What You Should Know:
- Connecticut state Comptroller Kevin Lembo announces the launch of Livongo for Diabetes Management Program through the state health plan to deliver estimated annual savings to the state of approximately $3 million.
- The program, launched in partnership with CVS Caremark and Livongo, is projected to significantly improve health care outcomes for thousands of people with diabetes covered by the state plan by providing them with comprehensive around-the-clock live
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Wellth Lands $10M for Behavioral Economic Platform to Improve Health Outcomes
What You Should Know:
- Digital behavior change startup Wellth closes $10M in Series A funding led by Boehringer Ingelheim and yabeo - DaVita, and others will help drive care plan adherence for high-risk patient populations
- Powered by a behavioral economics engine paired with an intuitive, consumer-grade smartphone experience designed to motivate and delight, Wellth rewards members with daily financial incentives for verifying adherence to prescribed care plan.
Wellth,
a platform
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LetsGetChecked Nabs $71M for Direct-to-Consumer At-Home Health Testing
LetsGetChecked, a leading direct-to-consumer at-home health testing and insights
company, today announced the closing of $71 million in its Series C round of
financing co-led by Illumina Ventures and HLM Venture Partners. The round also
includes new investors Deerfield, CommonFund Capital, and Angeles Investments
and existing investors Transformation Capital, Optum Ventures, and Qiming
Venture Partners USA. Nick Naclerio, Founding Partner at Illumina Ventures and
Steven Tolle, Partner at HLM
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Vida Health Nabs $25M to Expand Virtual Health Platform for Personalized Mental and Physical Care
What You Should Know:
- Virtual healthcare platform, Vida Health, announced today that it raised $25 million in new funding to meet the increased demand for mental and physical virtual care.
- Since launching in 2014, Vida has fine-tuned its approach to mental health. Participants working with Vida’s nationwide therapy coverage in all 50 states have shown an average reduction of anxiety and depression by more than 50%.
Vida Health, a
personalized virtual care platform
for
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COVID-19 Heat Map Offers County-by-County Picture of Community Risk & Health Disparities
What You Should Know:
- COVID-19 Community Risk & Health Disparities Map reveals proactive identification of emerging hot spots of vulnerable populations at risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19.
- The publicly available tool provided by EXL Healthcare pinpoints where to focus and scale resources, inform proactive scenario planning, and develop community COVID-19 initiatives.
Governors across the U.S. are considering whether to extend stay-at-home orders or allow businesses,
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FCC Approves $4.2M for 13 COVID-19 Telehealth Program Providers
What You Need to Know:
– FCC approves the fourth set of 13 COVID-19 telehealth program providers, totaling $4.2M in funding.
– To date, the FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program has funded 30 health care providers in 16 states for a total of $13.7 million in funding.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved an additional 13 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, totaling $4.2M in funding. The third set of providers will support some
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Geisinger Expands Telehealth Services to Assess, Monitor and Triage COVID Patients At-Home
What You Should Know:
- Geisinger Health expands long-term telehealth services partnership with AMC Health to help assess, monitor, and triage COVID-19 patients at-home.
- The expanded agreement includes IVR (interactive voice response) and patient Bluetooth peripheral kits, etc.
Healthcare provider Geisinger, today announced it is expanding its relationship with AMC Health, the leading provider in telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology. As part of the expansion,
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EarlySign, Israeli HMO Launch AI Algorithm to Detect High-Risk COVID-19 Cases
What You Should Know:
Medial EarlySign announced the first clinical
implementation of its AI-based solution to identify patients at highest risk of
COVID-19 complications, with leading Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare
Services.
The new algorithm uses a wide range of routine medical
information to objectively flag high-risk patients who should be fast-tracked
for COVID-19 testing, facilitating earlier treatment to reduce severe
cases, optimize treatment decisions and
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DreaMed Launches Virtual Diabetes Clinic to Help Type-1 Diabetics Control Their Condition in Quarantine
What You Should Know:
- As COVID-19 spreads, DreaMed Diabetes unveils virtual diabetes clinic software to treat people with type 1 diabetes remotely.
- The virtual clinic utilizes Dreamed Diabetes’ AI-powered solution, to improve the insulin management treatment by analyzing the patient’s insulin and glucose data in the platform's algorithm and to remotely advise doctors on treatment.
- According to the CDC people with chronic medical conditions, including diabetes, have a higher risk
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One Drop Acquires Sano’s Continuous Glucose Sensing Platform
What You Should Know:
- One Drop has acquired all the assets and intellectual property of Sano Intelligence, Inc. which include Sano's continuous glucose sensing platform.
- One Drop will leverage the acquired assets, including silicon-sensing production infrastructure, to design, produce, and commercialize a painless, silicon-based continuous health sensing platform for use across multiple conditions.
One Drop, a New York
City-based provider of digital care solutions for people
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