Health

Remote patient monitoring and virtual care company CoachCare secured a $48 million strategic growth investment. Integrity Growth Partners led the round with participation from Topmark Partners.  WHAT IT DOES CoachCare works with individual practices and hospital systems to provide a remote patient monitoring service for patients with acute and chronic conditions, and it offers connected devices for providers to capture …

Tiger mosquito sitting on the table of an outdoor café (image generated by AI) As our world becomes increasingly interconnected and the climate changes, the UK faces challenges that we might associate with more exotic destinations. One such challenge is the potential introduction of invasive mosquito species, particularly the tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus). This small but formidable insect is causing …

Retail giant Walmart and MISTR, a telemedicine provider offering free online STI testing, PrEP, DoxyPEP and long-term HIV care, have launched a pilot program offering free at-home HIV testing kits to customers from seven Walmart stores in Georgia. The tests require a finger prick. Step-by-step instructions and an instructional video are included in each kit to ensure each test is …

GE HealthCare announced it formed a strategic partnership to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) healthcare and genAI services to build AI-enabled workflows that help improve the accuracy of diagnostic screening, streamline healthcare operations, and improve equitable care access and outcomes.  GE will use Amazon Bedrock’s foundation models to create its own proprietary genAI applications and modernize its applications built on …

Patient communications firm Artera has expanded its support for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), including Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center in Brooklyn and Moses Lake Community Health Center in Washington. The expanded support means these FQHCs can now tap into Artera’s patient communications platform. That platform, tailored for FQHCs, supports more than 109 languages, offers automation, and leverages EHR data for …

Microsoft announced it is partnering with Mass General Brigham, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and its health system UW Health to research and innovate advanced radiology-focused multimodal AI foundation models and develop medical imaging copilot applications. Mass General Brigham, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and UW Health will work with Microsoft to explore how …

Teletherapy company Talkspace announced the formation of an AI Innovation Group to improve provider efficiency while ensuring responsible and ethical use of AI in the platform. The group includes all Talkspace personnel and is led by Talkspace’s general manager of AI, Michael Rodio, and the company’s AI project manager, Katie McCrudden.  Dr. Nikole Benders-Hadi, Talkspace’s chief medical officer; Mary Potter, …

New York-based mental health platform Headway announced it secured $100 million in Series D funding, more than doubling its valuation to $2.3 billion.  Spark Capital led the round, joined by existing investors a16z, Thrive Capital and Accel, and new investor Forerunner Ventures. The company also announced its plans to expand its services for individuals with Medicare Advantage and Medicaid insurance …

AI-enabled medical documentation company Abridge, health IT giant Epic and healthcare system Mayo Clinic are partnering to create a genAI documentation platform that integrates Abridge’s tools into Epic’s EHR for Mayo Clinic nurses. Abridge, founded in 2018, offers an AI tool that records and transcribes conversations between providers and patients. It then organizes and summarizes that information, pulling important details …

Duke-NUS Medical School is launching a $20 million incubator, LIVE Ventures, to help commercialize academic research projects and transform scientific breakthroughs into clinical applications.  The incubator aims to supply academic innovators with expertise and resources from the public and private sectors – including pharmaceutical companies, market data research professionals, investors, and industry experts – to conduct product-market fit evaluations for …