As the first national coordinator for health information technology in 2004, David Brailer, current executive vice president and chief health officer at Cigna, said he and his team had four priorities: increase clinical decision-making quality, advance public health, accelerate consumer self-care and self-empowerment, and advance clinical research and science at the bedside.
At Tuesday's event,...
Data exchange platform Particle Health announced this week it had raised $25 million in funding, about two years after a $12 million Series A round.
The startup said the raise brings its total funding pot to $39.3 million. The round was led by Canvas Ventures with participation from Menlo Ventures, Story Ventures and Pruven Capital.
Particle offers an API platform that aggregates and...
PatientSource solution eliminates manual data gathering at Ichilov Hospital
A new electronic patient record (EPR) solution at Ichilov Hospital in Israel has reduced the time it takes clinicians to access patient data from six minutes to six seconds per appointment.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) selected UK vendor PatientSource to build the cloud-based solution, which integrates with hospital IT...
Healthcare data exchange startup Moxe Health raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Piper Sandler Merchant Banking and Vensana Capital with participation from existing investors.
The company most recently announced an undisclosed investment led by 3M Ventures in early 2021.
WHAT IT DOES
The company makes tools for sharing patient health record information. For providers, it offers...
Women’s health startup Inne raises $10M
Berlin-based healthtech startup Inne has raised an additional $10 million (€9.3M) in funding led by DSM Venturing.
Borski Fund and Calm Storm Ventures also participated in the round, along with angels Taavet Hinrikus (Wise), Dr Fiona Pathiraja and Rolf Schromgens (Trivago).
Inne will use the investment to continue to develop its mini lab and platform to...
Oxford Drug Design raises £2.2M to develop AI-based drug discovery programme
Biotechnology firm Oxford Drug Design Limited (ODD) has raised £2.2M in funding from existing investors ACF Investors, o2h Ventures, Meltwind Advisory, several returning angels and new investors and the US-based R42 Group.
The Oxford University spinout has created an artificial intelligence (AI) AI proprietary platform...
Demand for mental health services has soared since the COVID-19 pandemic. In the UK alone an estimated 1.6 million people are awaiting treatment, while a further eight million who do not qualify for NHS help are experiencing day-to-day challenges.
Increasingly digital therapeutics (DTx) are being considered as an option to fill the gaps in healthcare provision. They have the potential to be woven...
Free mental health app available to 1 million South Yorkshire NHS users
An emotional wellness app is being offered to over 16s in the UK's South Yorkshire for free, to help manage low moods, reduce stress and improve sleep.
The myStrength app has been commissioned by the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) and is being delivered by Consultant Connect, part of the Teladoc Group.
Users are...
Digital therapeutics (DTx) firm Sidekick Health today announced a raise of $55 million (€52M) in Series B funding.
The round was led by London-based venture capital firm Novator Ventures, with additional participation from Wellington Partners, Asabys Partners, and Frumtak Ventures, and a US-based strategic investor that will be revealed at a later stage.
WHAT IT DOES
Sidekick develops and...
Main Capital Partners acquires Finnish virtual healthcare specialist VideoVisit
Software investor Main Capital Partners has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in virtual healthcare provider VideoVisit.
VideoVisit has more than 200 municipalities in Finland as customers, including Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere and Turku. The firm provides a software platform designed to digitalise...
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