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Wesley Chapel, Florida-based care coordination platform CareSync raised $18 million in a round from the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI), Greycroft Partners, and Harbert Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Tullis Health Investors, Clearwell Group, CDH Solutions, and CareSync CEO Travis Bond.
New York City-based wellness app maker Noom and CityMD, a network of urgent care medical centers in and around New York City, are launching a pilot for people who are at risk for Type 2 diabetes using Samsung's S Health app, integrated with Noom's health program.
The non-connected Moore Balance Brace.
Health Catalyst CEO Dan Burton
Utah-based data warehouse company Health Catalyst is frequently mentioned as a candidate for the next digital health IPO, and CEO Dan Burton coyly addressed that chatter from the stage at Health 2.
Chicago-based PinpointCare has raised $11 million from private and existing investors for its web-based program, hosted in Microsoft’s Azure cloud, that helps doctors create, customize, and track care plans for patients.
UCSF's PRIDE Study
The National Institutes of Health has awarded UCSF $9.
Tactio Health Group, a Montreal-based company that builds smartphone-connected remote patient monitoring devices, will run a 25-person pilot study with the University of Michigan Health System, studying the effects of pharmacist-led home blood pressure monitoring and medication reminders on people with hypertension.
Dallas, Texas-based hospital Children's Health has launched a new app, called My Asthma Pal, to help children track and manage their asthma, according to the Dallas Business Journal.
Yale has launched a study for people who have or may develop cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle, on ResearchKit, Apple's open source platform that helps researchers build medical apps and recruit patients for clinical trials.