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DispatchHealth Reaches $1.7B Valuation, Raises $200M for In-Home Care Model

by Fred Pennic 03/03/2021 Leave a Comment

DispatchHealth Raises $135.8M to Expand On-Demand In-Home Care Model

What You Should Know: - DispatchHealth has secured an additional $200 million in a Series D round of funding led by Tiger Global. The additional financing brings DispatchHealth into the “unicorn” category and solidifies its valuation at more than $1.7 billion.  - DispatchHealth’s new round of financing will allow the company to bring it’s model of in-home medical care to more than 100 markets across the country
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11 Best Practices of a Successful Care Model Transformation Plan

by Moha Desai, Principal, Healthcare Strategy & Transformation 02/19/2021 Leave a Comment

Health systems across the country will require a plan to react to government deep spending cuts and revenue shortfalls due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital services have seen a significant downturn in demand in 2020, and the recent resurgence in cases has led to further decreases. The public health emergency has also resulted in innovation, most notably telehealth, which has been granted temporary pay parity during the pandemic. Still, hospitals and health systems face a year of losses, but
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How Will Philips Acquisition of BioTelemetry Impact The Cardiac Monitoring Market?

by Kelly Patrick, Principal Analyst at Signify Research 02/09/2021 Leave a Comment

M&A: Philips Acquires Remote Cardiac Monitoring Platform BioTelemetry for $2.8B

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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Telehealth Helped Me Beat COVID-19, But It’s Just A Start

by Lisa Romano, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer at CipherHealth 02/05/2021 Leave a Comment

Telehealth Helped Me Beat COVID-19, But it’s Just A Start

I was the voice of social distancing, a proponent of mask-wearing from the very start. Still, after months of keeping distance from loved ones, the idea of a quick, safe, outdoor family gathering on a beautiful fall day, even if we weren’t going to be wearing masks, was too good to pass up.  A week later, I was sequestered in my bed, with a 103-degree-fever that didn’t break for 12 days, unrelenting migraines and aches, and what felt like an impossibly heavy weight on my chest, making
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Humana Taps DispatchHealth to Power Hospital-Level Care in the Home

by Jasmine Pennic 02/01/2021 Leave a Comment

DispatchHealth Raises $135.8M to Expand On-Demand In-Home Care Model

What You Should Know: - Humana Inc. and DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical care, today announced an agreement to provide Humana members with access to an advanced level of care in the home – to help enhance patients’ experience and health outcomes. The Dispatch-Humana agreement is believed to be the country’s first program to provide hospital-level care involving a national payer. - The agreement will provide members living with multiple chronic conditions – such as cellulitis,
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Biobeat Launches Home-Based Remote Patient Monitoring Kit

by Fred Pennic 01/20/2021 Leave a Comment

Biobeat Launches Home-Based Remote Patient Monitoring Kit

What You Should Know: - Today, Biobeat, developer of AI-powered remote patient monitoring solutions, announced the launch of its home patient monitoring kit. - The kit, which includes chest-monitors, compatible adhesive units, and a user-friendly manual, allows healthcare providers to bring hospital-level care to patient homes by empowering health staff and patients with proven wearable AI-powered remote patient monitoring technology. Biobeat, an Israeli-based continuous remote
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M&A: Ro Acquires On-Demand, In-Home Platform Workpath

by Fred Pennic 12/08/2020 Leave a Comment

M&A: Ro Acquires On-Demand, In-Home Platform Workpath

What You Should Know: - Ro announced it has acquired Workpath, a technology platform that powers on-demand, in-home healthcare and diagnostics services nationwide. - Through this acquisition, Ro’s platform will now uniquely bring together a patient's doctor, pharmacy, and diagnostics/lab--offering a personalized, end-to-end experience with no insurance required. - Ro is also announcing a partnership with Quest Diagnostics, which operates more than 2,200 locations nationwide, to
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Brigham, Biofourmis Co-Develops Tech Solution to Enable Home Hospital Care

by Jasmine Pennic 12/03/2020 Leave a Comment

Brigham, Biofourmis Co-Develops Tech Solution to Enable Home Hospital Care

What You Should Know: - Brigham is working with Biofourmis on a national rollout of their co-developed technology solution, which has been refined and scaled for use by other healthcare systems across the country seeking to establish and execute similar home hospital programs to alleviate COVID-related capacity issues and to receive 1:1 parity on payments from CMS. - The Hospital@HomeTM platform provides a turnkey, end-to-end ecosystem for any health system that wants to quickly launch
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While We Wait for 5G, Is Wi-Fi or Cellular Better for RPM Solutions?

by Mark Denissen, President and CEO, Anelto 11/18/2020 Leave a Comment

While We Wait for 5G, Is Wi-Fi or Cellular Better for RPM Solutions?

Many in the healthcare industry are keeping an eye on the rollout of 5G wireless, which promises to connect people and things at higher speed and lower latency. In the healthcare realm, this means high-resolution images such as CT scans and X-rays can be taken and transmitted instantaneously to doctors. But it also means good things for lower-bandwidth applications, such as the volumes of rich data found in home healthcare applications.  One of the beneficiaries of 5G will be remote
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CareLinx, Doctor On Demand Partner to Bring In-Home Virtual Care to Seniors

by Fred Pennic 10/23/2020 Leave a Comment

CareLinx, Doctor on Demand Partner to Bring In-Home Virtual Care to Seniors

What You Should Know:  - Doctor On Demand and CareLinx, one of the largest professional networks for in-home care, have announced a collaboration to bring in-home virtual care services to CareLinx clients.  - At a time when seniors have been encouraged to stay home to avoid exposure to COVID, Doctor On Demand’s partnership with CareLinx will vastly improve their opportunity to receive comprehensive healthcare while remaining safe.  After being the first and only
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