Trevor Dermody

Two people seated, wearing masks
By  Trevor Dermody 03:44 pm April 12, 2024
Provider-focused digital mental health company Grow Therapy announced it has closed $88 million in Series C funding.  Sequoia Capital led the round, with additional investment from Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and PLUS Capital. Several artists and athletes also contributed to the round, including Dak Prescott, Anna Kendrick, Joe Burrow, Lily Collins and Jrue Holiday.  Additionally...
Person's arm with an Apple Watch on the wrist
By  Trevor Dermody 02:59 pm April 12, 2024
Turkey-based digital health startup h2o therapeutics announced its new Apple Watch-enabled freezing of gait-cuing feature, dubbed Foggy, designed for Parkinson’s Disease patients has received FDA listing as a Class II medical device and is available via prescription. According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, freezing of gait is a symptom of Parkinson’s Disease in which a patient experiences a...
A virtual reality surgical room with patient under dressing
By  Trevor Dermody 03:53 pm April 11, 2024
Virtual training company Osso VR announced the launch of Osso Health, a surgical training app that will leverage the Apple Vision Pro to focus on common orthopedic procedures, such as carpal tunnel release and total knee replacement.  Osso VR is a virtual reality surgical training and assessment platform that allows users to practice surgical techniques, independently or with a team, in an...
Person in lab coat talking with hands to nurse on laptop
By  Trevor Dermody 02:14 pm April 11, 2024
San Francisco-based AI-enabled ambient automation platform Augmedix announced it will be fully integrated into virtual care and communication organization Andor Health’s ThinkAndor platform.  AI-powered ThinkAndor enables virtual provider visits and patient monitoring and allows care teams to collaborate and gain insights from EMRs.  The partnership will enable physician notes to be created...
Radiologist looking at CAT scan monitor
By  Trevor Dermody 02:53 pm April 10, 2024
Tech giant Google Cloud and global enterprise Bayer are partnering to develop AI applications aimed at reducing radiologist burnout and increasing efficiencies in diagnoses.   Bayer will expand its innovation platform by using Google Cloud technology, including its generative AI tools. Other tools that will be available on the platform include Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, BigQuery, Healthcare API...
people sitting around glass table talking about business.
By  Trevor Dermody 04:31 pm April 9, 2024
Online special education and mental health services company eLuma has appointed Andy Myers as CEO.  eLuma, a Leeds Equity Partners company, provides mental health and behavioral support offerings, including speech-language teletherapy, for K-12 schools. Myers brings expertise in scaling operations to eLuma and previously held positions at learning and mentoring nonprofit Waterford, SaaS learning...
Sonogram monitor with person's hand
By  Trevor Dermody 11:42 am April 9, 2024
Mobile ultrasound company Clarius Mobile Health partnered with AI ultrasound organization ThinkSono for a new application called ThinkSono Guidance, an AI-enabled application available in Europe that pairs with Clarius scanners to improve deep vein thrombosis (DVT) detection.  Clarius handheld wireless AI-powered ultrasound scanners connect to smartphones and deliver high-resolution ultrasound...
medical providers and business people sit around table
By  Trevor Dermody 04:08 pm April 8, 2024
Boston-based telehealth company Amwell Health announced it received notice from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that it has fallen out of compliance with NYSE’s minimum stock price requirement.  The listing criteria requires a company’s stock price to be over $1 for 30 consecutive days. Amwell was trading at $0.74 per share at the time this article was published. The company's stock last...
person holding tablet sitting at table
By  Trevor Dermody 01:40 pm April 5, 2024
Columbia, Maryland-based hospital system MedStar Health announced it partnered with in-home care provider DispatchHealth to bring acute care services to patients recently discharged from Medstar facilities in Washington D.C.  The partnership will focus on avoiding readmissions and visits, which typically occur 72 hours after discharge.  Denver-based DispatchHealth offers in-home urgent care...
person with vial in front of computer monitor
By  Trevor Dermody 01:02 pm April 5, 2024
AI-enabled cardiovascular company Cardio Diagnostics Holdings announced it is partnering with care-navigation platform Navierre to make assessing risk and diagnosing heart diseases more accessible.  Cardio Diagnostics Holdings' AI solutions, Epi+GenCHD and PrecisionCHD, use blood samples to provide patients with personalized information regarding their risk for coronary heart disease based on...