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Welkin Health Lands $17.5M for Patient Relationship Management Platform

by Fred Pennic 05/29/2019 Leave a Comment

Welkin Health Lands $17.5M for Patient Relationship Management Platform

Welkin Health, a digital health company based in San Francisco has raised $17.5M in Series B funding led by Altos Ventures. Existing investors, Thrive Capital, Red Swan Ventures, and Asset Management Ventures also contributed to the round, which brings Welkin’s total funding to $30 million to date. The company plans to use that latest round of funding to expand operations and its business reach. Helping Care Teams Have Meaningful Relationships With Their Patients Founded in 2013, Welkin’s
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Innovaccer Launches ACO Comparison & Performance Enablement Tool

by Jasmine Pennic 05/29/2019 Leave a Comment

Innovaccer, Launches the 2019 Version of Its Critically Acclaimed ACO Compare Tool

Innovaccer Inc., a San Francisco-based data activation company, today announced the launch of the brand new version of its ACO comparison and performance enablement tool, ACO Compare. With Innovaccer’s latest offering, ACOs can figure out concrete strategies and build comprehensive roadmaps to achieve their goals based on in-depth analysis and regression on critical data points.Growing Importance of Understanding The Value-based Care LandscapeWhile ACOs have traditionally been considered to be
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Innovaccer Launches Outreach Management Solution to Reinvent Patient-Provider Collaboration

by Jasmine Pennic 05/23/2019 Leave a Comment

Innovaccer Launches Outreach Management Solution to Reinvent Patient-Provider Collaboration

Innovaccer Inc., a San Francisco-based data activation company, today announced the launch of its Outreach Management solution to enable organizations with effective outreach to their patients. The solution is aimed at enhancing patient-provider collaboration at every instance of care delivery by eliminating communication barriers that currently plague our healthcare system.Lack of Interaction in Care Delivery ProcessOver the years, involving patients in their care delivery processes has become
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Bioelectronic Medicine Startup Cala Health Nabs $50M for Wearable Neuromodulation Therapies

by Jasmine Pennic 05/22/2019 Leave a Comment

Bioelectronic Medicine Startup Cala Health Nabs $50M for Wearable Neuromodulation Therapies

Cala Health, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based bioelectronic medicine company developing wearable therapies for chronic disease has raised $50 million in Series C funding. New investors in the Series C funding round include Novartis, Baird Capital, LifeSci Venture Partners, TriVentures, and others. All existing investors participated in the round, including Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC), Lux Capital, Lightstone Ventures, Action Potential Venture Capital, dRx Capital, and
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Why Playing Political Games Does Not Improve Patient Care

by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD, President of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) 05/22/2019 Leave a Comment

Playing Political Games Does Not Improve Patient Care

Now that it is the political season where divisiveness rules the day, the bevy of President wannabes’ interest in maternal health is suspect. After all, none of them have joined the many maternal health advocates who praised the President for signing into law the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act which gives grants to the states to help identify the causes of maternal mortality.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black and American Indian/Alaska Native women are about 3
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Velano Vascular Raises $10M for FDA-Cleared Needle-Free Blood Draw Device

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Velano Vascular Raises $10M for FDA-Cleared Needle-Free Blood Draw Device

Velano Vascular, a San Francisco, CA-based vascular access technology innovator today announced that it has raised $10 million from strategic investor Intermountain Healthcare following the system’s rollout of the PIVO™ needle-free blood collection technology. The funding also included participation from Becton Dickinson’s former Chairman and CEO Edward Ludwig; notable entrepreneur, investor, and health sector philanthropist Marc Benioff; Baxter International’s former Chairman and CEO Robert
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UCSF, The Doctors Company Partner to Address Patient Safety Challenges in the Digital Health Era

by Jasmine Pennic 05/07/2019 Leave a Comment

UCSF, The Doctors Company Partner to Address Patient Safety Challenges in the Digital Health Era

The Doctors Company—the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer—and UC San Francisco (UCSF), today launched a new partnership at the intersection of digital medicine and patient safety. The Doctors Company’s commitment to advancing the practice of good medicine will be expanded through a $1 million collaboration that will enable leading UCSF researchers in evidence-based patient safety practices, safety, and information technology–related policy, and artificial intelligence
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Digital Employment Marketplace for Nursing Professionals Trusted Health Lands $20M

by Jasmine Pennic 05/06/2019 Leave a Comment

Digital Employment Marketplace for Nursing Professionals Trusted Health Lands $20M

 Trusted Health, a San Francisco, CA-based digital employment marketplace for nursing professionals announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Craft Ventures with participation from previous investors Felicis Ventures and Founder Collective. In addition to the Series A funding round, the company also has officially launched support for flexible nursing opportunities nationwide and added permanent staff openings for nurses seeking more traditional employment. Nurses can
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Pfizer, McKesson, Others Join MediLedger’s Blockchain Project Working Group

by Fred Pennic 05/06/2019 Leave a Comment

Pfizer, McKesson, Others Join MediLedger’s Blockchain Project Working Group

Leading life sciences and healthcare companies Pfizer Inc., McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, and Premier Inc. have joined the MediLedger Project Contracting and Chargebacks working group, a second working group running in parallel to the ongoing DSCSA working group started in 2017. MediLedger is an initiative of Chronicled, Inc., a San Francisco-based technology company, that builds blockchain-powered ecosystems and supply chain solutions.Network VisionMediLedger uses
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Innovaccer Launches AI-Powered Pediatric Care Management Solution

by Jasmine Pennic 04/22/2019 Leave a Comment

Innovaccer Launches Its Pediatric Care Management Solution

Innovaccer Inc., a San Francisco-based data activation company, today announced the launch of its Pediatrics Care Management solution specifically designed to bring the entire care network together to fulfill every child’s needs. The solution will assist pediatric care organizations in bringing together information that spans across multiple venues, clinicians, and stages of life.Pediatric-Specific Measures Are Not Widely AvailableValue-based payment reforms have made quite an impact on US
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