What You Should Know:
- DispatchHealth launches Clinic Without Walls, a new service line offering patients a telemedicine visit with in-person assistance for more complex medical visits.
- The initial service line will be available in a pilot to MultiCare patients in the Tacoma and Spokane areas in an effort to its senior patients' alternative visits during the pandemic.
DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home high-acuity medical care, today announced
the launch of Clinic Without
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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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Nice Healthcare Nabs $5M to Power ‘Frictionless’ Virtual Primary Care
What You Should Know:
- Nice Healthcare raises
$5M in seed funding to power the next phase of growth of its in-home and
virtual primary care services.
- Nice contracts directly with employers to provide
unlimited access to its service under a transparent and capitated rate of $30 -
$36 per employee per month.
Nice Healthcare, a Minneapolis, MN-based provider of in-home and virtual primary care services, today announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding to pioneer the
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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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Ready Raises $54M to Become The Uber of On-Demand Healthcare Services
What You Should Know:
- Ready, a company described as the “Uber” of on-demand health
service, just raised $54 million in its Series C funding round.
- Ready’s on-demand care model is evolving the healthcare
industry with customer service and mobility, just like Uber did for ride
sharing and Postmates for food delivery.
Ready, an New Orleans,
LA-based on-demand healthcare service, today announced that it closed $54
million of new funding to finance the expansion of its operations and
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DispatchHealth Raises $135.8M to Expand On-Demand In-Home Care Model
What You Should Know
- Today DispatchHealth announced the closing of $135.8 million growth capital financing led by Optum Ventures and included participation from existing and new strategic investors.
- The additional funding enables DispatchHealth to
continue to provide in-home medical care to even more vulnerable, high-needs
patients by growing its existing 19 markets, expanding to new markets, and
launching additional services.
- Many health systems, including Renown Health and
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CareAcademy Lands $9.5M for Online Training Platform for Senior Care
What You Should Know:
- CareAcademy raises $9.5 million in Series A funding to expand its online training platform for senior care professionals to deliver the highest caliber of service and improve the lives of older adults.
- Series A round signals massive market opportunity as CareAcademy seizes a greater share of online caregiver training; brings total company funding to more than $13 million.
CareAcademy, a Boston, MA-based home care & home health workforce empowerment
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CVS Health, UCLA Health Partner to Bolster Hospital Capacity for COVID-19
What You Should Know:
- CVS Health announced it is working with hospitals and providers, including major systems like UCLA Health, to support their solutions for creating much-needed hospital bed capacity during the pandemic.
- Hospitals around the country are expanding their capacity to meet the anticipated needs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Current estimates project that hospitals nationwide need to increase capacity by more than 36,000 hospital beds.
- In addition,
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DispatchHealth Expands Service Line, Offers Hospital-at-Home Care
- 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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Intermountain Launches New Kidney Care Center with Telehealth Care
- Intermountain Healthcare launches new Kidney Care Center that will provide at-home dialysis with telehealth-enabled video visits to patients.
- Patients will be able to schedule kidney dialysis treatments that fit their schedule.
- The Intermountain Kidney Care Center will also focus on pre-emptive transplants, where patients are matched with living kidney transplant donors prior to end-stage renal failure.
Intermountain
Healthcare in Salt Lake City announced it is launching a
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