Carrum Health, a San Francisco, CA-based digital health startup has raised $6.5 million in seed funding led by Wildcat Venture Partners including participation from SJF Ventures and SpringRock Ventures. Carrum Health plans to use the funding to expand their comprehensive bundled payment platform to meet the growing demands of their customer base by offering additional acute care bundles in orthopedic, spine and cardiac and adding key service lines such as bariatrics and maternity. Founded in
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UK Provider Medvivo Acquires Clinical Decision Support App Expert 24
Medvivo, a UK-based health and care services provider has acquired Expert 24, a global developer of clinical decision support applications for some of the world’s largest healthcare providers, insurers and health information platforms including BUPA, AXA PPP Healthcare, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and WebMD.The acquisition strengthens Medvivo’s range of clinical technology products and services built up over the past 11 years; and will support Expert 24’s continued growth throughout the
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Vericred Lands $5.5M to Become The Enabling Data Layer for Health Insurance
Vericred, a Nashville, TN-based healthcare data services company has raised $5.5 million in Series A funding led by FCA Venture Partners, with participation from existing and new investors. That company plans to utilize the latest round to accelerate sales growth and product development to advance its position as the enabling data layer to the health insurance and employee benefit industry. The latest round brings the company’s total funding to around $10 million.Founded in 2014, Vericred
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Lemonaid Health Raises $11M for $15 On-Demand Virtual Doctor Visits
Lemonaid Health, a San Francisco, CA-based telehealth startup, has raised $11 million in Series A funding led by Novartis Venture Fund and Hikma Ventures and joined by Correlation Ventures, Adaptive Healthcare Fund, Vega Ventures and 415 Ventures.Founded in 2013 by Co-Founders Ian Van Every and Paul Johnson, Lemonaid Health leverages evidence-based guidelines to get a doctor’s prescription for certain conditions like acid reflux, acne, flu, sinus infection, urinary tract infections, hair loss,
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athenahealth Launches MDP Labs for Health IT Startups to Accelerate Health Innovation
athenahealth, Inc., a provider of network-enabled services for hospital and ambulatory clients nationwide, today announced the launch of MDP Labs, a new innovation program open to all healthcare and technology entrepreneurs, from seed-stage startups to mature companies. Hosted in the San Francisco office, the program invites all entrepreneurs with novel technologies that can help fix what is broken in healthcare to apply.Companies will be evaluated based on their team, business model, stage of
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Conversa Health Lands $8M for Patient Relationship Management Platform Led by Northwell Ventures
Conversa Health, a San Rafael, Calif.-based provider focused on automating digital conversations between physicians and their patients, announced it has closed a $8 million Series A round. The Series A round was led by led by Northwell Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Northwell Health with participation from Epic Ventures, Healthgrades, and current investors. Funding from the recent round which will be used to expand Conversa’s product capabilities and clinical conversation library,
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Modernizing Medicine Raises $231M to Expand Mobile Medical Specialty EHR
Mobile, cloud based, specialty-specific EHR provider, Modernizing Medicine announced that Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm has made an investment of $231 million into the company to provide liquidity to existing shareholders, fund further expansion and support future strategic endeavors.With the latest round of funding, the Boca Raton, FL-based company plans pursuing certain strategic initiatives that may include automation of prior authorization workflows, deployment of an eCommerce
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Digital Health Disruption: Will Wearables Transform Healthcare Delivery?
Biotricity’s Waqaas Al-Siddiq gives us a glimpse of what’s to come from medical/bio wearable adoption. Since the fastening of the first fitness trackers around health enthusiasts’ wrists, the chatter about wearables and their potential to change healthcare hasn’t stopped. However, that conversation has led to the question: Are wearables equipped to make an impact in healthcare, or are they another millennial-fueled fad destined to fade away?If you ask Biotricity’s founder and CEO Waqaas
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Apple Quietly Acquires Sleep Monitoring App Beddit
Apple has quietly acquired Finland-based sleep tracking hardware and software company Beddit, CNBC first reported. The acquisition was confirmed in an update to Beddit’s privacy policy on its website stating, "Your personal data will be collected, used and disclosed in accordance with the Apple Privacy Policy." Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2007, Beddit technology is based upon a scientific principle known as ballistocardiography (BCG), an unobtrusive,
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EverlyWell Raises Additional Capital to Expand Convenient At-Home Health Testing
EverlyWell, an Austin, TX-based next-generation healthcare testing platform has completed another round of funding led by NextGen Venture Partners with Jack Novak, SoGal Ventures, Full Tilt Capital, including participation from other investors. The latest round brings the company’s total funding to $5 million since its inception in 2015.EverlyWell offers a suite of regulatory-compliant, physician-reviewed, at-home lab tests, without a lab visit or an in-person doctor referral. The platform
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