Level Ex, a medical video game company offering software to train surgeons remotely, announced it will be involved in one of 38 science and research experiments accompanying SpaceX astronauts aboard Polaris Dawn, the first of three human spaceflight missions.
The Polaris Dawn and Dragon crew will travel to an altitude of 1,400 km, the highest Earth orbit ever flown, and attempt a first-of-its-...
Coeus.health, a cloud-based IT and logistics platform that coordinates in-home digital health devices and data, announced its receipt of an initial investment from consumer electronics retailer Best Buy.
In its latest step to expand into the connected home healthcare space, the retail giant will use the remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform's Home Health Hybrid Cloud (H3C) to help customers...
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...
Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Clinic, a virtual healthcare service that will deliver care for 20 common conditions, including hair loss, heartburn, acne, dandruff and seasonal allergies.
The virtual consultation service will allow customers to select their condition from a list provided, then choose a preferred provider from a list of third-party licensed clinicians, including ones from...
San Diego-based connected sleep device maker ResMed and Alphabet's life science offshoot Verily announced the formation of Primasun, an end-to-end solution to help employers and healthcare providers identify populations at risk for complex sleep disorders.
Formed as a joint venture, Primasun will initially evaluate patients with insomnia, provide guidance to improve sleep hygiene and connect...
Healthcare providers use continuous MRI scans performed over the course of a patient's life to monitor the progression of multiple sclerosis, where the immune system attacks the protective myelin around the nerves within the central nervous system.
MRIs are used to identify lesions or areas of scarring (sclerosis) within the central nervous system. The scarring is the result of the damage caused...
Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers announced a partnership with Delaware-based health system ChristianaCare.
San Francisco-based Hims & Hers offers treatment for hair loss, mental health, sexual health, dermatology and primary care. As part of the deal, Hims & Hers medical providers will be able to connect patients with ChristianaCare's Center for Virtual Health and...
What exactly the metaverse is varies, depending on the source, from interacting with others within a virtual space to completely residing in a virtual environment through virtual reality, augmented reality or mixed reality.
Still, there's a lot of talk around the potential of the metaverse in the healthcare sector and how it will affect health-related content creation and distribution.
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California-based Sprinter Health announced its partnership with Firefly Health to integrate its home clinical services into Firefly's virtual primary care.
Firefly's members will be able to receive lab draws, vital checks, electrocardiograms, and diabetic eye exams and food screenings at home through Sprinter's phlebotomists and nurses. Firefly physicians will receive the lab results and notes...
Digital therapeutics company Twill, previously known as Happify Health, is partnering with e-Psychiatry to offer virtual access to psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists.
Conn.-based e-Psychiatry's services will be offered as an element of Twill's Sequences, a platform made up of digital therapeutics, community groups and coaching aimed at mental health conditions and pregnancy.
Twill is...
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