On-demand doctor house call service provider Heal has raised $26.9 million in Series A funding led by the Tull Investment Group. The round also includes participation from Breyer Capital, Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jaobs, and Skydance Media chief executive David Ellison, along with early investors Hashtag One and Slow Ventures.Heal plans to utilize the funding to improve its back-end technology and expand its marketing efforts to reach more patients and to bolster its roster of
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biotricity Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Wearable Biometric Cardiac Monitoring
biotricity, a Redwood City, CA-based healthcare technology company has received a 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a key component of its remote cardiac monitoring software and device, bioflux. Available only by subscription, bioflux will monitor a patient’s heart rhythm and send data in real-time to a 24-hour monitoring lab. If a patient is in cardiac distress, an alert will be sent to the monitoring center, which will in turn contact the patient to offer
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Science 37 Raises $31M to Expand Virtual Clinical Trail Model
Science 37, Inc., a LosAngeles-based mobile technology and clinical trial startup that focuses on the development of networked patient-centric models for clinical research has raised $31 million in Series B funding led by Redmile Group. The Series B round also includes participation from Series A lead investors Lux Capital and dRx Capital, as well as a strategic investment from Sanofi Genzyme BioVentures. As part of the strategic investment, Sanofi’s international clinical trial development
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Healthcare IT VC Funding Tops $1.25B in Q3 2016: 10 Trends to Know
Healthcare IT VC funding topped $1.25 billion in 177 deals in Q3 2016 compared to $1.6 billion in 140 deals in Q2 2016, according to the latest report from Mercom Capital Group. The report, Q3 2016 Healthcare IT / Digital Health Funding and M&A Report reveals that overall funding is on pace to eclipse 2015’s total and the trend from last quarter continued as there was again increased funding activity in Healthcare IT outside of the United States, especially in China. Here are ten key trends
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Johns Hopkins to Launch 8 Precision Medicine Centers of Excellence
Johns Hopkins inHealth, the precision medicine effort at Johns Hopkins has announced plans to launch eight precision medicine centers of excellence (COE) this year to highlight areas where the newest technologies and measurement tools can be applied to greatly improve patient care. As part of the effort, Johns Hopkins Medicine has identified several similarly challenging conditions for which precision medicine centers of excellence will improve efficiencies and patient outcomes, while fostering
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Cox Health: Diabetic Retinopathy Telemedicine Improves HEDIS Quality Measures
CoxHealth, a Missouri-based health system and payer announced that it has improved its HEDIS quality measures using Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems (IRIS) diabetic retinopathy telemedicine solution, according to a recent case study. For the case study, Cox Health administered the diabetic retinopathy exam (DRE) to 1,865 patients over an initial 100-day period, diagnosing 305 (16%) with diabetic retinopathy who otherwise would have gone undiagnosed.Case Study BackgroundWith approximately
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IBM Watson, Quest Diagnostics Partner to Offer Gene Sequencing Service
IBM Watson is teaming up with Quest Diagnostics to launch Watson Genomics from Quest Diagnostics, a gene sequencing and Watson diagnostic analysis service to help oncologists deliver precision medicine to their patients. Together with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), the service will provide a personalized tumor analysis of a patient’s sequenced genomic tumor that is supported by clinical evidence. As part of the precision medicine partnership, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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Why We Shouldn’t Call Apple ResearchKit and CareKit ‘Platforms’
Editor’s Note: Ryan Rossier is VP of Platform Solutions at Medullan, a digital healthcare consulting firm.It’s no secret that getting people to engage in their health is one of our generation’s biggest challenges.Digital health engagement, especially, is often discussed as “a huge opportunity,” but the reality is that while people are interested in their health, it’s still incredibly difficult to get them to use digital tools consistently. Enacting behavior change is still a mostly elusive
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Contessa Health Lands $7M for Evidence-Based Clinical Model
Contessa Health, Inc., a Nashville, TN-based provider of episodic risk arrangements and home hospitalization programs has $7 million in funding led by Noro-Moseley Partners. The round also included participation from existing investors BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, Martin Ventures and Sandbox Advantage Fund, as well as new investors, Nashville Capital Network and the Marshfield Clinic Health System. The startup plans to utilize the latest funding round to scale its operations to expand
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Philips Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Lumify Ultrasound Device
Royal Philips today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Lumify, its smart-device diagnostic ultrasound solution. The pocket-sized and lightweight S4-1 transducer now offers advanced sensitivity and exceptional high-resolution 2D image quality, along with new exam pre-sets, allowing clinicians to quickly triage and assess their patients like never before. Unveiled in late 2015, Lumify, the Philips smart device powered ultrasound
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