What You Should Know:
- Rendever, a Boston-based virtual reality (VR) platform built to help seniors overcome social isolation through shared experiences, announces that it has been awarded a $2M Phase II Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- This grant will fund a registered multi-site clinical trial, in conjunction with the University of California Santa Barbara, to further Rendever’s continued research on the effects
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Femtech: Babyscripts Partners with Privia Health for Remote Pregnancy Care
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- Privia Health, a national physician enablement company that collaborates with medical groups, health plans and health systems, has teamed up with Babyscripts, the leading virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, to provide the Babyscripts platform to their providers, enabling physicians with Privia Women’s Health to deliver cutting-edge remote care to their pregnant and postpartum patients across the nation.
- Pregnant patients who receive care from the more
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Virtual Health Clinic for Women & Families Maven Reaches $1B Valuation
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- Maven, a New York City-based virtual health clinic for women and families announced it has raised $110M in Series D funding co-led by Dragoneer Investment Group and Lux Capital, with participation from BOND and existing investors Sequoia, Oak HC/FT, and Icon Ventures. Maven also welcomed Oprah Winfrey as an investor in its Series D round.
- This brings Maven’s total funding to more than $200M at a valuation north of $1B-- making them the only unicorn in women’s and
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Prisma Health Taps TytoCare to Expand its Telehealth Offerings
What You Should Know:
- TytoCare has partnered with Prisma Health, the largest healthcare system in South Carolina, to expand its telehealth offerings.
- The integration of TytoCare into Prisma Health’s current virtual care offering will allow the health system to diagnose and treat patients remotely with in-depth, physical examinations during video visits. Prisma Health is utilizing TytoCare for its federally funded post-COVID-19 disaster relief program, for professional use in schools,
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Eko Launches Next Generation DUO ECG + Digital Stethoscope for Frontline Clinicians
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- Eko, a cardiopulmonary digital health company launches its next-generation Eko DUO, an FDA-cleared cardiac assessment tool that functions as an electrocardiogram (ECG) and digital stethoscope to detect early signs of heart disease and facilitate timely care and personalized disease management.
- DUO is a pocket-sized cardiac examination system for clinicians used to detect early signs of heart disease and facilitate timely care for patients in and out of the clinic.
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M&A: Labcorp Acquires Ovia Health to Expand Women’s Health Capabilities
What You Should Know:
- Labcorp has announced the acquisition of femtech startup Ovia Health, a digital health platform used by millions of women seeking information and support with family planning, pregnancy, and parenting. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition extends Labcorp’s position as a leading, go-to source for women’s health insights, opens new avenues for personalized care experiences, and fosters better dialogue between
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Ciitizen Launches Solution to Help HIEs Comply with Info Blocking Regulation
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- Ciitizen, a Palo Alto, CA-based consumer healthcare technology company helping patients get full control of their medical records to access more personalized treatment options, today announced the launch of Cures Gateway, a platform for Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) to effortlessly comply with patient-initiated requests for medical records.
- The Ciitizen Cures Gateway will enable records to be delivered to a personal health app selected by the patient. It is
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XpresSpa, 98point6 Partner to Provide Virtual Care to Travelers
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- XpresSpa, a health and wellness company, announced an agreement with 98point6, an on-demand virtual primary care provider, to provide services for the new Treat™ Care app.
- The Treat Care app will soon be available in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store and will offer travel health and wellness content, access to board-certified health professionals, a travel wallet to store health records and more.
98point6 Overview
98point6 is an on-demand,
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Olive Selects AWS as Its Preferred Cloud Provider to Create the Internet of Healthcare
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- Olive, the AI healthcare company, announced today the adoption of Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider, now leveraging AWS’s computing capabilities to improve healthcare efficiency and reduce costs for patients and organizations.
- Olive’s workflow automation solution will run on AWS to connect the disparate systems used by healthcare organizations to help automate and optimize administrative tasks for healthcare providers, freeing them to
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AMA Forms External Advisory Group to Advance Equity in Healthcare Innovation
What You Should Know:
- The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced the creation of an external advisory group, the Equity and Innovation Advisory Group dedicated to advance equity in healthcare innovation.
- The advisory group plans to recommend strategies that will help drive equitable resources to health solutions created by marginalized innovators and include marginalized patients’ voices in health innovation development processes – with a target of ultimately reaching a
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