What You Should Know:
- DarioHealth, a Livongo competitor acquires musculoskeletal startup Upright for $31 million to expand their chronic condition management capabilities focused on driving behavior change rather than treating the acute problem. This move will more than double revenue and create one of the largest integrated digital health companies in the space.
In addition, DarioHealth rasiess $70 million through a private placement of its common stock priced at the market pursuant to
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How Automation is Key to the Future of Healthcare Operations
As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. A similar correlation is seen in the quest to leverage innovation and out-of-the-box thinking to address key problems facing the healthcare industry. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought the immense pressure the U.S. healthcare system is under into sharp focus. Recent dynamics are compounded by the industry’s efforts to adopt newer ways of working and digitizing patient records, while implementing automation throughout their business
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CHIME-KLAS Report Reveals 10 Key EMR Interoperability Trends
What You Should Know:
- New CHIME-KLAS interoperability report reveals steady
progress in some areas related to interoperability and leaps forward in others.
- A total of 67% of provider organizations reported they
often or nearly always had access to needed records in 2020, up from 28% in
2017. Providers noted improvements in functionality and usability for tasks
like locating and viewing records.
Both providers and the companies that produce the hardware and software needed
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Top 5 Business Opportunities for Digital Health Companies in 2021. Where Is The Money?
For many companies, 2020 has been a devastating year due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the same can be said for the digital health sector, the pandemic has also paved a way for unexpected and extraordinary business opportunities in 2021. Good ideas with a business loan from online lenders such as Biz2Credit are the ingredients for a successful business venture in this pandemic. In 2020, Digital health start-ups and more established companies have suffered, as have other
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mPulse Mobile Acquires Digital Health Engagement Company The Big Know
What You Should Know:
- mPulse
Mobile, the leader in conversational AI solutions for the healthcare
industry, will acquire The Big Know, a
prominent digital
health company transforming how healthcare educates consumers.
- A deeper entrenchment in the streaming age and shifting
consumer expectations demand a shift in the healthcare industry's approach to
care delivery and experiences. Quality patient engagement must be acknowledged
as a vital and unavoidable part of the healthcare
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3 Steps to Maintain Telehealth’s Momentum Post-Pandemic
In the face of COVID-19, healthcare witnessed how crises can become the long-awaited push for creativity and innovation that the industry needs. When our healthcare infrastructure’s weaknesses were exposed, telehealth helped to stitch them up, with the number of telehealth claims increasing 8,336% nationally from April 2019 to April 2020. Out of need, patients quickly turned to telehealth as a new model of care delivery; clinicians adapted to a new avenue for engaging with patients, policymakers
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Abbott to Launch App to Track and Report Pain Relief in Chronic Pain Patients
What You Should Know:
- Abbott launches new app, NeuroSphere myPath that will
allow patients to record their pain relief during the device trial period with
spinal cord stimulation or dorsal root ganglion therapy, simplify reporting
outcomes and connect patients to physicians who have real-time access to this
data
- NeuroSphere myPath will be available in the Apple App
Store in the coming weeks and will be compatible with the latest iOS operating
system
Abbott announced the
upcoming
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IoMT Is Improving Patient Access: We Must Avoid Creating New Barriers
The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is changing the face of healthcare and has the potential to significantly improve patient access as well as system efficiencies. The adoption of telemedicine, for example, spurred on by the Covid-19 pandemic, has spread rapidly. Forrester revised its forecasts to predict that virtual care visits in the United States will soar to more than one billion this year—including 900 million visits related to Covid-19 specifically. Likewise, in the United Kingdom,
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Amalgam Rx Acquires Clinical Decision Support Platform Avhana Health – M&A
What You Should Know:
- DTx and Patient Support leaders, Amalgam Rx, Inc., announce the acquisition of Avhana Health, a privately-held clinical decision support (CDS) company.
Amalgam Rx, Inc., a Wilmington,
DE-based Digital Therapeutics and Patient Support company, announces the acquisition
of Avhana Health, a privately held
clinical decision support (CDS) company, which has deep integrations with the
leading electronic health records (EHR). As part of the acquisition, Amalgam Rx
will
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NeuroFlow Secures $20M for Tech-Enabled Behavioral Health Integration Platform
What You Should Know:
- NeuroFlow raises $20M to expand its technology-enabled behavioral
health integration platform, led by Magellan Health.
- NeuroFlow’s suite of HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based tools
simplify remote patient monitoring, enable risk stratification, and facilitate
collaborative care. With NeuroFlow, health care organizations can finally
bridge the gap between mental and physical health in order to improve outcomes
and reduce the cost of care.
NeuroFlow, a
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