Disease management

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By  Jessica Hagen 09:39 pm December 26, 2023
Carrum Health, a digital marketplace for employers to purchase bundled healthcare services, announced it has partnered with Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute to offer employers in Florida breast cancer care services. Carrum Health offers a value-based platform that allows self-funded employers to buy specialty care, focusing on surgical and cancer care. It provides a digital...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:18 pm December 13, 2023
Digital metabolic care startup Twin Health announced it has raised $50 million in funding, two years after securing $140 million in Series C funding.  Temasek led the funding with participation from existing investors Sofina, ICONIQ Growth, Helena, and Peak XV. WHAT IT DOES Twin’s product is the Whole Body Digital Twin, an AI-backed model that aims to provide individualized nutrition, sleep and...
Healthcare provider sitting in front of a computer waving at the screen
By  Jessica Hagen 02:29 pm December 6, 2023
Value-based care provider NuvoAir is partnering with the ALS Association to provide virtual pulmonary care to individuals with ALS, starting with two clinics in Texas.  ALS is a nervous system disorder that affects motor neurons, which are nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain that control breathing and voluntary muscle movement. Individuals with ALS often experience respiratory complications...
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By  Jessica Hagen 05:16 pm December 1, 2023
Walgreens is collaborating with medication access and transparency technology company RxSense to launch a digital marketplace, Rx Savings Finder, where consumers can save money on medication by comparing prices on free third-party discount prescription cards. RxSense's SaaS platform allows companies to create a pharmacy benefits platform. The company offers analytics, prescription savings program...
Two healthcare providers looking at a brain imaging scan
By  Jessica Hagen 12:33 pm November 30, 2023
RapidAI, a health tech company specializing in imaging analysis software, announced it received Class III Shonin clearance in Japan and launched a hybrid technology platform, Rapid Edge Cloud, and a non-contrast CT offering for stroke identification.   RapidAI offers numerous imaging solutions for stroke, aneurysm and pulmonary embolism. It also provides technology platforms to enable coordinated...
Medical students wearing Jolly Good VR headset
By  Adam Ang 11:45 pm November 9, 2023
Jolly Good announces new palliative care VR training module Jolly Good in the United States, in partnership with Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has developed a new VR training module in palliative care communication.  They came up with the VR module to help medical professionals acquire the necessary communication skills to provide care to terminally ill patients and their...
A person wearing PolyU's Mobile Ankle-foot Exoneuromusculoskeleton
By  Adam Ang 04:15 am November 9, 2023
Researchers from Hong Kong have come up with a new robotic device for improving the gait and lower limb function of stroke patients. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The mobile ankle-foot exoneuromusculoskeleton developed by a research team from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a rehabilitation robot specifically designed for stroke patients with hemiplegia, or paralysis that affects one side of the...
Healthcare provider wearing a mask, a lab coat and a stethoscope around their neck talking to a patient in their home
By  Jessica Hagen 12:47 pm November 8, 2023
Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham announced the tech giant would provide technology, human-centered aid and omnichannel logistics to scale and support the health system's acute home-based care offering, Home Hospital, and Medicare-certified home health business, Home Care. Home Hospital provides home healthcare for patients with conditions such as infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Person wearing Jolly Good VR headset
By  Adam Ang 05:31 am November 3, 2023
Jolly Good developing CBT VR for Apple Vision Pro Japanese medical VR provider Jolly Good has announced that it is developing a virtual reality-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) programme for the spatial computer Apple Vision Pro.  The CBT VR on the Apple Vision Pro is intended to complement chronic pain treatment using opioids or serve as an alternative non-drug therapy. Similar VR-based...
Two people sitting at a table with a computer on it and one of them is holding a phone
By  Jessica Hagen 01:52 pm November 2, 2023
Digital gastrointestinal health company Vivante Health has signed a national distribution contract with health insurer UnitedHealthcare, becoming the first digestive solution on the UHC Hub. Vivante's GIThrive platform provides personalized care plans and allows patients to track their symptoms and access educational content and self-guided behavioral health modules. A coordinated team of...