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Included Health announced a new partnership with a national provider of high acuity and complex in-home care, DispatchHealth to launch a new virtual-to-home, care model.Included Health and DispatchHealth will supplement care that begins online with on-demand, in-home support. This augmented offering will activate the home as a setting to treat everything from common to complex injuries, illnesses and disease, and offers great promise when it comes to reducing
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M&A: ArisGlobal Acquires SPORIFY to Expand Regulatory Solutions
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ArisGlobal, a provider of life sciences software acquires SPORIFY, the trusted substances, products, organizations and referentials (SPOR) data harmonization technology solution for five of the world’s top 20 largest pharmaceutical companies. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.With its second acquisition in the last 90 days, ArisGlobal is prioritizing the development of an open architecture that enables an interconnected life sciences ecosystem.The
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PatientsLikeMe & MGH Partner to Support ALS Research
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PatientsLikeMe (PLM), announced a partnership with the Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to share de-identified patient data that can improve research outcomes for ALS.The company’s outcomes-rich data is now freely available to the international research community and will be a significant addition to Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials (PRO-ACT) database comprising anonymized data from 29
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Pear Suite Raises $2.5M for SDoH-Driven Care Navigation Platform to Empower AAPI Communities
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Pear Suite, a digital health company empowering community health workers (CHWs) to improve health in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and address social determinants of health (SDOH) raises $2.5M in seed funding. The investment round was led by Mucker Capital, Impact Engine, American Heart Association, Sweater Ventures, and Atento Capital, with support from Techstars, Open Venture Capital, Incisive Ventures, Lair East Labs, StartUp Health, and
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Datavant, AWS Partner to Generate Clinical and Patient Insights
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Datavant, a provider helping organizations securely connect health data, announces that it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help healthcare and life sciences customers accelerate their ability to manage and optimize clinical and patient insights.Pharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers, research institutions, and healthcare technology customers can now access Datavant’s cutting-edge data de-identification technology in AWS, connect
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TELUS Health Launches Total Mental Health
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TELUS Health launches Total Mental Health - an innovative solution that provides employees with access to a team of care professionals who will curate personal care journeys with continuous mental health counseling, therapist led iCBT programs, digital tools, assessments, and ongoing tracking and feedback.Accessible by employees through their company’s health benefits, Total Mental Health leverages TELUS Health’s world-leading technology to offer a one-stop app
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21 Ontario Hospitals Launches Health Information Exchange, Powered by Oracle
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A group of 21 Ontario-based hospitals and facilities launches Ontario eHub Health Information Exchange (HIE) powered by Oracle Health. The Ontario eHub can help these healthcare organizations share patient data more easily and securely, reducing administrative overhead, and facilitating improved care coordination for patients. Oracle Health is teaming with TransForm Shared Service Organization to manage the project.The initial roll-out integrates 16
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DEA Extends COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications for 6 Months
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Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued the “Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications” – a temporary rule that extends telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).· The temporary rule will take effect on May 11, 2023, and extends the full set of telemedicine flexibilities
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Verizon Inks $448.3M Veterans Affairs Contract to Supply Medical Devices
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Verizon Public Sector announced a $448.3M, nine-year expansion of its existing partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and healthcare facilities to supply mobile devices including mission-critical communications support during the VA’s disaster recovery missions and other emergencies.As part of the agreement, the VA can purchase devices and services for community-based outpatient clinics, field and program offices, and remote users in the
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Genemod Raises $4.5M to Expand Central Research Platform for Biopharma Companies
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Genemod, a cloud-based workspace collaboration software for biopharma R&D teams, today announced it raised $4.5 million in seed funding, co-led by defy.vc and LDV Partners, with participation from Dolby Family Ventures and Vulcan/Cercano Ventures.Genemod digitizes data capture and workflows, so scientists can collaborate easily across an organization to accelerate life sciences R&D.
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