Diana Health, which partners with hospitals to operate a network of maternity practices, closed a $34 million Series B funding round. The startup currently operates three women's health practices in Tennessee. With its new funding, the company plans to open new practices in Tennessee, Florida and one other yet-to-be-announced state.
While hospital-based initiatives to address maternal and infant health are important, it is clear that problems surface long before and after delivery.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
The study by researchers at the Urban Institute examined how office-based primary care practices provided five recommended preventive services over a five-year period.
Materna Medical is at work on a device to help protect the more than 80 percent of women who suffer damage or tearing during childbirth. “The clinical need we’re trying to address is that there’s a tremendous amount of damage that women suffer during childbirth,” Mark Juravic, founder and CEO of the California-based startup, said. That […]
A jury in Atlantic City ordered Johnson & Johnson on Thursday to pay $7.8 million in punitive damages to a former hospice nurse for the pain and suffering she endured after using a vaginal mesh implant sold by J&J's Ethicon subsidiary. The verd...
EndoSee Corp., a Los Altos, California company, is seeking to raise $2.5 million to commercialize an investigational device that makes office hysteroscopy possible. The company has already raised $1.6 million. Hysteroscopy involves evaluation of the uterine cavity, including the endometrium using endoscopic tools. A hysteroscope can be used to detect endometrial polyps and other gynecological problems.. […]
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.