...her LinkedIn profile for Quil with a February 2023 end date and changed the company description to past tense, pushing up her board positions. Their Facebook page is still live but no posts after 16 January after announcing their joining the AARP AgeTechCollaborative. In 2019, this Editor wrote that they were developing pre- and post-care support through TV (!) with Comcast working on an ambient sensor-based device to monitor basic vital signs and fall detection, which launched in 2020 as Quil Assure. To this Editor, it sounded like a home version of QuietCare circa 2009 with multiple sensors and diagnostics.... Continue Reading
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News roundup: UHG closes $5.4B LHC deal, Teladoc’s record $13.7B ’22 loss, Olive AI divesting UM, Cigna exec can’t join CVS, VA anti-suicide program awards, Equiva-Infiniti ACP initiative, Newel Health’s Parkinson’s device
...and health relationship management solution provider, is partnering with internet provider Infiniti Mobile to create Equiva ACP Connect. The product configures tablets and mobile devices for care management and patient education distributed by hospitals, nursing homes, insurers, and other healthcare organizations. Release Newel Health has received a grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation to further development for Soturi, a digital therapeutic solution for Parkinson’s disease management. Soturi utilizes data collected from a wearable sensor, using an algorithm-based decision-making method, for personalized treatment. The project will be presented at the SINdem conference in Bressanone, Italy on 24th February. Release (PharmaPhorum)... Continue Reading
Mid-week roundup: Teladoc gets BetterHelp to boost Q4 ’22 revenue; fundings for Array, Paytient, Telesair, three others; layoffs hit at Alphabet’s Verily, Cue Health
...Censinet, a developer of healthcare cybersecurity software, also landed $9 million in a funding round led by MemorialCare Innovation Fund, Rex Health Ventures, and Ballad Ventures plus five others for a total of over $22 million. Release CARI Health, a San Diego startup developing a wearable sensor for medication management, gained $2.3 million in seed funding from the San Diego Angel Conference plus four other funds. Release The pace of layoffs may have slowed, but the numbers have not. Alphabet’s Verily health tech development unit is discharging 15% of current staff, estimated at 240 people. This is part of a... Continue Reading
Rounding up fundings and startups: Override(ing) pain; brainy Synchron and In-Med Prognostics; Click off migraine; Cardiosense and CHF detection
...AI-based detection of cardiovascular disease. In February, it received Breakthrough Device designation from FDA for combining monitoring of seismocardiogram, electrocardiogram and photoplethysmogram readings from the CardioTag wearable sensor with AI algorithms to determine pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP). PCWP is a measure of congestive heart failure (CHF) that at present can only be assessed through catheterization. The new funding will speed up other products in its portfolio as well as studies to further refine and validate the CHF algorithm over a diverse population. Leading the Series A were Broadview Ventures and Hatteras Venture Partners joined by four others. Release, FierceBiotech... Continue Reading
Who’s buying, selling, funding wrapup: athenahealth IPO deux?, NextGen EHR buys reseller TSI for $68M, Cloudwave buys Sensato; fundings for Lumen, UpStream, Aide Health
...led by Pitango Venture Capital with Hanwha Group and Resolute Ventures. Lumen measures metabolism via a handheld, breathalyzer-like device equipped with a CO2 sensor that analyzes whether the body is burning fats or carbs for fuel which can promote weight loss, energy for fitness, and sleep. With that data, the app delivers to users personalized meal plans and nutrition along with when to eat. The new funding will be used to expand these nutrition and lifestyle coaching services. The device is sold direct to consumers, with the app services sold on a SaaS basis: three yearly plans with a range... Continue Reading
Mid-week news briefs: House members’ ‘grave concerns’ on two deaths tied to Oracle Cerner VA rollout; care.ai’s $27M funding; Clear Arch’s new mobile RPM platform; digital health investment in rough times
...alcohol withdrawal symptoms after a patient’s missed appointment was lost in the EHR and not rescheduled, leading to his decline and death several months later. The three Representatives are asking Denis McDonough, the Department secretary, for answers on the processes and problems that led to this, and more. They are Mike Bost, R-Ill., Mike Carey, R-Ohio, and Troy Balderson, R-Ohio. Becker’s care.ai, a system that uses sensor-based AI for care facilities, secured $27 million in venture funding from Crescent Cove Advisors. care.ai’s sensors and their Smart Care Facility Platform are currently used in 1,500 facilities in the US to automate,... Continue Reading
Friday short takes: was there a bidding war for One Medical? A concussion risk wearable tested. Get Well’s monkeypox digital care plan
...such as whiplash. Current systems are embedded in helmets or the X-Patch, which uses accelerometers. According to the report in AAAS’ EurekAlert!, Nelson Sepúlveda of Michigan State University and colleagues developed a novel patch sensor using a film layer of thermoplastic material, a ferroelectret nanogenerator or FENG. “This produces electrical energy when physically touched or pressure is applied. The electrical signal produced is proportional to the physical strain on the neck and can be used to estimate the acceleration and velocity of sudden neck movement, two important markers for predicting concussion.” For this test, a dummy was used. Nature Scientific... Continue Reading
Weekend review: FDA clears Apple Watch ‘AFib History’, OS9 adds health features; Amwell’s new CMO; 2M records breached at New England provider, largest this year
...Other health-related features on the watchOS9 release include: Medications app for managing medications, vitamins, and supplements, including a medications list, schedules and reminders, and directly view medication information in the Health app Sleep Insights, an add-on to the existing sleep tracking that informs users of sleep stages. Using signals from the accelerometer and heart rate sensor, it will detect and track when users are in REM, core, or deep sleep. Apple release 6 June, FierceHealthcare Amwell names new chief medical officer. Carrie Nelson will be working with payer and provider organizations in care delivery from Amwell’s new platform, Converge. In... Continue Reading
Wednesday news roundup: Oracle-Cerner reportedly OK’d by EU, VitalTech RPM raises $14.1 M, Aging 2.0 interoperability challenge, what do rough times mean for investors and startups, employees cause 39% of healthcare IT breaches
...summarized neatly, if not cheerfully. Major points: the downturn in funding will lag the market by 3-6 months, VCs will stuff the cash and wait for deals at lower valuations, few exits mean that portfolion companies will be burning through cash and dependent on existing investors, and there will be less-well-funded companies and funds which will go belly-up. This Editor’s disagreement is only that VCs lag downturns. In 2008, heading marketing in an early sensor-based monitoring company running out of funds, funding became scarce months ahead of the downturn. 39% of healthcare data breaches are caused by employees, according to... Continue Reading
Who needs Watson Health? 10 startups using AI (for real) in medical diagnostics, clinical decision making, and more
...the second group. Heartflow–diagnosis of coronary artery disease PathAI–machine learning for pathology in bladder and skin cancer detection Paige.AI–AI and pathology in prostate cancer detection Exo–medical imaging Proscia–dermatology diagnosis for melanoma Atropos Health–converting EHR information for clinical decision making and follow up Virta Health–prescribing food plans to people to reverse Type 2 diabetes, management via AI to doctors Sword Health–virtual care for patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) pain, managed by pairing them with digital therapy, monitoring by motion sensors Omada Health–personal interventions in chronic conditions Twin Health–sensor based monitoring and machine learning to reverse chronic diseases Part 1 and Part 2... Continue Reading
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