CirrusMD, a Denver, CO-based telehealth startup has raised $7M in Series A funding led by Colorado Impact Fund. The round also included participation from Bootstrap Incubation, Three Leaf Ventures, Rockies Venture Fund, Service Provider Capital, Sand Hill Angels, and New York Angels. The telehealth startup works with large health systems, integrated delivery networks, and health plans, particularly those focused on value-based care models. CirrusMD plans to utilize the funding to expand its
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Biotricity Awarded Ethics Approval to Validate Mobile Wireless Fetal Monitoring
Biotricity, Inc., a provider of biometric remote monitoring solutions has been awarded ethics approval to conduct a study that will investigate and validate a mobile wireless fetal heart rate variability (HRV) monitor. Conducted at Rockyview General Hospital, the findings of the study will be used to build on the research of Biotricity’s flagship product Bioflux which is currently awaiting final FDA clearance and will be the second major app for the clinical-grade remote patient monitoring
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Apple Is Reportedly Working with Health Gorilla to Add Diagnostic Data to iPhone
Apple is reportedly working with digital health startup Health Gorilla to add diagnostic data such as blood work to integrate with hospitals, labs, and imaging centers, CNBC’s Christina Farr first reports.Founded in 2011, Health Gorilla is a Clinical Network that offers clinicians and patients a secure clinical collaboration platform to place clinical orders and exchange data through secure Health Gorilla clinical profiles. Health Gorilla processes millions of transactions to aggregate clinical
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Keeping Telemedicine HIPAA Compliant
Editor's Note: Brady Ranum is VP of Products and Strategy at Dizzion, a cloud delivered desktop and end user computing solutions provider. The healthcare industry is currently experiencing two major trends that are on a potentially dangerous collision course: the rise of telemedicine (and the corresponding increase in remote workers) and a spike in healthcare data breaches.As early as 2014, a telemedicine survey by Foley & Lardner found that an astonishing 90 percent of healthcare
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Nokia Unveils “Healthier Together” VR Experience for Consumers
Today, Nokia unveiled their new "Healthier Together" VR experience for consumers to discover its new portfolio of digital health products debuting at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Created using Nokia's own OZO+ camera and software, the full portfolio includes Nokia branded smart watches, connected scales, blood pressure monitors and other consumer health devices that will be available in store and online in key markets worldwide."Nokia is launching the broadest range of
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Teladoc to Acquire Best Doctors for $440M in Cash and Stock
Telehealth provider Teladoc, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Best Doctors, an expert medical consultant company. For Teladoc, the acquisition will expand its international footprint and breadth of healthcare solutions. . By leveraging the proven portfolio of healthcare solutions from both Best Doctors and Teladoc, members will have one simple, virtual, patient-centric way to resolve their healthcare issues, improving outcomes and reducing costs.Under the terms of the
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UK Telehealth Startup Now Healthcare Group Lands £4M to Develop Artificial Intelligence Solutions
Now Healthcare Group, a UK-based telehealth provider has secured a £4 million ($5M USD) investment from leading health cash plan provider Medicash. The investment from Medicash will enable the NHG to further develop its artificial intelligence and machine learning offering through its mobile app products and its online pharmacy, enabling the faster development of auto diagnoses and medicine adherence solutions.Founded in 2015 by Lee Dentith, NHG provides digital healthcare services through its
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Philips Launches Informatics Platform to Advance Drug Research & Biomarker Discovery
Today, Philips has announced the launch of Xplore, a web-based image and data management platform that will help pharma and academic researchers speed up drug research and biomarker discovery through enhanced integration, visualization and analytics tools. Xplore v4.0 will be available commercially in July 2017. Customers have the option to purchase the basic package or with custom additions including a dedicated TMA module for enabling faster and streamlined research.As the industry continues
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Hackensack Meridian Health Joins NJII’s Incubator to Develop & Launch Innovative Healthcare Solutions
Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s most comprehensive and integrated network of healthcare providers has become the first member of NJII’s Ideation Program for Healthcare. The incubation program is designed to develop and launch the next wave of innovative problem-solving in healthcare technology, products and services.NJII’s Ideation Center comprised of additional healthcare industry partners, leaders and other guests was formally unveiled to the public in April, specifically created as a
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Spry Health Lands $5.5M to Fund Commercialization of Clinical-Grade Wearable
Spry Health, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of remote patient monitoring solutions has raised $5.5 million in Series A funding led by Grove Ventures with participation from the Stanford-StartX Fund. The company plans to use the round to fuel the commercialization of its clinical-grade wearable Loop that delivers continuous vital sign monitoring. Loop enhances timely care to chronically ill patients, with individualized analytics to improve patient outcomes, reduce hospitalization and decrease
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