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- Easyhealth raises $135M to redesign Medicare with its end-to-end Medicare experience to help 50 million Medicare members find the best plan and support them through their healthcare journey.
EasyHealth, an LA-based company connecting coverage and care with an end-to-end Medicare experience, today announced it has raised $135M in equity and debt funding to further its mission to improve health outcomes for Medicare members by connecting coverage and care. Funding
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First Stop Health Adds Virtual Primary Care as Whole-Person, Digital-First Service
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- First Stop Health adds virtual primary care as a whole-person, digital-first service to address urgent, preventive and chronic care needs for members.
First Stop Health® (FSH), a Chicago, IL-based virtual care provider in the areas of telemedicine (virtual urgent care) and virtual mental health, announced a significant expansion of virtual care for its clients and members throughout the U.S. Starting in 2022, FSH Virtual Primary Care will be available to help
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Home Care Startup MedArrive Raises $25M for Affordable At-Home Care
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- Home care startup MedArrive raises $25M in Series A funding led by Section 32 to accelerate platform buildout, network expansion to bring affordable at-home care to vulnerable populations across the country.
- MedArrive enables healthcare payers and providers to seamlessly extend care services into the home, unlocking access to high-quality healthcare for more people at a fraction of the cost.
- Since its founding in December 2020, MedArrive has doubled the
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Respira Launches AI Wearable for Lung Function for COPD, COVID, Asthma
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- Today, Respira is introducing its AI wearable technology to monitor for certain very serious lung conditions. According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and COVID-19 were the 3rd and 4th global causes of death during the height of the pandemic. Asthma, according to the World Health Organization, is the most common chronic disease among children.
- Chest wearable uses tiny speakers and microphones to
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77% of Sponsors, CROs Plan to Run Agile Clinical Trials in Next Months
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- Today Science 37 published a new report suggesting a momentous shift in the way that clinical trials are conducted.
- For the first time, more research sponsors and CROs are planning to run Agile/Hybrid Clinical Trials than ever before. Findings show that the vast majority or 77% of respondents plan to run an agile clinical trial in the next 12 months, compared to 59% for the previous 12 months.
Science 37 Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNCE) (“Science 37”), a
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100Plus, athenahealth Partner for Remote Patient Monitoring
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- 100Plus partners with athenahealth’s marketplace program to provide remote patient monitoring services for clinicians.
100Plus, a Connect America company and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) platform for clinicians and patients, has partnered with athenahealth, Inc. through the company’s Marketplace program. As part of the athenahealth® Marketplace, 100Plus RPM services are now available to athenahealth’s growing network of healthcare providers, empowering them to
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Alexa, Can You Call My Nurse? Amazon to Build Vocera Skill for Alexa
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- Vocera announced a collaboration with Amazon to deliver Vocera skill for Alexa. This HIPAA-compliant solution provides an easy, personal, and direct way for hospitalized patients and aged care residents to connect with their caregivers and more.
- Through the hands-free Vocera skill, Alexa clarifies the nature of patient requests, establishes urgency, and updates the patient on the status of the care team’s response in a personalized, conversational manner. Vocera
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Overcoming Key Hurdles in Decentralized Trials with Better Education
As with countless global industries, clinical trials were forced to move key functions online as COVID-19 swept the world in early 2020. Clinical research operations had to rapidly deploy remote approaches that were previously in the planning or pilot stages. While the uptake was rushed, the results have been largely positive. Decentralized clinical trials, and their near cousins that apply a hybrid approach of in-person and remote visits, are increasingly seen as a viable solution for biopharma
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H1 Raises $100M to Expand Healthcare Professional Data Network
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- Health tech startup H1 announced that it has raised a $100M Series C round of funding. NY-based H1 plans to invest the funds in the expansion of its data and network, product development and hiring, with a goal to make H1 the core global healthcare network for every
medical professional and organization in the world.
The Series C round was led by Altimeter Capital, joined by new investors Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Flex Capital, with
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Ribbon Health Raises $43.5M for Healthcare API Data Platform
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- Ribbon Health, an API data platform that powers high-quality, cost-effective, and convenient care decisions, announced a $43.5 million Series B investment led by General Catalyst and with participation from new and current investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), BoxGroup, Rock Health, and Sachin Jain.
- Ribbon plans to use this funding to prioritize team expansion and technology investments to build a best-in-class data platform to simplify
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