Tag: Digital Health

NEW YORK – One Drop has released a digital, AI-enabled cardiovascular disease prevention module, the first in its expansion into a wider range of therapeutic areas beyond diabetes management.  The module, developed in partnership with Bayer Pharmaceuticals, provides members with a personalized digital health program that combines clinical best practices with the latest in technology and predictive analytics to reduce cardiovascular disease risk.  "The new CVD prevention module...

DEERFIELD, Ill., and CHICAGO – Baxter International announced on Sept. 2 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Hillrom for $156 per share in cash for a total equity value of $10.5 billion and a total enterprise value of about $12.4 billion, including the assumption of debt.  Baxter says the acquisition brings a highly complementary product portfolio and innovation pipeline that will enable the company to provide a broader array of medical products and services to patients...

DANVILLE, Pa. – Geisinger has launched ConnectedCare365, a care delivery program for patients with chronic diseases like diabetes, heart failure and hypertension. "This is a fundamentally different approach to chronic disease management," said Karen Murphy, Ph.D., RN, chief innovation officer and founding director of Geisinger's Steele Institute for Health Innovation. "Using predictive analytics, as well as real-time analysis of clinical and patient-generated data, ConnectedCare365...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. – CVS Health last week launched CVS Health Ventures, a dedicated corporate venture capital fund that will invest in and partner with high-potential, early stage companies focused on making health care accessible, affordable and simple. “Consumers deserve a better health experience, one that puts them at the center of cutting-edge, digitally enabled solutions,” said Karen Lynch, president and CEO, CVS Health. “Forming CVS Health Ventures...

NEW YORK – DarioHealth has named Chris Chan senior vice president of employer sales, responsible for leading growth initiatives in the self-insured employer market. Chan previously worked as chief marketing officer at SleepQuest, a sleep apnea-focused technology and telehealth company, and he also founded the Mercer LABS and the Health Imagination Innovation Team at Willis Towers Watson. He has an extensive background in digital health, care delivery...

BOSTON – Medisafe, a digital therapeutics company with 7 million registered users, has announced a new initiative with Everyday Health to launch new condition-specific resource centers through the Medisafe platform. With 40% of patients turning to digital resources to help manage their chronic conditions, the new digital resource centers will feature health care guidance, condition-specific news coverage and living-with information to support patients managing...

SAN DIEGO – Tandem Diabetes Care has named Raj Sodhi, president of the software as a service (SaaS) business at ResMed, as an independent member of its board of directors effective Jan. 1. He brings to Tandem more than 25 years of digital strategy experience, SaaS commercialization and operations across multiple industries, including health care, financial services and telecom. “We are pleased to welcome Raj to our board of directors at this important next stage of Tandem’s...

NEW YORK - DarioHealth has signed a contract to provide its digital therapeutics solution to eligible employees of a Fortune 500 technology company. Dario will be available to eligible employees and dependents effective Jan. 1, 2021. “This contract, awarded through an RFP process that included Dario's largest competitors, represents an important milestone in our strategic shift toward the business-to-business-to-consumer market comprised of self-insured employers, health care provider networks...

WASHINGTON - AdvaMed and CapView Strategies make the case for covering digital health technology under the existing DME benefit in a new 56-page white paper titled “Modernizing Medicare Coverage of Digital Health Technologies.” The groups recommend that CMS create a regulatory pathway under the DME benefit for software or an application that is “primarily and customarily” used to serve a medical purpose but can be used on any device that can satisfy the durability requirements,...

MALVERN, Pa. - LifeScan has partnered with Truepill, a digital health platform providing consumer health experiences through its API-connected infrastructure. Through the partnership, LifeScan will leverage Truepill's platform to provide OneTouch brand diabetes self-management supplies, including test strips, lancing devices and blood glucose monitors, directly to the homes of patients. “LifeScan's OneTouch Reveal app is already providing meaningful resources, helping users understand patterns...