Over the past year, the shortcomings and gaps in healthcare have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The patient and provider experience (and their respective preferences) in care delivery have been no exception to the industry’s shortcomings. Providers and patients are looking for more convenient, efficient solutions to simplify the giving and receiving of care. Providers want more time back for face-to-face care with their patients, and patients want more affordable, convenient
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When Virtual Goes Viral: Post-Covid Software Trends for Small Physician Practices
After the great telehealth rush of 2020, healthcare providers who could offer HIPAA-compliant services while also being able to access their patients’ complete healthcare information remotely, came out ahead of the game. The practices that continued operating their organizations in a way that met the healthcare needs of their patients in a ‘no-beats-missed’ fashion achieved greater patient satisfaction and outcomes due to the continuity of care. But across the country, this scenario was
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Form Health Raises $12M to Expand Obesity Telemedicine Platform
What You Should Know: - Form Health, a pioneer in the emerging field of obesity telemedicine, announced $12M in Series A funding led by M13 with participation from SignalFire and NextView Ventures. - Form Health is specifically aiming to help chronically ill patients with obesity with a science-backed, personalized program combining virtual care from board certified physicians with FDA-approved medications. By accepting most insurance and offering its services
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Post-COVID Telehealth in Europe: What Works for Primary Care? – Analysis
The European primary care telehealth market has been transformed since the outbreak of COVID-19 more than 15 months ago. But which countries have developed an ecosystem that is primed for long-term growth that will bring value and improved processes to both healthcare providers and patients? A key starting point is to define the vendors that serve primary care telehealth. There are two types of company that address this market. - Telehealth Service Providers – These are companies that sell
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Brightline Secures $72M to Expand Pediatric Behavioral Health Solution Nationally
What You Should Know: - Brightline, a virtual pediatric behavioral health solution announces, today announced it has raised $72M in Series B funding led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), with participation from new investors Optum Ventures, 7wireVentures, and Gaingels, the leading venture investment syndicate in support of diversity and representing the LGBTQ community and allies. Debra Lee, Chairman and CEO Emeritus, BET Networks, also contributed to the round as an independent
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MAP Health Management Acquires Behavioral Health Provider CARMAhealth – M&A
What You Should Know: - MAP Health Management, LLC., a provider of virtual peer support services announced the acquisition of CARMAhealth (CARMA), a primary care and behavioral health management service organization to expand its capabilities to virtual and in-person primary medical and behavioral healthcare. - The acquisition will enable MAP to leverage its peer-led support capabilities to facilitate an integrated continuum of medical services that include primary medicine,
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Vynca Acquires Virtual Palliative Care Provider ResolutionCare – M&A
What You Should Know: - Vynca, a national leader in advance care planning, today announced the acquisition of ResolutionCare, a California-based innovator and provider of home-based palliative care and telemedicine. - With the acquisition of ResolutionCare’s comprehensive board-certified, physician-led palliative care model, Vynca is well-positioned to expand its support services to the seriously ill, which aligns well with its existing advance care planning
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AMN Healthcare Acquires Virtual Care Platform Synzi for $42.5M in Cash
What You Should Know: - AMN Healthcare announced it has finalized the acquisition of Synzi, a full-service virtual care management company, for $42.5 million in cash. - Synzi provides virtual care and remote patient monitoring platforms in the home health and outpatient markets. These solutions enable organizations to conduct virtual visits and use secure messaging, text, and email for clinician-to-patient and clinician-to-clinician communications. - Revenue in the second quarter of
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Wheel Secures $50M for White-Labeled Virtual Care Platform
Wheel is Powering the Virtual Care Industry from Wheel on Vimeo. What You Should Know: - Wheel, a Austin, TX-based virtual care company, today announced a $50M series B round led by Lightspeed Ventures with participation from existing investors CRV, Silverton Partners, Tusk Venture Partners and J.P. Morgan. The round brings its total funding to $66M to date. - Today Wheel provides its white-labeled service to companies across a wide variety of industries, including publicly-traded
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A Promising New Post-COVID World of Virtual Care
It’s a striking contrast to look at the world as it now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to what life was like prior to March 2020. To pre-pandemic eyes, it may even seem like an unrecognizable alien landscape with people everywhere donning facemasks, limited public gatherings, and tens of millions working from home rather than the office. Up until recently, commercial flights departed with few passengers, movie theaters and sports venues were largely shuttered, and many avoided
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