Hundreds of millions of patients are affected by chronic diseases globally, often suffering from several of them. Despite such a huge opportunity, the coverage of chronic conditions with digital solutions is still below the acceptable level. Today, more than twenty common chronic conditions have its own specificity and are currently at its digital development stage, yet all of them face the same challenges in the digital health market, according to a recent Research2Guidance report.The report,
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Livongo Acquires Digital Behavioral Health Solution myStrength
Livongo Health, an Applied Health Signals company empowering people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives, today announced that it has acquired Denver-based myStrength, Inc., a provider of digital behavioral health solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition enables Livongo to more fully address the health of the whole person by integrating behavioral health conditions including depression, anxiety, stress, substance use disorder,
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Brook Lands $4M for AI-Powered Diabetes Assistant App, Partners With Independent Health
Brook, a Seattle-based personalized diabetes assistant app platform for personal empowerment and intelligent support has raised $4M in funding from a group of investors. In addition to the funding, the startup has inked a strategic partnership with Independent Health, a Western New York State health plan to provide enhanced resources to help its 380,000 members self-manage their care and make the best decisions about their health. The partnership builds on the 2017 pilot program with Independent
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Solera Health Raises $18.3M to Expand Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention Services
Solera Health, a technology-enabled personalized preventive health network has raised $18.3 million in Series B funding led by Adams Street Partners. Existing strategic investors Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture Partners, Sandbox Industries and social impact fund SJF Ventures also participated in the round. The latest round brings the company’s total capital raised to $30.3 million.Solera plans to use the funding to meet market demand for the Medicare DPP benefit in addition to expanding its
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ResApp Licenses New Algorithm to Improve Diagnostic Screening for Childhood Pneumonia
ResApp Health Limited, a digital health startup provider of smartphone apps for respiratory disease diagnosis and management has signed a licensing agreement with UniQuest, the main commercialization company of The University of Queensland. The licensing agreement includes an additional diagnostic toolset of machine-learning algorithms that use a combination of clinical features to screen for childhood pneumonia. Pneumonia is the leading cause of mortality for children below five years of age.
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Solera Health Nabs $4M to Scale Its Diabetes Prevention Platform
Solera Health, a technology-enabled personalized preventive health network has raised $4 million in Series A1 funding with participation in the round includes BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners (BCBSVP), Sandbox Industries and SJF Ventures. In November 2015, Solera closed a $3 million Series A round, bringing its total capital raised to $7 million.The company will utilize the funding to scale its operations to meet the growing demand by health plans for the National Diabetes Prevention
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New Pain Diversion Technology Helps Ease Patient Discomfort
Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by Samsung. A new case study has been released in conjunction with Southern Hills Hospital, Samsung and AccendoWave, creator of a patient satisfaction platform that provides feedback on a patient’s pain level and distress. With the help of Samsung’s mobile devices, AccendoWave partnered with Southern Hills in a six-month pilot program to test the pain diversion technology in an effort to understand and help ease patient discomfort and create better patient
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Livongo Health Pulls In $45M to Expand Diabetes Management
Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases to live better has raised $44.5 million in Series C funding from investors including Merck Global Health Innovation Fund; Cowen Private Investments; Sapphire Ventures; Zaffre Investments, the investment arm of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts; Wanxiang America Corporation. Existing investors General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), DFJ, and 7wire Ventures. also
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Center for Technology and Aging Launches Online mHealth Toolkit
The Center for Technology and Aging has launched a comprehensive online mHealth Toolkit for organizations that want to develop a best-in-class mHealth program for chronic disease management.
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3 Steps to Developing the Right Population Health Management Programs
Cynthia Kilroy, senior vice president of Provider Strategy and Business Development at OptumHealth discusses 3 required steps to developing the right population health management programs
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