What You Should Know:
- Mark Thierer -- the former CEO of OptumRx who took that role after selling Catamaran to UnitedHealth Group for $13B, today announced the launch of Waltz Health with $35.4M led by GV (Google Ventures) including participation from Define Ventures, Echo Health Ventures, Blue Venture Fund, Byers Capital, and Twine Ventures. Other funding came from a prestigious list of seasoned healthcare executives.
- Waltz Health plans to
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Physicians Say Access Challenges Impact Their Care Plans for Up to 33% of Patients
What You Should Know:
- Physicians would make a different therapy choice for 33% of patients if medication access was not a factor, and physicians had to change their treatment plan for 26% of patients due to medication access challenges, according to recent survey findings from OptimizeRX Corp.
- The results of a survey of 102 specialist physicians highlight how inefficient access pathways negatively impact patient care.
Survey Report Background
The survey, conducted in March
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mPharma & TytoCare Integrate to Offer Telehealth to Pharmacies in Africa
What You Should Know:
- TytoCare, an all-in-one modular device and examination solution for AI-powered, on-demand, remote medical exams partners with mPharma, a technology-driven healthcare company building Africa's largest health management organization with a focus on making medications affordable and accessible to every African.
-The integration of the TytoCare solution into mPharma’s telehealth offerings enables pharmacies to provide patients with enhanced
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Free Market Health Secures $13.5M for Advance Specialty Pharmacy Ecosystem
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Free Market Health, a Pittsburgh-based healthcare technology company transforming the specialty pharmacy ecosystem with a care-driven marketplace platform, today announced its $13.5M in Series A financing led by Alta Partners and with participation from existing investors Highmark Ventures and 653 Investment Partners.
- The capital will enable the company’s team of specialty pharmacy industry experts to scale beyond the hundreds of millions of dollars in specialty
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Analysis: The Role of Compact Systems in Today’s Ultrasound Market
Much of the focus in the ultrasound market in the last few years has been on the handheld market. This is justified, considering its role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the spate of innovation in the sector, both in terms of new product releases and partnerships. As a result, there is less mention of the other ultrasound product segments, especially the compact market. However, the compact market has also been active, with the release of Fujifilm SonoSite’s SonoSite LX in February
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9am.Health Nabs $16M to Expand Virtual Diabetes Clinic Nationwide
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- 9am.health, a San Diego, CA-based virtual diabetes clinic that delivers personalized, affordable, and compassionate care directly to consumers raises $16M in Series A funding co-led by 7Wire Ventures and Human Capital and included participation from new investors StartUp Health, Leaps by Bayer, and existing investors Define Ventures and Founders Fund. The latest round brings its total funding to date to nearly $20M.
- Innovative virtual care provider is now
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AmerisourceBergen Launches $150M Corporate Venture Fund
What You Should Know:
- AmerisourceBergen, a global healthcare solutions company, announced the establishment of AB Health Ventures, a dedicated corporate venture capital fund that will invest in and partner with emerging healthcare startup companies working to transform healthcare for people and animals globally.
- AB Health Ventures will build on AmerisourceBergen’s ongoing commitment to delivering innovation for its customers.
AB Health Ventures Investment Thesis
AB Health
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Q1 2022 Digital Health Funding Reaches $6B Across 183 Deals
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- Rock Health report reveals Q1 2022 digital health funding closed with $6.0B across 183 deals, and an average deal size of $32.8M.
- Q1 2022 digital health funding was significantly behind Q4 2021’s $7.3B and the trailing twelve month quarterly average of $7.1B.
Digital health funding reached a total of $6B in Q1 2022 across 183 deals, and an average deal size of $32.8M, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund
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Digital Health Disconnect Creates Unnecessary Roadblock to Patient Engagement
By all accounts, the last two years have accelerated consumer adoption of digital tools for managing nearly every aspect of our lives. Ordering takeout? Odds are good you used a digital payment method, alongside the 93% of consumers who say they’ve used tools like Venmo and Zelle over the last year. Visiting your primary care physician? There’s a good chance you had at least some interaction with a patient portal or telehealth platform. Even the
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Nurse-1-1 Raises $2.3M to Expand Conversational Marketing for Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- Nurse-1-1, the first conversational marketing company for healthcare raises $2.3M in seed funding round led by Argon Ventures with participation from York IE and Hyperplane.
- The company will use the financing to expand its team, accelerate its go-to-market efforts, and scale its current partnerships with publicly traded and nationwide digital health, at-home testing, and pharma companies.
Nationwide Nurse Work
Through a
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