Jessica Hagen

Jessica Hagen

Jessica Hagen is the Executive Editor of MobiHealthNews. She covers the growth of digital health, including the medical extended reality (XR) industry, and reports in-depth on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. As a hobby, Jessica co-hosts a podcast with Dr. Kim Bullock, a medical XR pioneer at Stanford University, about immersive technology use in psychiatric care. She received a bachelor's degree in English with a minor in Journalism from California State University, Northridge.

Healthcare providers in lab coats wearing a mask and stethoscope and looking at a screen
By  Jessica Hagen 01:53 pm August 31, 2023
AI-enabled clinical trial design company QuantHealth announced it scored $15 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Pitango HealthTech and Bertelsmann Investments, bringing its total raise to $20 million.  The company, which recently expanded into the U.S. market, offers its AI-powered Clinical-Simulator, which predicts an individual's response to treatment during a clinical trial in order...
Healthcare provider with their back turned while looking at a computer
By  Jessica Hagen 08:25 pm August 30, 2023
AI-backed remote monitoring and digital therapeutics company Biofourmis confirmed the company's cofounder Kuldeep Singh Rajput stepped down as its CEO just one month after the company laid off 120 employees worldwide, 48 of whom were in the U.S.   "He remains committed to providing support and advice to the company going forward," Biofourmis told MobiHealthNews in an email. "We thank Kuldeep for...
Person sitting on a couch looking away from the camera while holding a wooden cane
By  Jessica Hagen 12:24 pm August 30, 2023
Senior-focused technology company Intuition Robotics, which offers an AI-powered care companion robot for seniors experiencing loneliness, announced it closed a $25 million funding round, which includes $20 million in venture capital and $5 million in debt.  The round was led by Woven Capital, the growth fund of Toyota, with participation from OurCrowd, Toyota Ventures, Western Technology...
Oura Ring
By  Jessica Hagen 11:47 am August 30, 2023
Finland-based Oura, maker of its namesake health tracking ring, announced it's partnering with teletherapy company Talkspace to allow Oura wearers to share their personalized sleep and daily movement data with Talkspace therapists. Oura ring wearers can utilize the company's Share Report feature to send information about their sleep quality and movement trends over the period of a week, a month...
Healthcare provider standing in a hallway looking at a tablet next to a giant window
By  Jessica Hagen 11:31 am August 29, 2023
Analytics and market research platform Trilliant Health announced its National Provider Directory will now be publicly available and accessible via an API.  The organization's directory contains information on 2.7 million U.S. providers with over 65 million novel and proprietary data points, including provider affiliations, practice locations and practicing specialty.  Basic access to the API...
Nectar Allergy Center in New York
By  Jessica Hagen 01:09 pm August 28, 2023
Allergy testing and treatment company Nectar Life Sciences announced the opening of the Nectar Allergy Center in New York, its first brick-and-mortar clinic, to expand its virtual care platform to a hybrid model.  Nectar, which launched earlier this year, offers at-home testing kits. Individuals can self-test for indoor or outdoor allergies and send their samples to Nectar for results.  Testers...
Healthcare provider in a lab coat standing behind a patient in a blue hospital gown checking their vitals
By  Jessica Hagen 11:42 am August 28, 2023
Value-based kidney care company Strive Health announced it signed a multiyear deal with Oak Street Health, a chain of primary care clinics geared toward the Medicare population to provide care to patients suffering from stage 4 chronic kidney disease to end-stage kidney disease. Denver-based Strive Health offers a value-based care platform that integrates chronic kidney disease and end-stage...
Healthcare provider sitting next to a patient with a scarf on their head while looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 02:06 pm August 25, 2023
Digital oncology platform Jasper Health is partnering with employer-focused third-party administration platform Covet Health to offer its cancer care support services to Covet's members.  Jasper Health provides a hybrid digital, but human-led, cancer care platform for patients and providers that offers care navigation and guidance, data insights, remote patient monitoring capabilities, cancer...
Former U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy and Nawal Roy
By  Jessica Hagen 12:24 pm August 25, 2023
Patrick J. Kennedy, former U.S. Representative and founder of the Kennedy Forum, is a leading voice on mental health and addiction. During his 16 years in the U.S. House of Representatives serving Rhode Island's First Congressional District he coauthored and sponsored the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which requires insurers to cover mental health and substance use disorders the...
Four people standing in a room next to a large glass window with two of them shaking hands and the other two watching
By  Jessica Hagen 01:46 pm August 24, 2023
Questa Capital Management, a healthcare-focused venture firm, announced it closed a $397 million venture growth equity fund dubbed Questa Capital III, bringing its total raise to over $1 billion.  Commitments came from blue-chip investors, including endowments, foundations, family offices, pension plans, fund-of-funds and consultants.  WHAT IT DOES The company's current portfolio includes: in-...