Telehealth

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By  Jessica Hagen 01:03 pm September 20, 2023
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect Health Catalyst Capital not Health Catalyst participated in the round. Digital gastrointestinal health company Vivante Health announced it closed a $31 million Series B funding round led by new investor Mercato Partners, bringing its total raise to $47 million. Health Catalyst Capital, Intermountain Ventures, SemperVirens, 7wireVentures,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 11:39 am September 18, 2023
Virtual specialty care platform Summus announced it secured $19.5 million in funding, bringing its total raise to $70 million.  Summus offers employers, health plans, hospitals and health systems, and medical groups and networks a virtual care platform focused on specialty care, including peer-to-peer solutions that allow primary care and in-plan specialist providers access to a specialist...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:05 pm September 11, 2023
New York-based tech-enabled health insurance company Oscar Health announced the appointment of Kerry Sain as executive vice president of +Oscar and Steven Kelmar as executive vice president and chief of staff to the CEO.  Oscar Health launched +Oscar in 2021. The platform gives provider-sponsored and regional health plans the services and technological capabilities of more extensive health plans...
Dr. Dale Okorodudu
By  Jessica Hagen 12:34 pm September 8, 2023
A diverse workforce is vital to ensuring patient populations in all communities receive an optimal and effective healthcare experience, but much still needs to be done to ensure proper racial representation in the care setting.  Dr. Dale Okorodudu, author of the book Diverse Medicine: Building a Stronger and Healthier Nation, a pulmonary and critical care physician at Dallas VA Medical Center,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:52 pm September 5, 2023
Virtual opioid use disorder treatment company Bicycle Health is partnering with supermarket chain Albertsons to allow the telehealth company's providers to prescribe buprenorphine monthly injections for opioid use disorder that can be filled inside Albertsons pharmacies across 17 states.   Buprenorphine has been shown to reduce the risk of death after an opioid overdose.  Bicycle Health's doctors...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:38 pm September 5, 2023
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...
Nectar Allergy Center in New York
By  Jessica Hagen 01:09 pm August 28, 2023
Allergy testing and treatment company Nectar Life Sciences announced the opening of the Nectar Allergy Center in New York, its first brick-and-mortar clinic, to expand its virtual care platform to a hybrid model.  Nectar, which launched earlier this year, offers at-home testing kits. Individuals can self-test for indoor or outdoor allergies and send their samples to Nectar for results.  Testers...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:55 pm August 16, 2023
Telehealth and medical transportation company DocGo announced it is partnering with New York-based not-for-profit health insurer EmblemHealth to provide patients with in-home services, such as transitional care management, following discharge from the hospital.  Emblem and DocGo will work closely to offer New York and Connecticut-based patients access to A1C screenings, colorectal cancer...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:29 pm August 15, 2023
MedArrive, a care management platform merging telehealth and in-person care, announced it is adding virtual cardiology services to its in-home offerings via a partnership with health technology company Heartbeat Health. The New York-based in-home care company has a provider network of paramedics, EMTs and other healthcare providers who visit patients on behalf of their health insurance plan and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:03 pm August 10, 2023
Elation Health, which supplies tools for telehealth and patient engagement, and an EHR geared toward primary care providers, announced it's partnering with Suvida Healthcare, a primary care group for Medicare-eligible Hispanic adults.  California-based Elation Health offers healthcare providers tools to help digitize their practice, including cloud-based clinical-based electronic health records,...