know:
- Cue Health (Nasdaq: HLTH), a healthcare technology company, launches its direct-to-consumer (DTC) virtual health platform, making its first-of-its-kind molecular COVID-19 test available to people across the United States. Cue helps keep NBA players safe both on and off the court, supports the well-being of Google’s employees wherever they are, and keeps front-line workers well informed at the Mayo Clinic.
- Beyond COVID-19 testing needs, Cue’s virtual platform
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Heartbeat Health, Withings Partner on New FDA Cleared ECG Smartwatch
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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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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