What You Should Know:
- Digital health company Carrot has obtained CE Mark Certification for its breath sensor, marking its official entry into the global market for tobacco cessation.
- Clinically proven to increase the motivation to quit, the company’s device is the first-ever FDA-cleared breath sensor for consumer use.
Carrot, a Redwood City, CA-based digital health company that delivers clinically proven, behavioral science-based solutions that empower people to take control of
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M&A: Kyruus Acquires HealthSparq from Cambia Health Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Kyruus is acquiring HealthSparq from Cambia Health
Solutions, a family of more than 20 companies working to make healthcare more
economically sustainable and efficient for people and their families.
- HealthSparq is a healthcare guidance and transparency
technology company serving the health plan market.
- With the acquisition, the combined entity now serves
more than 60 health systems and 100 health plan brands nationwide.
Kyruus, the leader in
provider
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M&A: Cedar Gate Acquires Deerwalk to Enhance Value-Based Care Analytics
What You Should Know:
- Cedar Gate acquires Deerwalk, an innovative population
health management, data management, and healthcare analytics software company
based in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- By acquiring Deerwalk, Cedar Gate expands its
employer-based offerings with the ability to actively engage employers and ASOs
as they manage rising healthcare costs. The combined suite of offerings
improves the patient experience and delivers financial sustainability.
Cedar Gate Technologies
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GoodRx Adds Telehealth, Mail Order to Subscription Program
What You Should Know:
- GoodRx, today
announced the addition of telehealth and mail order benefits to its subscription
program, GoodRx Gold.
- GoodRx Gold Savings Program members can now receive
exclusive discounts on online doctor visits and free mail delivery via the
GoodRx app, in addition to the exclusive lower prices on prescription drugs
that are already available.
- Using the 5-star rated GoodRx app, GoodRx Gold members can
now see a licensed healthcare provider to receive
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Innovaccer, SyTrue Partner to Generate Actionable Insights from Healthcare Data
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer partners with SyTrue to uncover powerful insights
and accelerate its efforts to drive healthcare’s digital transformation.
- The integration of SyTrue’s proprietary NLP OS with
Innovaccer’s FHIR-enabled Data Activation Platform will empower healthcare
organizations to identify diagnosis codes and Hierarchical Condition Categories
(HCC) from patient care progress notes and other unstructured texts.
Innovaccer, Inc., a San
Francisco, CA-based
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Mount Sinai to Deploy Current Health’s RPM Solution to Enhance Oncology Patient Care
What You Should Know:
- Mount Sinai Health System will implement Current Health’s
remote patient monitoring (RPM) solution to allow oncology patients to recover
at home while being continuously and passively monitored by their care team.
- The implementation will reduce hospitalization events and prevent potential patient exposure to infection while bridging the digital health divide as more and more patients engage in telehealth.
Current Health
today announced that its remote patient
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Papa Launches Virtual Primary Care Platform to Support Aging Americans During The Pandemic
What You Should Know:
- Papa, the popular "family on-demand" service for older adults, today announced the launch of Papa Health, a new virtual health platform aimed at improving health outcomes for the vulnerable aging population during the pandemic.
- The comprehensive health management platform will include
virtual primary care, urgent care, and chronic care management - adding to
its existing services that provide older adults with companionship
and assistance with
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Digital Diabetes Market to Reach $1.5B by 2024, Research Finds
What You Should Know:
- The digital diabetes market is on track to reach $1.5
billion dollars by 2024, according to a new report by Research2Guidance.
- The confident growth of digital diabetes care will be driven by the growth of the global addressable market for digital diabetes services. Between 2019 and 2024, the number of diagnosed diabetics with access to smart devices is set to increase from 109 million to 180 million.
- Digital diabetes solutions have disrupted the
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Cerner, Banner Health, Xealth Partner to Simplify How Clinicians Prescribe Digital Health
What You Should Know:
- Cerner Corporation today announced with Xealth new
centralized digital ordering and monitoring for health systems, starting with
Banner Health, to foster digital innovation.
- Health systems can prescribe digital therapeutics, smartphones, and internet apps directly within the EHR to address areas such as chronic disease management, behavioral health, maternity care, and surgery prep.
Cerner, today announced it’s building on the recent collaboration with
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Cityblock Health Reaches $1B Valuation, Raises $160M to Address Systemic Healthcare Inequity
What You Should Know:
- Cityblock Health, a transformative, value-based healthcare provider focused on improving healthcare outcomes for marginalized communities, today announced a $160M Series C round, bringing its total raised to $300M.
- Cityblock is a care delivery trailblazer working to right the injustices of a healthcare system that cycles vulnerable communities through frequent ER visits and hospital stays. Its tech-enabled model delivers primary care, behavioral care, and social
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