Formerly known as Responsive Health, the Mount Sinai spinoff will use the financing to help launch the new capability, which allows care teams to prescribe digital therapeutics and patient-centric care plans to entire groups of people.
Seattle-based Xealth, a new startup out of Providence Health & Services, has nabbed $8.5 million in a round led by DFJ. The company's platform lets physicians prescribe digital health content, apps and services.
Employees who enjoy their benefits are more inclined to stay with their company. A 2025 Marsh McLennan Agency report said 73% of employees would remain if plan options were better.
Where should a digital health application pharmacy live: in a hospital, with payers, or retailers? Or should an FDA-like system be developed to validate and certify apps for the public to use?
The in-house Sinai AppLab and Mount Sinai Innovation Partners also are launching a startup company, Responsive Health, to commercialize and license the technology to other healthcare providers.