The statistics surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be startling, despite the ever-growing mental and physical fatigue that we’ve all experienced living through this frightening, intimidating and unprecedented era. More than 125 million cases worldwide have resulted in a death toll closing in on three million, while in the United States alone, 30 million reported infections have resulted in a death toll that reached 550,000. (1) One thing that can be said for certain about
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Ro Nabs $500M to Strengthen Vertically Integrated Primary Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- Ro, the healthcare technology company, today announced it has raised $500 million in Series D fundraising round led by existing investors General Catalyst, FirstMark Capital and TQ Ventures, with significant participation from existing investors SignalFire, Torch and BoxGroup as well as new investors Altimeter, Baupost, Dragoneer, Shawspring, Radcliff, and 776. The Series D brings Ro’s total fundraising since its founding in 2017 to $876 million.
- This news
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Glooko Raises $30M to Expand Digital Diabetes Management Platform
What You Should Know:
- Glooko, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of remote patient monitoring and chronic care management solutions including diabetes and obesity, today announced that they have raised a $30 million Series D round of funding. The funding was led by Health Catalyst Capital along with participation from existing investors Canaan Partners, Georgian, Novo Nordisk, Insulet and Mayo Clinic.
- Glooko plans to use these proceeds from this funding to accelerate organic growth and
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Ambulatory Considerations for Remote Patient Monitoring Technologies
The use of healthcare technology solutions in clinical settings is a time-tested conventional practice, and it’s becoming more commonplace in remote patient monitoring (RPM) as supporting technologies drive more innovation. With the broad range of care encompassed by the term “RPM,” there are a number of factors that can impact the overall effectiveness of monitoring patient vitals and other physiological parameters in remote, non-clinical situations.
When a patient transitions from a
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100Plus Raises $25M for Remote Patient Monitoring Platform
What You Should Know:
- 100Plus, a Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) platform for doctors and their patients, announced series seed investments totaling $25M, led by Henry Kravis, George Roberts, and other super angel investors.
- 100Plus is an RPM solution that helps physicians remotely monitor patients and provides data that informs clinical decisions throughout their course of care, which can lead to better outcomes and cost avoidance. 100Plus is the only RPM product to utilize
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BioIntelliSense Partners with Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for Continuous Monitoring in Clinical Trials
What You Should Know:
-BioIntelliSense announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to incorporate the BioSticker™ platform in clinical trials of hematological cancer patients.
- The LLS clinical trials will include use of the BioSticker medical device for the continuous collection of vital sign and physiological data which includes temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate at rest, activity level and body position. The BioSticker
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Data-Driven Future: Impact of Machine Learning on Diabetes Management
“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other” – Bill Gates wrote this in 1999 and, nowadays, the same can certainly be said about information technology and healthcare.
The ability to collect, analyze, and use data is becoming ubiquitous with many of healthcare’s most exciting advancements. Whether it’s Google’s DeepMind using artificial intelligence (AI) to help
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How to Optimize Your Healthcare Practice with Advanced Technology Solutions
As COVID-19 continues to influence patient behaviors and causes providers to reevaluate how they operate their businesses, healthcare practices all around the world started looking for solutions that emphasize clinical efficiencies, elevate patient revenue cycle management, as well as feature enhanced reporting, and analytics tools. More so, along with facing challenges of the patient intake process during a pandemic, providers have also been put to the test with learning how to meet the sudden
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Owlet Smart Baby Monitor to Go Public in SPAC IPO Deal
What You Should Know:
- Owlet Baby Care Inc. (“Owlet” or the “Company”) and Sandbridge Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) co-sponsored by affiliates of Sandbridge Capital and PIMCO private funds have entered into a definitive merger agreement go public. The company plans to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “OWLT.”
- The combined company to have an implied initial enterprise value of approximately $1,074 million, with the
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Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions
Healthcare organizations have faced continual stress from heavy COVID-19 caseloads in 2020. Cyberattacks on their information networks also loomed as a serious threat, and the pressure to protect data is expected to grow this year, as more criminals target healthcare providers.
Protecting patient data from unauthorized access has long been a regulatory prerequisite for healthcare organizations. But increasingly, cybercriminals see profit potential in attacking and crippling their networks,
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