What You Should Know: - RapidSOS, NYC-based digital health announced it has raised $85M in Series C funding led by Insight Partners, bringing the company’s total funding to $200M - Founded in 2012, RapidSOS has created the world's first emergency response data platform that securely links life-saving data from 350M+ connected devices to emergency services and first responders. Through the platform, RapidSOS provides intelligent data that supports over 4,800 Emergency Communications Centers
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Health Plans Must Go Beyond the ONC Mandate and Prioritize Member Experience
We are all frustrated when there’s a glitch with our online banking, or if bandwidth problems interfere with streaming the movie we want to watch. Imagine how individuals will react when the results of a cancer screening don’t find their way into Apple Health or Google Health, where such information is supposed to be easy to find. Or worse, if an individual is given the wrong information about a cancer diagnosis. An individual’s first call about missing health data or claims is going to
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How Will Philips Acquisition of BioTelemetry Impact The Cardiac Monitoring Market?
At the end of December 2020, Philips announced the planned acquisition of BioTelemetry for $2.8 billion in cash. - BioTelemetry was formed in 2013 after a series of acquisitions from the initial founding company CardioNet, Inc. - CardioNet, Inc. based in San Diego, USA was initially founded in 1994. - After a multitude of acquisitions in recent years, BioTelemetry has established itself as a leading cardiac powerhouse, specializing in mobile and wireless medical technology. After this
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Executive Hires: Walgreens Appoints New CEO, Cityblock Health, Innovaccer, Others
Walgreens appoints Rosalind (Roz) Brewer as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective on March 15, 2021. Brewer will also join the WBA Board of Directors upon assuming the role. She succeeds Stefano Pessina who, as previously announced, will transition to the role of Executive Chairman of the Board of WBA. Brewer, 58, will become the first Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company. Former Livongo President, Jennifer Schneider, has joined Cityblock Health’s Board of
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Kaiser Inks Multi-Year Agreement with Accenture, Microsoft for Cloud Transition
What You Should Know: - Kaiser Permanente signs a multi-year strategic agreement with Accenture and Microsoft to support the healthcare provider’s transition to the cloud environment. - The partnership enables stronger cloud computational power and data insights readily available to care teams, so Kaiser’s members—and patients—will benefit from more timely and personalized healthcare. Kaiser Permanente today announced a multi-year agreement with Microsoft and Accenture to leverage
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Flywheel Nabs $15M for Next-Gen Informatics Platform for Medical Research & Collaboration
What You Should Know: - Minneapolis-based digital health startup Flywheel raies $15M in Series B funding to advance the use of AI in clinical trials co-led by Beringea and 8VC including participation from Novartis dRx Capital, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Great North Labs, iSelect and Argonautic Ventures. - By leveraging cloud scalability and automating research workflows, Flywheel helps organizations scale research data and analysis, improve scientific collaboration and
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HealthTensor Secures $5M to Scale AI-Powered Medical Diagnosis Platform
What You Should Know: - HealthTensor, an LA-based startup that uses AI to ensure no medical diagnoses are overlooked, has raised $5 million to scale operations. - To date, HealthTensor has helped physicians write more than 2,000 notes and has identified overlooked medical conditions in 95% of cases. HealthTensor, an LA-based artificial intelligence digital health startup that is creating software to help augment medical decision making, announced today that it has raised a $5 million
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Sharecare Acquires AI-Enabled Digital Transformation Platform doc.ai
What You Should Know: - Sharecare acquires doc.ai to expand its engineering expertise, accelerate digital transformation of healthcare through innovative AI platform for an undisclosed sum. - Founded in 2016, the company licenses AI modules and creates products for a portfolio of clients, including payers, pharma and providers. - As part of the acquisition, Anthem will now become a strategic partner with Sharecare. Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all
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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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emids Acquires Healthcare Software Development Firm Macadamian
What You Should Know: - Healthcare IT company emids announced the acquisition of Canadian-based Macadamian, a global full-service healthcare software design and development consulting firm. - The acquisition reflects emids’ response to accelerated investment in digital health and provides it with a competitive advantage as the addition of design capabilities allows it to support the entire continuum of customers’ digital transformation efforts. - A milestone in the company’s growth
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