Category: Tech

Debunking the myths around asynchronous care

It is no secret that telehealth adoption has skyrocketed as a result of the pandemic, and because of that, many health systems are in the process of shifting to a virtual-first hybrid care model. Unfortunately, video visits, which most will equate with…

Virtual organizations in health care

In almost all organizations, an employee has a supervisor responsible for guiding the employee in doing their job. This requires good communication between the two. Currently, in medicine, especially during stays in the hospital, there is a similar rel…

Meet The Cofounders Of The Berlin-Based Healthcare Startup That Just Raised €23.5 Million

HBS grads Clemens Raemy and Katrin Alberding teamed up with Bruno Pires, and started a company called Kenbi, a care provider in Germany offering full range of professional care-services-at-home. In December of this year, Kenbi raised €23.5 million in a…

Mental Support Startup Virtually Connecting People With Custom-Matched Strangers Has Raised $18M

Earlier this month, Pace announced that it has raised $18 million, of which $15 million were raised in a Series A led by Pace Capital with participation by Sequoia and BoxGroup, following a previously-unannounced $5 million seed round led by Sequoia Ca…

Meet The Entrepreneur Whose Startup Offering Medication For Quitting Opioids Just Raised $50 Million

Just after graduating from Wharton in 2019 Gray started Ophelia, a digital provider of medication-assisted treatment which helps patients through telemedicine and often treats them in the privacy of their homes. Earlier this month, Ophelia raised a $50…

Disrupt health care with blockchain

Health care requires forward progression in the chase for quality, safety, and sustainability. When considering how far we have come collectively, success is often celebrated. Be it a new vaccine to curb a pandemic, an advanced diagnostic tool to exped…

Health And Wellness Platform Sequel Cofounded By Two Stanford Engineers Raises $5 Million

Health and wellness platform Sequel, which has created a leakage-preventing tampon, announced today that it has raised $5 million in combined pre-seed and seed round led by Mac VC.

Health care technology innovation from COVID

The provision of quality medical services is the main target that every health care provider aims at achieving. Medical practitioners should have effective technical skills to ease their service delivery to their clients regardless of the health care s…

The race to find uses for Big Data  

Smartwatch wearers: Have you checked your smartwatch lately? Did it tell you how many steps you have or how fast your heart is beating? How accurate is the information? What does that number mean for your overall health, and where do all of those numbe…

The exciting future of our physical exam with point-of-care ultrasound

In a 1968 episode of Star Trek, Captain Kirk is kidnapped by humanoid aliens, tortured unrelentingly, and shackled to the ceiling by his wrists. Science officer Spock and Dr. McCoy find him disheveled and minimally responsive. They release him from the…