Movers and shakers
With over $49B invested in startups over the past ten years—and $9.4B so far in this year alone—digital health innovation has matured, scaled, and is now delivering the industry disruption that’s long been promised. Digitally-enabled business models are beginning to shift the balance of power among incumbents and new entrants, creating new opportunities, competitive strategies, and transfers of value all over the map. Our latest post breaks down who’s who and what they’re up to in healthcare’s new world order.
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Each year we recognize the trailblazers creating impactful change in healthcare. Nominations for this year are now open.
Webinar: Innovations to Strengthen Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer’s
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Headlines
How COVID-19 Shifted Healthcare Executives’ Technology Priorities
Telehealth, AI, and revenue cycle management are key focus areas Fierce Healthcare | (Tweet)
Deloitte Rolls Out New Home Monitoring Tool
Tool captures wearable data to link patients with virtual care providers MobiHealthNews | (Tweet)
Lyra Mental Health Service Teams Up With Calm Meditation App
Partnership to provide more services for employees suffering from stress and burnout CNBC | (Tweet)
Four C-level Livongo Execs To Depart Amid Teladoc Merger
CEO and President among those to move on Becker’s Hospital Review | (Tweet)
Video Gamers Are Helping To Map The Human Gut Microbiome
Borderlands 3 is advancing data-driven research with “citizen science” MobiHealthNews | (Tweet)
FDA Leader Talks Strategy For AI And Machine Learning Validation
Agency seeks to strike balance between safety and innovation Healthcare IT News | (Tweet)
LabCorp Launches Clinical Trial Platform to Streamline Drug Development
Platform will reduce administrative tasks and improve trial resiliency HIT Consultant | (Tweet)
Doctor On Demand Strikes Partnership With CareLinx
The goal is to combine in-home caretakers with telehealth services MedCity News | (Tweet)
Recent Funding
- AI-powered hearing aid company Whisper takes in $35M
- Future, a personalized fitness coaching service, receives $24M
- Kidney care company Cricket Health secures $15M
- Telehealth provider eVisit lands $14M
- Cohere Health closes $10M to build out patient journey platform
- Nice Healthcare raises $5M to expand telehealth and in-home primary care services
- Rock Health portfolio company and maternal health provider Oula lands $3.2M
- Healthcare identity startup Verifiable snags $3M