Top Healthcare Innovation News
March 15, 2023
New Health Research Agency, ARPA-H, Starts Search for Two Hub Locations
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health will work on cutting-edge life-sciences initiatives
March 15, 2023
The Power 500 Healthcare Technology Companies of 2023
This year, The Healthcare Technology Report began recognizing the most important companies in the healthcare technology space. The Power 500 designation is awarded to the most innovative and impactful organizations in their segment of the healthcare technology market.
March 7, 2023
WeightWatchers Moves Into the Ozempic Market With Telehealth Deal
Weight-management company is buying Sequence, which offers telehealth visits with doctors
March 1, 2023
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota expands rural care through tech
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is increasing access to care for rural residents through a partnership with Homeward Health.
Homeward Health is a tech-enabled startup that uses a combination of mobile clinics, at-home care and remote patient monitoring technology to care for underserved patients in rural communities.
February 27, 2023
OhioHealth spending $400 million to expand Grant Medical Center in downtown Columbus
Apple is close to perfecting a device that would monitor people's glucose levels without pricking the skin for blood, Bloomberg reported Feb. 22.
February 22, 2023
OSF HealthCare's $250M venture capital arm: 6 things to know
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has a venture capital arm that focuses on post-seed funding rounds for companies specializing in health IT, medical devices, therapeutics, diagnostics, and technology-enabled care solutions.
February 9, 2023
Layoffs and Shutdowns Hit Biotech Industry in U-Turn
The joy ride for biotech is over.
For a decade, the companies flourished, flush with cash, and fueled by excitement over new technologies such as cell therapy, gene editing and messenger RNA.
February 9, 2023
Microsoft Launches BioGPT, the ChatGPT of Lifescience
From food recipes to medical solutions to even Jesus, there literally exists one or the other versions of ChatGPT. Adding to the band is Microsoft’s BioGPT, a generative pre-trained Transformer language model in a biomedical domain. It can be used for lifescience literature text generation and mining.
February 9, 2023
Virtual reality is ‘not a toy’—but is it healthcare?
Kids undergoing a bone-setting procedure scuba dive with brightly colored fish while physicians complete their work. Residents of a skilled nursing facility use a headset to guide their physical therapy exercises.
February 1, 2023
FTC alleges GoodRx shared consumer’s health info with Facebook, Google
The Federal Trade Commission is alleging GoodRx shared consumers’ personal health information to Facebook, Google and other third parties.
January 31, 2023
Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology has helped launch a variety of healthcare startups in recent years, including ones that detect disease in wastewater and deliver weeks' worth of medications in a single capsule.
January 30, 2023
How Dr. Stephen Klasko had a '197-year-old academic medical center thinking like a startup
Stephen Klasko MD talks about his transition ino the venture capital world
January 27, 2023
Pearl Health Raises $75M to Expand Value-Based Care Innovation
Pearl Health, a leading technology company focused on physician enablement and risk-bearing in value-based care, today announced that it has raised $75M in its oversubscribed Series B funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Growth Fund and Viking Global Investors, with participation by AlleyCorp, SV Angel’s Growth Fund, and other leading investors. This round brings Pearl’s total funding to date to more than $80M.
January 24, 2023
Amazon rolls out generic drug subscription service
Amazon is expanding its push into healthcare with the introduction of a generic drug subscription service aimed at consumers with common conditions like high blood pressure, acid reflux or anxiety.
The medication delivery service, RxPass, costs $5 per month for Amazon Prime members. Amazon Prime costs either $14.99 per month or $139 annually.
January 24, 2023
Stanford Medical School exits US News rankings, crafts its own system
Approximately one week after Boston-based Harvard Medical School withdrew from U.S. News & World Report's rankings, Stanford (Calif.) School of Medicine has done the same.
January 20, 2023
Chatbots found success in reaching vulnerable populations
AllianceChicago, a network of more than 70 community health centers in 19 states, deployed an AI-enabled chatbot at a Chicago-based community center to increase immunizations and well-child visits for pediatric patients. Parents and guardians of the patients were identified for immunizations and well-child visits and sent prompts via text and email to engage with the chatbot.
January 18, 2023
Under Financial Pressure, How Are Health Systems Prioritizing Digital Health Investments?
As big tech and retailers continue wading into the care delivery waters, it puts even more pressure on hospitals and health systems to “accelerate on the curve,” and prioritize digital health investments capable of delivering value.
January 17, 2023
LeanTaaS, Hospital IQ join forces to address hospital operational optimization
AI software company LeanTaaS today announced that it has acquired Hospital IQ, which provides automation solutions for hospitals. The combined valuation of the new company tops $1 billion, welcoming a 2023 unicorn
January 10, 2023
CVS Health's VC arm invests $100M in Carbon Health
CVS Gives Series D funding to Carbon Health on January 10th
January 9, 2023
UC Davis Health CoLab Incubator announces first startup – WellCent
WellCent, the first startup to come out of the UC Davis Health CoLab Innovation Technology Incubator, was introduced this week at the UC Davis Health Future & Health CEO Summit.
January 4, 2023
The investments Mayo, Mass General and Cedars-Sinai made in 2022
A list of notable investments from Mass General and Cedars-Sinai made in 2022
November 17, 2022
Nebraska Children’s Hospital & Medical Center to Add $89M Behavioral Health and Wellness Center
The Mental Health Innovation Foundation (Omaha) will manage the $89 million facility.
November 15, 2022
General Catalyst Unveils 15 Health System Partners to Drive Digital Transformation
General Catalyst announced its group of 15 health System partners that include Banner Health, OhioHealth, MetroHealth, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center and UC Davis Health.
November 14, 2022
UC Davis Health and General Catalyst Announce Digital Medicine Collaboration
Leading healthcare system will utilize venture capital firm's network to drive artificial intelligence and digital health innovations in patient care.
November 3, 2022
Why Digital Health Collaborations Are the Future of Medtech
Executives from Huma, Abbott, Smith & Nephew and AliveCor share how they are using real world evidence collection to support remote patient monitoring, maximize patient engagement and navigate the regulatory landscape.
November 2, 2022
PA Health System Strikes Artificial Intelligence Partnership
Temple University Health System has partnered with Aidoc to leverage artificial intelligence to optimize clinical operations and reduce the cost of care.
November 1, 2022
The new team will invest in both early and growth stage healthcare companies across multiple strategies.
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