...Layer 7 Cortical Interface to treat motor paralysis. At the time of their last funding in January 2023, this Editor noted that their difference was to treat neurological illnesses and events such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, and dementia. Their focus remains largely there: severe spinal cord injury, stroke, ALS. So far, the investigational device has been tested its device in 27 patients through research partnerships and was designated by FDA as a Breakthrough Device. More on BCI in this must-read article by Timmy Broderick for STAT. The upcoming issues around BCI now center around the engagement of CMS (Centers... Continue Reading
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News roundup: VA’s 2025 EHR budget + vendor breach, Neuralink robot arm study, linking mood prediction to sleep, CoachCare buys Revolution Health RPM/CCM, Seen Health’s $22M launch, Spectrum.Life in Deloitte Ireland’s Fast 50
...offer chronic care management (CCM) services enhanced by remote patient monitoring (RPM) and outsourced teams. CoachCare’s acquisition cost and staff transitions were not disclosed. CoachCare, based in NYC, has raised about $49 million over five rounds in an unusual way–four under $1 million, then in July a private equity round of $48 million from Topmark Partners and Integrity Growth Partners. They claim 150,000 patients and hundreds of healthcare organizations along with five other acquisitions. Revolution Health Solutions, based in Dallas, had no funding rounds listed on Crunchbase. They were founded and led by Jenn Gillette Tompkins who positions it as... Continue Reading
Help fund the NeuroNinja comic–a superhero with Parkinson’s! (Update–it funded!)
...tremors. But NeuroNinja is, in Steve’s words, “a hero who reflects their daily reality, someone who embodies resilience, strength, and hope in the face of adversity. NeuroNinja is more than just a comic; it’s a symbol of perseverance, a reminder that even with a chronic illness, we can be heroes in our own lives. He uses his symptoms and unique abilities to fight evil, navigate challenges, and help others. His ultimate power? The strength to fight through his own struggles, because sometimes the greatest battles are the ones we face within ourselves.” The series, completed through key panels and the... Continue Reading
Babylon Health’s Parsa founds new AI medical assistant venture, Quadrivia, one year after Babylon Health’s failure
...website, and a ‘first-person AI assistant’ narrated demo video embedded in the post and the home page of the website. Qu, the personal medical assistant in beta, is designed to support clinicians in multiple tasks as diverse as type 2 diabetes check-in, daily care coordination, menopause hormone therapy, flu vaccination education, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) follow-up. Quadrivia promises that its “AI agent for healthcare” capabilities will extend across the entire healthcare ecosystem for the clinician and patient, including hypotheses around diagnosis, investigation, clinician selection, treatment plans, monitoring, and more. According to Quadrivia’s information in TechFundingNews, the platform has a... Continue Reading
News roundup 23 Oct: views on a CVS breakup and CEO replacement, Amwell’s interesting new CFO, CopilotIQ/Biofourmis merge (updated), raises by HealthEx, Counsel Health, Oshi Health
...from further comment and wishes the best for Amwell. Healthcare Dive Two home healthcare-focused companies, CopilotIQ and Biofourmis, announced their merger at HLTH this past Monday. CopilotIQ’s focus has been on in-home delivery of connected care including RPM and nursing for chronic conditions through an AI-assisted software platform, while Biofourmis’ system and market has concentrated more on health systems, payers, and pharmaceutical companies for in-home delivery of complex care. The combined company will be headed by CopilotIQ’s CEO David Koretz. Merger transitions and costs were not disclosed. Investors in both companies–General Atlantic, Openspace Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners–are listed as... Continue Reading
News roundup: 4.3M HealthEquity member data breach, CrowdStrike health fallout, more Congress pounding of VA/Oracle; Flo app now unicorn (UK), fundings for Clarapath, CoachCare; AvaSure buying Ouva
...in a Series B-1 funding round from Northwell Ventures with participation from new investors Ochsner Ventures, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund, and Mayo Clinic. Clarapath automates pathology lab work. Its SectionStar platform sections biopsy tissue with improved accuracy. It is pre-revenue with a total of $75 million in funding. Axios, Mobihealthnews CoachCare, a remote patient monitoring/virtual health monitoring developer for practices and health systems, added $48 million in an unlettered venture round funding led by Integrity Growth Partners with participation from Topmark Funding. The platform combines software and connected devices with outreach for RPM, chronic care management, and other virtual care... Continue Reading
Perspectives: Embracing the Power of EiPaaS in 2024 and Beyond
...cloud for all programs and tools to work in unison. EiPaaS has become increasingly critical as healthcare systems seek increased collaboration between insurance companies, suppliers, and patients and deal with more software programs than ever. This integration connects all operations, making tasks automated, timelier, and safer. Let’s examine three reasons modern healthcare providers should embrace EiPaaS: 1. Seamless Data Integration Delivering seamless data integration in healthcare is crucial for patient care. Fragmented care, often due to delayed communications between suppliers, providers, and insurance companies or human error, creates adverse effects on patients with chronic illnesses. EiPaaS in healthcare operations ensures... Continue Reading
News roundup: Masimo has offer to JV consumer business for $950M or more, Get Well sold to SAI, One Medical scored on poor handling of urgent calls from Iora patients
...that as far as they know, no patients were harmed. Becker’s As TTA backgrounded on 6 March, the former Iora offices were rebranded, if not closed, as One Medical Senior and they would shift to existing One Medical offices. FTA: Existing patients, many with multiple chronic conditions, reported cutbacks in callbacks, appointment length, physician load, and services provided such as transportation. One clinic had 20 staff cut back to five with patients pushed out to virtual visits–hardly appropriate for a high needs, older, less technologically savvy patient population in value-based care, quality-measured models. How will these high care needs patients... Continue Reading
Short takes: Fabric buys Walmart’s MeMD telehealth arm, Geisinger data breach via vendor exposed ~1.2M records, UK’s Careium develops resilient rSIM, $50M funding for K Health, India’s Alyve’s $6M Series A, Upside Health closes
...dental procedures, gym memberships, and proactive well-being. According to the release, the raise will be used to improve its data, security, and AI capabilities, as well as expand operations, hire more talent, and enhance services. Mobihealthnews Pain management technology company Upside Health closed. Founder Rachel Trobman posted the closure on her personal feed on LinkedIn. Their Branch Health app helped chronic pain sufferers better manage their pain and connected them to clinical and educational resources. Their website and LinkedIn pages are shuttered. According to her post, they had a base of 30,000 patients. Their funding listed on Crunchbase was $635,000.... Continue Reading
News roundup: VA extends Oracle Cerner for 11 months; Amwell founders swap jobs; Alphabet’s Verily pivots to Lightpath with GLP-1, retiring Onduo; UnitedHealth hasn’t notified on Change breach
...once-visionary Verily now jumps on the GLP-1 bandwagon with Lightpath. Verily’s latest pivot to the highly trendy weight loss area is termed as a metabolic solution as part of a “personalized chronic care solution for health plans and members”. Lightpath will start as Lightpath Metabolic, a four-part program that includes Metabolic Intensive (diabetes management), Weight Loss Intensive, Metabolic Improvement, and Metabolic Achievement. The Verily platform integrates data from health records, connected devices, and other care points to deliver “personalized pathways, suggestions, and nudges to health plan members” virtually along with health coaches and an advanced licensed clinical team. The current... Continue Reading
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