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Diabetes and insulin management software company Glytec and pharmaceutical firm Roche are teaming up to allow the use of Glytec’s software in connection with Roche’s point-of-care smart-device hospital blood glucose system cobas pulse in the U.S. and global markets. According to Roche, cobas pulse’s strip architecture provides lab-like results and minimizes the need to repeat tests. The system can be …

Online behavioral healthcare company Talkspace announced it is joining forces with the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) as the player advocates organization’s exclusive mental health technology partner. The aim is to give players, their families and support teams free, 24/7 access to Talkspace’s self-guided therapy app, Talkspace Go, and its virtual therapy offering at a discount. Eligible professional tennis players …

Cloudbreak Health, a healthcare-focused video remote interpretation services company, announced it has rebranded as Equiti and acquired tech-enabled language services provider Voyce. The union brings together Voyce offerings and Cloudbreak’s Martti, a video remote interpretation platform, under the Equiti brand. The company says the merger is expected to increase interpreter resources, resulting in faster connection times and more expansive language …

Imidex, an AI-enabled medical device company specializing in lung cancer detection, and DNA-sequencing technology specialist Orbit Genomics announced a strategic partnership to combine their offerings to help reduce lung cancer fatalities. Imidex’s FDA 510(k)-cleared VisiRad XR device allows for detecting lung nodules as small as 6mm in chest X-rays. The company touts the VisiRad XR as having an 83% sensitivity …

Rural hybrid care provider Homeward announced the appointment of its first chief medical officer, Dr. Greg Burrell, a practicing internal medicine physician. Burrell will oversee the company’s clinical and navigation strategy across quality assurance and markets, work to enhance the member experience, and support healthcare systems.  He formerly served as chief medical officer at employer health-benefits company Gravie, and was …

Holly Maloney, managing director at General Catalyst, says there has been a shift from the exuberant investments made during the COVID era to a more stable and strategic funding environment, creating a healthy investment climate for long-term growth and innovation. Maloney sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss how this shift has affected General Catalyst’s strategic evolution in digital health investment …

Quest Diagnostics, a provider of diagnostic information services, announced it acquired LifeLabs, a provider of laboratory diagnostic information and digital health connectivity systems, from benefit pension plan company OMERS in a deal valued at approximately CAN $1.35 billion (USD $1 billion). LifeLabs will continue to operate under its own brand, with the same management team at its Toronto headquarters.  Secaucus, …

Digital musculoskeletal care company Hinge Health and virtual care specialist Midi Health are teaming up to combine Hinge’s movement-based support with Midi’s virtual care clinic to support women experiencing menopausal symptoms.  California-based Midi Health offers a network of nurse practitioners overseen by physicians and researchers to women 40 years and above going through perimenopause and menopause. It also provides interventions …

Solace, a healthcare navigation platform, announced it secured $14 million in Series A funding, bringing its total raise to $21 million. Inspired Capital led the funding round with participation from existing investors Torch Capital and Craft Ventures and new investors Coalition Operators, Anne Wojcicki, the late Susan Wojcicki and RiverPark Ventures.  WHAT IT DOES Solace, founded in 2022, matches patients …

Techstars, a company that invests in early-stage startups, Johns Hopkins and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, announced the launch of a new healthcare accelerator program designed to support early-stage entrepreneurs using artificial intelligence to improve care pathways. With the backing of Johns Hopkins and CareFirst, Techstars AI Health Baltimore utilizes the university’s proficiency in converting research into commercially feasible businesses. It also …