What You Should Know: - DUOS, a digital health company on a mission to increase the longevity and independence of older adults, announced today a $15 million Series A funding led by Imaginary Ventures, along with participation from existing investors Forerunner Ventures, Declaration Partners, and new investor Optum Ventures. - DUOS focuses on members' social needs and maximizes their independence by building long-term, high trust 1:1 relationships, coordinating community resources, and
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Echo Health Ventures Expands Investment Model to Nashville
What You Should Know: - Echo Health Ventures, a healthcare strategic venture capital and growth equity investment firm, today announced it is establishing a local presence in Tennessee led by Echo Health Advisors Principal Hayley Hovious, who joined the company in March following seven years as president of the Nashville Health Care Council. - Echo Health Ventures CEO Rob Coppedge expects the new location to drive innovation by developing connections between its portfolio companies, Echo
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Antidote Health Secures $22M to Expand Telehealth Platform for Primary Care, Mental Health, Hypertension Care
What You Should Know: - Antidote Health, an NYC-based telehealth provider announced it has raised $22M in Series A funding led by third-time investor iAngels, Group 11, and Flint Capital. - The company will use the funds to support R&D activity, which includes advanced AI screening and clinical decision support system capabilities. Quality healthcare doesn’t need to be expensive Founded in 2020, Antidote Health democratizes access, delivering care for the whole family for a
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Day 3 HIMSS Roundup: Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT, GE Healthcare/AliveCor Integration
Venture Capital, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT® to Expand Diabetes Offerings in France Glooko, a leading provider of remote patient monitoring and data management solutions for diabetes and related chronic conditions, today announced the acquisition of DIABNEXT, a Paris-based company whose digital health platform helps people with diabetes better manage their conditions and connects to their healthcare providers, so they can
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House Rx Secures $30M to Optimize the Specialty Pharmacy Experience for Patients and Their Care Teams
What You Should Know: - Today House Rx, a health technology platform that empowers oncology and rheumatology physician practices with medically integrated dispensing, announced they’ve secured $30 million in financing. - Founded by two former Flatiron Health executives, Ogi Kavazovic and Tesh Khullar the company has partnered with four medical practices and 30 prescribers since March 2021. House Rx, a health technology platform focused on improving
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GHX Names The Top 50 Hospitals for Supply Chain Excellence
What You Should Know: GHX today announced its annual list of the Best 50 supply chains, which recognizes the highest performing healthcare provider organizations in North America. These honorees set the standard for supply chain excellence by improving operational performance while driving down costs through supply chain automation. Healthcare Providers Modernizing Supply Chain Operations Selected among more than 4,100 hospitals connected to the GHX digital trading network (Exchange) in
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Crisis in the U.S. Healthcare Workforce: Why It’s Time to introduce AI
One of the many acute challenges during the pandemic has been the departure of approximately 18% of the U.S. healthcare workforce,4 resulting in staffing shortages in hospitals. This has impacted the well-being of the remaining healthcare practitioners 5 as well as their patients – many of whom are deferring care that is vital to disease management and overall maintenance of health,6,7 or who do not have access to timely emergency care.1 Though such challenges may be perceived as insurmountable
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Why A Smart Command Center Requires A Health Cloud Platform
Aviation, military, NASA, or even utilities like the New York Power Authority—almost all high-consequence, complex organizations have one thing in common: a command center. The concept of a command center or a ‘war room,’ or ‘air traffic control’ has been around for a while. Command centers help counter logistical challenges, enable cross-collaboration and guide decision-making with state-of-the-art technology and communications. With them it seems there is absolutely nothing that cannot be
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Hurdle Secures $5M for Digital Mental Health Platform for People of Color
What You Should Know: - Washington, D.C.-based Hurdle raises $5M in seed funding to accelerate its digital mental health platform for people of color. - Hurdle aims to provide an innovative teletherapy solution for employers and insurers; aims to remove barriers to mental health care for People of Color by rooting its services in evidence-based methods of cultural humility. Hurdle (formerly Henry Health), a Washington, D.C.-based innovative digital mental health platform company,
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UnitedHealth Rolls Out Employer Virtual Primary Care Plan
What You Should Know: - UnitedHealthcare is rolling out a virtual primary care plan for employers that will be powered by telehealth platform Amwell, CNBC first reports. - The virtual primary care plan will allow patients access
to physicians with low or no co-pays for routine care via phone or computer. - The virtual primary care program will be available for employers in 11 states including Colorado, Texas, and Maryland, as well as Washington, DC.
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