Ideas floated by the Trump Administration and Democrats in Congress aim to expand access to fertility treatment as an essential health benefit. But an influx of patients could collide with an already-brittle system of 430,000 annual cycles, 5,000 embryologists, and long-overdue lab upgrades.
Far more severe than typical “morning sickness,” HG locks women in a debilitating cycle of nausea, vomiting, and dehydration, which can lead to serious health complications, including weight loss, neurological defects in infants, and even maternal suicide.
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
Allara raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by GV. The startup offers membership-based virtual services to treat women's chronic hormonal conditions, such as PCOS and endometriosis. CEO Rachel Blank — former executive at Ro and investor at General Catalyst — founded the company partly due to the difficulty she experienced arriving at her own PCOS diagnosis.
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.
HerMD recently raised $18 million in a Series A-1 funding round. The company offers in-person and virtual women's healthcare that focuses on menopause and sexual health. It is using its new capital to open more brick-and-mortar women's health centers across the country.
Digital health startup Dorsata filed a lawsuit against EHR provider athenahealth and women’s health company Unified Women's Healthcare. The startup alleged that athenahealth stole trade secrets, used deceptive business practices and breached its contract — and that Unified aided and abetted these purported practices.
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Women's healthcare platform Iron Health recently launched with a mission to decrease the fragmentation of women's care and provide OB/GYNs with a more full-spectrum view of their patients’ health. Iron also announced a $4.5 million seed investment round led by March of Dimes' innovation fund.
Tia — a startup providing hybrid primary care, OB/GYN services and mental health care to women — is now partnered with Cedars-Sinai in addition to UCSF Health and CommonSpirit Health. Under Tia's partnership model, the company combines its primary care with health systems' specialty care to reduce fragmentation and advance preventive health.
Personalized pregnancy care startup Mirvie is building an RNA testing platform it says will be the first to predict preeclampsia and preterm labor months before they occur. These tests are meant to help care teams to create tailored treatment plans that account for women's unique pregnancy risks.
The two companies plan to open a clinic in Phoenix this fall, and additional locations over the next five years. To start, Tia will offer virtual care services in Phoenix.
At the ViVE conference in LA, Smarter Technologies Chief Medical Officer Ruben Amarasingham MD talked with Katie Adams about the company's larger goals for AI: to improve the accuracy of data and make healthcare less burdensome for physicians and clinicians.
Maternal-fetal Early Warning Systems in obstetrics are associated with improved compliance related to treatment with prompt use of medications and protocols known to prevent maternal complications and death.
Reducing preterm births generally, and early elective deliveries in particular, is a priority for many groups, including health care providers, hospitals and patient-advocacy organizations.
Babyscripts is working with 10 health systems and plans to add six more in the next month.
"I have to confess, I didn't know we were going to be right after Tim Cook," AirStrip CEO Alan Portela told MedCity News.
The laborist trend is growing as hospitals seek to improve patient safety and physicians increasingly recognize they need help responding to emergencies.