For the past two years, Intermountain Health has been planning to move its hospital in the Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, Colorado about three and a half miles away to a new and updated facility. The health system is planning to complete the move in one day, using about 20 ambulances to move an estimated 180 patients.
Nexo Therapeutics is developing cancer drugs that expand the scope of amino acids addressable by covalent chemistry. Versant Ventures founded the startup and led its Series A financing.
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.
Enliven Therapeutics’ reverse merger with Imara will form a combined company with $300 million to finance clinical development of new cancer drugs. Its most advanced program is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor for chronic myeloid leukemia.
CORHIO and Health Current, based in Colorado and Arizona respectively, have formed a new regional organization. Called Contexture, the organization aims to advance interoperability across state lines, while also driving growth and innovation.
A new variant of SARS-Cov-2 thought to be more transmissible was discovered in Colorado’s eastern plains and San Diego, California. At the same time, federal vaccination rates are lagging far behind projections.
BioIntelliSense, a company making sticker-like sensors that can monitor patient vitals, struck a partnership with Colorado health system UCHealth. The company’s technology will be used for preoperative and postoperative care, as well as for caring for patients with chronic conditions.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
All told, the company will be active in 26 markets across 15 states, pending regulatory approval.
Among Kaiser union workers in California, more than 37,000 ballots were cast in support of a walkout compared to only 867 in opposition.
The deal, which would become effective Nov. 1, is valued at up to $28 million over the next five years. Biodesix will acquire the UK company's US lab in Kansas.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado-based Lutheran Medical Center, which is part of SCL Health, is using Qventus' technology in the inpatient setting to better coordinate patient discharges.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
The effort by the nation's largest insurer to become the nation's largest employer of clinicians received FTC approval with an agreement to divest some of the company's holdings in the Las Vegas area to address antitrust issues.
Other investors in the Series A round included the University of Virginia LVG Venture Fund, Presbyterian Healthcare Services (NM), Inception Health/Froedtert Health, Children's Hospital Colorado, UnityPoint Health and JAZZ Venture Partners.
The company will use the funding, which came from investors such as Echo Health Ventures, Alta Partners and Questa Capital, to open additional locations across the country and expand its treatment capabilities.
The company will use the funding, which came from investors like Drive Capital, Colorado Impact Fund and others, to drive growth and product innovation.
The Denver, Colorado-based company, which is an alum of Techstars and 500 Startups, is introducing a new solution called OrderlyData, which relies on machine learning to pinpoint errors and repair provider directory data.