remote patient monitoring

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By  Anthony Vecchione 03:45 pm September 3, 2024
Doccla, a provider of virtual ward and remote patient monitoring services, secured £35 million ($38.6 million) in an oversubscribed Series B funding round.  Lakestar led the round, with participation from Elaia and existing investors General Catalyst, which previously led its Series A round in 2022, and Speedinvest and Bertelsmann Investments, which co-led Doccla’s 2021 seed round alongside Giant...
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By  Jessica Hagen 05:11 pm July 26, 2024
Remote patient monitoring and virtual care company CoachCare secured a $48 million strategic growth investment. Integrity Growth Partners led the round with participation from Topmark Partners.  WHAT IT DOES CoachCare works with individual practices and hospital systems to provide a remote patient monitoring service for patients with acute and chronic conditions, and it offers connected devices...
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By  Jessica Hagen 11:55 am May 15, 2024
LG Electronics announced the launch of a new venture, Primefocus Health, which will develop a provider-facing healthcare-delivery platform that leverages technologies and therapies to aid in remote patient monitoring and give patients access to new therapies through technology applications. It will also allow providers to collect patient data, communicate with patients, track progress and...
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By  Nathan Eddy 05:25 pm December 13, 2023
Israeli healthtech startup Biobeat and Best Buy Health are teaming up to integrate the capabilities of Biobeat's wrist and chest monitors, tying them into Best Buy Health's Current Health platform. The big box retailer, which acquired home care platform Current in 2021, will feature Biobeat's wearables as part of its remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions. Biobeat's RPM devices are based on...
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By  Jessica Hagen 08:25 pm August 30, 2023
AI-backed remote monitoring and digital therapeutics company Biofourmis confirmed the company's cofounder Kuldeep Singh Rajput stepped down as its CEO just one month after the company laid off 120 employees worldwide, 48 of whom were in the U.S.   "He remains committed to providing support and advice to the company going forward," Biofourmis told MobiHealthNews in an email. "We thank Kuldeep for...
A doctor conducting a virtual consultation with a patient using a laptop
By  Adam Ang 02:59 am August 10, 2023
The digital health arm of India-based pharmaceutical company Lupin has unveiled its e-clinic attending to heart failure patients. Called Lyfe, the virtual clinic is manned by a team of paramedics, nurses, cardiotherapists, health coaches and care managers who support cardiologists in managing their patients. Without specifying, Lupin Digital Health said the clinic is equipped with AI-guided...
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By  Jessica Hagen 11:21 am July 24, 2023
AI-backed remote monitoring and digital therapeutics company Biofourmis confirmed it laid off 120 employees worldwide, including 48 workers in the U.S. The Boston-based company offers home care tools to help remotely monitor acute and post-acute patients, then alter a care team when a patient's condition changes from their personal baseline. It also offers digital therapies, including a heart-...
Healthcare provider on a tablet walking through a clinic
By  Jessica Hagen 01:13 pm June 19, 2023
Addiction-focused behavioral health provider Praesum Healthcare announced a partnership with ObservSMART to utilize its wearable device and staff tablet to perform patient checks on noncompliant patient populations.  ObservSMART offers patented, tamper-resistant wearables that help providers comply with patient checks and document a patient's location and behaviors. Providers can complete...
Casana's Heart Seat
By  Emily Olsen 11:48 am May 3, 2023
Casana, maker of a health monitoring smart toilet seat, announced this week it had received its first FDA 510(k) clearance. The startup's Heart Seat received the agency green light for monitoring heart rate and oxygen saturation in adults at least 22 years and older who weigh 90 to 350 pounds. Casana said the battery-powered seat can run for several years without recharging, sending health data...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:17 pm April 25, 2023
Israeli-based Neteera, which offers contactless remote patient monitoring, announced it had closed a Series B funding round worth about $13 million. Aescuvest led the round, alongside existing and new investors Nanz Family Office, Omega Healthcare Investors, Esas Private Equity and Ankor Holding. The company also announced its strategic partnership with Omega, which provides technology-enabled...