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- ARTIS Ventures (“AV”), a venture firm focused on pioneering investments in biotech, health, and life sciences, today announced the candidates chosen for the AV Fellows program. The year-long program includes a diverse group of nine fellows from across the world, chosen from more than 150 applicants currently enrolled in a Ph.D. or MD program (or postdoc/residency) with technical expertise ranging from computational biology, synthetic biology, microbiome engineering,
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U.S. Naval Academy Awards NeuroFlow New Contract to Support Wellness and Resiliency of USNA Midshipmen
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- NeuroFlow, a technology and services provider for behavioral health integration, has been contracted by the U.S. Naval Academy to support Midshipmen wellness during their 47-month journey to commission as naval officers.
- The new offering gives Midshipmen access to a secure mobile application designed to enhance resiliency and, when necessary, support a pathway to care. NeuroFlow’s platform confidentially captures health data to enable the system to provide
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Lightbeam, Surescripts Partner for Med Adherence Across Populations
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- Lightbeam and Surescripts announced today a partnership that gives Lightbeam’s clients patient prescription histories and real-time refill notifications.
- Lightbeam makes a population health management platform for ACOs, IDNs and other risk-bearing entities. The Surescripts Medication History for Populations service will be available to Lightbeam’s clients, adding valuable insights on top of the robust analytics already available
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ZocDoc Appoints Edward Liu as Chief Financial Officer
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- ZocDoc, a healthcare marketplace, today announced the appointment of Edward Liu as its Chief Financial Officer.
- During his 20+ year tenure at Morgan Stanley, Liu advised CEOs, CFOs, and boards on their most important strategic and financing decisions, including hundreds of transactions for prominent internet and software companies.
- At ZocDoc, Liu will oversee all financial operations and help further scale the company amid its rapid growth. He joins the
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Syneos Health, Aetion Partner to Offer RWE Solutions to Advance Drug Development and Commercialization
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- Aetion, a leader in real-world evidence analysis, and Syneos Health® (Nasdaq:SYNH), one of the largest CROs, announced a partnership to provide regulatory-grade data and analytics-driven solutions to advance drug development and improve patient outcomes.
- The partnership aims to generate meaningful real-world evidence (RWE) across all phases of the product lifecycle – introducing commercial expertise and insights far earlier in the clinical process – to
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Withings Devices Integrates with One Drop App for Multi-Condition Employer Program
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- One Drop and Withings have announced a strategic partnership to integrate One Drop’s AI-powered chronic condition management platform with Withing’s suite of smart medical device. Through this integration partnership, members enrolled in the One Drop employer program can qualify to receive a Withings Body smart scale or a Withings BPM Connect smart blood
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PE Firm Aquiline Capital Partners Acquires Telemedicine Provider Avera eCare
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- Telemedicine services provider Avera eCare announced it has been acquired by private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners with $6.4B in assets under management. As part of the acquisition, Aquiline will execute the carve-out of Avera eCare and rename the company Avel eCare. Closing is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2021.
- Avel eCare’s more than 230 employees will continue to work for Avel eCare, and its headquarters
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Smart Meter Launches iGlucose in 45+ Long-Term Care Facilities Nationwide
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- Smart Meter, the leader in cellular-connected remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices, today announced the launch of its iGlucose cellular-connected blood glucose system in more than 45 long-term care (LTC) facilities across the U.S.
- iGlucose is an easy-to-use, single patient use blood glucose meter (BGM) that improves clinical efficiencies, infection control efforts and patient outcomes with real-time data immediately sent to healthcare provider portals and
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Andor Health Joins athenahealth’s Marketplace Program to Orchestrate Virtual Health Experiences
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- Andor Health, the company that harnesses machine and human intelligence to configure and orchestrate the way care teams connect and collaborate, today announced a partnership with athenahealth, Inc. through the company's Marketplace program.
- As part of the athenahealth® Marketplace, ThinkAndor® is now available to athenahealth's growing network of healthcare providers to configure discrete workflows to enable a wide range of virtual health
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BioIntelliSense Closes $45M to Expand Medical Grade Remote Monitoring Devices
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- BioIntelliSense, a continuous health monitoring, and clinical intelligence company, announced it has recently closed its Series B financing round that was significantly oversubscribed at $45 million. Participation in the Series B financing was prominently led by Chimera (UAE), and joined by 7wire Technology Partners, Mary Tolan of Chicago Pacific Founders, James Murren formerly of MGM Resorts International, as well as Pendrell Corporation, Royal Philips, and Fresenius
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