What You Should Know:
- Noteworth, a first-of-its-kind Digital Healthcare
platform for modernizing Digital Medicine delivery operations, secured a $5
million oversubscribed seed funding round led by Laconia Capital Group
- With this investment, the company will continue to
build upon the delivery of Noteworth’s first-of-its-kind Digital Healthcare
platform.
Noteworth,
a Hoboken, NJ-based all-in-one-care delivery platform for modernizing digital medicine
delivery
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Health in Motion Network, Updox Integrate to Improve Pharmacy Care Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
What You Should Know:
- Health in Motion Network announced a partnership with Updox to integrate its HIPAA-compliant virtual health software into the Health in Motion Network’s consumer-direct pharmacy platform, ERxDirect.
- ERxDirect powered by Updox uniquely connects local
health care, community pharmacies and urgent care centers with the innovation
they need to remotely communicate with patients, which has become more
essential than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- By partnering
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HHS Taps Fenway Health as Pilot Site for Precision Medicine Project
What You Should Know:
- Fenway
Health has been selected as the pilot site to participate in the Advancing
Standards for Precision Medicine (ASPM) project.
- The ASPM project
is focused on how healthcare providers can systematically identify the
socio-economic factors that may impact the health of patients in order to
provide more individualized care that reflects patients’ needs.
Fenway Health, a
Boston, MA-based Federally Qualified Community Health Center (FQCHC)
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Emtiro Health Taps Innovaccer to Leverage the FHIR-Enabled Data Activation Platform
What You Should Know:
- Emtiro Health, an
innovative population health company in North Carolina has selected Innovaccer
to deliver data-powered solutions to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness
of care delivery.
- Powered by Innovaccer’s FHIR-enabled Data Activation
Platform, Emtiro Health will create unified patient records that drive
comprehensive, whole-person care management, no matter where they are on the
care continuum. The FHIR-enabled Data Activation Platform will also
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8 in 10 Consumers Stated COVID-19 Made Telehealth “Indispensable” in Healthcare Delivery
What You Should Know:
- 8 in 10 consumers said COVID-19 made telehealth “an indispensable part of the healthcare system, according to a new study commissioned by Change Healthcare.
- 2020 Change Healthcare - Harris Poll Consumer
Experience Index reveals 65% said they plan to use telehealth more after the
pandemic, and 78% said COVID-19 has shown how badly the U.S. needs more
telehealth options.
A majority of consumers agreed COVID-19 will
fundamentally change healthcare delivery
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COVID-19 Has Permanently Shifted Patient Behavior Towards Virtual Care
What You Should Know:
- The COVID-19 crisis has significantly impacted the
patient care paradigm, and the ripple effects have altered patient behaviors
and expectations, requiring a significant change in how life sciences companies
engage with and support patients
- Accenture surveyed 2700 patients about changes in care
during COVID-19 and found a major shift to virtual care, which patients
embraced.
- Virtual care is here to stay and can be an integral
part of the patient experience
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New Lighthouse Initiative to Provide De-identified Patient Data for VIRUS COVID-19 Registry
What You Should Know:
- PointClickCare introduces
the Lighthouse initiative, which will provide de‐identified
data on COVID‐19 diagnosed patients, including demographics, vitals,
medications and health‐related outcomes, in order to better understand health
outcomes post‐ICU.
- Comprehensive data sets are especially critical tools
in responding to crises like the current COVID-19 pandemic, and this initiative
is one example of PointClickCare’s efforts to
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Health Catalyst Acquires Clinical Workflow Optimization Solution healthfinch
What You Should Know:
- Health Catalyst announces an agreement to acquire
clinical workflow optimization solution healthfinch using a mix of stock and
cash.
- As part of the acquisition, healthfinch will be a new
application suite category called EMR Embedded Insights and its refills, care
gaps closure, and visit planning applications will continue to be available in
their original configuration.
Health
Catalyst, Inc., a provider of data and analytics technology and services
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K4Connect Nabs $7.7M for Enterprise Platform for Smart Senior Living Communities
What You Should Know:
- K4Connect, a technology company that integrates the
best in technology for older adults and those living with disabilities,
announced a financing raise of $7.7 million led by Forte Ventures. This
financing officially closes K4Connect’s Series B round at $21 million, bringing
the company’s total outside venture funding to-date to $31 million.
- K4Connect is the leading provider of enterprise
connected-life technologies for senior living communities that serves
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Doctor On Demand Raises $75M to Expand Comprehensive Virtual Care Platform
What You Should Know
- Doctor On Demand raises $75M in Series D
funding led by General Atlantic to expand comprehensive virtual care.
- Doctor On Demand is seeing record usage
this year – up 139% - for COVID-19 screenings, routine health issues, chronic
conditions and behavioral health.
San Francisco, CA-based Doctor On Demand, today announced it
has raised $75 million in Series D funding led by General Atlantic, a leading
global growth equity firm,
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