What You Should Know:
- Today, Morgan Health, JPMorgan Chase’s business focused on improving employee healthcare, today announced a $50M investment in Vera Whole Health, a CD&R portfolio company that is leading the critical shift to value-based employer-provided healthcare across the United States.
- Vera is the only care model with the capability to deliver whole system health to a diverse patient population from a single care center. The Vera model is uniquely designed to help people
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Kroger Health Taps Lyft to Provide Americans with Access to Rides to COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments
What You Should Know:
- Kroger Health, the healthcare division of The Kroger Co. today announced their partnership with Lyft Healthcare, Inc., the healthcare subsidiary of rideshare company Lyft, Inc., to provide access to discounted rides to and from COVID-19 vaccine appointments.
- This partnership is part of Lyft's Vaccine Access Program and Kroger Health's continued efforts to vaccinate Americans, especially those with limited access to transportation.
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Rad AI Startup Sirona Medical Emerges from Stealth with $22.5M, Partnerships
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- Sirona Medical, a San Francisco, CA-based company founded on a deep understanding of both the practice and business of radiology, today announced partnerships with radiology practices across the country to develop and bring to market its novel radiology operating system (RadOS).
- Sirona's collaboration with five leading national practices including California Advanced Imaging Medical Associates (CAIMA), Hackensack Radiology Group, Triad Radiology Group, among
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How Technology Is Powering the Future of Personalized Health
Unprecedented innovation and collaboration across the healthcare industry in the past year has presented a clear direction towards a patient experience that is precise, personalized, and human. The consumer-first mindset and the digital technologies that transformed e-commerce are changing healthcare as we know it— transforming patients from passive recipients of clinical services to active participants in their own health.
Healthcare consumers are becoming beautifully and wonderfully
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RV Health Acquires Healthgrades.com from Mercury Healthcare – M&A
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- RV Health, a Red Ventures business, has acquired Healthgrades.com from Mercury Healthcare, the new brand for the separate enterprise-wide technology and data platform for health systems formerly known as Healthgrades, which will remain a separate business. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Healthgrades.com is the leading online marketplace to find and connect with the right doctor, the right hospital, and the right care. As part of the
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Cedar Appoints Krishna Rao as Chief Financial Officer
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- Cedar, a New York City-based innovative healthcare financial technology platform, announced it has named Krishna Rao as Cedar's first Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
- Rao brings over 15 years of experience growing businesses, most recently serving as Global Head of Corporate and Business Development for Airbnb. In this role, he led and supported financings totaling over $10 billion in equity and debt capital, including the company's initial public offering last
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Air Methods Launches Drone Solution to Improve Healthcare Access & Minimize Supply Challenges
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- Air Methods, the nation’s largest air medical provider, today announced the launch of Spright, a newly formed drone solution, designed to help improve healthcare access and minimize supply challenges. Collaborating with Wingcopter, an industry-leading German drone manufacturer, Spright will create a first-of-its-kind, drone-based, urgent healthcare resource delivery network across the United States.
- The network will be designed to quickly deliver emergent
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Cardinal Health Leverages Blockchain to Streamline Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
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- Cardinal Health and Chronicled announced a partnership to leverage a new blockchain-powered solution on the MediLedger Network to streamline operations across the pharmaceutical supply chain and enable a reliable, frictionless experience for pharmacies across the country. The new blockchain solution will allow Cardinal Health to optimize the complex process of pharmaceutical chargebacks and create greater connectivity for its suppliers and
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ZocDoc Appoints Edward Liu as Chief Financial Officer
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- ZocDoc, a healthcare marketplace, today announced the appointment of Edward Liu as its Chief Financial Officer.
- During his 20+ year tenure at Morgan Stanley, Liu advised CEOs, CFOs, and boards on their most important strategic and financing decisions, including hundreds of transactions for prominent internet and software companies.
- At ZocDoc, Liu will oversee all financial operations and help further scale the company amid its rapid growth. He joins the
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Eko Appoints Renee Gaeta as Chief Financial Officer
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- Eko, a cardiopulmonary digital health company, today announced the appointment of Renee Gaeta as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the executive leadership team. In her new role, Mrs. Gaeta will execute on the Eko’s priorities, accelerate growth and enhance value.
- Prior to joining Eko, Mrs. Gaeta previously served as CFO and member of the executive team at Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESTA), where she played a key role in the company’s
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