Solv, a San Francisco-based digital health startup has raised $6.25 million in Series A funding led by Benchmark Capital for its same-day urgent care booking app platform. The round included participation from Theresia Gouw of Aspect Ventures and Malay Gandhi of Ensemble Labs, formerly CEO of Rock Health. Solv plans to utilize the funding to open up its private beta to more patients and providers in Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, as well as expand to more cities and grow its team.Since launching its
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Google’s Verily Launches 10,000-Person Research Project to Map Human Health
On Wednesday, Verily, the health tech division that Google's parent company Alphabet established in 2015 announced the launch of research project to create a map of human health. The project known as Project Baseline will work with Duke and Stanford Universities to study 10,000 paid volunteers for four years using sensors, wearables, physical checkups, genetic testing, and more.Project Baseline DetailsThe research project is seeking around 10,000 people at least 18 years old to represent
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ZappRx Raises $25M for Specialty Pharmaceutical Management Platform
ZappRx, a Boston, MA-based provider of specialty pharmaceutical management platform has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Qiming US Healthcare Fund. The round includes participation from SR One, who led ZappRx's Series A round in 2014, and GV (formerly Google Ventures). The company plans to utilize to expand its product's launch into this growing market in dire need of innovative IT solutions.Founded in 2012, ZappRx relieves administrative challenges for healthcare providers and
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KPMG Survey: One-third of Healthcare Providers Have Virtual Care Initiatives in Place
Three-quarters of providers have some form of virtual care initiatives in place, but only a fraction call their program "advanced, according to a survey commissioned by KPMG LLP, the U.S. tax, audit and advisory firm. The KPMG survey, conducted by HIMSS Analytics from Feb. 15 - March 17, 2017, asked 147 healthcare executives about the state of adoption for virtual care services and explored the top challenges hospitals and healthcare systems face in digital health. Respondents were comprised
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Mount Sinai Spinoff Responsive Health Expands Enterprise-based Digital Medicine Into New Jersey Market
Mount Sinai spinoff and provider of enterprise-based digital medicine, Responsive Health announced its expansion into the New Jersey healthcare market. As a result of this expansion, Responsive Health’s transformative services in digital health will be generally accessible to health systems across New Jersey.Responsive Health's flagship product, RxUniverse™, is the first enterprise-based digital health delivery system that enables physicians to prescribe evidence-based mobile health
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HIMSS Acquires Health 2.0 Conferences: 6 Things to Know
HIMSS has acquired the conference component of Health 2.0 to expand its global educational offerings to familiar and new audiences, effective immediately. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Since its first conference in 2007, Health 2.0 2007 and now hosts three annual conferences in the US, with others in Europe and Asia. To date, Health 2.0 has welcomed more than 25,000 conference attendees worldwide, hosted over 4,000 demos, and introduced hundreds of new companies to the
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Samsung Health Integrates with WellDoc’s Consumer Diabetes Health App
Today, WellDoc announced it has entered a joint commercial partnership agreement with Samsung. The enhanced partnership with WellDoc gives Samsung an opportunity to serve global consumers who are ready to embrace the combined health innovations that both companies plan to offer. Samsung also becomes a distribution channel for WellDoc.The companies will integrate WellDoc’s newly-released consumer diabetes health app, BlueStar® C, with the recently launched Samsung Health, a mobile one-stop shop
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Health IT VC Funding Reaches $1.6B for Q1 2017: 10 Trends to Know
Health IT VC funding reached $1.6 billion in 165 deals compared to $845 million in 154 deals in Q4 2016, almost doubled quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), according to the latest report from Mercom Capital Group. The report finds that VC funding in Q1 2017 was also up compared to Q1 2016 when nearly $1.4 billion was raised in 146 deals. Since 2010, VC funding in the Healthcare IT sector has now crossed $20 billion (2010 - Q1 2017).Here are ten key trends to know from the Mercom’s latest report:1. The
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Healthbox Launches Horizon Scan Platform to Help Healthcare Organizations Evaluate Digital Health Solutions
Healthbox, a Chicago-based healthcare innovation consulting firm and venture capital investment manager, announced the launch of their new platform Horizon Scan to help healthcare organizations optimize their digital health vendor sourcing process. For healthcare organizations, the new Horizon Scan platform will serve as a sourcing tool to successfully find and evaluate innovative digital health solutions.Many healthcare organizations are currently faced with tenuous profit margins and an
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American Diabetes Association Recognizes One Drop’s Diabetes Education and Coaching Program
One Drop today announced that its mobile diabetes education and coaching program, One Drop | Experts, has been Recognized by the American Diabetes Association for Quality Self-Management Education* and Support. One Drop | Experts is the first and only digital therapeutics program to receive this recognition, identifying One Drop | Experts as meeting the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (NSDSMES).According to the latest statistics from the American Diabetes
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