Last week in digital health, from A to Z
Here’s the recipe for last week’s digital health alphabet soup:
- Two parts M&A—Dassault scooped up Medidata and Allscripts bought specialty med startup ZappRX
- One part FDA pilot with IBM, Merck, and Walmart to look at blockchain for drug supply chain monitoring
- Add in CVS Health’s employer benefits platform, starting with a sleep app
- Season with CRISPR to taste—GSK wants to use the tech to uncover novel drugs
Our two newest Rock Health Summit speakers, FDA’s Dr. Amy Abernethy and Andreessen Horowitz’s Vijay Pande, will dive into the future of digital drug discovery on 9/24-25. Snag your ticket ASAP.
Headlines
Cisco, American Well Team Up For Virtual Visits On Your TV
Companies are clamoring for remote patient monitoring opportunities CNBC | (Tweet)
House Votes To Overturn Ban On National Patient Identifier
But patient matching woes are far from over Modern Healthcare | (Tweet)
That Sleep Tracker Could Make Your Insomnia Worse
The unhealthy obsession with achieving perfect sleep The New York Times | (Tweet)
Mini-Bios In The EHR Help Clinicians Connect With Patients
Personalizing impersonal health records Kaiser Health News | (Tweet)
The Inside Story Of Embattled Startup uBiome
“‘It’s the Wild West in the microbiome'” Business Insider | (Tweet)
Innovation In Treating Chronic Pain Requires New Measures
Evidation’s Christine Lemke calls on researchers to join the endeavor Rock Health | (Tweet)
How VR Is Poised To Make Real-World Clinical Impact
Mapping out a framework for use cases in healthcare MedCity News | (Tweet)
Recent Funding
- Collective Health closed a fresh $205M (congrats, team!)
- Quartet Health raised $60M in a round led by Centene
- Genome Medical got $23M for its telegenomics service platform
- Our own Neurotrack nabbed $21M to improve cognitive health assessment
- Modern Fertility brought in $15M for its at-home fertility tests
- Physician credential verification startup CredSimple scored $14M