StartUp Health, GE Ventures yet again invite healthcare disruptors
The news comes on the heels of last year's call that was focused on virtual health solutions; currently, 19 companies participate in StartUp Health Academy.
Healthify gets $2.5M to improve community health
The company aims to address social determinants of health, and coordinate care between providers and social services for Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries.
In Hand Health launches telehealth solution for physical therapy
The solution connects PTs and patients between sessions to promote better outcomes while providing an additional revenue stream for physical therapy practices.
ARC Devices, VSee team-up over connected health devices
The two companies will work together to design what they say is the world's first wireless connected thermometer embedded into a remote patient monitoring kit.
American Well’s Exchange is looking to connect telehealth supply and demand
The service is made to lift the virtual barriers between the supply (hospitals) and demand generators (insurers, employers), and their telehealth services.
ProofPilot’s next-gen platform makes research studies easier to manage
The platform can run full-scale randomized controlled trials and longitudinal outcome studies without the need for any developers, designers or IT services.
IDC: Wearable device shipments reach 19.7M units in Q1 2016
In Q1, we saw a number of new fitness trackers and smartwatches introduced, price reductions, and greater participation within emerging wearables categories.
Garmin vívosmart HR+ activity tracker provides wrist-based heart rate plus GPS
Some of the running features that were enabled with the new wearable are personal records, virtual pacer, Auto Pause, Auto Lap and walk/run mode.
Evariant gets $23.7M from McKesson and Salesforce
The company has developed a healthcare CRM and analytics solution built on Salesforce; its clients include six of the top ten U.S. health systems.
Under Armour, adidas settle their fitness-related patent litigation
The settlement terms include adidas granting a license for Under Armour and MapMyFitness to use its patents in exchange for a non-disclosed licensing fee.