Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers announced a partnership with Delaware-based health system ChristianaCare.
San Francisco-based Hims & Hers offers treatment for hair loss, mental health, sexual health, dermatology and primary care. As part of the deal, Hims & Hers medical providers will be able to connect patients with ChristianaCare's Center for Virtual Health and...
What exactly the metaverse is varies, depending on the source, from interacting with others within a virtual space to completely residing in a virtual environment through virtual reality, augmented reality or mixed reality.
Still, there's a lot of talk around the potential of the metaverse in the healthcare sector and how it will affect health-related content creation and distribution.
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California-based Sprinter Health announced its partnership with Firefly Health to integrate its home clinical services into Firefly's virtual primary care.
Firefly's members will be able to receive lab draws, vital checks, electrocardiograms, and diabetic eye exams and food screenings at home through Sprinter's phlebotomists and nurses. Firefly physicians will receive the lab results and notes...
Digital therapeutics company Twill, previously known as Happify Health, is partnering with e-Psychiatry to offer virtual access to psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists.
Conn.-based e-Psychiatry's services will be offered as an element of Twill's Sequences, a platform made up of digital therapeutics, community groups and coaching aimed at mental health conditions and pregnancy.
Twill is...
New data and analysis provided by the Chartis Group and Kythera Labs show telehealth usage for outpatient visits rose from 1% pre-pandemic to 10% in June 2022.
According to millions of claims tracked and analyzed between 2020 and 2022, telehealth use was highest among younger adults ages 18 to 44, accounting for 15% of total outpatient visits in June. The option was used least among adults age 65...
Canadian health tech company PointClickCare announced a strategic collaboration with Pfizer to share its real-world data on seniors.
The cloud-based software company focused on elder care covers the long-term and post-acute care market. PointClickCare will provide Pfizer with real-world data insights that specifically represent older adults, especially those in long-term care facilities, to help...
Clinical trial workflow platform OneStudyTeam, a Reify Health company, announced its partnership with Antidote Technologies, a digital patient engagement company, to provide an end-to-end clinical trial recruitment platform.
OneStudyTeam's cloud-based software StudyTeam connects study sites and sponsors to assist in recruiting, prescreening and enrolling patients in clinical trials.
Antidote's...
After announcing an additional $10 million raise in July, bringing its total Series C funding to $115 million, pediatric virtual behavioral health company Brightline is laying off 20% of its workforce.
The layoffs at Brightline were first reported by Behavioral Health Business. Cuts were made across all areas of the company.
"We identified several areas to realign our strategic priorities and...
Hearing technology and audiology care company Yes Hearing, which provides an online platform and at-home treatment for the hearing impaired, scored $10 million in Series A funding round led by Blue Heron Capital.
Other participants in the round include Ensemble Innovation Ventures, Primetime Partners, Maccabee Ventures and Gaingels.
WHAT IT'S FOR
The new investment round will help the company...
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has entered into a contract with publicly-traded company Pear Therapeutics to offer its reSET and reSET-O prescription digital therapeutics to Wisconsin residents with substance use disorder and opioid use disorder.
Pear's reSET, a mobile application used to help treat substance use disorder, received FDA De Novo clearance in 2017. The Boston-based...