Patient Access

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By  Trevor Dermody 02:50 pm March 5, 2024
Osara Health, a provider of evidence-based behavior change intervention for cancer care, is partnering with Allstate Benefits to allow members access to behavior change programs.  The company offers members a behavior-change program enabling people living with cancer to return to work faster.  Osara’s program is an educational behavior-change program that aims to improve quality of life and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:27 pm March 5, 2024
Tech-enabled food delivery company FarmboxRx announced it is launching a Maternal Health Program to provide access to food and nutrition education to at-risk pregnant women during and after pregnancy. The program can be curated for specific populations. It will promote health literacy, focusing on newborn and child immunizations, postpartum mental healthcare, prenatal and postpartum care, vision...
Healthcare provider sitting at a desk, wearing a lab coat and stethoscope, while looking at a computer
By  Jessica Hagen 02:21 pm March 4, 2024
Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers Health reported a total of $246.6 million in revenue for Q4 compared to $167.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 and total year-over-year revenue in 2023 of $872.0 million compared to $526.9 million for 2022.  The San Francisco-based company reported a net income for the fourth quarter of $1.2 million compared to a net loss of $10.9...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:04 pm March 4, 2024
Healthee, a healthcare benefits navigation platform, announced it secured $32 million in a Series A funding round.  Fin Capital, Glilot Capital Partners, and Group11 co-led the round with participation from TriNet, a publicly traded company providing companies with HR-related offerings, including payroll, benefits, compliance and risk-management solutions.  Lior Litwak, managing partner and head...
Dr. Sashi Moodley, chief medical officer at Walgreens
By  Jessica Hagen 03:20 pm March 1, 2024
Last week, Walgreens announced its tech-enabled value-based care provider VillageMD would close clinics in Florida in a bid to increase profitability, and earlier this week confirmed to Becker's it would close all its Illinois clinics in April.   Chief medical officer at Walgreens, Dr. Sashi Moodley, sat down with MobiHealthNews at ViVE24 to discuss the current state of Walgreens work in...
Person sitting in front of a computer while talking to a virtual healthcare provider
By  Jessica Hagen 10:47 am February 29, 2024
Digital gastrointestinal care startup Salvo Health announced it has closed a $5 million Seed Prime round led by City Light Capital and Human Ventures. The company's existing investors also participated in the round, including Torch Capital, Threshold Ventures and Felicis Ventures. Angel investors Anmol Madan, founder of Ginger Health and Teladoc's former chief data scientist also contributed. ...
Pharmacist in a pharmacy looking at shelves filled with prescription medication
By  Jessica Hagen 03:23 pm February 23, 2024
Waltz Health, a digital search engine for prescription pricing and reimbursement, announced its move into the Medicare market. The Chicago-based company will provide health plans supporting Medicare beneficiaries in accessing lower prescription drug prices via its Marketplace Search technology, an AI-enabled search engine that health organizations can give their consumers that utilizes data from...
Healthcare provider putting medication into an infusion line with a patient lying in a bed
By  Jessica Hagen 01:39 pm February 22, 2024
Tech-enabled infusion platform Uptiv Health announced a partnership with Lyn Health, a healthcare provider for poly-chronic patients, to merge infusion therapy with chronic care management through an offering dubbed Uptiv360.  Through the partnership, patients can undergo an onboarding process via an app, followed by an evaluation by a nurse practitioner during an infusion visit. Within 48 hours...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:29 pm February 21, 2024
Medical Microinstruments, a surgical robotics company, announced it secured $110 million in a Series C financing round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, with participation from existing investors. The company offers its Symani Surgical System, a robotic technology for microsurgery and supermicrosurgery. The system allows surgeons to replicate the movement of a human hand at a...
Healthcare provider wearing a lab coat and a stethoscope while interacting with a tablet
By  Nathan Eddy 11:20 am February 21, 2024
Despite the growing demand for virtual healthcare solutions, patients still harbor apprehensions over the use of AI in medical diagnosis, according to a survey from The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic, a joint venture between Cleveland Clinic and telehealth giant Amwell.  The survey found the availability of virtual second opinion (VSO) services made it far more likely for respondents to follow...