VR behavioral health platform BehaVR is merging with virtual chronic care-management company Fern Health to form RealizedCare, a digital care-management platform for chronic pain powered by digital therapeutics.
BehaVR developed mental and behavioral health prescription digital therapeutics, which include treatments for pain, stress, anxiety and addiction. The Tennessee-based company also...
Mental health startup UpLift announced it acquired women-focused digital psychiatry platform Minded, increasing its women-led offerings and expanding its reach to five additional states.
UpLift's behavioral health platform offers patients access to in-network therapists and mental health providers virtually or in person. Therapists can also use the platform to find clients and manage their...
Viome Life Sciences, maker of at-home tests for gut and immune system health, announced it has acquired digital health-and-wellness data company Naring Health, including its subsidiaries DiscernDX and Foodome.
Viome is split into two divisions, one selling consumer products like microbiome tests that provide diet recommendations and supplements, and the other focused on identifying biomarkers...
IKS Health, a technology-backed care enablement platform that offers administrative, clinical and operational support, announced it acquired tech-enabled medical-coding, clinical-documentation and revenue-support company AQuity Solutions for $200 million.
IKS' platform includes technology and services for clinical support, revenue optimization, digital health and value-based care. The company...
Insurer Cigna's health services subsidiary Evernorth announced it acquired asynchronous platform Bright.md, which it will use to enhance the virtual care offerings of its portfolio company MDLIVE.
Portland-based Bright.md offers an automated patient intake and virtual care connection platform to improve efficiency for hybrid care providers and patients.
Through Bright.md's platform, patients...
Virgin Pulse, a mobile-first employee wellness and engagement company, announced its intent to merge with HealthComp, a benefits and analytics platform, to create a technology and data-enabled healthcare service for employers.
The reported $3 billion deal, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, will form a combined entity that utilizes technology and an AI-enabled data platform to deliver...
Shareholders of healthcare-at-home specialist Amedisys voted in favor of the roughly $3.3 billion pending acquisition by Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
The shareholders approved the adoption of the merger agreement, as well as compensation to the company's executive officers in connection with the merger.
Still, the deal...
Online health information platform AskDr has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by Health Innovations, a group of medical doctors based in Singapore.
AskDr serves as an online avenue for trusted medical advice and personalised health information. It enables patient-led discussions with doctors as moderators.
Launched during the pandemic, it was run by volunteer doctors who help address medical...
London-based multinational digital health firm Babylon has sold almost all of its U.K. assets to digital health company eMed Healthcare U.K., a subsidiary of U,S, company eMed, after announcing in early August that its deal to merge with Swiss tech firm MindMaze was canceled.
Babylon Healthcare Services Limited, the piece of Babylon purchased by eMed and the bulk of what remained of Babylon...
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and exhibition organizer Informa Markets announced the pair had signed an agreement for Informa to take over management of the HIMSS Health Global Conference & Exhibition, with HIMSS continuing to oversee expert content and event programming.
HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition drew over 40,000 healthcare and technology...
