AliveCor, a provider of FDA-cleared mobile electrocardiogram (ECG) technology has raised $30 million in funding led by Omron Healthcare and Mayo Clinic. Additionally, the company has unveiled its new AI-Powered platform, Kardia Pro for doctors to monitors patients for the early detection of atrial fibrillation. AliveCor plans to utilize the latest round of funding to accelerate innovations in heart health and continue the rapid expansion of the business.“Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death
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Cohero Health Adds Strategic Investors Samsung NEXT, Omron Health to Support Commercialization of BreatheSmart
Cohero Health, a NYC-based digital health company developing connected health tools and technologies to empower respiratory patients and improve care through smart mobile devices, has added strategic investors Samsung NEXT and Omron Healthcare to its oversubscribed Series A round. The company originally announced its $9M Series A in late 2016 but elected to allow forthe investment of additional strategic capital. With the addition of the two new strategic investors/partners, the Series A round
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WellDoc Unveils Consumer Diabetes Health App, BlueStar C to Help Truckers with Diabetes Management
WellDoc, a digital health company revolutionizing chronic disease management has unveils its consumer diabetes health app, BlueStar® C, designed to aid individuals living with diabetes to manage their chronic condition. Additionally, WellDoc has partnered the Healthy Trucking Association of America (HTAA) to help truckers living with diabetes.“Diabetes is an epidemic facing the trucking industry, and this charter project is top priority for HTAA,” said Bill Gordon, President & CEO of HTAA.
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Livongo Health Raises $52.5M to Expand Diabetes Management to International Markets
Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases to live better has raised $52.5 million in growth funding co-led by existing investor General Catalyst and international investment company Kinnevik. Singapore-based EDBI, American Investment Holdings LLC, and Microsoft Ventures also joined the round including participation from previous investors. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand its diabetes management to international markets
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HMSA Rolls Out Sharecare’s Digital Health Platform Statewide
Atlanta-based Sharecare, the digital health company created by WebMD founder Jeff Arnold and Hawai‘i Medical Service Association (HMSA), an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has kicked off the rollout of Sharecare's digital health platform statewide. In addition to their expanded partnership, HMSA has made a separate undisclosed strategic investment in Sharecare.As part of the expanded partnership, Sharecare will provide the digital connectivity and messaging
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CareDox Lands $6.4M to Expand Free Student-Based EHR Platform For K-12 Public Schools
Caredox, a NYC-based digital health startup that improves children’s health with technology by efficiently connecting schools, families, and healthcare providers has raised $6.4 million in Series A funding led by Digitalis Ventures with participation from First Round Capital, Giza Venture Capital, TEXO Ventures, and Prolog Ventures. The company plans to utilize the latest funding to expand to continue to accelerate adoption of the company’s student-based EHR platform for K-12 public schools and
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Mount Sinai Taps Salesforce Health Cloud to Coordinate & Manage Care of 350k Medicare Recipients
Mount Sinai Health System, an integrated health system announced it is using Salesforce Health Cloud to to coordinate and manage the care of 350k Medicaid recipients in its Performing Provider System (PPS) in New York City. Salesforce Health Cloud enables providers to get a more precise view of patient demographic, lifestyle and health information to better serve their needs. With Salesforce Health Cloud, more than 10,000 Medicaid service providers and 200 community organizations will gain
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Syapse Appoints Former RelayHealth Executive Ken Tarkoff as New CEO
Syapse, a provider of precision oncology solutions has appointed former RelayHealth executive Ken Tarkoff as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As CEO, Ken will help Syapse transform health care by making precision medicine available to more patients nationwide through new and expanded partnerships with health systems and other health care stakeholders.Previously, Ken served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for RelayHealth and Senior Vice President and General Manager at RelayHealth after it
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Why Today’s Digital Health Venture Model Is Broken
Echo Health Ventures’ Matthew Karls explains how his new healthcare investment company is breaking the mold and why that’s a good thing for startups.Today’s digital health venture model is broken. That statement seems bold and contradictory to the fervor and flourish of funding that has poured into the space recently. However, most health-tech startups are predicted to fail within the first two years of operation—why?In 2014, venture funding in digital health smashed records surpassing $4.1
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New Jersey Innovation Institute to Launch Ideation Center for Digital Health Innovation
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) is partnering with Hackensack Meridian Health to launch a healthcare Ideation Center to support digital health innovation. The Ideation Center, located in Newark on the NJIT campus, will help create and launch the next wave of healthcare technology, products and services. The center will be run through NJII’s Healthcare Delivery Systems iLab that specializes in pairing New Jersey’s top innovators with companies whose mission is to change the face of
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