Shares surge in the public market debuts of Livongo and Health Catalyst
Both Livongo and Health Catalyst held their IPOs today and saw their stock price soar more than 40 percent in early trading.
Five tidbits and takeaways from Livongo’s IPO filing
The chronic disease management company filed its S-1 paperwork on Friday, joining Change Healthcare, Phreesia and Health Catalyst as part of the raft of companies planning to go public after a nearly three year IPO drought in digital health.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Chronic disease management company Livongo officially files for IPO
The company, which will be listed on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol "LVGO," offers tech-enabled solutions that help to monitor and manage people with chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension and behavioral health issues.
Livongo adds smartwatch integrations to its disease management platform
With the new feature, members have the ability to link their Apple, Fitbit or Samsung smartwatches to the company's app to receive health information on their wrist and share activity information back with Livongo to better personalize activity and health suggestions.
Patient check-in software company Phreesia files for $125M IPO
According to the company's prospectus, Phreesia's platform facilitated more than 54 million patient visits for approximately 50,000 individual providers and processed more than $1.4 billion in payments over the course of FY 2019.
Vida Health raises $30M Series C from GuideWell, Teladoc and Workday
The San Francisco company offers personalized health coaching and therapy to help users better manage their physical and mental chronic health conditions like anxiety, asthma, COPD, diabetes, depression and hypertension.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Livongo shows positive psychological effects from its diabetes self-management program
Patients who also had another chronic disease, were using insulin daily to manage their Type 2 Diabetes or had lived with diabetes for more than two years were more likely to have a positive effect on empowerment measurements.
Omron Healthcare CEO Ranndy Kellogg on the company’s collaborative approach to innovation
MedCity News caught up with Omron Healthcare CEO Ranndy Kellogg at the the AdvaMed Digital MedTech Conference in San Francisco to speak about the company's new products, emerging business lines and how collaboration with other companies have driven recent innovation.
Livongo launches behavioral health program for expectant and new parents
The new product represents one of the first major expansions of the company's behavioral health offerings since the company's acquisition of Denver-based behavioral health startup myStrength earlier this year.
CMS OKs Livongo as enrolled provider for Medicare Advantage
Beginning in June, the Livongo for Diabetes program will be available to Medicare Advantage members of Cambia Health Solutions' regional health plans.
BioLabs Pegasus Park Cultivates Life Science Ecosystem
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Livongo playing a critical role in helping employers disrupt healthcare
In an interview, Livongo Chief Commercial Officer Jim Pursley discussed how the company has moved beyond its initial focus of diabetes management to other conditions that may overlap with the needs of its members, such as hypertension and its recent move into behavioral health.
What the HIPAA-compliant Alexa skills mean for the future of voice in healthcare
While the skills can help facilitate smoother patient engagement, there's still work to do when it comes to bringing voice to healthcare.
6 organizations team up with Amazon to release HIPAA-compliant Alexa skills
Less than two months after MedCity speculated whether Amazon would release a HIPAA-compliant Echo device, the tech giant revealed Thursday that select skills for Alexa — the voice-activated personal assistant service powering those devices — are indeed HIPAA-compliant.
Digital health funding dips in Q1 2019, Rock Health report finds
Rock Health's latest report found that in the first quarter of 2019, $986 million was invested across digital health deals, which is a little more than half the amount that was raised in Q1 2018.
Hello Heart pushes into crowded diabetes management space with LifeScan deal
Through the collaboration, Hello Heart will offer its customers LifeScan's OneTouch line of connected glucose monitors and test strips which can upload results automatically onto the company's platform.