All eyes on you, 2022

We’ve turned the page into 2022, and memes about 2020(too) aside, we’re starting the year revisiting our 2021 predictions—and offering up the themes we anticipate will change the digital health game in the new year. Read Rock Health Consulting’s latest to learn about the developments we’ve got our eyes on, the terms we expect to define industry discussion, and a status check on milestones of digital health’s journey to changing the standard of care. Plus, stay tuned for Rock Health’s 2021 year-end digital health funding recap, coming next week on January 10. Spoiler alert: it was another record-breaking year.

Headlines

Oracle To Buy Electronic Health Records Giant Cerner For $28.3B
The biggest health tech deal of the year closes out 2021 with a bang STAT

Digital Health Startups Join HHS Accelerator To Tackle COVID Health Inequities
The PandemicX program seeks to use digital tools to tackle disparities Fierce Healthcare

How Noom's Founders Shook Up A $250 Billion Industry
An overnight success story ten years in the making Inc.

More Digital Therapeutics Hit The Market, Pharma Uses Digital For Real-World Data
A recap of DTx moves from 2021 MobiHealthNews

BD Acquires Digital At-Home Test Maker Scanwell Health
The two companies previously partnered on COVID-19 testing before making it official Mass Device

Recent Funding (from the past few weeks)

• Search engine for health plans Healthcare.com raises $180M
• Cloud-based data integrator Innovaccer scores $150M
• Virtual patient monitoring solution Cadence nabs $100M
• Weight care management solution Found finds $100M
• Personalized health improvement app Well brings in another $70M
• Ophelia lands $50M for its virtual opioid use disorder treatment
• Provider review service Garner Health garners $45M
• AI dental software Overjet snags $42.5M
• Care coordinator for Medicare and Medicaid-eligible consumers Belong Health gets $40M
• Operating room sensor system Apella bags $21M
• Embold Health nabs $20M to deliver physician performance analytics
• Video game system Mightier scores $17M to support adolescent emotional regulation
• Scitara raises $15M to provide data connectivity in pharmaceutical labs
• Prolucent Health notches $11.5M for healthcare recruitment and workforce management
• Data analytics for medical equipment Glassbeam scores $10M
• Tava Health secures $10M to increase access to mental health services
• RPM platform Somatix closes on $9.4M
• Revenue cycle automation software Janus Health tacks on $8M
• WhizAI grabs $8M to deliver data insights to life science companies
• Uplift raises $8M to connect individuals to in-network therapists
• Medicare Advantage care navigator Hand in Hand Health lands $7.1M
• Univfy raises $6M to help individuals predict IVF success probability
• Claims processing software Med Claims Compliance Corporation gets $5.7M
• UWill snags $5.3M to connect college students with licensed therapists
• Research software for psychedelic medicine Maya Health adds $4.3M
• Women’s virtual care clinic Kiira Health picks up $4M
• Peer chat app for behavioral health and Rock Health port co Marigold Health grabs $3.5M
• Benefits enrollment navigator MyHealthMath logs $3.5M
• D2C genomics testing company Nucleus Genomics emerges from stealth with $3.5M
• Open source platform for drug discovery 20n Bio closes on $3.3M
• WeConnect adds $2.9M to expand its app ecosystem for substance use disorder recovery
• Mental health and learning support platform for students Parallel Learning snags $2.8M
• Analytics provider for biotech companies Basil Systems brings in $2.5M