Telehealth companies have raised $433M across 79 deals since since the start of 2007, according to CB Insights Data. The venture capital database and angel investment database company stated in a recent blog post that 2014 YTD funding has already reached record breaking levels with the highest amount of telehealth funding on record, up 130 percent from 2013. The chart shown below illustrates the funding trend to telehealth companies since 2007. For more information on telehealth funding deals,
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What Is The Role of the Payer in Advancing Population Health?
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“Healthcare organizations must prepare for an environment where doctors and other healthcare professionals will be compensated based on the value, not just the volume, of the services they provide. The push toward value-based compensation is getting stronger, so healthcare professionals must devise a strategy for their journey to a value-based role in the future and find a partner who supports their vision and principles,” advises Renee H.
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Acupera Raises Additional $4M to Scale Its Population Health Platform
Acupera, a provider of population health and workflow technology for health systems has secured an additional $4 million in financing from Lightspeed Venture Partners joined by The Whittemore Collection, Ltd, which supported the Series A funding. Acupera will use this latest funding round to scale its product development team and add to its customer implementation group.
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Doctor on Demand Raises $21M Led by Venrock
Doctor On Demand, a healthcare service that provides Video Visits with board-certified physicians, today announced it has closed a $21 million round of Series A financing. Led by Venrock and joined by Shasta Ventures and angel investor Sir Richard Branson, the funding will further drive Doctor On Demand’s growth as it continues to expand its team, build its network of physicians, and add new offerings. The company also announced that patients can now conduct video visits with physicians on their
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KLAS: EMRs Are First Source For Population Health Management Functionality for Providers
Enterprise EMR vendors are the number-one source for population health management functionality, according to the latest KLAS report. The latest KLAS report "Population Health 2014 Perception: Who Are Providers Betting On?" found that despite a veritable flood of new best-of-breed entrants into the marketplace, providers are having an increasingly hard time finding a one-stop PHM solution.
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Population Health Management Company Lumeris Closes $71M in Funding
Lumeris, a provider of population health management solutions, today announced that it has secured approximately $71 million in financing. The private-funding round includes capital from new and existing investors. Allen & Company LLC served as financial advisors.
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Castlight Health Partners with Teladoc for Telehealth Integration
Enterprise Healthcare Cloud provider, Castlight Health has signed a partnership with Teladoc, the nation’s first and largest telehealth provider with more than 8 million members. This relationship enables Teladoc to offer its telehealth services through Castlight’s technology suite to all enterprises that work with both Castlight and Teladoc.
Castlight empowers large businesses to manage healthcare spending and enables employees and families to make informed choices with a clear understanding
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Pfizer Forms a Strategic Alliance with CliniWorks to Develop Population Health Management Platform
CliniWorks today announced a strategic alliance between and Pfizer Inc.to jointly advance the parties’ respective capabilities in working with healthcare provider organizations to identify and close clinical or quality gaps to improve population health. The two companies are partnering to develop a population health management platform solution that leverages CliniWorks’ technologies in disparate data aggregation and Natural Language Processing (which interprets free text information) of
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What is the Future of Population Health Management?
The next evolution of population health management will demand a greater focus on three key data truths. Janice Nicholson, Founder & CEO of i2i Systems shares her definition of Population Health Management 2.0.
If you believe that Population Health Management is about reporting and analytics then you only know half the story. Yes, having the right Population Health Management tools eases the pain associated with delivering performance or compliance reports, demonstrating
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Telemedicine Partnership Nets $74k In Savings for 78% ROI for Arizona Health System
MeMD announces that its telemedicine partnership with Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) demonstrated a 78% ROI with a net savings of $74k.
A year after announcing the adoption of the MeMD Telemedicine Solution by MIHS, one of Arizona’s leading health care systems, a strong partnership has evolved, resulting in high utilization and large savings for MIHS. Through open communication, proven on-boarding strategies, continued support, and dedicated resources from MeMD, the partners have
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