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7wireVentures & EHIR Partner to Accelerate the Adoption of Digital Health Solutions

by Fred Pennic 04/15/2021 Leave a Comment

7wireVentures & EHIR Partner to Accelerate the Adoption of Digital Health Solutions

What You Should Know: - 7wireVentures, an early-stage digital health venture capital firm, and Employer Health Innovation Roundtable (EHIR), a coalition of the largest and most progressive employers, health plans, and health systems are announcing a partnership to accelerate digital health innovation and improve consumer health, wellness, and productivity. - Together, the two organizations will facilitate partnerships between emerging digital health companies and EHIR’s blue-chip
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OpenLoop Raises $3M to Expand Digital Health Marketplace for Clinicians

by Fred Pennic 04/14/2021 Leave a Comment

OpenLoop Raises $3M to Expand Digital Health Marketplace for Clinicians

What You Should Know: - Techstars-backed OpenLoop raises $3M in funding to expand digital health marketplace to connect certified clinicians to telehealth opportunities. - The company plans to use the funding to This financing enables OpenLoop to expedite the development of their marketplace technology and grow their team of experts. OpenLoop, a Des Moines, Iowa-based virtual health company based in today announced their oversubscribed seed round financing of $3 million led by an
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Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity

by Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP) 04/12/2021 Leave a Comment

Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity

The first quarter of 2021 has been one of investor optimism as the vaccine rollout continues ahead of expectations and economic activity begins to accelerate in response.  Within the Health IT industry, the already strong investment and M&A trends seen in 2020 have only accelerated.  Over the course of the quarter, we observed $7 billion in private equity and venture capital investment across 158 companies.  By comparison, Q1 of 2020 saw $3.2 billion and 127 investments.  Health IT
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Dedalus Completes Acquisition of DXC’s Provider Healthcare Business – M&A Analysis

by Alex Green, Director at Signify Research 04/09/2021 Leave a Comment

Dedalus Completes Acquisition of DXC’s Provider Healthcare Business - M&A Analysis

What You Should Know: Last week saw Dedalus complete the purchase of DXC’s healthcare provider business for $450M, a deal that was originally announced in July 2020.   - DXC was created in 2017 via the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) - Dedalus has been through a rapid acquisition program over the last ten years acquiring a majority position with France-based Medasys/Noemalife in 2016 and then acquiring the EHR and integrated care
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Blue Shield of CA Expands into Digital Health with Wellvolution Expansion

by Jasmine Pennic 04/06/2021 Leave a Comment

Blue Shield of CA Expands into Digital Health with Wellvolution Expansion

What You Should Know: - Blue Shield of California is enhancing its popular Wellvolution program by adding two new services that provide personalized care and nutrition support for members living with or at risk for Type 2 diabetes. - Wellvolution is a digitally based lifestyle medicine and health platform that can be personalized to each member’s individual health needs and preferences. The platform, including these expanded programs, is available to plan members at no additional cost. The
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Mass General, AstraZeneca Pilot Digital Health Program for Asthma, Heart Failure

by Jasmine Pennic 04/06/2021 Leave a Comment

Massachusetts General Hospital to Deploy CarePassport’s Digital Health Platform for Clinical Trials

What You Should Know: - Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) today announced with AstraZeneca to pilot a new digital health platform focused on heart failure and asthma studies to help improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases. - This collaboration is being led by the MGH Center for Innovation in Digital Healthcare (CIDH) and will utilize AstraZeneca’s new AMAZE disease management platform in studies for heart failure and asthma management. These first two studies will pilot
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Mastercard, b.well Team Up on Digital Health Patient ID Verification for Interoperability

by Jasmine Pennic 04/01/2021 Leave a Comment

Mastercard, b.well Team Up on, Digital Health Patient ID Verification for Interoperability

What You Should Know: -  b.well Connected Health today announced a partnership with Mastercard to provide individuals a simpler and more secure way to prove their identity online and in-person when accessing healthcare services. - The partnership enables healthcare organizations to provide their members and patients with a biometric alternative to verify their identity in-person or virtually, replacing traditional processes involving physical documents such as a
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UK ED Dept. Shows Poor Usability for Major EHRs, Survey Finds

by Fred Pennic 03/29/2021 Leave a Comment

EHR Optimization EHRs Meaningful Use Stage 3_Ambulatory EHR_Specialty-Driven EHRs

What You Should Know: - Emergency doctors in the UK have said many electronic health records (EHRs) in use are close to being unacceptable, and this is likely to be having a negative impact on patient care. A national survey of more than 1500 members and fellows of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine ranked the usability of the major EHRs in use across the UK. All fell short of internationally recognized usability standards. It led NHS CCIO Simon Eccles to remark that 'too little
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Glooko Raises $30M to Expand Digital Diabetes Management Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 03/16/2021 Leave a Comment

Glooko Raises $30M to Expand Digital Diabetes Management Platform

What You Should Know: - Glooko, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of remote patient monitoring and chronic care management solutions including diabetes and obesity, today announced that they have raised a $30 million Series D round of funding. The funding was led by Health Catalyst Capital along with participation from existing investors Canaan Partners, Georgian, Novo Nordisk, Insulet and Mayo Clinic. - Glooko plans to use these proceeds from this funding to accelerate organic growth and
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Moderna, IBM Partner on COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain & Distribution Data Sharing

by Fred Pennic 03/08/2021 Leave a Comment

20 COVID-19 Predictions and Trends for 2021 - Executive Roundup

What You Should Know: - Moderna and IBM announced their intentions to explore technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain and hybrid cloud, that could help support smarter COVID-19 vaccine management. Central to the effort will be a pilot of open, standardized, technology-enabled vaccine distribution approaches aimed to improve supply chain visibility and foster near real-time tracking of vaccine administration.   - The goal of the partnership is to identify ways
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