Connecticut-based suicide prevention telehealth platform Vita Health has secured $22.5 million in Series A funding.
LFE Capital, CVS Health Ventures, Athyrium Capital Management, Flare Capital Partners, Connecticut Innovations, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund and HopeLab participated in the round.
WHAT IT DOES
Vita Health connects telehealth providers with youth and adults contemplating suicide....
Maternity-focused digital health company Diana Health secured $34 million in Series B funding led by Norwest Ventures Partners, bringing its total raise to $46 million.
Existing investors LRVHealth and .406 Ventures participated in the round, as did AlleyCorp.
WHAT IT DOES
The New York-based company partners with hospitals and health systems to offer tech-enabled OB-GYN and women's health...
The Google Pixel Watch, announced in March, included the addition of fall detection capabilities, which uses sensors to determine if a user has taken a hard fall and then subsequently alerts emergency services upon being prompted by the user or when no response from the user is received.
In part two of our two-part series, Edward Shi, product manager on the personal safety team of Android and...
Addiction-focused behavioral health provider Praesum Healthcare announced a partnership with ObservSMART to utilize its wearable device and staff tablet to perform patient checks on noncompliant patient populations.
ObservSMART offers patented, tamper-resistant wearables that help providers comply with patient checks and document a patient's location and behaviors. Providers can complete...
CHICAGO – Provider burnout and overwork is a hot topic in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But patients often struggle to navigate their own care in the complex and fragmented U.S. healthcare system.
At HIMSS233, Grace Cordovano, patient advocate and CEO of Enlightening Results, called patient burnout a "silent public health crisis."
"I can assure you that the manual outdated workflows, the...
Philips will cut another 6,000 jobs worldwide as part of a turnaround plan after a recall of its respiratory devices and supply chain woes cut into the health tech giant's financials.
Philips said the workforce reductions will take place by 2025, with half of the cuts coming this year. The company had previously announced it would lay off 4,000 employees in October, shortly after its new CEO Roy...
The accuracy of digital symptom checkers for both triage and diagnosis is generally low, which could pose a risk to patient safety, according to a review of studies published in npj Digital Medicine.
Researchers compiled 10 studies that evaluated a total of 48 online symptom checkers. Half of the studies used real patients, while the other half studied simulated cases. The review found primacy...
Indian connected health device maker Dozee has partnered with Midmark India, one of the biggest hospital bed manufacturers in South Asia, to launch a connected bed platform for non-ICU settings.
WHAT IT DOES
According to a press statement, their smart bed will enable hospitals to continuously monitor patients' conditions in step-down ICUs and other non-ICU wards. The connected bed is integrated...
Mental health continues to be a leading clinical focus for digital health investors. There's plenty of competition in the space, but it's still a big challenge for the healthcare system: Many Americans live in areas with a shortage of mental health professionals, limiting access to care.
Wysa, maker of an AI-backed chatbot that aims to help users work though concerns like anxiety, stress and low...
In the midst of controversy surrounding the digital mental health company's prescribing practices and a week after it replaced its CEO, Cerebral revealed a transformation plan focused on growth and patient experience.
The program, called Cerebral Core, includes objectives to review quality practices as well as improve the user and clinician experience.
The company said it plans to add in-network...
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