What You Should Know: - Trellus Health secures $5M in seed funding and collaborates with Mount Sinai to deliver resilience-driven, connected care, integrating expert clinical and behavioral health for better outcomes. - The first disease Trellus will tackle is IBD, which is one of the costliest chronic conditions with a high mental health burden. Trellus Health, a New York City-based provider of resilience-driven care for people with complex chronic conditions, announced it has
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HealthVoyager Selected as Winner of Lilly’s Digital Health Innovation Challenge
- Lilly concluded its first digital health open innovation challenge, “Transforming IBD Care: Better Disease Monitoring, Management, and Care for People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” and selected HealthVoyager as the winner.- The challenge culminated in a competition hosted at Lilly’s headquarters in Indianapolis, where five finalists presented their digital health solutions aimed at transforming IBD care to a panel of judges.Eli Lilly and Company, today announced it has named HealthVoyager,
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Lilly Launches Innovation Challenge to Transform IBD Care Through Digital Health
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is launching an open innovation challenge to encourage individuals and teams across the U.S. to identify and submit pioneering digital health solutions aimed at transforming inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) care. The challenge, "Transforming IBD Care: Better disease monitoring, management, and care for people with inflammatory bowel disease" focuses on innovation in IBD monitoring, condition management or care enhancements.Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Cara Care Nabs $7M to Expand Digital Therapuetic App for Digestive Diseases
Berlin, Germany-based digital health company Cara Care, announced today that it has secured $7 million in Series A funding led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC) and Barcelona-based VC firm Asabys Partners with participation from existing investor Atlantic Labs. Cara Care was part of the Microsoft Accelerator and winner of the GlaxoSmithKline Transforming the Future of Self-Care Challenge in the category “Digital Health Technologies.” Cara Care has raised more than $9
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Allscripts Acquires Prescription & Prior Authorization Platform ZappRx
EHR vendor Allscripts has reached an agreement to acquire prescription and prior authorization platform ZappRx, according to CNBC. The acquisition will help Allscripts diversify its business outside of electronic medical record (EHR). The company has raised a total of $40M in funding to date.Founded in 2012 by Zoe Barry who previously worked at athenahealth, ZappRx streamlines the complex process required to order specialty medications, increasing efficiencies when collecting and maintaining the
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Study: Fitbit Devices Could Predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Flare-Ups
Fitbit devices could help predict the flare-ups of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, according to a new study published in the Journal of Crohn's and Colitis. The year-long study, which was recently presented at Digestive Disease Week, was conducted by the University of Chicago.Impact of IBD Flare-UpsEven when managed well, IBD can flare up or cause symptoms unexpectedly, which may be triggered by diet, stress, and physical activity (or lack
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Oshi Health Launches All-in-One Mobile App for IBD Management
Oshi Health, Inc. today announced the release of Oshi, a digital tracking mobile app with all-in-one features for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management and wellness including symptom tracking, curated learning, and expert Q&A. Oshi is now available for download on the Apple App Store or Android Google Play.Currently, there is no known cause or cure for Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC), the two main forms of IBD. Both are marked by inflammation in the lining of the
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