At the INVEST Digital Health conference, scheduled for Wednesday, September 28, in Dallas and presented in collaboration with Health Wildcatters, healthcare experts will address a wide range of topics in the context of how employers are addressing healthcare needs of their workforce.
Investors noted the challenges of changing patient behaviors using digital solutions at the engagement track at HLTH, hosted by MedCity News. They also shared what health systems and insurers are looking for in a potential partner.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
This Pitch Perfect contest track reflected technology to remove financial barriers for their patients, automating workflows, reducing inefficiency and waste associated with the Prior Authorization process, and more.
Time is running out to register for INVEST Digital Health virtual conference, scheduled for September 21-25. In addition to compelling panel discussions, it will spotlight startups who will present their products and services to teams of judges in four categories.
Lumeon, a startup building a platform to make virtual care delivery more reliable, raised $30 million. Optum Ventures and Endeavour Vision led the funding round.
Kaia Health, a New York-based startup providing virtual care for COPD and musculoskeletal conditions, raised $26 million in series B funding.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
The Series A-1 round included the following investors: Optum Ventures, Activate Venture Partners, Connecticut Innovations, Excelerate Health Ventures and LRV Health.
The company's technology for screening diabetic retinopathy was granted "Breakthrough Device" designation and is able to provide a clinical decision, instead of simply a recommendation to the physician.
The round, which was led by HLM Ventures and Optum Ventures, included participation from Centene Corporation, Alma Mundi Ventures and others.
Optum CEO Larry Renfro unveiled Optum Ventures at UnitedHealth's investor conference this week.
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.