California-based Kurbo Health and Humana Inc., have partnered to offer qualified employers with a Humana health plan will have the option to purchase a twelve-month subscription to Kurbo Health’s mobile health coaching and weight loss program as a wellness benefit for employees’ children starting this month. Previously, insurers provided access to weight loss programs to companies for adult employees, this is the first time a wellness program specifically designed to help an employee’s children
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lifeIMAGE Pulls In $5M for its Medical image Exchange Platform
lifeIMAGE, a medical image exchange platform that enables imaging data interoperability across healthcare networks, providers, patients and technology systems, has received a $5 million strategic investment from Zaffre Investments, LLC, the investment arm of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA). As part of the investment, Zaffre Vice President, Steven J. Fox, will serve as board observer at lifeIMAGE, and will help identify opportunities to connect providers and patients in the
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Teva To Acquire Gecko Health Innovations for its Smart Inhaler
Israeli generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. has reached an agreement to acquire mobile health technology company Gecko Health Innovations, Inc. The acquisition will help strengthen Teva's respiratory capabilities and help reinforce its leadership position in respiratory care. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
CareTRx (formerly GeckoCap) is a cloud-based solution designed to simplify chronic respiratory disease management, connecting patients and caregivers
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CliniCloud Pulls In $5M For Its IoT Medical Home Kit
CliniCloud, the consumer digital health company bringing healthcare home with smart medical devices anyone can use, has raised $5 million in funding led by Tencent and Ping An Ventures. Additionally, CliniCloud announced a retail partnership with Best Buy to sell its first product, a connected medical kit containing a digital stethoscope, a non-contact thermometer and a mobile app that empowers patients to proactively manage their wellness at home in the U.S. and Canada, starting in
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Portea Medical Raises $37.5M to Expand Home Healthcare in India
India-based home healthcare startup Portea Medical has received $37.5 million in Series B funding led by Accel. International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group; Qualcomm Ventures and Ventureast also participated in this round. Portea works with leading hospitals, experienced doctors, nurses, diagnostic centers and others to provide in-home healthcare for patients in India & Malaysia.
The company will utilize the capital to scale the company’s expansion in India
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Modernizing Medicine Raises $38M for Mobile Specialty EMR
Cloud based, specialty-specific EMR provider, Modernizing Medicine announced that it has closed $38 million in Series E funding led by Pentland Group and funds affiliated with Summit Partners and Sands Capital Ventures. Many of the company’s investors are medical specialists who use EMA bringing its total funding to $87M.
The EMR provider currently serving eight different medical specialties, more than 9,000 providers have adopted Modernizing Medicine’s EMA in their practices. Available as
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GLNeuroTech Secures $1.9M for Wearables & Apps For Parkinson’s Disease
Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies (GLNT) has received $1.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve the efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) programming for Parkinson’s disease (PD) and minimize time required by a clinician to optimize settings. The technology development and commercialization will combine wearable motor symptom sensing and a DBS platform into a single integrated system. Intelligent algorithms for searching settings and selecting optimal
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Zoll Acquires Israeli Wearable Cardiac Monitor Startup for $35M
ZOLL® Medical Corporation, a company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions has acquired Tel Aviv, Israel-based Kyma Medical Technologies, Ltd. for its wearable remote patient monitoring device for chronic cardiac illnesses. Under the terms of the agreement, ZOLL Medical Corporation will pay $35 million, plus milestone payments based on sales and the incorporation of Kyma technology into future products.
Wearable Cardiac Monitor Overview
Kyma's μ-Cor is an
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Kyruus Raises $25M To Redefine How Patients Get Matched to Providers
Kyruus, a SaaS-based referral coordination platform that helps hospitals optimize patient access and referral management, has raised $25 million in funding to accelerate adoption of its ProviderMatch technology. The funding round was led by New Leaf Venture Partners, with participation from Providence Health & Services, Leerink Capital Partners, andMcKesson Ventures. They were also joined by existing investors Venrock, Highland Capital Partners, Lux Capital, and Fidelity
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6 Startups Selected as Finalists in Mayo Clinic’s THINK BIG Challenge
Six digital health startups have been selected as finalists in the first Mayo Clinic THINK BIG Challenge and will compete on Oct. 1 at Transform 2015 for two $50,000 awards.
Sponsored by Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation (CFI), Mayo Ventures and AVIA Health Innovation, the Mayo Clinic THINK BIG Challenge celebrates innovative ideas in two areas:
- Got Health – promoting health maintenance and prevention
- I Am Not My Disease – helping people with chronic illnesses live better,
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