- DispatchHealth expands its on-demand acute care services to offer Advanced Care and Extended Care in the home.- The new services allow patients who previously required an expensive hospital stay to be treated at home. In a partnership with two health systems, DispatchHealth will offer patients a 24/7 dedicated medical team, remote monitoring, an emergency call button, and daily visits.DispatchHealth, a provider of tech-enabled in-home health care, today announced the launch of two additional
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DarioHealth Launches Digital Diabetes Program on Walmart.com
DarioHealth announce it is expanding the retail distribution of its digital diabetes management program through Walmart.com.- Through Walmart’s online distribution channel, DarioHealth will offer Walmart consumers MyDario, a complete digital solution to manage diabetes, hypertension, nutrition, and exercise.Global digital therapeutics innovation provider, DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO) announced today the launch of the Dario-powered digital diabetes program on Walmart.com. Walmart is the
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88% of Hospitals Plan to Invest in Remote Patient Monitoring Solutions to Support Value-Based Care
- 88% of health systems and hospitals surveyed have invested or plan to invest in remote patient monitoring solutions to support their organizational transitions to value-based care, according to the latest Spyglass Consulting Group report. - Healthcare provider investments in RPM solutions are being driven by several underlying market factors including exploding healthcare costs, a rising aging baby boomer population, the increased prevalence of chronic disease, and continuous healthcare
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QliqSOFT Launches GPS-Enabled Post-Acute Care Delivery Resource Management App
- QliqSOFT launches its home health nurse distress notification-enabled mobile care-delivery app, Visit Path, at the 2019 National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Conference. - New post-acute visit management app provides real-time business-enhancing delivery-data and instant distress notification for hospice and home healthcare agencies.QliqSOFT, a secure, HIPAA-compliant clinical communication solutions, today announced the launch of its home health nurse distress notification-enabled
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Validic, Trapollo Partner to Offer Hardware & Software Services Supporting Remote Patient Monitoring
- Validic and Trapollo are teaming up to offer comprehensive hardware and software services supporting remote patient monitoring (RPM). - The collaboration combines Validic's strengths in data connectivity and analytics with Trapollo's strengths in hardware provisioning and logistics.Validic, a market leader in solutions for personal health data, and Trapollo, a Cox Business company and a leading provider of managed services for telehealth and remote health monitoring, announced today a
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Validic Adds High-Frequency Data Support, Delivering Minute-to-Minute Readings From Wearables, Home Health Devices
- Validic has added support for high-frequency data, enabling organizations to receive standardized activity, heart rate, and blood glucose data at a rate up to one reading per minute.- The availability of these data for use in healthcare and wellness programs indicate an important shift toward more real-time, individualized interventions and coaching services.Validic, a Durham, NC-based provider of solutions for personal health data, today at HLTH 2019 announced the support of high-frequency
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Papa Raises $10M to Expand “Grandkids on Demand” Platform to Address Social Isolation in Seniors
- Papa raises $10M in Series A funding to expand “grandkids on-demand” platform to help reduce social isolation in seniors. - Adds partnerships with multiple large health insurance plans, including Humana, Aetna, Priority Health and Alignment Healthcare. - Papa will use the funding to expand its services to a broader population of older adults, via partnerships with additional insurance plans and employee benefits provider.Papa, a digital health company that provides “grandkids on demand” to
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Cerner Designates ResMed’s Home Health & Hospital Platform As Its Preferred Solution
- Cerner forms a collaboration with ResMed to designate ResMed’s Brightree Home Health and Hospice platform as its preferred solution.- Cerner also plans to connect other ResMed digital health data platforms—including those that support 10 million-plus cloud-connectable sleep apnea and respiratory care devices—to its EHR and HealtheIntent population health platform.Cerner and ResMed, a world-leading digital health company, today announced a new collaboration agreement to help providers make more
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Research: July Digital Health IPOs, M&A Activity, Public Company Performance Summary
Summary of Health IT/digital IPOs, merger & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of July.
Digital Health IPOs in July
Breaking the digital health IPO drought, there were four initial public offerings (IPOs) during a five-week period from late June to late July, including Livongo, Health Catalyst, Phreesia, and Change Healthcare. The last health IT companies to reach IPO were iRhythym Technologies and Tabula Rasa Healthcare in late 2016 -
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XLerateHealth Unveils 2019 Louisville Cohort of 9 Digital Health Startups
XLerateHealth, a Louisville, KY-based healthcare accelerator announced it has selected nine digital health startups to participate in its 2019 Louisville accelerator cohort. This is the 8th cohort to be selected into the bootcamp program since XLH’s launch in 2013.XLerateHealth (XLH) Accelerator Program OverviewThe accelerator’s 12-week intensive program will help the early-stage healthcare companies build out their commercialization strategy, which includes their intersection with Payers,
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