Mass.-based medical device company Insulet issued a notice of a data breach that may have compromised the protected health information of 29,000 users of its recently recalled Omnipod DASH Insulin Management System.
In November, the FDA posted a notice about a Class I recall of Insulet's Omnipod DASH Insulin Management System Personal Diabetes Manager, following complaints about the battery,...
Dollar General and publicly-traded telehealth and medical transportation company DocGo partnered to pilot mobile clinics at three of the discount retailer's stores in Tennessee.
According to the company's website, DocGo will set up their mobile clinics in Dollar General's parking lots. The clinics will accommodate walk-in visits, or an appointment can be booked online, via text or by telephone...
Intermountain Healthcare and virtual specialty care company Story Health announced a strategic partnership to allow the health system's patients with heart failure to access care outside the clinic.
Calif.-based Story Health offers telehealth, health coaches, AI and connected devices to treat patients with heart failure at home. It also lets doctors access patient data and receive personalized...
Oncology patients saved both time and travel costs when utilizing telehealth services, reducing the cost burden associated with cancer care, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
The economic evaluation, conducted through Moffitt Cancer Center, estimated patient cost savings due to telehealth, including the cost of travel and potential loss of productivity due to the medical visit...
Boston-based hybrid care provider knownwell launched with $4.5 million in seed funding led by Flare Capital Partners.
Brynn Putnam of Mirror, an in-home fitness platform acquired by lululemon; Lydia Gilbert of women's plus-size clothing company Dia & Co; Varsha Rao of home health provider Nurx; Flybridge LTV Operator Fund; Oxeon; and Larry Summers also contributed funding.
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Healthcare data analytics company Socially Determined announced a partnership with data sharing technology startup Datavant to provide life sciences companies with data on social risk drivers to improve health equity and patient outcomes.
Washington D.C.-based Socially Determined uses data to offer insights into the social determinants of health, including factors like access to food, housing...
Pear Therapeutics' reSET and reSET-O prescription digital therapeutics are available to Florida's five million Medicaid patients via its Preferred Drug List as of this month.
Pear's reSET, a mobile application used to help treat substance abuse, received FDA De Novo clearance in 2017. The Boston-based company's reSET-O, used for opioid use disorder, received 510(k) clearance in 2018.
"The unmet...
Dr. David Shulkin has had a decades-long career in healthcare, from working at the higher echelons of the private healthcare sector to being appointed by President Barack Obama as undersecretary for health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in 2015. Two years later, Shulkin was confirmed as the ninth secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs under President Donald Trump.
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Alphabet's life science subsidiary Verily's new CEO, Stephen Gillett, announced in an email to employees on Wednesday that it's laying off 15% of its staff due to the need to center its strategy, prioritize products and change its operating model.
Verily has over 1,600 employees, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the layoffs, meaning more than 200 employees will be...
Digital health tech company Huma acquired clinical trial data specialist Alcedis, expanding the British company's capabilities in the digital clinical trial space.
Huma will create an advanced clinical trials division utilizing German-based Alcedis' platform that will offer digital health solutions spanning various stages of the development process, from early stage development to phase 4...
