Denver-based in-home care provider DispatchHealth raised $330 million in funding, with the equity raise led by Optum Ventures. This brings the company's total raise to over $700 million.
New investors Blue Shield of California, Olayan Group, Adams Street Partners, Pegasus Tech Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank joined in funding. Existing investors supported the round, including Humana, Questa...
Google Cloud, health insurer Highmark Health and League, a platform that helps healthcare organizations and consumer health companies build digital tools, announced a partnership to build a digital health platform for Highmark members.
The My Highmark member portal provides the insurer's members with what the companies call a "digital front door," where they can navigate their care, pay bills,...
The FDA posted a notice saying the recall of Insulet's Omnipod DASH Insulin Management System Personal Diabetes Manager is a Class I, the most serious recall indicating the devices could cause serious injuries or death.
The Massachusetts-based company's system consists of two parts: A wearable and tubeless pump that delivers insulin, dubbed the Pod, and a remote controller with a battery pack...
Multinational digital health firm Babylon reported its third quarter revenue had grown to $288.9 million, a 3.9x year-over-year boost, thanks to an increase in its value-based care business primarily driven by growth in Medicare membership.
Babylon reported a loss of $89.9 million for the period, compared to a $66 million loss in Q3 2021. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and...
Level Ex, a medical video game company offering software to train surgeons remotely, announced it will be involved in one of 38 science and research experiments accompanying SpaceX astronauts aboard Polaris Dawn, the first of three human spaceflight missions.
The Polaris Dawn and Dragon crew will travel to an altitude of 1,400 km, the highest Earth orbit ever flown, and attempt a first-of-its-...
Coeus.health, a cloud-based IT and logistics platform that coordinates in-home digital health devices and data, announced its receipt of an initial investment from consumer electronics retailer Best Buy.
In its latest step to expand into the connected home healthcare space, the retail giant will use the remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform's Home Health Hybrid Cloud (H3C) to help customers...
Virtual women and family health provider Maven Clinic announced it raised $90 million in a Series E funding round, bringing the virtual clinic's funding total to $300 million.
General Catalyst led the round with participation from La Famiglia, CVS Health Ventures, and Intermountain Ventures. Existing investors also participated, including Oak HC/FT, Dragoneer Investment Group, Sequoia, Lux...
Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Clinic, a virtual healthcare service that will deliver care for 20 common conditions, including hair loss, heartburn, acne, dandruff and seasonal allergies.
The virtual consultation service will allow customers to select their condition from a list provided, then choose a preferred provider from a list of third-party licensed clinicians, including ones from...
San Diego-based connected sleep device maker ResMed and Alphabet's life science offshoot Verily announced the formation of Primasun, an end-to-end solution to help employers and healthcare providers identify populations at risk for complex sleep disorders.
Formed as a joint venture, Primasun will initially evaluate patients with insomnia, provide guidance to improve sleep hygiene and connect...
Healthcare providers use continuous MRI scans performed over the course of a patient's life to monitor the progression of multiple sclerosis, where the immune system attacks the protective myelin around the nerves within the central nervous system.
MRIs are used to identify lesions or areas of scarring (sclerosis) within the central nervous system. The scarring is the result of the damage caused...
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