What You Should Know:
- Flywheel, a biomedical research data management platform, announced the acquisition of St. Louis-based Radiologics. The two organizations’ combined capabilities in imaging research data management and analytics provide the medical research community unrivaled end-to-end research workflow solutions—from open source to global enterprise.
- In addition, the company announced a $22M Series C funding round led by 8VC with participation from investors iSelect, Argonautic
Read More
Digital Health | News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant
Caresyntax Raises Additional $30M for Digital Surgery Platform
- Caresyntax, a digital surgery platform, today announced a $30M extension to its Series C funding round included participation from BlackRock, ProAssurance, and Harmonix. In addition to existing investors such as the Relyens Group and IPF Partners. This extension brings the total Series C funding to $130M.
- Caresyntax’s digital surgery platform uses proprietary software and artificial intelligence to analyze large volumes of real-world data in and around the operating room to deliver
Read More
Swift Medical Launches AI Digital Wound App to Support Clinical Trials
What You Should Know:
Global digital wound care provider Swift Medical, today announced the launch of a new application specifically designed to help pharma and med device researchers conduct decentralized clinical trials. Since patients are now doing more trials at home, study coordinators have had trouble tracking skin side effects remotely -- or trusting patients to conduct adequate analysis and recording on themselves.
- Swift Medical’s first product, Swift Skin and Wound, provides an
Read More
IncludeHealth Launches Device Agnostic Musculoskeletal Operating System
What You Should Know:
- IncludeHealth, a digital musculoskeletal (MSK) health company, launched its proprietary Musculoskeletal Operating System (MSK-OS™) in collaboration with Google and ProMedica Health System. The MSK-OS™ is a hardware-free, device-agnostic platform combining the most accessible, measurable pose estimation technology available with proprietary clinical intelligence and tools to transform virtual MSK care delivery.
- The new MSK-OS™ platform will power the next
Read More
Tia Raises $100M to Build Modern Medical Home for Women
What You Should Know:
- Women's healthcare company Tia just announced a $100M series B round, representing one of the largest raises for a woman-led startup at the series B stage.
- Tia now provides whole-woman care to women throughout their entire lives via a blended virtual and in-person care model that fuses primary care, mental health, gynecological care and other wellness services like acupuncture. Backed by a care coordination team and proprietary software system, Tia delivers care
Read More
Lightstone Ventures Raises $375M Fund to Invest in Early Stage Biotech and Medtech Companies
What You Should Know:
- Lightstone Ventures today announced the closing of Lightstone Ventures III with $375M in capital commitments, to invest in early-stage companies developing high-impact therapeutics and technologies.
- The new fund was oversubscribed, exceeding the firm’s targeted raise, and included strong support from both new and existing limited partners. With the closing Fund III, Lightstone Ventures also announced the appointments of Christina Isacson, Ph.D., as Partner and
Read More
NHS Deploys TytoCare’s Telehealth Solution to 14 Trusts Across UK
What You Should Know:
- TytoCare, an NYC-based all-in-one modular device and examination platform for AI-powered, on-demand, remote medical exams, today announced its expanded partnership with the NHS that will see the deployment of TytoCare’s telehealth solution across 14 organizations and 26 projects in Yorkshire and Humber, including Leeds Children’s Hospital, Sheffield Children’s, and nearly 70 care homes.
- The integration of the telehealth solution will allow clinicians to diagnose
Read More
Medidata, Labcorp Partner to Expand Decentralized Clinical Trials for Digital Biomarker Discovery
What You Should Know:
- Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Labcorp using the Medidata Sensor Cloud to introduce a new model to advance the use of medical-grade sensors in clinical trials and accelerate biomarker discovery.
- As part of the partnership, Medidata will receive and process medical-grade sensor data within drug, vaccine and device trials across Labcorp Drug Development’s clinical trial portfolio,
Read More
Ginger Adds Spanish to On-Demand Mental Healthcare Offering
What You Should Know:
- Ginger, a provider of on-demand mental healthcare, today announced Spanish language capabilities of Ginger’s entire on-demand mental health offering. The added capabilities aligns perfectly with the company’s recent decision to commence supporting those members utilizing Medicaid (starting in certain markets). Ginger members who prefer to receive care in Spanish will be able to access the full mobile app experience, from intake, to messaging and care delivery, in
Read More
Femtech Startup Babyscripts Secures $12M for Virtual Maternity Care Solution
What You Should Know:
- Babyscripts, a Washington D.C.-based virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, announced it has raised $12M in Series B funding led by MemorialCare Innovation Fund, a strategic healthcare investment company, and will focus on the rollout of Babyscripts Virtual Maternity Care solution to providers across the US, as well as the development of care models specifically targeted to payers. Other investors in the Series B round include Philips and the CU Healthcare
Read More
