What You Should Know:
- Hackensack Meridian Health and Google today announced the two organizations are expanding their relationship to improve patient care. Hackensack Meridian Health recently migrated to Google Workspace and will be one of the first health systems in the world to use Chrome OS devices across clinical and business environments.
- In addition, Hackensack Meridian is partnering with Google Cloud to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in key
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CommonSpirit, Vital Expand Partnership After Successful Pilot to Improve Patient Experience in ED & Patient Care Delivery
What You Should Know:
- Today at HLTH 2021, CommonSpiritHealth announced the results of its pilot with Vital, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software improving patient experience and follow-up visit loyalty in hospital emergency departments (ED) and inpatient stays. Vital’s digital tool, ERAdvisor, helps keep patients informed and in control of their visit by providing real-time content and text message updates to patients and their families through their smartphone. The app
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HealthEdge Acquires Wellframe to Enter Member Engagement Market
What You Should Know:
- HealthEdge Software, Inc. (“HealthEdge”), a provider of the industry’s leading next-gen integrated solution suite for health insurers, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire digital health management platform Wellframe Inc. (“Wellframe”). Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
- The company’s Digital Health Management platform enables health plans to modernize member-facing services, including care
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Rev Cycle Company Ensemble Health Partners Files to Go Public
What You Should Know:
- Ensemble Health Partners, Inc. (“Ensemble”), a provider of healthcare revenue cycle management solutions for hospitals and affiliated physician groups, announced it has filed to raise $649M for its initial public offering (IPO), at a valuation of $1.2B.
- Ensemble is offering 29,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock at an initial public offering price between $19 and $22 per share. It also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to
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Skyflow Secures $45M to Expand Health Data Privacy Vault – HLTH21
What You Should Know:
- Skyflow, a Palo Alto, CA-based customer data privacy company, today announced a $45M Series B financing round led by Insight Partners. Additionally, existing investors Canvas Ventures and Foundation Capital as well as executives from Plaid and Coinbase Board Member Gokul Rajaram invested in the Series B. With this new investment, Skyflow has raised over $70M over the last 18 months, and is positioned for rapid growth.
- Skyflow delivers a zero-trust data
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GoCheck Raises $10M for Digital Pediatric Vision Screening to Protect Children from Vision Impairment and Blindness
What You Should Know:
- GoCheck, creator of GoCheck Kids, a digital vision screening platform, announced today an investment round of $10 million co-led by Hatteras Venture Partners and Pisgah Fund (affiliated with HCA). The round also included participation from new investors CU Healthcare Innovation Fund (affiliated with the University of Colorado) and WakeMed Hospitals Innovation Venture Fund, and existing investors Marc Benioff (Founder/CEO of Salesforce), Interwest Partners, FCA
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HLTH21: Roche, Ibex Medical Partner to Develop AI-Powered Digital Pathology Apps
What You Should Know:
- Ibex Medical Analytics, the pioneer in AI-based cancer diagnostics, today announced that it has signed a deal with Roche, the world’s largest biotech company and global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Ibex will be integrating its Galen™ platform into Roche’s uPath enterprise cloud software in order to help pathologists to enable pathologists to seamlessly access Ibex’s AI algorithms, insights, and decision support tools using NAVIFY Digital Pathology,
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HLTH21: TytoCare Launches Enhanced Telehealth Video Capabilities Powered by Amazon Chime
What You Should Know:
- Today at HLTH21, TytoCare launched an expansion of its video capabilities, including enhanced video quality, multi-party calls, and the ability for clinicians to conduct remote visits on any tablet, including iPads.
- The enhanced video capabilities include top-of-the-line video quality on Windows and MacOS, iOS and Android, and tablets, including iPads; multi-party calls to include primary care providers, interns, specialists, interpreters, caregivers, and
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HLTH21: Olive Launches Universal Marketplace for Digital Healthcare Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Today at HLTH, $4B healthcare automation company Olive announced the launch of The Library, a healthcare solution marketplace that will reduce the burden for early-stage developers as they bring innovative new technology solutions to patients.
- This new marketplace enables Olive’s partners — ranging from individual developers to large enterprise brands — to open a distribution channel and market to Olive’s customer base, which currently includes more than 950
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15 HLTH 2021 Predictions from Digital Health Executives to Watch
Before HLTH 2021 kicks off in Boston on October 17th, here are 15 predictions from digital health executives to watch:
"The explosion of telehealth will certainly be a hot topic at HLTH. I expect the other trend will be focusing on mental health, especially in the context of the post-Covid era. And of course, we will continue the conversation on interoperability, data, and AI."
“We’re looking forward to hearing about the acceleration of technology-driven performance and accountability
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