Jessica Hagen

Jessica Hagen

Jessica Hagen is the Executive Editor of MobiHealthNews. She covers the growth of digital health, including the medical extended reality (XR) industry, and reports in-depth on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. As a hobby, Jessica co-hosts a podcast with Dr. Kim Bullock, a medical XR pioneer at Stanford University, about immersive technology use in psychiatric care. She received a bachelor's degree in English with a minor in Journalism from California State University, Northridge.

Healthcare provider sitting at a desk wearing a stethoscope around their neck and working on a computer
By  Jessica Hagen 02:03 pm January 30, 2024
Accompany Health, a hybrid care provider for low-income patients with complex needs, announced its launch with $56 million in Series A funding from Venrock, ARCH Venture Partners, IVP, Evidenced and Granite Capital Management.  WHAT IT DOES The Bethesda-based company offers low-income patients 24/7 in-home and virtual care services, including primary care and urgent care, mental health services,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:21 pm January 30, 2024
Israel-based AION Labs, an AI-enabled drug discovery partnership between global pharma and tech companies, announced the launch of a new startup, TenAces. TenAces will utilize AI, integrating biology and machine learning algorithms, to discover molecular glue therapies to enhance targeted protein degradation.  Molecular glues are protein-binding small molecules that change two protein...
Feyi Ayodele, founder and CEO at CancerIQ
By  Jessica Hagen 12:22 pm January 26, 2024
Between 30% to 50% of cancer cases are preventable, according to the World Health Organization. Precluding the advancement of cancer can save patients and payers money and lead to a better quality of life.  Feyi Ayodele, founder and CEO at CancerIQ, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss CancerIQ's offerings and how healthcare organizations use its technology to detect and thwart the...
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By  Jessica Hagen 10:49 am January 25, 2024
WellTheory, a virtual care platform for individuals with autoimmune diseases, announced its first employer partnership with Maven Clinic to offer the virtual women and family health provider's employees access to nutrition and lifestyle coaching from WellTheory.  WellTheory provides patients with two virtual visits per month and unlimited messaging with coaches specializing in autoimmune diseases...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:26 pm January 24, 2024
Elephas, an oncology-focused diagnostics platform, announced it secured $55 million in Series C funding, bringing its total raise to $116.5 million.  Venture Investors Health Fund and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) led the round.  Existing investors Northpond Ventures, Moore Strategic Ventures, WARF Ventures, Tao Invest, Sands Capital and ARCH Ventures also participated in the...
Healthcare provider in a patient's home sitting next to a patient lying in bed
By  Jessica Hagen 07:52 pm January 23, 2024
In-home care provider DispatchHealth and grocery delivery company Instacart announced a partnership to provide Dispatch's in-home care professionals with tools to prescribe food to patients using Instacart Health.  DispatchHealth offers patients in-home urgent care medical visits, which can be scheduled via telephone or the company's app or website. A clinician arrives at the patient's home...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:00 pm January 23, 2024
Tech-enabled heart disease detection company CardioSignal announced it secured $10 million in Series A funding, bringing its total raise to $23 million.  DigiTx Partners led the round. Sandwater also participated, alongside existing investor Maki.vc.  Dr. David J. Kim., managing director of DigiTx, will join CardioSignal's board of directors.  WHAT IT DOES CardioSignal uses gyroscope and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:54 pm January 19, 2024
Syra Health, a healthcare technology company that provides tools to analyze population health, announced it signed a one-year $480,000 contract to assess how existing risks to public health in Indiana impact public health infrastructure and behavioral health.  Syra is an Indiana-based company that provides population health tools, including health equity analytical solutions and epidemiology-...
A person wearing a wearable device on their right wrist and touching the device with their left hand
By  Jessica Hagen 05:40 pm January 18, 2024
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit announced it would uphold the ban instituted by the International Trade Commission's exclusion order on sales and imports of Apple's Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 in the U.S.  The tech giant, however, has found a way to keep the Watches on shelves and workaround the ban by tweaking their Watches not to include the disputed blood...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:20 pm January 18, 2024
AI-enabled, family-powered autism therapy company Forta announced it closed a $55 million Series A funding round led by Insight Partners.  Alumni Ventures and Exor Ventures also participated in the round, as well as the founders of Forward, Flexport, Curative, 23&Me, Prelude Fertility, Warby Parker, Harry's and Allbirds.  WHAT IT DOES Forta combines AI and LLMs with a 50-hour training course...