Telehealth November 21, 2024
Telehealth Prescribing Extended Through 2025 November 21, 2024
In a move that surprised basically no one, the DEA is extending pandemic-era telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances through the end of 2025. The “Third Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications” was officially published on November 19th, ending a months-long stalemate among regulators. The third time’s the charm (hopefully). […]
Telehealth November 18, 2024
Telehealth Doesn’t Lead to Low-Value Services November 18, 2024
University of Michigan researchers just delivered some compelling evidence that telehealth doesn’t increase wasteful care, and may actually reduce it in several key areas. This wasn’t a small study. The analysis in JAMA Network Open leveraged Medicare FFS claims data spanning 578k beneficiaries across 2,552 primary care practices between 2019 and 2022. The researchers tracked […]
Startups November 14, 2024
Babylon Founder Returns With Launch of Quadrivia November 14, 2024
Babylon founder Ali Parsa is rising from the wreckage with a new startup – Quadrivia – and he’s certainly hoping that his second AI wonder app works out better than his first. A LinkedIn post from Parsa laid out Quadrivia’s vision of using customizable AI agents to tackle “the main challenge” in healthcare: the structural […]
Primary Care November 11, 2024
Does Investing in Primary Care Lead To Lower Total Costs? November 11, 2024
The idea that increasing investment in primary care will reduce costs down the road makes intuitive sense, but a recent article in Health Affairs suggests that there’s “limited evidence that directly ties higher primary care spending to lower total spending.” Primary care is the foundation of an effective healthcare system, with plenty of evidence supporting […]
Startups November 7, 2024
Bessemer’s Key Benchmarks for Health Tech November 7, 2024
Bessemer Venture Partners put out an update to its top-tier blog series on benchmarks that health tech startups can use to see how they stack up against the competition. We won’t dive into the full industry overview, but here’s a look at a few of the key metrics Bessemer shared to illustrate how the health […]
Digital Health November 4, 2024
PHTI Delivers Mixed Review on Digital Hypertension Tools November 4, 2024
Digital hypertension management solutions received a mixed report card from the Peterson Health Technology Institute’s latest evaluation, which found significant differences in performance depending on the treatment approach. The 71-page report assessed clinical and economic evidence across three solution types: PHTI’s signature chart delivers a great summary of the findings: The analysis found that all […]
Artificial Intelligence October 31, 2024
Oracle Announces AI-Powered EHR, QHIN October 31, 2024
This week’s Oracle Health Summit in Nashville was a rodeo of announcements, and by this time next year it sounds like we could see both an entirely new AI-powered EHR and a freshly minted QHIN. The biggest headline from the event was the unveiling of a next-generation EHR powered by AI, which will allow clinicians […]
Startups October 28, 2024
CopilotIQ and Biofourmis Merge to Build Single Pane Home Care October 28, 2024
One of the biggest stories to come out of last week’s HLTH meetup was the surprise merger between Biofourmis and its under-the-radar remote care competitor CopilotIQ. CopilotIQ launched a few short years ago in 2021 to provide remote patient monitoring for seniors managing chronic conditions through its High-Frequency Connected Care platform. Biofourmis on the other […]
Digital Health October 24, 2024
HLTH 2024 Recap and Major Announcements October 24, 2024
That’s a wrap on HLTH 2024, and the showfloor was every bit as electric as outside on the Vegas strip. Over 12k attendees made the trip out to Sin City, and they all had the same two things on their minds: Busta Rhymes and artificial intelligence. The blind excitement of 2022 and the hallucination trepidation […]
Startups October 21, 2024
Oshi Lands $60M Series C for Virtual GI Care October 21, 2024
Oshi Health just found 60 million reasons why becoming the first virtual gastrointestinal center of excellence in the U.S. was a great decision. Since launching in 2020, Oshi has raised nearly $120M (half from its just-closed $60M Series C) to help the ~70M Americans suffering from GI conditions control their symptoms while decreasing their total […]
Digital Health October 17, 2024
IT Leaders Are Ready For New Solutions October 17, 2024
The future’s looking bright for digital health after the Peterson Health Technology Institute’s 2024 State of Digital Health Purchasing Survey found that decision-makers across the industry are ramping up their tech investments. Three quarters of purchasers have already grown their budget for new solutions, motivated primarily by consumer demand (83%) and improved outcomes (62%). Purchasers […]
Startups October 14, 2024
Maven Clinic, Suki, Glooko Start Q4 in Style October 14, 2024
It isn’t every week we see digital health startups score a hat trick of massive funding rounds – let alone one that rakes in a combined $295M – but Maven Clinic, Suki, and Glooko clearly came to play. Maven Clinic kicked off the action by closing $125M of Series F funding and vaulting its valuation […]
Digital Health October 10, 2024
Rock Health Q3 Update: Tapestry Weaving October 10, 2024
Rock Health’s Q3 Digital Health Market Update showed that investors have found comfort strolling down a path of “focused funding,” with last quarter’s innovation story shifting from transaction volume to market positioning. The U.S. digital health sector logged $2.4B in venture funding across 110 rounds in Q3 2024, bringing year-to-date funding to $8.2B. The real […]
Startups October 7, 2024
Huma Acquires eConsult, Launches Huma Workspace for Health Systems October 7, 2024
Huma isn’t wasting any time putting its $60M of Series D funding to work, acquiring digital triage and consultation platform eConsult less than a few months after closing the round. The move aligns with Huma’s vision of becoming the “Shopify for Digital Health” by equipping provider orgs and pharma companies with modular platforms / software […]
Digital Health October 3, 2024
2024 Trends Shaping the Health Economy October 3, 2024
Trilliant Health just released its 2024 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report, delivering a unique perspective on the healthcare market through the lens of supply and demand. The fourth edition of the report builds on the core findings from the previous three: This year’s 164 page analysis is organized into eight sections, each examining a […]
Digital Health September 26, 2024
Sync Fast and Solve Things September 26, 2024
The “move fast and break things” motto might work wonders with consumer products, but a new editorial in npj Digital Medicine makes a compelling case that healthcare needs to flip that paradigm on its head and co-create with clinicians to “sync fast and solve things.” The editorial argues that healthcare practitioners (HCPs) should play an […]
Remote Care September 23, 2024
MedArrive Shifts Gears to ClinOps Orchestration September 23, 2024
The best path forward isn’t always the same one you started down, which is why MedArrive is pivoting from delivering in-home care to “ClinOps orchestration for healthcare@home.” MedArrive got its start at Redesign Health in 2020, powering care-at-home programs for payors and managed care groups by integrating physician-led telemedicine with in-home care from EMS professionals. […]
Startups September 23, 2024
Providence Spin-Out Praia Brings Flywheels to Healthcare September 23, 2024
The ink is officially dry on Providence-spinout Praia Health’s $20M Series A fundraise, and we couldn’t have asked for a better frame up of the startup’s potential impact than SignalFire’s investment memo on why it co-led the round. Praia Health is helping hospitals avoid the commoditized care caravan by enabling the creation of consumer profiles […]
Telehealth September 19, 2024
Fabric Leans In On Virtual Care With TeamHealth September 19, 2024
Fabric is back at it again with another acquisition, this time scooping up the virtual care business of physician practice juggernaut TeamHealth. Here’s the updated timeline leading up to Fabric’s fourth acquisition in 18 months: That’s an unusually hot start for a startup still looking forward to its second birthday, but Fabric CEO Aniq Rahman […]
