Axial Healthcare, Inc., a pain care solutions company has raised $16.5 million in Series B funding led by Oak HC/FT, a venture growth-equity fund investing in healthcare services. 406 Ventures, BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, and Sandbox Advantage Fund, also participated in this latest round of financing. The company will utilize the funding to further drive expansion of axial’s suite of pain management capabilities, including a cloud-based, provider decision-support platform for pain
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Brigham and Women’s, Evidation Health Partner to Measure Impact of Digital Health Solutions
Brigham and Women’s Innovation Hub (iHub) and Evidation Health has announced a strategic partnership to measure the real life impact of digital health solutions on clinical and economic outcomes. As part of the partnership, Evidation Health will help Brigham and Women’s iHub accelerate clinical trials for digital health solutions across a wide range of therapeutic areas.The affiliation brings the clinical expertise and research capabilities of Brigham and Women’s Hospital together with Evidation
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Kareo Integrates EHR with GoodRx to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs
Kareo, a cloud-based EHR provider for independent medical practices has launched Kareo Rx Saver, an integrated solution with GoodRx that seamlessly delivers prescription cost savings to patients of physicians. Prescription drug prices often vary significantly across pharmacies, making it difficult for a patient to select the least costly option. To address this problem, Kareo has integrated its clinical EHR with with prescription and drug savings provider GoodRx to present real-time cost
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Tandigm Health to Implement athenahealth’s Population Health Solution
Tandigm Health, LLC, a value-based healthcare company supporting primary care physicians has selected athenahealth to implement its population health management tool to help advance population health management among its network of over 440 primary care physicians. As part of the implementation, Tandigm will utilize athenahealth Population Health for care management as well as analytics, risk stratification, and quality management to help facilitate patient-centered, value-based care.
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Cardiogram Raises $2M for Apple Watch Heart Rate, aFib Tracker
Digital health startup Cardiogram has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz's new Bio Fund with participation from Halle Tecco (Rock Health Co-founder ), Jeff Hammerbacher (Assistant Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine), Kevin Scott (SVP Engineering of LinkedIn) and more. Cardiogram detects abnormal heart rhythms with the Apple Watch and displays those results into an app store-like interface, where consumers can pick a habit, “check off” their daily progress,
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Midland Health to Implement Cerner’s EHR, Revenue Cycle, PHM Platform
Midland Health, a system of health care partners including Midland Memorial Hospital announced it will implement Cerner’s Millennium EHR, revenue cycle management and population health platform, HealtheIntent. As part of the implementation, Midland Memorial’s 474-bed hospital and affiliated community clinics will transition from various disparate systems to Cerner’s integrated digital platform. The new EHR system is designed to support an individual’s health care journey across the continuum –
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Propeller Health Lands $21.5M to Modernize Respiratory Disease Management
Propeller Health, a digital solution for respiratory medicine has raised $21.5 million in Series C funding from 3M Ventures, S.R. One, Limited, Hikma Ventures and existing investors Safeguard Scientifics and Social Capital. The round also includes participation from existing investors Safeguard Scientifics and Social Capital. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand Propeller’s FDA-cleared digitally-guided therapy platform. Despite an abundance of effective medications, the burden of
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Medidata Launches AppConnect Partner Program to Build Apps For Clinical Trials
Medidata, a provider of cloud-based solutions for clinical research in life sciences, today announced the launch of its AppConnect Partner Program in support of mobile health (mHealth) innovation. The program combines Medidata’s cloud and mHealth technology with access to digital health firms that have extensive experience developing patient engagement tools for clinical development, such as mobile apps and remote patient research platforms.Boston Technology Corporation, LifeMap Solutions and
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PointClickCare Launches EHR Integrated Skin & Wound App
PointClickCare, a cloud-based EHR platform for senior care providers has launched a skin and wound smartphone app designed to help senior care providers deliver more connected and collaborative care. Wounds represent one of most litigated issues in long-term care and most organizations in this sector manage wounds multiple ways. Therefore, senior care providers value greater consistency in measuring and assessing wounds to improve treatment and recovery. The Skin and Wound app powered by Swift
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Heal Lands $26.9M for Mobile On-Demand Doctor House Calls
On-demand doctor house call service provider Heal has raised $26.9 million in Series A funding led by the Tull Investment Group. The round also includes participation from Breyer Capital, Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jaobs, and Skydance Media chief executive David Ellison, along with early investors Hashtag One and Slow Ventures.Heal plans to utilize the funding to improve its back-end technology and expand its marketing efforts to reach more patients and to bolster its roster of
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