Thatch, an employer-focused health benefits platform, announced it secured $38 million in a Series A funding round led by General Catalyst and Index Ventures.
New investors SemperVirens and the General Partnership participated in the round, as did existing investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Avid Ventures.
WHAT IT DOES
Thatch offers employers ICHRA benefits plans that allow them to set a...
AT&T will offer its more than 125,000 employees 24/7 access to women's health platform Maven Clinic's virtual fertility and family-building support services, including guidance around egg freezing, adoption, IVF, surrogacy snf preconception.
The New York-based digital reproductive health and family platform offers fertility and family planning services, pregnancy and postpartum care, and...
Indian EMR platform HealthPlix launches drug-drug interaction feature
Indian EMR startup HealthPlix Technologies has gone live with a new drug-to-drug interaction feature on its platform.
The new tool on the HealthPlix EMR is said to reduce the time taken in writing prescriptions by assisting doctors in recalling molecule-to-molecule interactions at the point of care.
Before, doctors have to rely...
Recently mental health has come into the spotlight, with rates of anxiety, depression and substance abuse disorder spiking during COVID-19 lockdowns.
It's no secret that employee mental health can take a toll on a business. However, a new report out of McKinsey said that digital tools could be one way to help support employee mental health and wellbeing.
"A mental-health condition manifests...
At-home connected fitness company Peloton is moving into the office with its new corporate wellness program for businesses.
Now companies in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and soon Australia, can offer their employees access to Peloton’s workout classes and more.
"Introducing Peloton Corporate Wellness is the latest step to making the award-winning Peloton experience more...
CirrusMD, a startup offering on-demand, text-first telehealth, has raised $20 million in a new Series C funding round that brings its lifetime funding to $46 million.
Blue Venture Fund led the raise, which also saw support from 7wireVentures, Drive Capital and the Colorado Impact Fund.
WHAT IT DOES
CirrusMD's approach to virtual care is focused on convenient and timely communication.
Offered...
Amazon continues making moves in their employee health space, today announcing the launch of a pilot program with Crossover Health that will give its local employees access to local health centers.
The pilot will start in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and will be opened to Amazon employees and their families. Employees can visit the centers for primary care, chronic care, prescription medications...
Healthcare benefits assistance platform HealthJoy has brought in a $30 million Series C funding round, according to a TechCrunch interview being promoted by the startup. Health Velocity Capital led the round, which also included returning backers US Venture Partners, Chicago Ventures and Epic Ventures, among other individual investors.
WHAT THEY DO
Founded in 2014, HealthJoy expanded its business...
A new survey polling thousands of international office workers suggests that two in five will opt to search their symptoms online and self-medicate rather than visit a doctor, and the same amount admit that doing so makes them more nervous about seeking care from a professional.
On the flip side, a similar portion of respondents (43%) said they would investigate their condition online and then...
Nearly half of US workers say they would have greater confidence in a new digital health solution if it was provided by their employer, and more than a quarter said that the provision of digital health tools would have a positive impact on their decision to stay with their employer, according to data featured in a recent Mercer Marsh Benefits, Mercer and Oliver Wyman report.
To determine the...
