Studies show that up to 95% of U.S. workers experience moderate to severe stress, propelling absenteeism, productivity, injury and turnover costs. These factors cost U.S. businesses an estimated $300B annually, and healthcare expenditures are estimated to be 50% greater for high-stress workers.
Today, meQuilibrium, an online platform that beats stress, builds resilience and promotes healthy behavior, announced that it raised a $9 million Series B financing round led by Safeguard Scientifics
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IBM to Acquire Explorys & Phytel To Fuel Watson Health Unit
Today IBM announced plans to acquire Explorys, a healthcare intelligence cloud company that has built one of the largest clinical data sets in the world and Phytel, a leading provider of integrated population health management software. The acquisition of both companies strengthens IBM's leadership position in healthcare analytics and cloud computing, and will help bolster its ability to extract and share deep insights to improve wellness and benefit patients.
Explorys and Phytel will now
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Healthcare Gamification Startup Ayogo Raises $2M
Ayogo Health, a patient engagement company that transforms the way consumers with chronic conditions engage with their own care through healthcare gamification has raised $2.5M in Series A funding from a syndicate of investors including Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (GHI), Excel Venture Management, and 7Wire Ventures. The capital will help accelerate Ayogo’s growth with expanded research and development and sales and marketing. Additionally, David Stevenson of GHI, Caleb Winder of Excel,
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Livongo Health Nabs $20M to Expand Diabetes Management Program
Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases to live better has raised $20 million in Series B funding from investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), DFJ and previous investor General Catalyst.
The capital will enable the company to further develop its chronic disease management ecosystem and accelerate the adoption of the company's digital diabetes management program, Livongo for Diabetes, among self-insured
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Consumer Health Engagement Platform Novu Raises $20M
Novu, a consumer health engagement platform that focuses on individual wellness and employee well-being through a daily lifestyle practice has raised $20M in funding from SSM Partners and Noro-Moseley Partners. The company will use the capital to further establish its leadership position and propel its technology and product roadmap to support existing and new market opportunities.
Through Novu, insurers, health care providers and employers can engage consumers to create
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Rock Health’s Halle Tecco Talks Why Gender Diversity Matters in Healthcare
Are women workers valued in the healthcare? Not enough, apparently. Rock Health’s latest report: The State of Women in Healthcare points to some sobering, and perhaps, surprising statistics about women working in today’s healthcare industry.
The report, which surveyed more than 400 women across the healthcare sector (including entrepreneurs, investors, industry executives, and healthcare professionals), revealed that women make 80 percent of the personal health decisions for their families,
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Weight Watchers Acquires Weight-Loss Selfies Startup Weilos
Weilos, an online social platform for people to share their fitness updates to inspire others and receive support has been acquired by Weight Watchers, TechCrunch first reports has learned. The purchase price is reportedly is in the single-digit millions, according to a source.
Launched out of startup accelerator Y Combinator back in August 2013, the startup initially focused on fitness coaching pairing its users with amateur coaches with a previous weight loss history of their own. The
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HX360: 4 Digital Health Startups Improving The Patient Experience
HX360 has named the four digital health startups as finalists in the HX360 Innovation Challenge competition. These companies, selected from an original field of eighty-three entries, will present their patient engagement solutions live before a judging panel of esteemed health system executives, HIT executives and venture capitalists during the Innovation Challenge program at the HX360 inaugural event. The four finalists are: ClockwiseMD, Ginger.io, Wellframe and WiserCare.
HX360 Innovation
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Ochsner Health Launches Innovation Accelerator to Revolutionize Patient Centered Care
On Thursday at the Health Innovation Summit at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), Ochsner Health System announced the launch of an innovation accelerator called iO designed to support and partner with companies working to revolutionize patient-centered care, NOLA first reports. Through the accelerator, patient-centered care solutions for both patients and providers can be tested, validated, funded and launched.
The new accelerator will focus on developing entirely new ways for providers
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IBM Bets Big on Modernizing Medicine’s Specialty EMR to Advance Watson
Last week, IBM announced a strategic investment in specialty practice EMR provider, Modernizing Medicine to accelerate the adoption of Watson cognitive computing in healthcare. The amount from IBM was not disclosed. The Watson-powered app called schEMA is designed to help dermatologists offer optimized treatment options.
Utilizing cognitive computing and natural language processing, schEMA comprehends published healthcare information, such as peer-reviewed medical journals, to enable
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