What You Should Know:
- Digital health company Sharecare and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp, today announced an agreement to merge to go public on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SHCR at enterprise value of $3.9B.
- The transaction is expected to be funded through a combination of Falcon's $345 million of cash in trust (assuming no redemptions) supported by a $425 million fully committed PIPE at $10.00 per share and the Anthem
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Verily’s Onduo Virtual Care Solution Expands to Multi-Condition Platform
What You Should Know:
- Verily's Onduo, known for its tech-based solution for virtual diabetes management, is launching a new multi-condition platform that matches the right care to the right consumer at the right time. The expanded virtual care platform is designed to support patients managing type 2 diabetes and hypertension, with plans for further expansion into mental and behavioral health.- In addition, Onduo has introduced multi-language support to make the virtual
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Virtual Care in the Post-COVID World: How to Prepare Your Healthcare Environment
As the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telehealth adoption, many patients and providers supported the remote-friendly technology. While the big spikes of usage may slow, adoption is still far ahead from where it was pre-pandemic, and we expect that to remain. In fact, the global telehealth market is projected to reach $559.52 billion by 2027, and estimates indicate that up to $250 billion of the current U.S. healthcare spend could potentially be virtualized.
Organizations were forced to
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Philips Launches Medical Tablet to Expand Remote Patient Management
What You Should Know:
- Philips announced the launch of the Philips Medical Tablet, an end-to-end, easy-to-implement, portable monitoring kit that enables remote access to patient data and allows clinicians to care for patients outside of the hospital.
- Aiming to serve larger patient populations during emergency situations like the COVID-19 pandemic, the Medical Tablet helps reduce exposure and provide continuous, quality patient care.
Royal Philips, announced the launch of Philips
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Epic, Galen Healthcare, Chartis Group Named 2020 Overall Best in KLAS Awards
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- Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the eleventh consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2021 Software & Services report, released today, which reports on the top vendors for 2020. Epic was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor. Galen Healthcare Solutions was named the top Overall IT Services Firm. The Chartis Group earned the award of top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm, edging out last year’s winner,
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EarlySense Sells Contact-Free Monitoring IP to Hilrom for $30M
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- Today, health AI/predictive analytics company EarlySense announced that it has sold its proprietary contact-free continuous monitoring technology intellectual property (IP) to Hillrom for a cash consideration of $30 million, potential payments based on the achievement of certain commercial milestones, and a portion of Hillrom’s equity investment in EarlySense.
- As part of the agreement, EarlySense will receive licensing for
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VillageMD to Launch First Primary Care Clinic in Chicago
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VillageMD announced its plans to open its first primary care clinic in Chicago through the acquisition of Primary Care Medical Associates at 1460 N. Halsted Street, Suite 202 in Chicago.
As part of the acquisition, Dr. Robert Perlmuter and providers will join Village Medical offering comprehensive primary care across a broad range of physician services, along with 24/7 care through telehealth and virtual care. The addition marks the 45th Village Medical office
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MetroHealth System, CareSimple Launch Remote Patient Monitoring Program
What You Should Know:
- CareSimple and MetroHealth System announced that they have entered into a strategic remote patient monitoring integration partnership.
- Under the terms of
the agreement, CareSimple will empower the Cleveland, Ohio public health system
with simple, patient-friendly RPM solutions to improve health outcomes for
their high-risk senior and chronically ill populations.
The MetroHealth System, a nationally recognized public health care system located in
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Concentra Transitions Telemed Offering from Amwell to eVisit Virtual Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- Concentra recently transitioned their
three-year-old Concentra Telemed® offering from Amwell to the eVisit Virtual
Care platform.
- The eVisit Virtual Care platform is
supporting all of Concentra’s telemedicine requirements, including its
industry-leading 24/7/365 Concentra Telemed offering and Concentra Telerehab®,
conducting more than 8,000 virtual visits a month.
- eVisit
was founded six years ago and is already in use at more than 100
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Conversa Health Expands Series B to $20M with Additional $8M in Funding
What You Should Know:
- Conversa Health raises an additional
$8M, expanding its Series B round to $20M for its automated virtual care
platform, totaling $34M in funding to date.
- The Series B round, first announced at $12 million in
June, was co-led by Builders VC and Northwell Ventures, the corporate venture
arm of Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider with 23
hospitals and 800 outpatient facilities.
- Founded in 2014, Conversa enables health systems
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