Virtual women and family health provider Maven Clinic announced it raised $90 million in a Series E funding round, bringing the virtual clinic's funding total to $300 million.
General Catalyst led the round with participation from La Famiglia, CVS Health Ventures, and Intermountain Ventures. Existing investors also participated, including Oak HC/FT, Dragoneer Investment Group, Sequoia, Lux...
NEC Thailand tries out digital elderly care system
The Thai unit of Japanese IT and electronics firm NEC Corporation has conducted a proof of concept trial of a digital system for elderly care.
The POC features a range of technological solutions that support healthcare professionals in providing care, rehabilitation and contactless prevention of high-risk incidents in elderly care facilities. ...
Canadian health tech company PointClickCare announced a strategic collaboration with Pfizer to share its real-world data on seniors.
The cloud-based software company focused on elder care covers the long-term and post-acute care market. PointClickCare will provide Pfizer with real-world data insights that specifically represent older adults, especially those in long-term care facilities, to help...
Neurotrack, a company developing digital cognitive health tools, launched a three-minute digital assessment tool to screen for cognitive impairment during wellness appointments.
The digital exam is designed to help identify cognitive impairment and decline, an early indicator of neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's. The tool can be used during a primary care annual wellness visit or...
Unified Women's Healthcare, a health-management company focused solely on women, announced its acquisition of Gennev, a digital menopause care-delivery platform. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Seattle-based Gennev, previously known as Genneve, provides menopause patients personalized treatment through its network of OB-GYNs, health coaches and registered dietitians.
The...
Signify Health, which offers technology and analytics services to support value-based care arrangements, is expanding its in-home diagnostic and preventative services offering for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plan members.
The program supports Signify's In-Home Health Evaluation service, assisting with the detection, diagnosis and management of some of the leading causes of morbidity and...
On paper, Medicare Advantage enables all the tools payers need to provide the plan of choice in rural communities. This potential, however, has generally not translated to real-world success for Medicare Advantage plans.
Despite consistent enrollment growth in metropolitan areas, rural markets remain relatively untapped. Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) show market...
American VR digital therapeutic company MyndVR and European company Oroi announced a strategic partnership to expand MyndVR's catalog of cognitive, physical and occupational therapies using Oroi content.
Oroi is a VR content platform aimed at improving the wellbeing and cognitive stimulation of seniors. The company currently works in Spain, France, Germany and the U.K.
With the partnership,...
Researchers from Neuroscience Research Australia and the University of New South Wales have come up with an algorithm that provides an accurate measurement of walking steadiness and speed.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Dubbed Watch Walk, the digital gait biomarker algorithm measures gait with a smart watch’s in-built accelerometer. It measures aspects of an individual's manner of walking, such as posture,...
Canadian health tech company PointClickCare launched Virtual Health, a telemedicine service for skilled nursing facilities that offers 24/7 access to hospitalists.
Virtual Health is being implemented in more than half of U.S. states with the assistance of its partner, Sound Physicians, a physician partner to hospitals, health plans, physician groups and post-acute providers.
"Telehealth is no...
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