Tag: telehealth
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Pediatric App Huckleberry Raises $12.5 Million in a Telehealth Boom
When Jessica Toh had her first child, who proved to be an erratic sleeper, she wanted to use her background in computer science and statistics to understand why.In 2017, she started Huckleberry, an app that aims to leverage AI to predict babies’ sleep…
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dot.LA Summit: Telehealth Changed the Game for Health Care — for Most
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, telehealth had been lauded as a great equalizer in the health care world.The benefits were clear: It could help patients avoid travelling long distances and allow those with dependents to seek help without looking…
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A New Breed of Clinical Study Emerges After FDA OKs Virtual Trials
As the pandemic slowed and halted clinical trials to test new drugs, the need for a virtual solution became clear to clinical researchers. El Segundo-based Lightship hopes to keep clinical trials going with a virtual process that allows patients to pa…
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Headspace Health Merges With Mental Health Startup Ginger
Best known for its meditation app, Headspace announced it is merging with Ginger, a mental health service that provides on-demand teletherapy and telepsychiatry offerings.The two will form Headspace Health to offer a spectrum of mental health services…
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Holistic Health Kenshō Moves Into Telehealth
When Krista Berlincourt was dealing with health issues due to a hormonal imbalance, she wasn’t getting the answers she wanted from her doctors.Instead, she turned to holistic medicine, and the success of that experience led her to start Kenshō Health,…
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Modern Animal Raises $75.5 Million to Upgrade Pet Care and Upend the Vet Industry
U.S. pet ownership rose nearly 50% over the last year as Americans, hemmed in by the pandemic, embraced their furry friends. The surge propelled the pet industry past $100 billion in revenues and exacerbated demands on veterinarians already stretched…
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SureCo Buys Tembi Health
Santa Ana-based SureCo, a provider of healthcare programs, said this morning that it has acquired Tembi Telehealth, a provider of a telemedicine network and platform. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Steven Richardson, the CEO o…
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Cloudbreak Health Merges With UpHealth, Now On NYSE
Los Angeles-based telehealth provider Cloudbreak Health has merged with Uphealth, Inc. and UpHealth Holdings, Inc., and is now trading on the NYSE as UPH, the company announced this morning. Financial details of the merger were not announced. According…