The theme of the Pitch Perfect contest at INVEST Digital Health in Dallas is pediatric mental health. Six companies will compete in the event at Pegasus Park on September 18. Register today!
Dan Easton, Unorthodox Ventures Principal, is one of the judges for the INVEST Pitch Perfect startup contest, which will focus on pediatric mental health. In response to emailed questions, Easton shared the firm's approach to healthcare startups.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
In response to emailed questions, Kismet Health Co-founders CEO Dr. Cierra Gromoff and COO Christie Sander talked about why they started the business.
As new information around vaccines and children continues to evolve and surface, maintaining a single point of entry for this information, that is updated in a timely fashion, can be incredibly helpful to caregivers.
Brave Care leverages its technology and data platform to provide primary and urgent care for children. It provides care remotely and through its five brick-and-mortar clinics, which it plans to expand to 100 in the next few years.
The company, which provides telemedicine and digital programs focused on maternal health, will use the funds raised to expand its services to new populations, including international patients and Medicaid members.
Zelis CEO Amanda Eisel shares her perspective on how the company is solving the problems of a fragmented health financial system to benefit all.
Ginger, a startup that provides therapy, coaching and other mental health services through an app, is expanding its service to teens ages 13-17. The company plans to roll out the service to some of its members starting next month.
Register for the INVEST Precision Medicine conference, which kicks off today. Over the next three days industry experts will talk about precision medicine developments across pediatrics, bioinformatics, startups and more.
The agency reported that child vaccination rates fell 22% between March and May. CMS said vaccination rates have increased since, but still not enough to make up for the gap.
The startup connects students to a physician during a telehealth consult while they’re at the school nurse’s office or at home. It plans to use the funding to expand its services this fall, when it will be integrated with districts representing 1.5 million students
When it comes to managing inbound phone calls, underperformance has devastating cost implications.
Clinically Integrated Networks for pediatric organizations hold promise to respond to the shift towards value by creating a structure where independent primary care pediatricians and specialty pediatricians can come together to focus on innovation, care coordination, quality, and patient/family experience.
Sobi buys US rights to Synagis, currently the only drug approved for treating RSV, along with 50 percent of US earnings for its successor, the Phase II MEDI8897.
Six years after the Providence, Rhode Island-based business got its start with a focus on the plush, robotic Jerry the Bear to help children newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Sproutel has moved into the pediatric cancer space in a collaboration with Aflac.
CHIP, which covers 9 million children from low-income families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, is mostly federally funded. But states operate the program within federal guidelines.
With the Series B, the business added two new investors to its latest funding round — AI Life Sciences Investments LLC, which is affiliated with Access Industries, and 7wire Ventures.