Synapticure, a telemedicine company focused on people and caregivers living with neurodegenerative diseases, announced it has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by B Capital.
New investors CVS Health Ventures, RA Capital Management, CommonSpirit Health and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures participated in the round, with participation from existing investors Google Ventures, Rock Health...
KeyCare, maker of a virtual care platform built with the Epic EHR, is partnering with virtual psychiatry and therapy platform Array Behavioral Care to allow Array's mental health providers to access patient's health records across the continuum of care in order to optimize individual outcomes for patients based on their needs.
Array is a national virtual behavioral health provider that offers...
U.K.-based Vitality, which offers tools to promote positive behavioral change in patients, announced its acquisition of U.S.-based coaching platform WellSpark.
WellSpark was formed out of EmblemHealth, one of the largest nonprofit health insurers in America, and provides employers with a coaching platform that leverages science, technology and human connection.
Vitality, also known as Vitality...
Pregnancy and postpartum care startup Ruth Health is closing its business after reflecting "on challenges ahead in a fragmented maternity care space where [it] failed to find scalable product market fit," the company's CEO said.
Ruth offered virtual pelvic floor physical therapy and lactation support, which could be accessed during pregnancy and after birth, as well as C-section recovery, which...
Venture capital firm General Catalyst announced the expansion of the General Catalyst Institute into India, focusing on five key pillars, including using AI to address societal challenges and working with policymakers and entrepreneurs to build on India's strengths in telemedicine and pharmaceuticals in order to impact the healthcare sector.
The General Catalyst Institute, launched in September,...
Digital mental health company Headspace and World of Hyatt are collaborating to offer Hyatt hotel guests and Headspace members a five-episode video series dubbed Science Behind Sleep that provides tips on improving one's quality of sleep while traveling.
The videos were filmed at Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., and highlight sleep's role in maintaining overall...
Caregiver support platform Homethrive has secured $20 million in its latest funding round, led by Telus Global Ventures and 7wire Ventures.
The company also announced the appointment of Ismat Duckson to its board of directors. Duckson is the chief administrative officer at Kemper Corporation and previously held CHRO roles at Kemper, U.S. Bank, Sears Canada, Sam's Club (Walmart Enterprises) and...
Global healthcare AI company Ubie announced its AI-enabled symptom tracker will be integrated into PatientsLikeMe's patient engagement and health management platform to support patients from the first sign of symptoms through the treatment journey.
Ubie offers a free AI-powered symptom checker trained on clinical research papers. The platform is intended to accelerate disease detection and,...
The Society of General Internal Medicine released a position statement on generative AI use in healthcare, highlighting the need for clinicians and technologists to partner to enhance genAI decision-making and for healthcare organizations to use the technology but, avoid "the urge to rapidly displace the human clinical workforce with generative AI."
The Society says clinicians must remain...
Founder and former CEO of the London-based multinational digital health giant Babylon, Ali Parsa, announced the launch of his new company, Quadrivia AI, which will offer clinicians an AI assistant to help with administrative and clinical tasks.
Quadrivia's offering, Qu, is an AI-enabled personal clinical assistant available in multiple languages designed to support clinicians with various tasks...