AristaMD

By  Mallory Hackett 02:14 pm July 14, 2020
AristaMD completed a $24 million Series B financing round today with additional investments from Ascension Ventures and .406 Ventures. The new investments follow what was previously an $18 million round, co-led by Cigna Ventures and MemorialCare Innovation Fund (MCIF) and with participation from Avalon Ventures, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund and Stanford Health Care. WHAT THEY DO AristaMD...
By  Laura Lovett 12:59 pm March 31, 2020
This morning specialist eConsult platform AristaMD raised $18 million in its Series B funding. Cigna Ventures and MemorialCare Innovation Fund (MCIF) led the round with participation from Avalon Ventures, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund and Stanford Health Care.  WHAT THEY DO  The startup focuses on giving primary care providers virtual consultations with specialists. PCPs can tap into clinical...
By  Dave Muoio and Laura Lovett 03:24 pm May 28, 2019
  Microsoft recently detailed two partnerships with pediatric health research groups that have yielded tools and insights for clinicians tackling prevalent conditions. The first, with Seattle Children’s Research Institute, saw the two organizations teaming up on a data-driven partnership aiming to identify predictors and risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). By collecting public...
By  Laura Lovett 04:45 pm November 9, 2018
Geisinger CEO David Feinberg is moving over to Google to head up its healthcare sector. Yesterday Geisinger announced that Feinberg is stepping down and Dr. Jaewon Ryu will be taking over as interim president and CEO of the organization.  While Geisinger's announcement was relatively vague about what Feinberg will be doing at Google, CNBC reports that his job will entail streamlining and...
By  Dave Muoio 10:13 am June 5, 2018
Adam Darkins has joined AristaMD and will take on the role of chief strategy officer, according to a statement from the health enterprise software company. Darkins previously spent over a decade at the VA and spearheaded the launch of its telehealth platform. “The need for innovative solutions to solve our country’s worsening healthcare access problem has never been greater,” Brooke LeVasseur,...
By  Bill Siwicki 02:55 pm March 27, 2018
Since October 2016, when it started using a new telehealth technology, ConcertoHealth has seen 73 percent of its new e-consults replace the need for patients to see specialists face-to-face. Further, there has been a 30.3 percent reduction in the health system's rate of hospital admissions and a 17 percent drop in readmissions. ConcertoHealth uses a platform from AristaMD that delivers access to...
By  Jonah Comstock 03:09 pm September 21, 2017
Health enterprise software company Welltok has hired a new chief financial officer. Chris Power previously served as CFO at a number of companies including Paycor and LifeLock, both of which are software as a service companies. “Chris is an exceptional leader who brings tremendous financial depth and operating know-how to our fast-growing organization,” Jeff Margolis, chairman and CEO of Welltok...
By  Heather Mack 03:55 pm January 16, 2017
Health enterprise SaaS company Welltok announced an expanded partnership with IBM Watson Health. Health managers using Welltok’s CafeWell Health Optimization Platform to organize individual’s health resources and benefits will have the data analytics and cognitive computing technology of IBM Watson to improve their approach to consumer health, including episodic clinical care and everyday...