Dallas, Texas-based PediaQ, which makes an on-demand mobile application platform for house calls, has raised $4.5 million and announced partnerships with two Texas health systems – Memorial Hermann Health in Houston and Baylor Scott & White in Dallas. The funding was led by Deep Space Ventures and will be used to drive further growth in Texas metropolitan areas. This brings the company’s...
Dr Jay Parkinson, founder and Chief Medical Officer of Sherpaa, has long been an outspoken critic of video visits as the increasingly de facto modality for telemedicine. He argues that Sherpaa's offering of asynchronous doctor visits, carried out by text messaging, is more efficient, more scalable, and more in tune with consumer expectations.
"Secure, asynchronous messaging to solve health...
PediaQ, an app-based pediatric house call service, has raised $1.2 million in a round led by Bill Miller, a healthcare industry advisor at KKR Advisors, with participation from Jack Furst, of Oak Street Investors & HM Capital, and Gary Gerlacher, founder of Acute Kids Pediatric Urgent Care. This brings the company’s total funding to $2.1 million.
PediaQ allows users to call pediatric nurse...
