Anthony Vecchione

Anthony Vecchione

Anthony Vecchione is the Editor of MobiHealthNews. He covers artificial intelligence, digital health investments, mergers & acquisitions and more. Anthony has extensive experience covering the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, healthcare technology, and community and health system pharmacies. He received awards from The Institute of Safe Medication Practices for a series of articles on medication errors in hospitals and from the New Jersey Mental Health Institute for reporting on mental health and addiction in the workplace.

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By  Anthony Vecchione 03:03 pm November 19, 2024
Citizen Health, a company that helps patients oversee rare and complex health conditions, announced it raised $14.5 million in seed funding. Transformation Capital led the round with participation from Wavemaker 360 and prominent angel investors.  The funding was bolstered by a strategic program investment and partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. WHAT IT DOES Citizen Health helps...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:02 pm November 19, 2024
DigitalOwl, a company that uses natural language processing to help analyze and summarize EHRs, announced it is collaborating with ExamOne, a Quest Diagnostics company, to improve efficiency of record retrieval and analysis through DigitalOwl’s View product.  ExamOne provides risk-assessment tools for the life insurance industry with a suite of services aimed at streamlining the underwriting...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:46 pm November 18, 2024
Pharmaceutical powerhouse Lilly Digital Health and Lilly Centre for Clinical Pharmacology (LCCP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, announced the creation of a SGD$42 million digital health innovation hub in Singapore. The aim of the hub is to increase the research and development of AI-powered digital health technologies, and is part of a five-year plan, supported by the...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 02:15 pm November 15, 2024
XRHealth, a company offering immersive therapeutics, announced it enhanced its offerings by launching an AI-powered extended reality (XR) platform that integrates AI technology within a comprehensive therapeutic system. The aim is to allow clinicians to transition between various therapeutic settings for optimized treatment outcomes. At the center of the platform is the AI generator space, which...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:44 pm November 15, 2024
Vesta Healthcare, a virtual care company for individuals receiving home care, and Medical Guardian, a company providing medical alert devices to seniors, has entered into a partnership to address chronic care management and remote patient monitoring for Medicaid and Medicare members. Medical Guardian’s cellular-connected vitals monitoring devices and personal emergency response systems (PERS)...
Healthcare practitioners administering injection to patient
By  Anthony Vecchione 11:58 am November 14, 2024
HealthTap, a virtual primary care provider, is partnering with AeroFlow, a company that delivers medical products and services, to enter the durable medical equipment market (DME), allowing patients to more easily access primary care and DME services. HealthTap provides virtual primary care, including mental health, urgent care, sexual health and wellness, and lifestyle services. Consumers can...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 11:33 am November 14, 2024
Bluespine, an AI-driven claims cost reduction platform for self-insured employers, announced it raised $7.2 million in seed funding. The round was led by Team8 with participation from strategic partners. WHAT IT DOES Bluespine is an AI-driven claims cost reduction platform that aims to help self-insured employers reduce annual healthcare spending while mitigating financial and legal risks around...
Executives discussing business deal
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:38 pm November 13, 2024
Cardinal Health entered into a definitive agreement with GI Alliance (GIA) and Advanced Diabetes Supply Group (ADSG) with the aim of advancing its presence in the multispecialty GI and at-home diabetes spaces. The company will acquire a majority stake in GIA for $2.8 billion giving it 71% ownership. For its part, GIA will operate as a platform within Cardinal Health's pharmaceutical and specialty...
Patient interacting via tablet
By  Anthony Vecchione 03:13 pm November 12, 2024
Editor's note: This article has been updated with a quote from Rula.  Rula announced that its network of more than 10,000 mental health providers will now be available to Amazon customers through Amazon's Health Conditions Programs. Rula connects patients with mental healthcare professionals and offers extensive support during multiple steps of a patient's mental health experience. The digital...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:14 pm November 12, 2024
Digital biology company Optic is collaborating with early-stage oncology therapeutics venture, Vindur Tx, to use Optics proprietary generative AI platform to find novel highly selective kinase inhibitors and develop more effective cancer treatments.  Vindur Tx agreed to pay Optic as much as $17.5 million for its proprietary technology to search for new ways of addressing what the company called...