Patient Access

Healthcare provider holding a chart
By  Jessica Hagen 02:54 pm April 2, 2025
Hybrid weight-inclusive primary and metabolic care provider knownwell announced it will be listed as a care provider on pharma giant Eli Lilly's digital healthcare platform LillyDirect. knownwell touts itself as a hybrid weight-inclusive provider offering primary care and metabolic health services. The Boston-based company has brick-and-mortar locations in Texas, Chicago and Massachusetts. Lilly...
A group of teenagers gathered in a room
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:02 pm April 2, 2025
The Child Mind Institute, a children's mental health resource, has partnered with the California Department of Healthcare Services to launch Mirror, an intuitive mental health journaling app for teens. Free of charge, Mirror aims to enhance emotional processing and offer a supportive environment for self-reflection.  The Mirror app allows users to self-express and understand patterns in their...
Person putting in a hearing aid
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:47 pm April 1, 2025
Eargo, which makes tech-enabled hearing aids, and hearX, maker of Lexie hearing aids, announced they have merged to form a new company, LXE Hearing. Eargo is a direct-to-consumer hearing aid company, while hearX markets a suite of digital, mobile technologies for hearing loss detection and diagnosis. LXE Hearing received $100 million in financing from Patient Square Capital. The company touts...
Healthcare professional interacting with a person via a PC
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:06 pm March 28, 2025
Workforce management technology company Hallmark announced a strategic integration with CareRev, an on-demand workforce platform for acute care. The joint alliance aims to give Hallmark customers instant access to CareRev's network of 35,000-plus qualified per diem nurses.  CareRev provides access to a flexible workforce by allowing nurse managers to pull from a pool of experienced clinicians who...
Person interacting with healthcare professional via tablet
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:27 pm March 27, 2025
Employee health benefits management platform Collective Health is partnering with digital healthcare platform and weight loss company Noom's enterprise division, Noom Health, to deliver Collective Health + Noom Med with SmartRx, an enterprise weight management platform with an integrated GLP-1 drug program that will be accessible to Collective Health employer customers. The partnership will...
Person with gray hair smiling
By  Jessica Hagen 11:37 am March 26, 2025
Cardiometabolic digital diagnostics company Nanowear announced a licensing and data partnership with glucose monitoring specialist Dexcom to integrate glucose data from the Dexcom G7 into its SimpleSense nanotechnology-enabled wearable.  Nanowear offers home-based, AI-enabled digital diagnostics for cardiometabolic health. The company's FDA-cleared SimpleSense wearable reads patient vitals, such...
Patient interacting with healthcare professional via smart phone
By  Anthony Vecchione 11:38 am March 25, 2025
Evinova, a clinical trial technology company, is partnering with Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC) to integrate Evinova’s remote patient monitoring (RPM) offering into I-SPY 2.2, a platform trial that provides a framework to study multiple novel therapeutic treatment arms for women with newly diagnosed, locally advanced breast cancer.  A platform trial is a clinical trial design that...
Inflight telehealth station
By  Jessica Hagen 01:00 pm March 24, 2025
Airline Emirates, a flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates, announced it is partnering with French telehealth company Parsys Telemedicine to offer inflight virtual medical services to passengers in "telemedicine stations" aboard aircraft.  Emirates has invested more than $2.4 million in co-designing telemedicine stations, which include high-definition video conferencing capabilities, secure...
Vuno and Coreline Soft officials in their partnership signing
By  Adam Ang 08:24 pm March 23, 2025
Vuno invests $2M, sells lung AI in Japan to rival Vuno has invested in and sold its lung disease diagnosis AI technology in Japan to its rival Korean company Coreline Soft. The two companies recently entered into a strategic partnership to jointly raise their competitiveness in the growing global medical imaging AI segment.  Vuno invested 3.4 billion won ($2.3 million) in Coreline Soft, to which...
Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, chief medical officer at Oura
By  Jessica Hagen 08:00 am March 20, 2025
Health-tracking ring maker Oura announced today the appointment of Dr. Ricky Bloomfield as its first chief medical officer. Prior to this, he served as clinical and health informatics lead at Apple Health, where he oversaw the launch of several features, including Apple's Health Records on the iPhone.  Dr. Bloomfield spoke with MobiHealthNews about his new role, where he will lead the expansion...