What You Should Know: - Digital health venture capital firm 7WireVentures today announced it has closed a $150M Connected Consumer Health Fund to invest in early-stage digital health businesses that empower an Informed Connected Healthcare Consumer. - In addition to the fund, 7WireVentures announced the addition of new healthcare organizations to the Connected Consumer Health Coalition, a partnership of top health plans, health systems, employers, and life science organizations. Select
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GetWellNetwork Acquires Consumer Engagement Platform Docent Health
What You Should Know: - GetWellNetwork is acquiring Docent Health, a digital health company. Docent provides a patient engagement platform used by healthcare organizations to coordinate personalized care at scale through AI-enabled communication technology. - The acquisition advances GetWellNetwork's mission to empower patients and families to be more active participants in their care, and extends important health programs for disadvantaged populations and those suffering health
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CVS Health Launches Senior Medical Alert System, Symphony
What You Should Know: - Today, CVS Health announced Symphony, a medical alert
system designed to keep seniors safe and connected at home. - Symphony consists of a collection of in-home and wearable devices that offer a new at-home experience by connecting a suite of sensors that can monitor for falls, motion, and room temperature while also providing a 24/7 personal emergency response platform for use when needed. CVS Health, today announced the release of Symphony medical
alert
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How to Capitalize on Digital Health Momentum in 2021
As we re-examine the healthcare system in the wake of the pandemic, we are continually identifying opportunities to rebuild parts of the system to new and improved specifications. One critical facet is digital health, where we continue to struggle with what should really be table stakes: the ability to integrate data from disparate organizations and systems into a unified view of the whole person and take action. During the height of the pandemic, telehealth made it possible to deliver care
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Human API CEO Talks Data Privacy Concerns in Employee Wellness Programs
A recent BBC article discusses the rise in employee health
tracking via wearable devices and highlights a number of concerns around data
privacy. To try and prevent health tracking schemes from crossing ethical
lines, and eroding trust between employee and employer, some industry figures
believe that organizations need to work with third-party vendors who specialize
in managing wellbeing data. These vendors would hold the data independently
under strict privacy rules, and work with employees
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Human API Raises $20M+ to Scale User-Controlled Health Data Ecosystem
What You Should Know: - Human API, the consumer-controlled health data platform
announced it has closed a Series C round of $20M+ this week. - Human API’s consumer-controlled platform gives users a
streamlined means of accessing and sharing their personal health records with
physicians, trusted startups and enterprises, and insurers. - The platform harnesses a machine learning-powered data pipeline
that structures health data into a consistent format, making it easier for
medical
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Comcast Spinoff Quil Unveils Home-Based Sensor Network for Seniors
What You Should Know: - Comcast spinoff Quil announces its entry into the
senior market -- via integrated sensor-based home monitoring. - Quil plans to launch Quil Assure to consumers by the
third quarter of 2021 following a series of pilots beginning this December.
Today, Quil Engage is available to consumers via partnering providers and
health plans. Quil—the healthcare
joint venture of Comcast NBCUniversal and Independence Health
Group—announced plans to
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Amazon Alexa, Sharecare Integrate to Answer More than 80k Health & Wellness Questions
What You Should Know: - Sharecare integrates with Amazon Alexa’s voice service
to answer more than 80,000 health and wellness questions. - And now, when Alexa responds to customers’ questions
about health topics, Sharecare is among the roster of trusted health
information sources to which the voice service attributes answers. Sharecare, the digital health
company that helps people manage all their health in one place through its
comprehensive and data-driven virtual
heath
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TruePill Raises $75M to Launch At-Home Lab Testing Network
What You Should Know: - Truepill raises $75 million in Series C funding To expand platform services and launch an at-home lab diagnostics network. - The company plans to use the funds to expand Truepill’s ecosystem of direct-to-patient capabilities, which includes the Truepill Health telehealth network, pharmacy fulfillment, a custom-built EMR, and more. Truepill, a San Mateo, CA-based building world-class patient experiences through its API-connected healthcare infrastructure,
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Former KKR Vet Jim Momtazee Launches Healthcare Investment Firm, Patient Square Capital
What You Should Know: - Former KKR veteran Jim Momtazee announced the launch of
Patient Square Capital, a partnership being purpose-built to become the
preeminent investment firm in healthcare. - Patient Square will partner with best-in-class
management teams whose products, services, and technologies improve
health. - Prior to Patient Square, he spent over 21 years
at KKR, initially joining in 1996. He helped establish the firm’s health
care industry group in 2001 and
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