What You Should Know: - Rimidi launches its new Respiratory Module through integration with Teva Pharmaceuticals’ digital inhalers that be integrated into healthcare provider workflows, enhancing respiratory care and population health management. - This new module allows providers to comprehend the full picture of the patient's disease status both in the clinic and at home – giving clinical teams the tools they need to make personalized, predictive care decisions and improve
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Cureatr and Unite Us Launches Health Equity Program
What You Should Know: - Cureatr and Unite Us are teaming up to launch a comprehensive health equity program to support patients experiencing transitions of care. The partnership with Unite Us has empowered Cureatr to more holistically care for patients and evolve the role of Cureatr's certified community health workers (CHWs). - In addition to providing services that address medication access issues, the new health equity program allows CHWs to screen patients for social determinants of
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Unite Us to Power Arizona’s Social Determinants of Health Referral System
What You Should Know: - Contexture, Arizona’s health information exchange (HIE), today announced that Unite Us will serve as the technology platform for CommunityCares, the statewide referral system designed to address social determinants of health (SDOH) needs in Arizona. - Unite Us is an enterprise technology company providing the digital infrastructure to power connected health and social care ecosystems. As part of the partnership, the new CommunityCares SDOH program is made
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Unite Us Launches Social Care Payments Platform
What You Should Know: - Unite Us, the enterprise technology company providing the digital infrastructure to power integrated health and social care, today announced the launch of its Social Care Payments solution. - Social Care Payments is a first-of-its-kind solution designed to bridge the gap between healthcare funders and community-based organizations (CBOs), enabling social care funding at scale. It is the only end-to-end solution for social care that streamlines the
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Social Determinants of Health: Finding the Solutions Beyond the Buzzword
Health plans are on a constant quest to learn what they can do to help their member populations. Unfortunately, there is a scarcity of practical information for health plans to act upon when scanning media coverage and internet sites that purport to provide helpful guidance. For example, the World Health Organization actually describes social determinants of health, or SDoH, as “non-medical factors that influence health outcomes.” This simple designation complicates matters, as non-medical
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Healthy Alliance IPA, Unite Us Launches NY’s First Social Care Network
What You Should Know: - Healthy Alliance IPA and Unite Us, today announced a strategic partnership to create New York’s first statewide coordinated care network for addressing social needs – one of the first networks of its kind in the country. - This growing partnership will convene regional community leaders and thousands of local community-based organizations across the state to ensure all New Yorkers have access to a comprehensive, coordinated social care service
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Unite Us Acquires NowPow’s Personalized Community Referral Platform
What You Should Know: - Unite Us, a New York City-based technology company connecting health and social care services, today announced the acquisition of NowPow, the Chicago-based referral platform grounded in science and community. - This combination will create the nation’s leading integrated health and social care network connecting people to the resources they need -- from food and housing assistance to counseling, caregiver support and more. Together, the combined company helps
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Unite Us Acquires Health Analytics Platform Carrot Health
What You Should Know: - Unite Us, a New York City-based company connecting health and social care services, today announced the acquisition of Carrot Health, an action-oriented health analytics company focused on removing barriers to health and optimizing care. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. - The combination of predictive analytics powerhouse Carrot Health and Unite Us’ end-to-end social determinants of health products will further deepen
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Unite Us Launches Social Care Solution to Improve SDoH
What You Should Know: - Unite Us today announced the release of its new end-to-end social care solution that will accelerate both the growth and impact of social care and services in local communities nationwide. - The new solution will expand far beyond patient referrals, to now identify and predict social care needs in communities, coordinate necessary care, leverage data to further improve systems at large, and enable sustainable and impactful funding of social care nationwide. Why
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Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity
The first quarter of 2021 has been one of investor optimism as the vaccine rollout continues ahead of expectations and economic activity begins to accelerate in response. Within the Health IT industry, the already strong investment and M&A trends seen in 2020 have only accelerated. Over the course of the quarter, we observed $7 billion in private equity and venture capital investment across 158 companies. By comparison, Q1 of 2020 saw $3.2 billion and 127 investments. Health IT
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