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Fitbit and Health2Synch Partner Up for Diabetes Management
08 Oct 2019
Fitbit and Taiwan-based Health2Sync are collaborating to provide diabetics with a more holistic view of their health and help them make heal...
Northwell, Allscripts To Co-Create Voice-Enabled, AI-Driven EHR Platform Northwell , Allscripts To Co-Create Voice-Enabled , AI-Driven EHR
08 Oct 2019
– Allscripts and Northwell inks agreement to jointly develop and pilot a new cloud-based, voice-enabled, AI-driven EHR platform. – The n...
Cerner and I2i Population Health Collaborate to Better Serve Medicaid Population
08 Oct 2019
Companies aim to improve health outcomes and lower costs for underserved communities Cerner Corporation and i2i Population Health are now wo...
Walmart to Test Ideas Aimed at Reducing Unnecessary Health Care Spending
08 Oct 2019
As part of an effort to curb health care spending, Walmart (WMT) is testing new health-focused programs in select markets for its existing m...
Ajax Raises $100M Fund to Invest in Healthtech Startups
08 Oct 2019
Just months after closing a $100 million second fund, Ajax Health announced this morning it has raised another $100 million to form Ajax 3. ...
Health Records on iPhoneⓇ Available to Consumers Enrolled in MEDITECH’s Patient Portal
08 Oct 2019
Enterprise Health Record (EHR) vendor MEDITECH supports Health Records on iPhone, which brings together hospitals, clinics, and the existing...
Mapping Variation in Breast Cancer Screening: Where to Intervene?
08 Oct 2019
Small geographic areas with lower mammography screening participation rates may reflect gaps in screening efforts. Our objective was to use ...
Ambry Genetics Makes Scientific Breakthrough and Launches Paired RNA and DNA Testing for Hereditary Cancer
08 Oct 2019
Ambry Genetics® (Ambry), a leading clinical genetic testing company, announced today the launch of +RNAinsight™, a major advancement in g...
Sleep Data, BetterNight Raise $6m
08 Oct 2019
Sleep Data said it raised $6 million to back the market expansion of its BetterNight virtual care platform. BetterNight, which launched in 2...
Survey: Unclear Reimbursement, Little Demonstrated Value are Giving Potential Digital Health Partners Pause
08 Oct 2019
Many healthcare and digital health stakeholders don’t believe that health tech companies fully understand the complexities of their market...
Microsoft Will Use AI to Supercharge Novartis’ Giant Drug-Development Engine
08 Oct 2019
Microsoft has reached a deal with pharmaceutical giant Novartis that aims to bring the power of artificial intelligence to drug discovery. ...
Lantheus to Acquire Progenics to Form a Leading Precision Diagnostics Imaging and Therapeutics Company
08 Oct 2019
Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNTH) (“Lantheus”), parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. (“LMI”), a leader in the devel...
Novo Nordisk and Noom to Partner Around Digital Health Solutions to Help People With Obesity Lose Weight and Keep it Off
08 Oct 2019
Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company, and Noom, a leading behaviour change company, today announced a collaboration on digital health s...
NOCD Raises $4 Million in Series A Funding
08 Oct 2019
NOCD, a digital behavioral health company focused on identifying and managing people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), today anno...
Healthcare Blockchain Startup BurstIQ Nabs $5.5M for HIPAA-Compliant Blockchain Platform
08 Oct 2019
BurstIQ, an Denver, CO-based provider of HIPAA-compliant blockchain solutions for the healthcare industry has raised $5.5M in Series A fundi...
Appriss Health Acquires OpenBeds Behavioral Health Platform
08 Oct 2019
Appriss Health, provider of the most comprehensive platform for opioid stewardship and substance use disorder (SUD) in the U.S., today ann...
WebMD To Acquire Aptus Health
08 Oct 2019
WebMD Health Corp., an Internet Brands company and the leader in health information services for consumers, physicians, and other healthcare...
Viscient Biosciences Proposes Merger to Unlock 3D Bioprinting Potential in Drug Discovery With Organovo
08 Oct 2019
Viscient Biosciences (“Viscient”), a biotech therapeutics company working at the intersection of 3D tissue technology and transcriptomic...
Cloud Management Tool for Dental Practices CareStack Lands $28M
08 Oct 2019
CareStack, a cloud-based management tool for the dental industry, landed $28 million in new funding this morning. The latest round was led b...
AMBOSS Gets €30 Million Series B to Share Medical Knowledge Around the World
08 Oct 2019
Berlin-born AMBOSS, a knowledge platform for medical professionals, has raised a €30 M Series B to fuel its international rollout and app ...