Category: digital health

Wearables company Whoop and Havre de Grace, Md.-based Ashley Addiction Treatment are partnering with Johns Hopkins University to study why some people relapse during addiction recovery.

EHealth Ventures, an Israeli venture capital firm that partners with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, has invested $5 million in Agamon Health, a tech startup already used by health systems such as Detroit-based Henry Ford Health.

Mass General Brigham’s remote cholesterol and blood pressure management program was able to successfully lower blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients.

Northwell Holdings, the venture arm of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, partnered with Aegis Ventures to launch Upliv, a women’s virtual care company that will focus on providing menopause care.

Digital health investments are seeing a significant slow down, but mergers and acquisitions are on the rise as investors see this strategy as a new way to invest, according to a Nov. 7 report from Rock Health. 

KidsX, a digital health children’s hospital consortium including Boston Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital LA, is partnering with digital health company Redesign Health to launch a program bolstering pediatric digital health companies.

Pfizer has named Edward Cox as head and general manager of digital health and medicines, according to Mr. Cox’s Nov. 2 LinkedIn post. 

Health data startup Truveta has released a real-time searchable dashboard featuring deidentified medical records from more than 70 million patients from its 25 health system partners.

Brightline, a pediatric telemental health startup that has raised over $200 million, including from health systems and other healthcare organizations, has laid off a fifth of its staff.

Microsoft is partnering with healthcare software company Sophia Genetics to accelerate research and data analysis.