The recent enforcement of new rules to encourage the freer flow of healthcare data mainly through application programming interfaces (APIs) has jolted providers and payers into action to meet interoperability standards.
However, the rush to comply with the new requirements and avoid penalties may blind them to the subtleties and complexities of healthcare contexts as well as the significant differences between building APIs in this space versus for enterprises.
As major investments in
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Lark Health Raises $100M for Digital Care Management & Prevention Platform
What You Should Know:
- Lark Health, a healthcare technology company aimed at delivering infinitely scalable, virtual chronic and preventative healthcare through conversational AI announced it has raised $100M in Series D funding led by Deerfield Management Company. The funding round also includes crossover fund PFM Health Sciences, as well as returning investors Franklin Templeton, King River Capital, Castlepeak, IPD, Olive Tree Capital, and Marvell Technology cofounder Weili Dai.
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Backed by a16z, Sprinter Health Raises $33M to Build the “DoorDash for Lab Draws”
What You Should Know:
- Sprinter Health, an on-demand mobile health company that wants to make getting lab work done, vitals checked or a rapid Covid test as easy as ordering food delivery, today launched with $33 Million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from General Catalyst, Accel, Google Ventures (GV), and other leading investors.
- The innovative healthcare technology company will use the funds to expand its last-mile healthcare
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Fitbit Awards 6 Researchers $300k to Drive Health Equity
What You Should Know:
- Fitbit, today announced it has awarded six researchers more than a total of $300,000 in Fitbit devices and services to support their research projects working to address health disparities in communities. Over the past decade, researchers have used Fitbit devices in over 900 health studies, in areas like diabetes, heart disease, oncology, mental health, infectious disease and more.
- Additionally, Fitbit’s long-time partner, Fitabase, will provide all projects
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3 Ways to Address Gender and Racial Bias in Clinical Trials
I have dedicated my career to clinical research and making strides to advance modern medicine. In the work I do as a clinical researcher, we are addressing racial and gender biases that exist today in clinical trials. For example, in cardiovascular disease—my area of study—we know that women’s symptoms present differently than men and yet their symptoms have often gone undiagnosed or dismissed by physicians.
It is well documented that communities of color have historically been mistreated by
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Best Buy Acquires Care-At-Home Platform Current Health – M&A
What You Should Know:
- Best Buy, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Boston-based Current Health, an enterprise care-at-home technology platform that brings together remote patient monitoring, telehealth, and patient engagement into a single solution for healthcare organizations. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Founded in 2015, Current Health’s enterprise care-at-home platform enables healthcare organizations to deliver high-quality,
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Oshi Health Secures $23M to Expand Virtual Gastrointestinal Care
What You Should Know:
- Oshi Health, a virtual specialty care company transforming gastrointestinal (GI) health outcomes and economics, today announced it has secured $23M in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Flare Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Frist Cressey Ventures with a strategic investment from CVS Health Ventures. Takeda Digital Ventures, which has funded the company since its inception, also participated in the round along with several noteworthy health
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Babyscripts, NUVO Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Remote Pregnancy Care Solution
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- Babyscripts, a virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, today announced a strategic partnership with Nuvo Group, a femtech startup commercializing INVU by Nuvo™, an FDA-cleared, remote fetal monitoring and management platform. InVU by Nuvo features a user-friendly wearable sensor band that gives physicians an inside look into the womb, remotely to drive critical diagnostic decisions wherever the patient is.
- By integrating Nuvo’s INVU technology
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MindMaze Secures $125M to Accelerate Commercialization of Digital Neurotherapeutics Platform
What You Should Know:
- MindMaze, a SaaS-based digital neurotherapeutics platform raises $125M led by AlbaCore Capital Group, one of Europe's leading specialist investors focusing on public and private corporate credit markets. MindMaze delivers seamless digital assessments and therapeutics over the full continuum of care in over twenty countries, with thousands of patients suffering from neurological conditions.
- MindMaze will use the proceeds to accelerate commercialization of and
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NowRx Launches $73M Equity Crowdfunding Round to Expand Same-Day Prescription Delivery & Telehealth Services
What You Should Know:
- NowRx, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of same-day prescription delivery and telehealth services, today announced it is raising a $73M in Series C funding through equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest.
- By leveraging customized robotic dispensing, industry-leading consumer and driver apps, and QuickFill, a proprietary pharmacy management and logistics system, NowRx can offer same-day end-to-end services, from online prescribing to
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