Former Facebook and Genentech CFO David Ebersman along with experienced group of tech leaders, clinicians, data scientists, and health care policy experts has announced the launch of a new new behavioral digital health startup called Lyra Health. Backed by venture capital firm Venrock, Lyra Health will have a singular focus on transforming behavioral health, enabling more patients to get the care they need, when they need it.
Approximately 50 million Americans suffer from behavioral health
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McKesson Sells Off Care Management Business to Investors
McKesson Corporation has completed the sale of its Care Management business to private investment firm Comvest Partners along with co-investor Mosiac Health Solutions. The Care Management business will be rebranded as AxisPoint Health to provide complex and chronic case management services, nurse advisory services, and a care management software platform used by payers to manage utilization, disease, and case management services in-house. AxisPoint Health currently
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Careport Health Raises $3.8M to Optimize Post-Acute Care
Careport Health, a technology company that helps health systems better manage their post-acute care networks has raised $3.8M in funding to accelerate growth. The round was led by Baseline Ventures, with participation from CommonAngels Ventures, Excelerate Health Ventures, Generator Ventures, Launch Capital, 500 Startups and Andy Palmer.
Eliminating the Information Gap
After witnessing the challenges of finding post-hospital care, Dr. Lissy Hu, a Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business
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New CMS Policy To Provide Entrepreneurs Access Medicare Data
Today at sixth annual Health Datapalooza, the acting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Andy Slavitt, announced a new policy that for the first time will allow innovators and entrepreneurs to access CMS data, such as Medicare claims. As part of the Administration’s commitment to use of data and information to drive transformation of the healthcare delivery system, CMS will allow innovators and entrepreneurs to conduct approved research that will ultimately improve
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20 UK Digital Health Startups to Watch
It began as the epicenter of innovation in health technology, but now the United States and its model of incubation and open investment is catalyzing the emergence of tech hubs globally, some of the largest are now in the European Union.
The United Kingdom is just starting to capture its share of the limelight on digital health tech and is now the fourth most entrepreneurial country in the world according to the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Index.
The U.K., in particular England, has
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StartUp Health Adds 12 Digital Health Startups to its Portfolio
StartUp Health, a global entrepreneurship development company for Healthcare Transformers has announced the addition of 12 new digital health startups to its global portfolio, bringing the total to 102 companies.
The newest addition of 6 companies represent a diverse range of subsectors (from telemedicine and patient engagement to wellness, nutrition and diagnostics) and locations including Dubai, UAE, Tel Aviv, Israel, Austin, TX, Boston, MA and New York, NY.
The newest portfolio
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New App for Allscripts Swiftly Fills Cancelled Appointments
QueueDr, a product that fills cancelled appointments in less than 1 minute with no effort required from staff has been named App of the Month by EHR provider, Allscripts for its innovation in patient engagement and care coordination. As part of the Allscripts Developer Program, QueueDr now offers a certified solution for Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR and Allscripts Practice Management that fills cancelled appointments by itself, with no work from office staff.
“QueueDr is a great time-saving
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Welltok Acquires Predilytics to Enhance Personalized Health Platform
Health optimization provider Welltok has acquired Predilytics, a leading healthcare predictive analytics company to help enhance Welltok’s CaféWell Health Optimization Platform. The acquisition adds another powerful layer of consumer intelligence and analytical capabilities to Welltok’s CaféWell Health Optimization Platform, providing even more personalized guidance for consumers and delivering more value and insights to health plans, at-risk providers and other population health
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MEDNAX To Acquire Teleradiology Firm vRad for $500M
MEDNAX, a national medical group comprised of the nation's leading providers of neonatal, anesthesia, maternal-fetal and pediatric physician subspecialty services announced that it will acquire teleradiology firm vRad for $500 million. vRad's current management team will join MEDNAX as part of the transaction. The company's headquarters and 24/7 operations and client support center will continue to be based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
vRad Overview
The outsourced radiology physician services
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Precision BioSciences Raises $25.6M to Expand Genome Editing Platform
Genome editing-based company, Precision BioSciences announced it has closed $25.6 million Series A financing led by venBio. The Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based company's oversubscribed round was also joined by Fidelity Biosciences, Amgen Ventures, Baxter Ventures, Osage University Partners, the Longevity Fund, and two well-known public market investors. As part of the Series A round, Robert Adelman of venBio and Ben Auspitz of Fidelity Biosciences will join Precision’s Board
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