What You Should Know: - Best Buy, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Boston-based Current Health, an enterprise care-at-home technology platform that brings together remote patient monitoring, telehealth, and patient engagement into a single solution for healthcare organizations. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2015, Current Health’s enterprise care-at-home platform enables healthcare organizations to deliver high-quality,
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Why Family Caregivers Need Help from the Healthcare Establishment
I recently spoke with a woman whose husband contracted a serious, chronic illness that requires long-term use of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line. As her husband’s primary caregiver, this woman is responsible for cleaning and flushing the PICC line three times a day. And while she knows how to carry out these functions, she nonetheless remains fearful of inadvertently introducing bacteria into the line and the consequences that could result. For this woman, the
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Hoy Health Acquires Mobile Med Units Company HomeFront Health
What You Should Know: - Hoy Health, a bilingual digital primary care platform today announced the acquisition of HomeFront Health, a San Antonio, TX-based service-driven mobile healthcare organization that delivers frontline medical services to patients in their homes as an extension of hospital- and provider-centric care models. By harnessing the untapped resource of military-trained and field-tested veteran medics, the mobile medical units provide unparalleled in-person patient care when
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Sharecare Acquires On-Demand Home Health Platform CareLinx for $65M
What You Should Know: - Sharecare today announced its official entry into the home health market with the acquisition of CareLinx , an on-demand home health platform of tech-enabled care providers from Europ Assistance, one of the largest global assistance companies. Under the terms of the agreement, the acquisition is valued at approximately $65M, consisting of $54.6M in cash and $10.4M in Sharecare common stock. The acquisition marks Sharecare’s 18th acquisition since 2010. - The
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Humana Acquires Integrated Post-Acute Care Provider onehome – M&A
What You Should Know: - Humana Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire integrated post-acute care provider One Homecare Solutions (“onehome”) from WayPoint Capital Partners (WayPoint), the private equity affiliate of a New York-based family investment office. - The acquisition will further advance Humana’s strategy to build a value-based home health offering. - Founded in 2013, onehome is a provider of a variety of home-based services, as well as a convener
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Reperio Health Raises $6M to Expand At-Home Wellness Kits to Employer Market
What You Should Know: - Portland, Oregon-based Reperio Health announced it has raised $6M in seed funding co-led by Caduceus Capital Partners in Nashville, Tenn., and Rogue Venture Partnersin Portland, Ore., with additional investment from Liquid 2 Ventures and G Ventures, both out of the San Francisco Bay Area. - Reperio’s patent-pending at-home health assessment brings a broad range of screenings right to peoples’ doors.
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3 Ways to Boost Patient Confidence with Real-Time Contactless Communication
Although the vaccine’s rollout is slowly underway, Covid cases worldwide are continuing to reach all-time highs as new mutations make the virus even more contagious than ever before. Not surprisingly, patients’ concerns about visiting their healthcare providers in the midst of this global pandemic persist, pushing demand for telehealth solutions that allow patients and their doctors to communicate without the need for in-person visits. In fact, a recent report from McKinsey found that
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Casana Raises $14M to Expand IoT Heart Health Toilet Seat
What You Should Know: - Casana raises $14M in Series A funding to pursue FDA clearance for its an IoT heart health toilet seat that captures clinically relevant measurements, including heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygenation, and cardiac output. Casana, previously known as Heart Health Intelligence, Inc., a healthcare technology firm that is re-inventing in-home health monitoring, today announced that it has raised $14M in Series A funding, bringing the total capital raised to
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Epic, Galen Healthcare, Chartis Group Named 2020 Overall Best in KLAS Awards
What You Should Know: - Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the eleventh consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2021 Software & Services report, released today, which reports on the top vendors for 2020. Epic was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor. Galen Healthcare Solutions was named the top Overall IT Services Firm. The Chartis Group earned the award of top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm, edging out last year’s winner,
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MetroHealth System, CareSimple Launch Remote Patient Monitoring Program
What You Should Know: - CareSimple and MetroHealth System announced that they have entered into a strategic remote patient monitoring integration partnership. - Under the terms of
the agreement, CareSimple will empower the Cleveland, Ohio public health system
with simple, patient-friendly RPM solutions to improve health outcomes for
their high-risk senior and chronically ill populations. The MetroHealth System, a nationally recognized public health care system located in
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