Engage Venture Partners, a new medical technology venture capital firm, launched with its first investment into Melodi Health, a medical device company.
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Wysa, a mental healthcare startup that provides an artificial intelligence-based chatbot service, has raised $20 million in series B funding.
In the second quarter of 2022, health tech investors are looking to administrative and clinical tech to diversify their portfolios, according to a July 10 RockHealth report.
Particle Health, a startup that specializes in patient data, landed a $25 million investment July 12 to expand its healthcare analytics technology.
Epic Bio, a biotechnology company, has announced its launch, along with $55 million raised in series A financing.
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Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health Plan partnered with utilization management technology company Cohere Health to support its value-based care delivery and reduce administrative costs.
Many physicians retired early during the pandemic, increasing health professional shortages in specialties such as primary care. Many of the providers who have kept practicing report high levels of burnout.
Digital health and health tech companies, many of them led by women, have been busy getting huge venture capital investments and aiming to disrupt the healthcare industry.
Lawmakers at both the federal and state level are bringing bills to the table that focus on protecting healthcare data in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, CNBC reported July 9.
Digital health funding fell in the first half of 2022, according to a July 10 report from Rock Health, a seed fund that supports digital health startups.