LetsGetChecked, a leading direct-to-consumer at-home health testing and insights
company, today announced the closing of $71 million in its Series C round of
financing co-led by Illumina Ventures and HLM Venture Partners. The round also
includes new investors Deerfield, CommonFund Capital, and Angeles Investments
and existing investors Transformation Capital, Optum Ventures, and Qiming
Venture Partners USA. Nick Naclerio, Founding Partner at Illumina Ventures and
Steven Tolle, Partner at HLM
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Nebraska Health Information Initiative Rolls Out Statewide COVID-19 Dashboard
What You Should Know:
- NEHII, the statewide health information exchange for Nebraska, in conjunction with Intersystems, KPI Ninja, and Nextgate, has generated a COVID-19 dashboard to support statewide COVID-19 data collection and reporting.
- COVID-19 dashboard provides real-time laboratory data and hospital bed management for accurate monitoring and case reporting.
To help the state of Nebraska accurately track COVID-19 cases and test results, the Nebraska Health Information
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Medable Lands $25M to Expand Platform for Decentralized Clinical Trials
What You Should Know:
- Medable raises $25M in funding to expand global platform for decentralized clinical trials led by GSR Ventures, with additional investment from existing investor PPD, Inc.
- Founded in 2015, Medable’s global decentralized trial platform streamlines design, recruitment, retention and data quality, replacing siloed systems with integrated digital tools, data and interfaces to accelerate trial execution.
Medable, Inc., a Palo
Alto, CA-based global platform for
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The Rise of Teledentistry: Benefits, Use Cases & Adoption Challenges
Teledentistry is a relatively new practice on the rise for dentists. If you have oral health or dental problems, it can take a while to get an appointment that fits in with your schedule. So, with this new concept, you can quickly connect with a dental professional remotely, and receive access to advice and information.About TeledentistryTeledentistry falls under telehealth, which is a broad concept within professional healthcare delivery. Essentially, telehealth aims to provide patients with a
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Shoring Up the Healthcare Supply Chain: 4 Lessons From The COVID-19 Pandemic
In December 2019, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response told a House committee that “supply chain issues were among the most significant challenges to preparing for an influenza pandemic as well as other infectious diseases.” A few months later, healthcare systems across the country and around the world are face-to-face with that harsh reality, as many of the largest healthcare suppliers are unable to fully meet the growing global demand for personal protective equipment
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Healthcare Data Platform H1 Raises $12.9M to Fuel Growth
What You Should Know:
- H1, the biggest database in the world connecting healthcare, life science professionals, and companies raises $12.9M in funding.
- Its healthcare data platform provides comprehensive in-depth profiles of more than 8 million healthcare professionals and 16,000 institutions in 70+ countries, all of which are kept up-to-date weekly. The platform enables users to understand and analyze any healthcare professional’s full profile, including expertise, interests,
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XRHealth Lands $7M to Expand Telehealth VR/AR Platform
What You Should Know:
XRHealth raises $7M in funding to expand its telehatlh virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR) platform for clinicians and patients.
XRHealth is the first certified Extended Reality medical
company in the world; their Medical Applications are FDA & CE
Registered.
XRHealth created the first virtual reality telehealth
clinic in the world that is currently certified in 17 states.
XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth a provider of extended
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FCC Approves Second Set of 5 COVID-19 Telehealth Program Providers
What
You Need to Know:
– FCC
approves second set of five COVID-10 telehealth program providers, after
approving the first set of six providers last week.
– To date, the FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program has funded 11 health care providers in 8 states for a total of $6.94 million in funding.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved an additional five funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Healthcare providers in some of the
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How AI-Driven Insight Could Fuel Medicare Advantage Success
Medicare Advantage plans need more than consumer-centric design, payer/provider alignment, and strong connections across the continuum of care to drive value. The high-value performance also depends on their ability to use data to make a meaningful difference in members’ health.
With 11,000 people aging into Medicare daily, proficiency in managing Medicare Advantage populations is critical for demonstrating value in a competitive market. Enrollment in these plans is growing significantly,
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VA, DoD Launches Joint Health Information Exchange to Securely Exchange Records
What You Should Know:
- VA and DoD launch joint health information exchange (HIE), allowing bidirectional sharing of health records with community healthcare partners.
- The benefits of the new joint HIE capability are currently available to all VA and DOD care providers and to all participating community partners.
- The joint HIE capability honors patient consent so that health records of patients who opt out of sharing will not be exchanged through the HIE.
On April 18, the
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