With $31.5M Series C round, CareCloud makes patient experience a priority
One area CareCloud CEO Ken Comée singled out was automating the check-in process for doctor appointments.
Startup TreatMD sets sights on global telemedicine
Co-founder Brian Lenette likened TreatMD to a cross between real estate platform Zillow and telemedicine.
When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
EHR mining helps athenahealth respond to Miami Zika alert
The vendor sent a specific notice via the EHR to 94 clinicians at 24 different athenahealth clients, serving 1,800 at-risk patients in the affected area of Miami.
Who scored a spot in Startupbootcamp’s digital health accelerator?
The Miami digital health accelerator is part of an expansion of the European business, which is seeking applicants for another healthcare accelerator in Berlin.
Record $1B Medicare fraud? It’s Florida’s unofficial state sport
It's the largest single criminal healthcare fraud case the Justice Department has ever brought against individuals.
Startup Cloud-Clout claims ‘bulletproof’ cloud security; hackers salivate
A new data security company called Cloud-Clout launched Thursday on Kickstarter with some pretty bold claims about cloud security.
Using Informed Awareness to Transform Care Coordination and Improve the Clinical and Patient Experience
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
Telemedicine provider MDLIVE will use $50M financing deal to shop for companies
In a statement, MDLIVE said the "funding will enable MDLIVE to continue its organic growth and expand its acquisition strategy and consumer reach..."
Virtual reality to be part of education at Miami’s Nicklaus Children’s
Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami is adding virtual reality to its educational offerings for both patients and medical professionals.
Digital health business to support stroke therapy through iPads raising Series A for product development
Constant Therapy sees a way to expand its digital cognitive therapy for stroke recover to other neurological conditions like dementia and epilepsy and is raising fresh capital to do it.
Venture investors see opportunities to fix patient experience, but do seniors want it?
Where will investors allocate funding for aging technology? A panel revealed the healthcare pain points investors and health IT startups see may not jibe with consumer priorities.
At ViVE 2024, Panelists Share Prior Authorization Progress and Frustration in Payer Insights Program
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
Senior care: AARP finalist ambitions include DIY hearing test, automated accident reporting
An annual AARP startup competition to support senior care highlighted some ambitious products in development from digital stroke rehabilitation to automated car accident reporting device.
Gapingvoid: When motivational art meets healthcare
Gapingvoid is providing motivational art that is aimed to improve the experience for patients and staff in a healthcare space by adding some whimsy and thoughtful messages.
CarePredict raises fresh capital to support pilots of remote monitoring device
CarePredict, a remote monitoring company that developed a wearable sensor for seniors, is in the midst of raising money. The funding will be used to support large scale studies of the device in senior living and home care settings, according to a source close to the company. So far it has raised at least $1 […]
Healthbox Studio in Miami: Artificial intelligence and air purification among offerings
The refurbished and rebranded Healthbox accelerator as Healthbox Studio unveiled its new class of startups this week and artificial intelligence is a dominant theme. It also includes a startup with a public health goal of helping asthma patients and others by improving air quality in homes. Interestingly, some of the entrepreneurs in the latest class […]
Is having an Airbnb for seniors a good alternative for respite care?
There are more than 40 million people aged 65 and older in the U.S. As a way to provide what’s perceived as a widespread need for respite care for caretakers who need a break that’s not as costly as hiring a nurse, a Miami-based startup called Room2Care has developed a service akin to Airbnb for […]