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9amHealth Raises $9.5M Series A Extension Led by The Cigna Group Ventures to Expand to Employers Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

These life-long treatments deliver impressive clinical outcomes but come with a high price tag, putting employers and healthcare insurers under pressure. 9amHealth is addressing this challenge by providing affordable cardiometabolic care at scale and helping to manage the rising costs of GLP-1s for both patients and employers.

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Allurion: first HealthTech IPO of 2023 via SPAC with Compute Health

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Allurion, a weight loss company that makes a swallowable gastric balloon, went public this week on August 2, 2023 through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Compute Health. Allurion's gastric balloon is a non-surgical weight loss device that is inserted into the stomach through the mouth.

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Client remote monitoring for home care agencies -- why and what?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Connecting with the patient, obtaining their vitals, noting exceptions and issues, and providing feedback and guidance to them is key to helping patients manage their post discharge recovery, their chronic conditions, or note the early signs of health problems that could be mitigated before becoming a crisis.

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CES 2023: Ten New Technologies for Older Adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Orbiter Smart Cushion, a wheelchair cushion designed to detect and target pressure injury causes and provide weight shifts and pressure relief to reduce the risk of pressure injury. category tags: CES 2023 , hearables/hearing technology , digital health , assistive technologies , smartphones; wearables , pet technology. Learn more.

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Five interesting and useful technologies for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

A smart fluid that stiffens & works together with a counter-weight that moves in the opposite direction of your tremor." category tags: digital health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , smart home , medication management. Learn more at Steadiwear.

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Sampling technology for managing diabetes

Aging in Place Technology Watch

A survey of technology offerings reveals a plethora of apps and information sites, not to mention devices that are part of the diabetes management equation. According to Managed Care: “Continuous glucose monitors have sensors placed either on the arm or abdomen that read glucose levels in the cellular fluid just under the skin.

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Living to 100 – will technology matter – and for whom?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Ironically, almost all boomers want to lose weight, but when asked, ironically, they want to do so without exercise. But the benefits of technology may not just be related to disease management and lifestyle. More effective chronic disease management; alerting care providers; Dementia care. Digital health. Fall prevention.

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