Digital Health

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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...
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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...
Actress and fertility advocate Kellee Stewart
By  Jessica Hagen 11:57 am April 12, 2024
Fertility and family building company Progyny and social-planning website for invitations Evite held an event in Los Angeles on Wednesday where panelists discussed IVF options. They included patient advocacy group for family building RESOLVE, the first IVF baby born in the U.S. Elizabeth Carr, Progyny's chief medical officer Dr. Janet Choi, and actress and fertility advocate Kellee Stewart....
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...
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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...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:38 pm April 11, 2024
New Zealand-based virtual reality and cognitive behavioral therapy company oVRcome announced it signed an international contract with the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) to help autistic individuals navigate hospital environments and social interactions. oVRcome, launched in 2021, utilizes a smartphone and a headset to deliver exposure therapy to adults and children with numerous conditions...
Corsano Health’s CardioWatch System
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By  05:19 am April 11, 2024
Current solutions for remote health monitoring can be seen as invasive by patients and mostly do single variant intermittent tracking. FDA clearance brings one of Europe’s most advanced real-time continuous remote monitoring systems to the US market for the first time. A patient-friendly multi-sensor bracelet which helps to address some of the key challenges around the adoption of remote patient...
Two people sitting on a couch while looking at a laptop on a coffee table that is open with a healthcare provider on the screen
By  Jessica Hagen 03:55 pm April 10, 2024
Cedars-Sinai announced it is expanding its AI-powered virtual healthcare platform, Cedars-Sinai Connect, to include a Spanish version of the app for parents of children aged 3 to 17 and Spanish-speaking adults. Parents of children 3 to 17 will have 24/7 on-demand access to Cedars-Sinai healthcare providers for urgent issues, such as colds, rashes, flu and coughs. They can also choose a scheduled...
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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...
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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...