patient engagement

Clinicians reviewing data on a laptop
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:33 pm November 21, 2024
ThoroughCare, a digital care coordination company, closed a $5 million Series A funding round led by Empactful Capital.  WHAT IT DOES ThoroughCare’s platform aims to address inefficiencies and fragmentation in patient care, which the company says can result in inconsistent patient engagement, poor outcomes and revenue loss.  The company’s purpose-built solution provides support to a broad range...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:51 pm November 13, 2024
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,...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 03:16 pm November 7, 2024
Behavioral health prediction and care navigation company Ontrak has expanded its key partnership with Sentara Health Plans in Virginia.  The expansion constitutes a dual expansion of Ontrak's Engage platform, a 12-month coaching-specific option for members who might benefit from ongoing care coaching to address physical and behavioral health barriers and social needs.  The Ontrak platform uses AI...
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By  Jessica Hagen 03:50 pm October 10, 2024
RadiantGraph, a company that uses machine learning and AI to drive consumer engagement for healthcare, announced it raised $11 million in Series A funding just weeks after releasing news of launching integration capabilities with Amazon Web Service (AWS), Google Cloud platform, Snowflake and Databricks. M13 led the Series A round with participation from XYZ Ventures and True Ventures.  WHAT IT...
Patients sitting in a physician waiting room
By  Anthony Vecchione 10:49 am September 27, 2024
PatientPoint, a patient engagement company, announced a partnership with MyHealthTeam, a social network company.  The partnership aims to provide patients in more than 35,000 PatientPoint locations the chance to connect with and get support from other people who have the same chronic health problems. PatientPoint's waiting room and exam room screens feature messages that touts  MyHealthTeam's...
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By  Emily Olsen 11:12 am December 6, 2022
Carenet Health announced last week it had acquired fellow patient engagement company Stericycle Communication Solutions for approximately $45 million in cash. Carenet said the deal will bring services like online scheduling, automated messaging tools, and additional inbound and outbound call center services to its business. Carenet also offers clinical support teams, patient navigation services...
An infographic showing the features of the new Blue Tree mobile app by Roche India
By  Adam Ang 11:35 pm November 30, 2022
Roche Pharma India has launched a mobile patient app for those taking part in its cancer support programme. The company's flagship patient assistance programme Blue Tree caters to cancer, haemophilia and rare disease patients. Over 11,000 patients are currently enrolled in this programme. A new companion mobile app called Blue Tree 2.0 is improving access to the services of this programme. Roche...
Salix Coronary Anatomy by Artrya
By  Adam Ang 02:17 am November 11, 2022
Artrya secures UK, EU approvals for Salix Within a week, ASX-listed medtech company Artrya received both regulatory approvals from the European Union and the United Kingdom for its Salix Coronary Anatomy product. The AI-powered software identifies and analyses arterial plaque to diagnose coronary artery disease.  The recent certifications allow Artrya to market Salix in 28 EU member countries and...
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By  Emily Olsen 01:10 pm September 7, 2022
Otolith Labs, maker of a headband wearable that aims to treat chronic vertigo, raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Morningside Ventures. The company announced last year the device had received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation alongside the close of a $3.3 million seed round. The Breakthrough Devices Program isn’t marketing approval from the FDA, but it aims to accelerate review of...