Insurance technology startup Bright Health has purchased Zipnosis, which provides telehealth services. Though details of the transaction are sparse, the acquisition aims to lower healthcare costs and expand access to quality care.
In a phone interview with Steven Waldren, director of the AAFP's Alliance for eHealth Innovation, he said the collaboration with Zipnosis was the group's first with a telemedicine company. It selected the company following an RFP process.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
During the keynote at MedCity INVEST Twin Cities, Zipnosis cofounder and CEO Jon Pearce discussed how the three amigos of healthcare — the patient, the provider and the payer — are key to digital health adoption.
The virtual care platform is intended to make it possible to do a remote diagnosis of chronic conditions and speed up interventions by doctors.
Safeguard Scientifics led the round and Ascension Ventures, the investment arm of the Catholic health system, participated.
Video is the standard for telemedicine, right? Not so fast, said speakers on Tuesday at the third-annual National Healthcare Innovation Summit? in Chicago,
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.
Minnesota-based telehealth startup Zipnosis said it received an undisclosed capital investment from Fairview Health Services that will help the company expand its SaaS diagnosis and treatment option for minor health conditions. As part of the agreement, Fairview, one of the largest not-for-profit systems in the state, will have a member on the Zipnosis board. The […]
Minneapolis startup Zipnosis, which has developed an online software-as-a-service diagnosis and treatment option for minor health conditions, has raised a seed round totaling about $1.5 million. The company’s lead investor, Arthur Ventures, did not disclose it’s total investment, but the total seed value reaches roughly $1.5 million, according to CEO and co-founder Jon Pearce. Zipnosis, […]
Often, healthcare isn’t all that complicated. When it comes to routine ailments–like sore throats, bladder infections, sinus infections and seasonal allergies– diagnosis and treatment are fairly standard. So why should patients suffering from one of those ordinary conditions take time off from work, drive to the doctor’s office and sit in the waiting room when […]