Laura Lovett

Providers looking at a computer
By  Laura Lovett 02:44 pm April 4, 2022
New York-based ProofPilot, a startup focused on clinical trials, announced a $12 million Series B funding round. Mitsui & Co. led the round, with participation from Sopris Capital, First Trust Capital Partners, Excelra and others.  This new infusion of cash brings the company's total funding round to roughly $15.7 million, according to Crunchbase.  WHAT IT DOES The company created a software-...
Researchers in a lab
By  Laura Lovett 01:53 pm April 4, 2022
The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) teamed up with a slew of pharma giants and payers to launch a digital endpoints toolkit for stakeholders. The open-access toolkit, which came from a partnership between DiMe, Anthem, Biogen, Eli Lilly, Evidation, Janssen, Merck, Pfizer and Savvy Co-op, gives payers a road map for including digital endpoints in reimbursement for new drugs. Dubbed the 3Ps toolkit...
Stethoscope and pills
By  Laura Lovett 02:38 pm April 1, 2022
Mass.-based digital health company athenahealth rolled out new capabilities focused on making healthcare more inclusive for transgender and nonbinary patients.  Now on its athenaOne platform, an EHR, medical billing and patient care tool, doctors can input information about a patient's name, pronouns and gender identity, in addition to their legal name and assigned sex or gender at birth.  The...
Doctor talks to patient
By  Laura Lovett 01:24 pm April 1, 2022
Patient engagement company Reema Health scored $8 million in seed funding for its platform designed to help the difficult-to-reach patients get care.  This new infusion of cash brings the Minneapolis-based startup's total funding to $10 million.  WHAT IT DOES The company created a platform that helps support patients in accessing care and other resources that impact social determinants of health...
Doctor talks to patient
By  Laura Lovett 03:36 pm March 31, 2022
Direct-to-consumer virtual health company Hims & Hers inked a deal with hybrid care provider Carbon Health in an effort to provide its clients in California with a brick-and-mortar care option.  As part of the deal, Hims & Hers clinicians will be able to connect patients in California requiring additional primary care services – because of complex medical histories or certain risk factors...
Toilet  photo
By  Laura Lovett 11:54 am March 31, 2022
Smart toilets may play a part in future COVID-19 tracking efforts, according to a new article published in Nature. The authors describe a smart toilet platform, dubbed the Coronavirus: Integrated Diagnostic toilet, which features a bidet-like attachment equipped to test fecal material for COVID-19 that is able to isolate fecal RNA. Users are able to use a QR code to consent to the stool sampling...
Jeenie
By  Laura Lovett 09:29 am March 31, 2022
Jeenie, an on-demand digital medical-interpreting platform, announced a $9.3 million Series A funding round led by Transformation Capital. This new infusion of cash is expected to help the company grow its team and interpretation product.  "We created Jeenie as a mobile interpreting platform that connects you, the user, to a live interpreter on any device you already own for on-demand language...
Piggy bank
By  Laura Lovett 02:44 pm March 30, 2022
Wearable data-analytics startup VivoSense scored $25 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Perceptive Xontogeny Ventures (PXV) Fund and Debiopharm Innovation Fund.  The Newport Beach, Calif.-based company helps stakeholders integrate wearable sensors into clinical trials to help monitor digital biomarkers. The company has software called VivoSense, which helps interpret sensor data for...
M&A
By  Laura Lovett 11:53 am March 30, 2022
Brain-focused health tech company Linus Health announced that it has snapped up Kinesis Health Technologies, an Irish startup focused on physical-function assessment.  A University College Dublin spin-out, Kinesis focuses on digitally assessing gait, balance, mobility, fall risk and frailty.  Meanwhile, Boston-based Linus Health focuses on providing digital tools to help clinicians assess...
mobile phone user
By  Laura Lovett 11:00 am March 30, 2022
Solera Health, a digital platform that offers a marketplace for benefits and chronic-disease-management programs, is expanding its reach into the digestive health space. The Phoenix, Arizona-based company announced that it will offer gastrointestinal-focused digital health products from Oshi Health and Vivante Health.  Oshi offers virtual-first GI care for patients with a variety of conditions....