Health IT business WellTrackONE raises $1.5M to boost staff, product expansion
Health IT company Well TrackONE, which developed a way to automate annual wellness exam admin support and reimbursement has raised $1.5 million in a Series A-1 round
This hospital actually got physicians to embrace a mobile messaging app
There have been numerous efforts, or at least discussions, to get hospital physicians and staff to better communicate via text messages and away from widely used but somewhat antiquated pagers. But so far, it’s largely been problematic because people would use their own devices, potentially opening themselves and their hospitals up to HIPAA violations. So […]
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.
Mobile patient record app developer ChartSpan raises $1.7M
South Carolina mobile health startup ChartSpan Medical Technologies today said it has raised $1.7 million, bringing the total amount of capital raised to $3 million. The startup has developed a mobile patient medical record for iOS that seeks to help patients better manage their own health information. Last December, the company said its application was […]
Telepsychiatry biz mining e-survey data to improve options for Medicare patients
A health IT company focused on population health has added 1DocWay as a collaboration partner, according to a company statement. The partnership will enable WellTrackONE to make it easier its automated wellness survey of Medicare patients to make referrals to psychologists. The move follows a CMS proposal earlier this year that expanded telemedicine reimbursement to […]
ChartSpan raises $1M to expand mobile patient medical records app
ChartSpan Medical Technologies, a South Carolina-based mobile patient medical records developer, today announced it has raised more than $1 million in seed funding, led by investor Don Byrne. The funding represents the largest amount for a company that has come out of The Iron Yard, a fast-growing accelerator in the Southeast from which ChartSpan emerged. The investment […]
ChartSpan unveils mobile app for patient medical records
ChartSpan said it has developed a patient-based, interoperable consumer technology that can automate paper health records into electronic patient records. ChartSpan, based in South Carolina, developed an iPhone app that it says converts paper health records into digital form simply through taking a picture of a physical health record, or importing it from an email or […]
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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.
A medication management app seeks to balance transparency and privacy
A healthcare IT entrepreneur who has previously worked for the Department of Defense has developed a sophisticated medication management app to make it easier for people to avoid adverse drug interactions. Michael Ramirez, the CEO and co-founder of Apothesource, an Iron Yard accelerator company, envisions the Pill-Fill app as having a transforming effect on increasing […]
Generic drugmaker Nephron Pharmaceuticals raises $75 million in debt financing
Nephron Pharmaceuticals, a maker of generic respiratory meds, has raised $75 million in debt financing, according to a regulatory filing. The company is based in Orlando, Florida and employs about 500. It announced two years ago that it would expand its operations, building out an expansive South Carolina site with a $313 million investment. The company’s […]
SC digital health accelerator class includes gamification for stroke recovery, cancer care network
There are some familiar healthcare reform notes sounded among The Iron Yard’s second class of startups. The digital health accelerator wants to support the development of companies in the Southeast that can respond to some of the challenges facing hospitals and the life sciences industry. It’s part of an annual program started last year. Among […]
In rural SC, telepsychiatry cuts wait times for mental health exams from 4 days to 10 hours
When emergency room patients are deemed “a danger to themselves or others,” every state requires hospitals to hold them until a psychiatrist conducts a face-to-face evaluation to decide whether it is safe to let them leave. In rural hospitals across the country, it can take days for a psychiatrist to show up and perform the […]
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Healthcare startup finds traction with automated tools for wellness exams for Medicare
One provision of Obamacare requires primary care providers to conduct wellness exams for Medicare patients. Health IT company WellTrackONE, which developed a way to automate the exam to make it easier for practices to administer and get reimbursement has closed a Series A round, according to a company statement. A graduate of the Blueprint Health […]
Thousands waiting for Medicaid coverage stuck in limbo
For years, Obama administration officials talked about how the health law’s online marketplaces would offer a seamless shopping experience for consumers looking for health coverage. But that’s turned out to be an empty promise for many low-income people who went to healthcare.gov, the federal enrollment portal, and were deemed eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s […]
What’s unique about SCBIO Pitch Contest? Nearly all competitors are medical device companies
If you’re in South Carolina, it’s not just the BBQ you’ll smell cooking the afternoon of Nov. 15. The SC BIO Pitch Contest pits nine startups against each other for the chance to win $2,500. Seven of those are healthcare startups, more specifically–medical device companies. From antimicrobial-eluting sutures and surgical meshes to a synthetic meniscus, […]
This locking orthopedics innovation unlocks problems for patients with knee dysfunction
A South Carolina healthcare startup plans to use magnets to help patients with knee dysfunction continue to live active lives. A simple but true orthopedics innovation, the Engage Knee System uses magnets to lock and unlock a knee replacement to allow for more mobility for those patients. Founder Eric Lucas said many patients with knee […]
Digital tissue analysis, breast cancer diagnostic among South Carolina digital health accelerator class
Tools to drive personalized medicine and a physician appointment scheduling app are among the digital health products under development in Spartanburg, South Carolina-based Iron Yard’s first healthcare accelerator class. Although the majority are business-to-business products, there are also some business-to-consumer companies, which pretty much reflects the venture investment trends at the moment. Each of the […]