Last Month In Digital Health
Top Digital Health News
Electronic Health Records > An Epic fuck up? the EHR company is aiming to be on the wrong side of history by trying to block patients from accessing their health data. While start up Practice Fusion abused its EHR privileges by taking big kick backs pushing doctors into prescribing unnecessary opioids in kickback scheme
Artificial Intelligence > PatchAi has launched an empathic virtual assistant designed to help patients taking part in the clinical trial process. Google Health’s Streams app, which provides a rapid alert when patients are at risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), is set to go live in the UK this month. Talking of streams Bisu Body Coach can tell if a gout attack is coming by analyzing your urine. Microsoft takes wraps off $40M ‘AI for Health’ initiative
Sleep Apnea > affects at least 25 million US adults, now Fitbit rolls out blood oxygen tracking feature aiming to diagnose sleep apnea and looking for FDA clearance. It leaves the Apple Watch sleeping in this regard, although Withings says its latest watch can also detect the sleep disorder.
Virtual Reality > Its role in treating addiction was featured at CES 2020, making detox easier and helping patients succeed after treatment. And Pear Therapeutics acquires VR tech for pain treatment.
23andMe > has had a mixed month licensing its own drug compound to Spanish Pharma firm Admiral and making a bunch of lay offs due to reduced demand in at home genetic testing (shortly followed by its competitor Ancestry.
NICE UK > draft guidelines suggest digital apps and tools can support behavioural change although NICE state they should be offered in addition to existing health and care services, not as a replacement
Funding News
Alto's digital pharmacy to announce $250M Series D headed by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2
With $200M Series A, EQRx aims to tackle high drug prices
KRY / LIVI expands further with $155M investment into Digital Health platform
Concerto HealthAI's $150M Series B
Diabetes care platform Virta scores $93M
Precision health firm Color just scored a $75M million funding round
Startup Komodo Health building ‘living map’ for healthcare raises $50M
Women's health-focused provider Advantia raises $45M
Employer-focused mental health startup Modern Health grabs $31M in Series B funding
Star Trek-inspired bed for X-Ray medical imaging raises $26M
Oviva secures $21M for digital diabetes treatment - planning to roll out its digital treatment across Europe
Wheel - a company that connects physicians to telemedicine services raises $13.9M SeriesA
Healthcare practice marketing platform DoctorLogic closes $7M Series A
Ride Health raises $6.2M to coordinate the medical transportation ecosystem
Patient concierge platform HelpAround raises $6M
Digital health startup Medloop raises €6M
Digital Digestive health startup Vivante Health based in Houston closes $5.8M round
Somatix raises $4.5M for its wearables solution aiming to save lives via gesture detection