Philips has announced a partnership agreement with German digital health company Onelife Health to jointly develop innovative connected health solutions around mother and child care. The partnership will initially focus on developing Onelife’s Femisphere pregnancy and first-year-of-life guidance app. As part of the agreement, Philips has acquired a minority interest in Onelife Health.Using Onelife’s Femisphere app, expectant mothers can track vital signs such as their weight and blood pressure,
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Contessa Health Appoints Aaron Stein New Chief Operating Officer
Contessa Health, a healthcare company that operates patient-centered prospective bundled payment programs by partnering with payers and provider has appointed Aaron Stein as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. In his new role, Aaron will lead all of Contessa Health’s market operations, including expanding operations across the nation to help providers deliver high quality care in patients’ homes. “Aaron brings a robust combination of operating experience and strategic vision,” said Travis
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Impact Pediatric Health Unveils 10 Finalists for Startup Pitch Competition at SXSW
Impact Pediatric Health, a startup pitch competition held annually at SXSW dedicated to showcasing and supporting the best pediatric healthcare innovations has announced the ten startup company finalists who will compete March 13 for one of two $15,000 prizes. The ten finalist startup CEOs will have three minutes to pitch how their company is solving unique health care needs of children, from babies to teens.Eight leading U.S. Children’s Hospitals – Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Boston
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Medisafe Nabs $14.5M to Scale Personalized Medication Management Platform
Medisafe, the leading personalized medication management platform with almost three and a half million patient and caregiver registered users announced that it has raised $14.5 million in Series B funding from Octopus Ventures and M Ventures. Other investors participating from previous rounds include Pitango Venture Capital, 7wire ventures, lool Ventures, TriVentures, Qualcomm Ventures and Eyal Gura. The company plans to use the funding to increase sales, marketing and engineering staff and open
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GRAIL Lands $900M for Early Cancer Detection
GRAIL, Inc., a life sciences company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, today announced it has raised $900 million in Series B funding led by ARCH Venture Partners with participation from Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Amazon, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, McKesson Ventures, Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada), Tencent Holdings Limited and Varian Medical Systems, Inc. GRAIL intends to close the remainder of the Series B investment prior to the
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What Does the Current State of Digital Health Adoption Tell Us About Its Future in Healthcare?
What do today’s indicators of digital health adoption tell us about its future in healthcare? Rock Health’s Ashlee Adams weighs in.Digital consumption is at an all-time high. The trends that have more people looking down at their screens may indicate things are looking up for those in healthcare—why? Well, for one thing, increased digital use could help cut costs and create greater efficiencies and access to health services for organizations and patients alike. That’s been the speculative hope
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Mercom: Top Funded Health IT Technologies Since 2010
mHealth Apps ($2.7B), wearables ($1.6B), telemedicine ($1.5B), data analytics ($1.4B), scheduling/appointment booking ($1.2B), clinical decision support ($998M), wellness ($889M), mobile/wireless ($885M), and practice management solutions ($818M) is the top funded health IT technologies since 2010, according to Mercom's Annual and Q4 2016 Healthcare IT Funding and M&A Fact Sheet. Mercom’s comprehensive report covers healthcare IT and digital health deals of all sizes across the globe.Since
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Walmart Adds Easy Refills, Express Lanes to App Features for Pharmacy Customers
Walmart today announced new capabilities in the Walmart app that create a more convenient shopping experience for Pharmacy and Money Services customers. Walmart also announced the implementation of a new store experience that allows customers to skip traditional service lines using “Express Lanes” in these areas. These changes will become available starting in March and are anticipated to be available in nearly all of Walmart’s 4,700 stores by fall.Details on each new app feature include:
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Welltok: 4 Strategies to Improve Employee Health Engagement
Welltok announced findings around the value of employee wellness program engagement. The research confirms that employee health and well-being programs are not only good for employees, but for the company’s bottom line. According to the research, an employer group with 10,000 employees could drive almost $3 million in annual new value by increasing engagement by 10 percent in key health activities among employees and dependents. High value activities include better management of chronic
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RegimenMD, SkyMD Partner to Create End-to-End Telehealth, Dispensing Platform
RegimenMD and SkyMD announced that they established a strategic alliance to integrate their technologies and create an end-to-end platform to blend telehealth, dispensing and patient education. This integration provides both doctors and their patients an integrated telehealth experience. This includes everything from online consultation, diagnosis, treatment, dispensing of skincare products and continuity of care.The RegimenMD – SkyMD alliance empowers doctors to see patients on a more
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