What You Should Know:
- Healthie, a New York City-based infrastructure platform for digital health companies raises $16M in an oversubscribed Series A round led by Velvet Sea Ventures with participation from Greymatter Capital, Watershed, Builders VC and a customer syndicate.
- Over 60 angels with deep healthcare and tech experience also participated in the financing, including Roushan Zenooz, Executive Chairman of Primary Health, B12 CEO Nitesh Banta, Rafid Fadul, former CMO at Wheel
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Zocdoc Launches its First-Ever Public API Platform: Zocdoc for Developers
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- Zocdoc, the leading healthcare marketplace that makes it easy for people to find and book in-person or virtual care across +200 specialties and +12k insurance plans, announced the launch of Zocdoc for Developers, Zocdoc’s first-ever public API platform
- The new public API expands Zocdoc’s unique interoperability capabilities beyond its Marketplace, positioning Zocdoc as the default infrastructure for digitizing the nation’s patient flow
Zocdoc Syncs
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Canvas Medical Raises $24M for EMR & Payments Platform
What You Should Know:
- Canvas Medical, the EMR that enables clinicians and developers to power the future of care delivery, has raised $24M in Series B funding led by M13 with participation from Haystack and previous investors Inspired Capital, IA Ventures, Upfront Ventures, and Irongrey.
- In addition to this funding, Canvas has achieved federal certification through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
A Full-Stack Ambulatory EMR and
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6 Success Strategies as CMS Drives More Accountable Care by 2030
For the better part of a decade, the shift toward value-based care in the U.S. has been driven by the establishment of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). Working to develop, test and evaluate new payment and delivery models in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, CMMI has taken aim at improving the provider experience, generating better patient outcomes and reducing the overall cost of care.
Recently, CMMI stated that by 2030 every Medicare
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GE Healthcare Launches First 5G Innovation Lab for Remote Care
What You Should Know:
- GE Healthcare, a leading global medical technology, diagnostics, and digital solutions innovator, inaugurated its 5G Innovation Lab in Bengaluru, India, the first for GE Healthcare across the globe.
- With the advantage of massive bandwidth, high data speeds, low latency, and highly reliable connectivity, 5G has the potential to disrupt the patient care continuum, transforming diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis.
5G Enabled Precision
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Analysis: How Will The Roadmap for Diagnostic Cardiology Devices Develop?
Like most healthcare markets, the diagnostic cardiology market has had a bumpy ride in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic saw global revenues for Resting ECG devices increase in 2020, whilst ECG Management Systems, Stress ECG and Traditional Holter ECG solutions saw a market decline. Country lockdowns resulted in reduced cardiology services during the peak of the pandemic, as non-urgent appointments were delayed. 2021 showed relief for cardiac facilities as providers started to deal with the
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When It Comes to Digital Health, Experience Is Everything
Thanks to COVID-19 and numerous other factors, the adoption of digital health technologies used by patients in the home has skyrocketed. Accenture reported in 2021, for example, that remote patient monitoring technology adoption tripled among patients. Whether it is streaming video telehealth appointments with a provider, a remote patient monitoring platform, or a prescribed digital therapeutic to manage a chronic condition, the emphasis must be on the patient and caregiver
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Walgreens Launches New Clinical Trial Business to Address Access & Diversity
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- Walgreens today announced the launch of its clinical trial business to redefine the patient experience and increase access and retention in sponsor-led drug development research.
- Walgreens flexible clinical trial model combines the company’s vast foundation of patient insights, partner-enabled health and technology capabilities and in-person and virtual care options to break through barriers to engaging broader and more diverse communities.
Patient Recruitment
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K Health, Mayo Clinic Platform Launches Personalized Hypertension Treatment Algorithm
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- Clinical AI-powered healthcare company K Health announced today a new collaboration with Mayo Clinic’s digital healthcare initiative, Mayo Clinic Platform, which harnesses new knowledge, solutions and technologies to improve patients' lives.
- Primary Care clinicians practicing on K Health’s virtual platform are now able to use a predictive model based on real-time insights from Mayo Clinic’s de-identified medical data to treat hypertension more accurately and
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Unlocking Interoperability with a Blockchain-Powered Network
Achieving fluid data interoperability has been a complex and challenging goal for the U.S. healthcare system. The result of which has led to excessive administrative costs, delays in providing care, and significant patient frustration.
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. healthcare spending grew 9.7% in 2020, reaching $4.1 trillion, or $12,530 per person. This is forecasted to grow to $6.2 trillion by 2028, which will only exacerbate the current spending
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