UnitedHealth
Group (UHG) has acquired
Illinois-based online pharmacy startup DivvyDose
for about $300M, according to sources familiar with the matter. Founded in 2015, divvyDOSE is a full-service personalized
pharmacy focused on those with multiple chronic conditions and complex
medication regimens. Customers receive a personalized roll of pre-sorted
medications into individual packs, with clearly marked dates and times.
Bloomberg first reported the acquisition discussions between UHG
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Updox, Redox Partner to Expand Network of Integrated EHRs, Deliver Seamless Telehealth
What You Should Know:
- Updox partners with healthcare integration platform
Redox to integrate with any EHR, deliver seamless telehealth to health systems
- Updox is expanding its network to include the largest
inpatient EHRs in order to supply healthcare professionals with solutions that
support in-person and virtual care.
As virtual care
continues to increase in demand, Updox,
a provider of care
coordination across both in-person and virtual care, announced today a
significant
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U.S. Airforce Awards $1.5M Contract to NeuroFlow to Increase Mental Healthcare Access
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Air Force has awarded NeuroFlow a $1.5M contract to leverage its digital integrated behavioral health solutions that will help counselors manage symptoms -- like trauma, depression, anxiety -- of Airmen remotely and in real-time. using journals and self-reported data insights.
- The technology will support Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) in an effort to digitally enhance and reinforce the mental health of service members. It will also involve the 'risk
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Create A Precision Medicine Trial Network Focused on Critical Illness
What You Should Know:
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center inks a strategic
partnership with Endpoint Health to create the world’s first precision medicine
trial network focused on critical illness.
- Late-stage interventional trials will evaluate
personalized approaches to existing care and novel targeted therapies.
Vanderbilt University
Medical Center (VUMC) and Endpoint
Health, the first targeted therapeutics company focused on integrated
solutions for critical illnesses, today
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Abbott Receives CE Mark for World’s Smallest & Thinnest Glucose Sensor in Europe
What You Should Know:
- Abbott has received CE Mark (European approval)
for its next-generation FreeStyle Libre 3 system for people with diabetes.
- FreeStyle Libre 3 is the latest advancement from
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre family of products and featuring the smallest, thinnest
continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensor (~size of two stacked U.S. pennies)
and a more environmentally sustainable system design.
Abbott, the worldwide
leader in continuous glucose
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Centene Becomes First Payer to Join AVIA’s Medicaid Transformation Project
What You Should Know:
- AVIA announces that Centene Corporation has become the first payer to join the Medicaid Transformation Project (MTP), which aims to transform healthcare and related social needs for vulnerable populations through digitally-enabled care models and new technology solutions
- Led by AVIA and
former CMS chief Andy Slavitt. Collaboration among Centene, 30 health systems,
and provider-sponsored health plans in MTP will enable these stakeholders to
improve outcomes
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Microsoft Teams, Epic Integrate to Power EHR-Connected Virtual Visits
What You Should Know:
- Microsoft Teams joins Epic App Orchard
Marketplace to enable clinicians to launch a virtual patient visit or
consultation with another provider in Teams directly from the EHR system.
- By integrating Epic’s context-aware linking, this solution helps clinicians embed Microsoft Teams' meeting capabilities directly into the EHR.
Microsoft
Teams has joined Epic’s
App Orchard marketplace to power telehealth workflows within a provider’s
organizations through
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Best Buy Health Launches Phone for Seniors w/ Amazon Alexa Voice Services
What You Should Know:
- GreatCall, a division of Best Buy Health launches Lively Flip phone for seniors, with new voice capabilities via Amazon Alexa.
- The Lively Flip is the next evolution of the Jitterbug, designed to help older adults stay connected to family, friends, and health services – at a time when staying connected is especially important.
- Lively Voice services with Amazon Alexa is an all-new, enhanced feature that gives users the option to use their voice to make calls,
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New Medical-Grade UV Device Can Kill COVID Virus in 2 Seconds
What You Should Know:
- Innovators’ “NuvaWave™” launches a medical-grade,
intelligent handheld UVC device that can kill the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that
causes COVID-19 in two seconds.
- Initially, the founders created it for hospitals but it's going on the market for commercial use - offices, gyms, hotels, airlines, voting booths - everywhere it's needed so we can get back to life.
UV Innovators, an ultraviolet technology company has unveiled NuvaWave, one of the most advanced
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Healthcare VC Firm Longitude Capital Closes $585M Fund
What You Should Know:
- Healthcare venture capital firm Longitude Capital announces the close of its $585M Longitude Venture Partners IV, L.P. (“LVP4”) fund to invest in transformative healthcare companies.
- LVP4 will invest opportunistically across all stages of
a company’s development through a variety of approaches that include
traditional venture capital investing and special situations such as spin-outs,
equity-linked transactions, and private investments in public
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