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SpringTide Ventures Announces the Close of $65 Million Fund II

Digital Health Global

Debut Biotech : A leading cell-free biomanufacturing company that launched its own skin care product line in 2023 and raised a $20 million Series B led by L’Oreal. OpenLoop : An end-to-end telemedicine enablement company surpassed $100 million in annualized revenues in early 2024.

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Let’s Save the Date and Make Patient Engagement Official in 2022

Society for Participatory Medicine

Healthcare stakeholders such as health systems, pharmaceutical companies, biotech and life sciences firms, and insurance companies serve patients as end users. Market forces drove acceleration in digital health, specifically telemedicine, which were sorely needed for several years.

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The Healthcare and Macro-Economic Impacts of Living with Endemic COVID – Listening to Fitch

Health Populi

We also expect innovation to come out of pharma and biotech labs, and who will pay for new-new therapies? While telehealth and virtual care stood up quickly in 2020, questions remain about how it will/can persist in terms of funding, regulation, and business models.

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Bonus Features – November 20, 2022 – 90% of healthcare buyers prioritize virtual care but want a clear roadmap, wearable data helped predict COVID-19 infections 12 days before the CDC, and more

Healthcare IT Today

The water is muddy, according to the report, because few vendors distinguish between telemedicine – a replacement for an in-person appointment – and virtual care – a broader set of services. The Biotech Breakthrough Awards Program announced its 2022 award winners.

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GlobalMed Brings Virtual Care to Ghana

GlobalMed

Our mission is to transform global health by bringing quality virtual care to the underserved – which is why our telemedicine solutions treat patients in over 55 countries. Recently a GlobalMed contractor transformed a village in Kumasi, Ghana with just one telemedicine station. Over 300 patients showed up, most on foot.

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Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

Healthcare IT Today

After receiving more than 38,000 public comments, the Drug Enforcement Administration is extending the telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications beyond the end of the public health emergency on May 11. The silver lining: Healthcare is the leading sector, though most funds are going to biotech.

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Pharma’s Future Relevance Depends on Empathy, Messaging, Partnering, and Supporting Patients and Providers

Health Populi

This new work-flow for clinicians led to fast-adoption of virtual care platforms – telemedicine, tele-conferencing with patients via apps like Zoom and Skype along with commercially-built telehealth channels, and the prescription and use of remote health monitoring devices placed in patients’ homes.