Accenture: Virtual health solutions in primary care could save $10B per year
If primary care physician's (PCP) time is reduced by only 5 minutes, that could free up the equivalent of 37,000 PCPs, without the need to hire more doctors.
Surgical Theater secures $9M Series A from HTC, SCI
The company makes Virtual Reality and Image Guidance software for healthcare; it will use the funds to expand its business, bring its tech to more surgeons.
Health IT solution firm DrFirst raises $25M from Goldman Sachs
The company will use the funds to expand its sales and marketing resources, as well as its development resources for both existing and new products.
Verisma raises $12M to help hospitals provide health records to patients
The company will use the funds to expand its customer base and add dozens of staff across sales, marketing, technology and management teams.
FRND is a mobile house call service staffed with nurses
Unlike competing services which send doctors to the user's doorstep, FRND will send a nurse who can set up a telehealth session with a doctor during the visit.
American Well selected as BCBS’ telehealth partner of choice
Beginning January 1st, the company will be serving 25 million Blue members across 26 states who will be able to access it on their phones, computers and kiosks.
Thermos Connected Hydration Bottle with Smart Lid is made to keep you hydrated
The product will retail starting at $59.99 and will be available for purchase at Thermos.com, as well as select retailers, including Amazon and Target.
PatientSafe Solutions acquires Vree Health from Merck
The deal expands PatientSafe's offerings, bringing healthcare providers an end-to-end mobile care network to ensure patient safety at all points of care.
Collective Health gets $81M Series C for its health insurance tech
The company will use the funds to expand beyond California and offer its employer health insurance solution to companies across the U.S. in 2016.
Over 20 enterprise customers have signed-up for Fitbit Wellness in the previous 4 months
Fitbit has also announced the addition of the Fitbit Corporate Challenges feature to help drive employee engagement; the feature will be available in Q4 2015.









