...this Editor noted then, it was a feat of funding legerdemain that rivaled a Frank Lorenzo deregulation-era airline acquisition. Their information around 2023 earnings isn’t much different. Dario provides a combined app and in-person approach to musculoskeletal (MSK) therapy, diabetes (including GLP-1 drugs), hypertension, weight management, and behavioral health. Mobihealthnews, Dario release And speaking of pharmacy, Amazon Pharmacy expanded same-day medication-delivery offerings to NYC residents and the greater Los Angeles area. This adds to same-day prescription delivery available in Phoenix, Austin, Seattle, Indianapolis, Miami, and Texas, including free drone delivery in College Station. How it works: Amazon has small facilities... Continue Reading
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Primary care provider Forward introduces CarePod kiosks, raises $100 million for deployment–but will it work this time?
...saw a closed type of health kiosk. I demo’d HealthSpot Station at the CES preview in NYC in late 2012. It officially debuted at CES 2013. Despite decent takeup, HealthSpot was defunct by mid-2016 having placed only 50 or so stations and burned through a substantial $43 million through its entire short but showy life. Its remains went to now-bankrupt Rite Aid which did nothing reportable with it. HealthSpot had key differences with Forward’s CarePods in that HealthSpot was a place to sit down and have a synchronous virtual visit with a doctor (supplied by Teladoc initially), with vital signs... Continue Reading
Friday roundup: VA Spokane quashes staff cuts; EHR market share ex-US; Epic’s proposed UK HQ expansion; Apple watchOS 10 adds health features; Nox Health on Pear buy; GP2U Telehealth sold
...America, MV and Philips in Brazil with NTT DATA (not on list) in Argentina. Becker’s But Epic has plans to expand. One sign: plans to move their UK headquarters staff currently located in several buildings in Bristol to a much larger campus on the outskirts of town in nearby Long Ashton. The campus site is currently pasture fields and the village cricket club. This coincides with plans to develop a ‘garden village’ with 2,500 homes to the south that may include a rail station. The public hearing is 12 June in Long Ashton. Bristol Post Apple debuted its latest iteration... Continue Reading
News roundup: GoodRx pays $1.5M to FTC on Meta Pixel use, ATA concerns on Covid PHE end, defending Livongo sale to Teladoc, Philips lays off 18K, Amazon health layoffs–and big ’22 loss, Ireland HSE digital head quits, Matt Hancock assaulted on Tube
...suspended from the Conservative Party in November, having decided that traveling to Australia for several weeks to appear in a reality show was more important–while he was Conservative Whip and Commons was still sitting. Now as an independent representing West Suffolk, in December he announced he will not stand for re-election next year. The insult upon injury was being assaulted last month by a 61-year-old man on the London Underground, following Mr. Hancock through Westminster station and onto a train, and earlier by the same man on Parliament Street. The Lancashire man was arrested. Lately quite in the BBC News.... Continue Reading
RIP Doug Miles, founder of UKTelehealthcare
...Station) as well as in his earlier role at MASCOT and mine as a TSA Board Member and Chair. We've come a long way since, but Doug epitomised the ethos of the sector. Cheerio, Doug! You've left an important legacy. Phillip Wild Sad news. Doug was really kind to me when I was thrown into the lions den of presenting our gas detectors at a telecare aware meeting way, way back when. I learned the hard way about ethics in the social care field. Engineers and occupational therapists don't speak the same language. Doug was always so passionate about this... Continue Reading
Calling all digital health entrepreneurs: DHACA Day on 18th March is for you!
...to understand how the cabinet office can help, how data privacy legislation may change post Brexit, what Babylon is doing, how the AHSNs can help and much, much more. You only have to pay for lunch! You will also get to hear how you can access a wide range of in depth business services free, due to the generosity of our sponsors. The event is being held courtesy of Baker Botts in their offices very close to Bank Tube station in London. Please click here to see more detail and to book. (Disclosure: this Editor is also CEO of DHACA)... Continue Reading
Calling all pitchers! Join us at Baker Botts on 5th February for a great evening
Baker Botts (UK) LLP, in association with the Digital Health & Care Alliance and Ascendant Corporate Finance, invites you to join them for the DHACA/HTF fourth annual pitch event on Wednesday 5 February 2020 at their London office close to Bank tube station. The evening will feature a number of healthtech/medtech sector companies presenting their business for five minutes each, followed by two minutes of Q&A from the audience and panel of funders. Prizes will be awarded by Baker Botts Partner, Neil Foster, to the most fundable company and best presentation (as voted on by the panel and audience). Attendance... Continue Reading
Short takes: Outcome Health pays up, Teladoc’s up in double-digits, Walgreens closing 40% of clinics, a health kiosk for hospital employees?
...percent of their national total. Is this also a concession that CVS and its clinic strategy are edging out Walgreens? Often the two chains are located within minutes (sic) of each other. USA Today A city hospital is an unlikely place for a health diagnostic kiosk, especially for employees, but Tampa General Hospital is trying out neighboring Clearwater’s OnMed stations in its locations. The station is connected to OnMed’s virtual clinic via high-definition video and multiple diagnostic tools. The station is also its own pharmacy, able to store up to 1,000 different medications, which are dispensed if prescribed by the... Continue Reading
Canary Care goes into administration, is acquired by Lifecycle Software (UK)
...the opportunity to bring Canary Care to a wider audience. Innovative assistive technology/TECS, despite the investments by major players, remains a difficult area for funding and adoption not only in the UK but also in the far larger market of the US and Canada. While we see a Best Buy acquiring GreatCall, we’re also reminded that GreatCall picked up the remnants of Lively for the IP and Healthsense for their assisted living customers and for the technology. The “name” health tech companies of the early ’00s are largely gone or no longer independent (Viterion, Living Independently, HealthSpot, Cardiocom, WellAware…) In... Continue Reading
Rounding up mid-August: PCORI funds 16 projects with $85 million, InTouch’s Rite Aid deal, Suennen leaves GE Ventures, NHS lost 10K patient records last year
...recently partnered with RPM developer Vivify Health [TTA 19 Dec] to move into in-home and post-acute settings, is now moving into retail with Rite Aid. The letter of intent is to help Rite Aid build up the technology in their existing health kiosks in pharmacies and ‘alternative care sites’. Rite Aid has had a long standing interest in kiosks, including as one of the last customers of HealthSpot. With their Albertsons merger scuttled, Rite Aid is seeking other business and interest. One of InTouch’s executives is EVP of Marketing and Consumer Solutions Steve Cashman, who founded and headed HealthSpot. InTouch... Continue Reading
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