Wearable fitness leader, Fitbit, today announced the launch of a new corporate wellness service, Fitbit Group Health, which brings together offerings to corporate partners, weight management leaders, insurers, researchers. Additionally, the company introduced Wellness Insighter, a new service for its customers that helps corporate wellness leaders validate corporate wellness investments with data that can be compared against that of industry peers. These offerings were introduced as part of
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Humana, John Muir Partner to Offer Value-Based Care to Medicare Advantage Members
John Muir and Humana has teamed up to bring value-based care for Humana Medicare Advantage members in Contra Costa County. The partnership will offer a more proactive and wellness-focused health care experience for Humana’s Medicare Advantage members.Partnership DetailsAs part of the agreement, John Muir Health and Humana will develop strategies to improve the health of Humana’s Medicare Advantage members in Contra Costa County, lower costs, and manage the ongoing health needs of the
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New Pain Diversion Technology Helps Ease Patient Discomfort
Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by Samsung. A new case study has been released in conjunction with Southern Hills Hospital, Samsung and AccendoWave, creator of a patient satisfaction platform that provides feedback on a patient’s pain level and distress. With the help of Samsung’s mobile devices, AccendoWave partnered with Southern Hills in a six-month pilot program to test the pain diversion technology in an effort to understand and help ease patient discomfort and create better patient
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Moving Analytics Nabs $1.1M for Reimbursable, Home-based Cardiac Rehab
San Francisco-based Moving Analytics, a company focused on digital solutions for patient rehab programs has raised $1.1 million in funding, led by Launchpad Digital Health and including HealthX Ventures. The startup plans to utilize the funding to expand its home-based cardiac rehab solution and further develop home-based COPD product to complement their existing offerings.Rehabilitation programs are time consuming and often inconvenient for patients. To solve this, Moving Analytics helps
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Israeli Digital Health Startup EarlySense Lands $25M for Contact-Free Monitoring
Israeli digital health startup, EarlySense, a contact-free continuous monitoring solutions provider, announced today that it has raised $25 million in funding, led by Israel’s largest bank, Bank Hapoalim. Pitango Venture Capital, JK&B Capital and other previous investors also participated in the round.The latest round brings the company's total funding to $100M including strategic investments from Samsung, Welch Allyn and Mitsui. The company will utilize the funding to scale its product
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StartUp Health Finland Unveils First 5 Digital Health Startups
StartUp Health, a global entrepreneurship development company for Healthcare Transformers, announced the first five digital health startups to join the StartUp Health Academy as part of StartUp Health Finland. StartUp Health Finland is the company’s first Regional Affiliate that connects directly into StartUp Health’s global platform and is focused on coaching and supporting the rapidly growing ecosystem of Finnish entrepreneurs. StartUp Health Finland will provide selected entrepreneurs access
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iHealth Solutions Acquires Revenue Cycle Company DNA Healthcare
iHealth Solutions, LLC, a Louisville, KY-based healthcare software and services company has acquired the assets of revenue cycle management company DNA Healthcare Inc.(DNAH). The acquisition of the New-Jersey RCM provider will strengthen iHealth’s proprietary technology, as well as increase its customer base with major hospitals and clinics across the East Coast. iHealth Solutions provides revenue cycle management, practice management, credentialing and EHR services to small to large size
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ZeOmega Integrates with McKesson’s InterQual Connect
ZeOmega Inc. has announced an agreement to integrate ZeOmega's Jiva™ population health management solution with McKesson's InterQual® Connect authorization and connectivity solution to fully automate pre-authorization for payers and providers. The integration marks ZeOmega’s Jiva as the first partner to tap InterQual Connect’s cloud connectivity to expand automated authorization to include requests requiring a medical review and simplify pre-auths for their customers.Without leaving their easy
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Practice Fusion Founder Launches Heart Monitoring Smartwatch – iBeat Life Monitor
After stepping down as the CEO of cloud-based EHR platform Practice Fusion in mid-2015, founder Ryan Howard is back with a new digital health startup focused on a life-saving Wearable-as-a-Service. The startup is currently developing its first product, iBeat Life Monitor, a heart monitoring smartwatch wearable that perpetually monitors and detects cardiac arrest, heart attack, and atrial fibrillation. Similar to your average medical alert system for seniors, in the case of a life-threatening
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Data Science Startup Apixio Nabs $19M for Cognitive Computing Platform
Healthcare data science company Apixio Inc., today announced that it has raised $19.3 million in Series D funding led by SSM Partners with participation from First Analysis, Bain Capital Ventures and Apixio’s largest angel investor. Apixio will utilize the funding towards advancing and scaling products powered by its cognitive computing platform, further enabling insights for optimal patient care. Casey West, managing partner at SSM Partners will join the Board of Directors, bringing deep
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