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Mika Health partners with pharma giants for women’s oncology initiative

Oncology-focused digital therapeutics company Mika Health announced a partnership with pharma companies AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo for an initiative dubbed “UNITE” to provide digital therapeutics to women undergoing breast cancer treatments.  Mika Health’s app gives cancer patients access to psychological support to reduce disease-related anxiety, depression and stress. Patients can track side effects from medications, …

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FDA Reviews MDMA Therapy for PTSD, Citing Health Risks and Study Flaws

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday raised concerns about the health effects of MDMA as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, citing flaws in a company’s studies that could pose major obstacles to approval of a treatment anticipated to help people struggling with the condition. The agency said that bias had seeped into the …

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How to Know You’ve Found a Good Health Coach

Reviewed by Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD Once you decide you want to work with a health coach, finding the right one goes beyond checking off a list of qualifications. How do you know if you’ve found the best health coach for you? What are the qualities of a good coach besides the obvious credentials? …

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Syra Health reports 47% revenue growth YOY and more digital health earnings

Syra Health, a healthcare technology company that provides tools to analyze population health, reported revenue of $1.7 million in the first quarter of 2024, compared to $1.2 million in the same period last year.  The company noted that its strong growth was due to its Population Health offering, which grew 212% year over year, and …

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Grow Therapy secures $88M funding for virtual mental health platform

Provider-focused digital mental health company Grow Therapy announced it has closed $88 million in Series C funding.  Sequoia Capital led the round, with additional investment from Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and PLUS Capital. Several artists and athletes also contributed to the round, including Dak Prescott, Anna Kendrick, Joe Burrow, Lily Collins and Jrue …

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In Battle Over Health Care Costs, Private Equity Plays Both Sides

Insurance companies have long blamed private-equity-owned hospitals and physician groups for exorbitant billing that drives up health care costs. But a tool backed by private equity is helping insurers make billions of dollars and shift costs to patients. The tool, Data iSight, is the premier offering of a cost-containment firm called MultiPlan that has attracted …

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Teladoc Health CEO Jason Gorevic departs after stock falls 22% in February

Jason Gorevic, CEO and board member of telehealth platform Teladoc Health, is stepping down after 15 years leading the company, and Mala Murthy, the company’s chief financial officer, is stepping in as acting CEO.  Gorevic’s departure, effective immediately, comes after the company’s stock plummeted 22% in February. It missed fourth-quarter earnings estimates and projected 2024 …

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Athlete Cristiano Ronaldo launches health and wellness app

Portuguese professional football player Cristiano Ronaldo announced the launch of Erakulis, a wellness app that offers fitness, nutrition and mental health services. The athlete founded the company to provide holistic health offerings that merge technology and curated content crafted under his guidance. Users can access personalized wellness plans, including fitness programs, nutrition and mental wellness …

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Georgia partners with Aetna Health for Georgia Unity, a social data platform for whole health integration

ORLANDO – At HIMSS24, Georgia Health Information Network discussed its Georgia Unity platform, a health information exchange network developed with local community partners, created due to the need to understand total health in Georgia’s rural communities.  Dr. Denise Hines, executive director at Georgia Health Information Network, and Shirelle King, program manager at Georgia Health Information Network, …

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