PatientSafe closes $25 million round to boost clinical communication innovation
Menlo Park, California-based HighBar Partners led the round. Psilos Group, TPG, Camden Partners and Merck Global Health Innovation Fund also participated.
SeeChange changes CEOs as it shifts to health data and anaytics
San Francisco-based SeeChange Health named Bryce Williams as its new president and CEO, a move that reflects the company’s shift from a former insurer turned healthcare analytics and wellness company. Williams takes the helm at SeeChange from Martin Watson, who founded the company in 2008. One of SeeChange’s major investors, New York-based Psilos Group, was […]
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.
Report: Health insurance industry will be ‘flipped on its head.’
The world of health insurance is about to be turned on its head. Even with the well-known shifts brought on by the ACA, the fundamental business model for health insurers will change dramatically, shifting largely from serving employers and group business to serving individuals who demand a level of customer service not previously offered by […]
Four investment opportunities in the brave new world of private insurance exchanges
Psilos seems to have the investment philosophy that it is better to be smart than hip. You won’t find any mobile apps or corporate wellness programs in the company’s portfolio. They have made lots of money on new approaches to providing health insurance–long before Obamacare started making everyone mad. The company’s annual outlook shares four […]
View from a VC: Why we invested in OmniGuide’s laproscopic laser surgical tools
One of my favorite things to do is see Psilos fund companies in action. I recently got to see OmniGuide's new line of CO2 laser surgical tools for gynecological operations. It is in these moments, where you see the investments you make truly pay off for patients, physicians and the healthcare system overall, that my job feels incredibly rewarding.
A crucial cure for health care: Six steps to curb raging inflation
Health-care investor Albert Waxman says the need to substantially trim the crippling U.S. health care inflation rate is getting lost in the shuffle and offers six steps to cut costs. He writes: "We can still cover the uninsured if we refocus reform on creating true value for health care spending and align patient, provider and payer incentives around good medicine."
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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.