Consumer

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By  Jessica Hagen 11:28 am June 19, 2023
Behavioral healthcare startup Concert Health is partnering with Wisconsin-based healthcare provider Froedtert Health to enhance care for pediatric, primary care and women's health patients.  Concert Health offers behavioral health support to primary care, women's health and pediatric providers. Utilizing a collaborative care model, Concert uses referrals, prescription data and screening across a...
Dr. Jim Feng, CEO of Phyxable
By  Jessica Hagen 11:14 am June 16, 2023
Phyxable, a virtual care platform that connects patients with physiotherapists and offers users tools to be proactive with their health, was selected by the Canadian Space Agency as one of five companies to contribute to its 2023 Health Beyond Initiative, which supports sustainable and innovative solutions that address health challenges faced by astronauts. Dr. Jim Feng, CEO of Phyxable, sat down...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:44 pm June 15, 2023
Pear Suite, a digital health company for community health workers, is partnering with OutCare Health, a nonprofit organization focused on LGBTQ+ health equity, to provide Pear's social navigation platform to employers, healthcare organizations and health plans in order to address the care needs of the LBGTQ+ community.  Hawaii-based Pear Suite is a care-navigation platform that gathers social...
Person lying in bed with a healthcare provider sitting beside them in a chair holding a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 12:21 pm June 15, 2023
Denver-based in-home care provider DispatchHealth announced it is partnering with Georgia-based healthcare system Emory Healthcare to provide patients in-home follow-up and high-acuity medical care.  Through DispatchHealth, patients can request an in-home urgent care medical visit via telephone or the company's app or website. A clinician is then scheduled to arrive at the patient's home within...
Person using a virtual reality headset while holding their hands up in front of them
By  Jessica Hagen 12:26 pm June 14, 2023
Boston-based virtual reality platform XRHealth announced it was awarded a U.S. patent for a learning system technology that adjusts training and treatment protocols according to a patient's biometric and motion data.  XRHealth's platform allows patients on the autism spectrum and those with stress, anxiety, chronic pain, fibromyalgia and neurological conditions to connect with a provider via...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:24 pm June 13, 2023
Chronic care management platform Thirty Madison has acquired the assets of online birth control pharmacy The Pill Club following the company's bankruptcy in April.  New York-based Thirty Madison purchased over 100,000 patient files from the bankrupt company for $32.3 million, according to Axios.  Thirty Madison said that thanks to its strategic asset purchase, the company will ensure continuity...
Healthcare provider wearing a lab coat and a stethoscope looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 12:53 pm June 13, 2023
U.K.-based digital health tech company Huma has received FDA 510(k) Class II clearance for its configurable disease-agnostic Software as a Medical Device platform, which includes the company's cardiovascular risk score algorithm.  The company, which received EU MDR Class IIb certification just three months ago, obtained FDA clearance in partnership with Health Canada through the FDA's joint eStar...
Person putting a bag of groceries from Uber Eats in a car's trunk
By  Jessica Hagen 10:29 am June 13, 2023
The healthcare arm of transportation company Uber, dubbed Uber Health, announced it is adding grocery and over-the-counter product delivery to its offerings.  Facilitated by Uber Eats, providers and payers can have groceries and over-the-counter items delivered directly to a patient's home. The company touts the offering as simplifying the entire patient journey, from getting patients to medical...
Dr. Daniel Kraft, founder and chair of Digital.Health and NextMed Health and general partner at Continuum Health Ventures
By  Jessica Hagen 01:54 pm June 12, 2023
As a long-time innovator and Stanford and Harvard-trained physician and scientist, Dr. Daniel Kraft has seen how technological advancements impact patient care and has spoken extensively on the intersection of healthcare and technology.   Kraft, who is also founder and chair of Digital.Health and NextMed Health, and also general partner at Continuum Health Ventures, sat down with MobiHealthNews...
Walmart store front with the Walmart logo and the blue sky above the store
By  Jessica Hagen 01:13 pm June 12, 2023
California-based diagnostics startup Simple HealthKit announced that it is partnering with Walmart to make its home diagnostic test kits for diabetes, sexual wellness and respiratory health available to customers via the retail chain's website.  Simple HeathKit's sexual health test kit can identify gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis. Its respiratory test can detect influenza and respiratory...