Coordinated care

adult caregiver and person look out a window
By  Mallory Hackett 02:40 pm July 12, 2021
Avanlee Care, a startup focusing on elderly care coordination, released its new “all-in-one” app, Avanlee. Built from founder and CEO Avanlee Christine’s past of caretaking for her grandparents, the app intends to improve on existing eldercare technology by combining necessary tools and services in one location. “My grandfather fell ill when I was young, and I spent years watching my family...
Doctor using an iPad
By  Mallory Hackett 01:01 pm May 12, 2021
Healthcare SaaS provider DrFirst collected an additional $50 million equity investment from Sixth Street Growth, following the firm’s $35 million investment from last year. Between Six Street Growth’s contributions and another $50 million from Goldman Sachs Growth, DrFirst has raised $135 million in the past year alone. In addition to its investment, Sixth Street Growth principal Lee Mooney has...
Group of business people shaking hands.
By  Mallory Hackett 11:37 am March 23, 2021
Louisville, Kentucky-based Appriss Health announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Boston-based care-coordination platform PatientPing. Appriss Health did not disclose the terms of the transaction, but the deal values PatientPing at approximately $500 million, people familiar with the transaction shared with PE Hub. The companies expect the deal to close in...
The keynote presenter at HIMSS’ Accelerate Health event shares his game plan for how stakeholders can use big data to improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of drug therapies.
By  Mallory Hackett 12:35 pm March 19, 2021
As the world begins to see a light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, healthcare leaders have begun strategizing on how to take the lessons learned and apply them to a post-pandemic environment. “What we really want to be able to do is leverage many of those learnings that we garnered from this experience and really institutionalize those in the health system as we move forward, and how we...