What You Should Know:
- Northwell Health announced that its Northwell Direct unit, which works with large employers, will be offering Conversa HealthCheck to screen employees, customers, students, and visitors.
- HealthCheck is a quick, chat-based electronic screening
for symptoms and signs of exposure to COVID-19. If cleared, users receive a
digital "badge" that allows entry to a facility. If not cleared, they
are given additional information on staying home and steps for testing
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Brigham, Biofourmis Co-Develops Tech Solution to Enable Home Hospital Care
What You Should Know:
- Brigham is working with Biofourmis on a national
rollout of their co-developed technology solution, which has been refined and
scaled for use by other healthcare systems across the country seeking to
establish and execute similar home hospital programs to alleviate COVID-related
capacity issues and to receive 1:1 parity on payments from CMS.
- The Hospital@HomeTM platform provides a turnkey,
end-to-end ecosystem for any health system that wants to quickly launch
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HHS Taps CVS Health for Pilot to Administer COVID-19 Therapy to Patients At Home & Long-Term Care Facilities
What You Should Know:
- Today, CVS Health was selected by HHS, as part of
Operation Warp Speed, to pilot the administration of a limited supply of
bamlanivimab, a monoclonal antibody therapy, with eligible COVID-19 patients
at-risk of severe infection or complications resulting from the virus.
- Under this pilot, Coram, the specialty pharmacy and
infusion care business of CVS Health, will administer the intravenous therapy
in patients’ homes or long-term care facilities to help meet the
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M&A: TRIMEDX Acquires Surplus Medical Equipment Company Centurion Service Group
What You Should Know:
- TRIMEDX announced the acquisition of Centurion Service
Group, a full-service medical equipment re-seller, to expand its Clinical Asset
Management offering.
- The added capabilities of Centurion will allow TRIMEDX
clients to gain maximum value from their excess medical equipment through
Centurion auction services, positively impacting operational expenses,
maximizing resources to improve patient care, etc.
TRIMEDX,
a provider of clinical engineering, medical
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Healthcare M&A: DAS Health Acquires Randall Technology Services
What You Should Know:
- DAS Health Ventures acquires healthcare
and managed IT company Randall Technology Services (RandallTech).
- This acquisition adds Allscripts® PM
and EHR solutions to the DAS portfolio of supported products, and DAS Health
has now added additional staff in Texas that will create opportunities for
greater regional support of its entire solutions portfolio.
DAS Health Ventures, Inc., an industry leader in health IT and management, announced today it completed
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Microsoft’s Venture Fund Invests in Andor Health’s Virtual Health Platform
What You Should Know:
- M12, Microsoft’s venture fund invests
in Andor Health’s AI-driven virtual health platform.
- The funds will be used for accelerating
sales and marketing by expanding into new markets beyond the U.S. Additionally, the funds will be leveraged for
investing in enhanced R&D engineering.
Andor Health, the company that harnesses machine and human intelligence to change the way care teams connect and collaborate, announced a
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Philips Launches Integrated Cybersecurity Services to Protect Connected Medical Devices
What You Should Know:
- Philips partners with CyberMDX, a leader in
connected medical device security, to provide vendor-neutral solutions to
protect connected medical systems and devices.
Philips, today
announced the introduction of the Philips Cybersecurity
Services for seamlessly integrating and enhancing strategic security solutions
for Philips customers. The Philips Cybersecurity
Services comprise an end-to-end suite of technologies and services to
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Israeli Digital Health Startup G Medical Innovations Withdraws $30M US IPO
What You Should Know:
- Israeli-based G Medical Innovation has withdrawn its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday, Nasdaq first reports.
- The company originally filed
an IPO to raise $30 million by offering 5 million shares at a price range of $5
to $7 last month to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol GMVD.
- The recent withdrawal marks the company's second
attempt to go public in the US, previously filing in May 2019 and withdrawing
the following August. The company
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NeuroFlow Partners with Wounded Warrior Project for Remote Behavioral Health Support
What You Should Know:
- During National Caregivers Month, Wounded Warrior
Project and NeuroFlow are joining forces to raise awareness and access for
mental health by providing access to new technology tools and care options
- There are 53 million Americans who are unpaid
caregivers to family, friends, neighbors and spouses. This shared burden is
also widespread in the military community as many veterans and their caregivers
battle silent burdens.
NeuroFlow, the leader in
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Well Health Nabs $45M to Expand Intelligent Communications Hub
What You Should Know:
- WELL Health raises $45M in Series C funding to
transform patient communication for healthcare providers, payers, and ACOs.
- WELL Health enables conversations between patients and
healthcare organizations through secure, multilingual messaging in the
patient’s preferred communications channel: texting, email, telephone, and live
chat.
Well Health Inc., a Santa
Barbara, CA-based provider of patient communications, today announced a $45
million Series C
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