Fitbit, today announced it has acquired Twine Health, a HIPAA-compliant health coaching platform that delivers a user-friendly experience to help people manage chronic conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, and to support lifestyle interventions, such as weight loss and smoking cessation.Twine Health’s proven coaching platform is a strong foundation upon which Fitbit plans to expand its offerings to self-insured employers, health plans and health systems. Through the acquisition, Fitbit
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StayWell Acquires Digital Health Startup Provata Health, Expands Capabilities in Population Health
StayWell, a health empowerment company has acquired Provata Health, a Portland, Ore.-based digital health startup that delivers scientifically proven population health programs to employers, health plans, and hospital systems. Provata Health's native iOS and Android mobile apps, cutting-edge technology and innovative platform will be integrated with StayWell features to streamline the user experience and help deliver even greater physical and mental health benefits.Terms of the
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Varian Acquires Radiation Oncology Solution Mobius Medical Systems
Varian, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of cancer care solutions has acquired Mobius Medical Systems, a provider of radiation oncology Quality Assurance (QA) software. The acquisition will expand Varian's leadership in radiation medicine, by increasing its portfolio of patient treatment plan QA and machine QA technologies, and enables the company to potentially impact more patients around the globe with software solutions designed to assure the quality of treatments.The Mobius QA software is in
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SkylineDx Inks Partnership With Mayo Clinic to Develop Diagnostic Tests for Melanoma
SkylineDx, a Netherland-based commercial-stage biotech company has inked a joint development agreement with with Mayo Clinic to develop novel diagnostic tests which will improve clinical decision making for melanoma patients. For SkylineDx, the collaboration with the renowned Mayo Clinic is an important milestone as it allows the company to develop new diagnostic tests and extend its product offering for a broader group of patients and clinicians.The knowledge and experience of SkylineDx in the
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Engine Biosciences Lands $10M for AI-Driven Drug Discovery Platform
Engine Biosciences("Engine"), a San Francisco, CA-based biotech company pioneering its artificial intelligence and genomics network biomedicine platform for drug discovery has raised $10 million. The seed round was co-led by by DHVC (Danhua Capital) and 6 Dimensions Capital, with participation from global biopharmaceutical leader WuXi AppTec, EDBI, Pavilion Capital, Baidu Ventures, WI Harper, and Nest.Bio Ventures.The company plans to utilize the funding to support its proprietary platform,
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The HCI Group Acquires MEDITECH Certified Partner Infinity HIT
The HCI Group, a healthcare IT consulting firm has acquired Infinity HIT, a MEDITECH Ready-Certified consulting firm to expand its health IT service offerings. The HCI Group plans to leverage the acquisition of Infinity HIT's credentials to strengthen its capabilities as a MEDITECH READY Certified organization. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2012, Infinity HITp rovides consulting, implementation, optimization, staffing and support services to hospitals and
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Israeli Telehealth Startup TytoCare Lands $25M to Penetrate International Markets
TytoCare, an Israeli-based telehealth company has raised $25 million led by Ping An Global Voyager Fund with participation from new and existing investors. The growth round also includes new participants like Qure, Israel’s first exclusively-focused digital health fund, established with Johns Hopkins University. As part of the oversubscribed round, Tyto Care has the option to expand funding to $28 million in the next few months. The company plans to use the funds to help TytoCare fulfill the
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LRVHealth Unveils $100M Fund for “Inside Healthcare” Investing Platform
LRVHealth formerly known as Long River Ventures has announced the launch of an early-stage venture platform for digital health, medical devices and diagnostics. In addition, LRVHealth has partnered with eight national healthcare systems and the Innovation Institute to raise a $100 million venture fund for its “Inside Healthcare” venture capital platform.LRVHealth’s “Inside Healthcare” VC platform unites experienced healthcare operators and investors with leading providers, payers, vendors and
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Ascensia Diabetes Challenge Launches to Find Innovative Digital Solutions to Support Diabetes
Ascensia Diabetes Care has announced the launch of the Ascensia Diabetes Challenge, a global innovation competition seeking innovative digital solutions to support diabetes management and improve the lives of those living with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of the challenge is to find new ways to help tackle the management of the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes by unearthing undiscovered solutions from diabetes innovators.Finalists, runners-up and the winner will all receive cash prizes to
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Fruit Street Health Joins StartUp Health Moonshot Academy
Fruit Street Health, a NYC-based provider of HIPAA-Compliant telehealth software for lifestyle and obesity medicine has been selected to join StartUp Health and its exclusive Moonshot Academy for digital health entrepreneurs. Through the StartUp Health Moonshot Academy, Fruit Street Health will gain access to coaching, community, connections to industry stakeholders and promotion aimed at successfully navigating the complicated healthcare industry. Founded in 2014, Fruit Street
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