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Arine Accelerates Growth, Expands Board of Directors

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Arine, an AI-driven SaaS platform company focused on medication intelligence, today announced significant growth in its customer base as well as three additions to its Board of Directors who bring deep leadership experience spanning the health and SaaS industries. These executives will partner with Arine in enabling an expanding number of health plans and risk-based providers, through the application of Arine's software platform, to deliver reductions in total cost of care and improved patient outcomes. Arine's software is currently implemented by a broad set of health insurers, addressing medication related problems at scale and helping these organizations to quickly drive improved care for their millions of members.

Key Points: 
  • The Board expansion comes at a time of accelerated growth for the organization.
  • Arine has achieved a remarkable 100% client retention rate since inception and increased its revenue by 100% in 2023.
  • In total, the company's AI-driven platform has produced more than 33 million life-improving recommendations and touched over 15 million client members.
  • Cassels began his career with the Advisory Board Company where he was a founding partner in the firm's Strategy Consulting practice.

Summus Joins Digital Medicine Society, Boston Children's Hospital to Advance Healthcare Outcomes for Children, Close Disparity Gap

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Monday, December 18, 2023

NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Summus, the leading virtual health company focused in specialty care, announced a new collaboration with the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) and Boston Children's Hospital to create a comprehensive guide to improve digital health solutions for children. The Playbook: Pediatric Digital Medicine initiative will address the need for ongoing advancement and care optimization for children by empowering providers, payers, product developers, and biopharma to advance streamlined and scalable innovations in pediatrics.

Key Points: 
  • This multistakeholder effort aims to close the disparity gap in children's healthcare through access to technological advancements centered on children's unique needs, delivering ethical, effective, equitable and safe care.
  • Summus works closely with Boston Children's innovation team and physician facility to advance and scale specialist expertise to reach more patients globally.
  • Define the market opportunity for pediatric digital medicine products and establish best practices for product development and deployment.
  • The Playbook: Pediatric Digital Medicine will serve as an important resource, providing essential information for healthcare providers, hospitals, and industry partners."

Digital Health Visionary Joins True to Bring Expertise in Equitable Healthcare

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

He brings to True his extensive experience across the healthcare, public health and digital health landscapes to help companies build an equitable and inclusive future of health.

Key Points: 
  • He brings to True his extensive experience across the healthcare, public health and digital health landscapes to help companies build an equitable and inclusive future of health.
  • “André's deep background in digital health has afforded him a wealth of valuable relationships and insights into this dynamic space,” said Jessica Johnson , co-Head of the Healthcare & Life Sciences practices.
  • “That expertise and his leadership in promoting diversity in healthcare, positions him to significantly enhance our practice offerings."
  • Prior to joining True Search, Blackman was founder and CEO of Onboard Health, a executive search and advisory firm dedicated to creating a more diverse healthcare workforce.

MDisrupt Unveils New Expert Matching Platform, Redefining the Future of Healthtech and Life Sciences Innovation and Collaboration

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MDisrupt, the leading expert marketplace for the healthtech and life sciences industry, today announced the launch of its new expert matching platform.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MDisrupt, the leading expert marketplace for the healthtech and life sciences industry, today announced the launch of its new expert matching platform.
  • This online tool provides healthtech and life science companies with unmatched, on-demand access to top-tier clinicians and health expert operators.
  • MDisrupt Unveils New Expert Matching Platform, Redefining the Future of Healthtech and Life Sciences Innovation and Collaboration
    Key Features of the MDisrupt Expert Matching Platform:
    Built specifically for Healthcare and Life Sciences: The platform has been meticulously developed with a focus on health technology and life sciences, ensuring clients find the necessary skills and subject matter expertise unique to these verticals.
  • MDisrupt, with its expert matching platform, is a pivotal catalyst in this digital health revolution - creating substantive change across the industry.

Elara Caring CEO Set to Speak at HLTH 2023

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Friday, September 29, 2023

Elara Caring , the full-scale, multi-state home health provider of clinical and personalized services across the patient continuum, has announced that its CEO and Chairman Scott Powers will be speaking at HLTH 2023 , the annual conference curated to accelerate innovation across the healthcare ecosystem.

Key Points: 
  • Elara Caring , the full-scale, multi-state home health provider of clinical and personalized services across the patient continuum, has announced that its CEO and Chairman Scott Powers will be speaking at HLTH 2023 , the annual conference curated to accelerate innovation across the healthcare ecosystem.
  • Powers will be serving on the invitation-only panel, “Home Health’s in Escrow,” focused on enabling longer and healthier independent living, lowering the need for costly facility-based care.
  • “Events like HLTH offer leaders across the healthcare ecosystem the opportunity to gain new insights on how to best improve outcomes across stakeholder groups,” said Mr.
  • The “Home Health’s in Escrow” panel is scheduled for Monday, October 9th from 12pm to 2pm on the Sun Stage.

Guaranteed Founder and CEO Jessica McGlory Named a 2023 RockHealth.org Innovation Fellow

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Guaranteed, a tech-enabled hospice care company, is pleased to announce that its founder and CEO, Jessica McGlory , has been selected as a RockHealth.org Innovation Fellow.

Key Points: 
  • Guaranteed, a tech-enabled hospice care company, is pleased to announce that its founder and CEO, Jessica McGlory , has been selected as a RockHealth.org Innovation Fellow.
  • The RockHealth.org Innovation fellowship is a seven-month engagement designed to create opportunities for emerging digital health leaders to gain exposure to the digital health ecosystem, deepen their understanding of trends and opportunities across the industry, and engage with the Rock Health community.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230809746136/en/
    “Every day we serve populations who are traditionally ignored in hospice,” says Jessica McGlory, founder and CEO at Guaranteed.
  • “Every day we serve populations who are traditionally ignored in hospice,” said McGlory.

DiMe Launches Education Course on Regulatory Strategy for Digital Health Innovators

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

BOSTON, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) launched a new education course for individuals, "Unlocking Regulatory Success for Digital Health Product Developers,'' as part of its growing Digital Medicine Academy. The Academy, which features education courses on topics across the digital medicine spectrum, launched in August 2022 as a one-stop shop for digital medicine education and training.

Key Points: 
  • Curriculum Will Position Product Developers to Build a Robust Regulatory Strategy to Strengthen Business Strategy, Differentiate Products, and Avoid Regulatory Risks
    BOSTON, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) launched a new education course for individuals, " Unlocking Regulatory Success for Digital Health Product Developers ,'' as part of its growing Digital Medicine Academy.
  • The Academy, which features education courses on topics across the digital medicine spectrum, launched in August 2022 as a one-stop shop for digital medicine education and training.
  • Build a regulatory strategy, sufficient knowledge to implement that strategy, and be positioned to advance the success of their digital health product portfolios.
  • The Unlocking Regulatory Success for Digital Health Product Developers course is an online, self-directed course featuring a combination of DiMe experts and guest faculty from Rock Health, Epstein Becker Green, Strategy Health, and Caption Health.

Biofourmis Marks One Year Post-Series D with Major Milestones and Focused Go-Forward Growth Strategy

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Biofourmis, following its Series D funding last year, continues to build out its Biofourmis Care and Connect verticals with the expansion of health system, hospital, provider group and biopharma customers.

Key Points: 
  • Biofourmis, following its Series D funding last year, continues to build out its Biofourmis Care and Connect verticals with the expansion of health system, hospital, provider group and biopharma customers.
  • At this stage in Biofourmis' growth trajectory, company leaders recognize that continuing to scale requires an agile approach and the right infrastructure.
  • "We will be intensely focused on growth, profitability and our mission of access to care, anywhere," Rajput said.
  • "Biofourmis has remained focused on our vision to create a healthful future where equitable access to care is a reality for all," Rajput said.

DiMe Launches Free Resources for Medical Product Developers to Better Navigate U.S. Regulations

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

BOSTON, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) announced free resources to help innovators optimize their regulatory strategy to drive the development of high-quality, trustworthy digital health products that best meet their commercial goals and the needs of patients. The resources - including U.S. RegPath, the world's first tool for navigating U.S. regulatory pathways for digital health products - were developed as part of a DiMe's collaborative project, Digital Health Regulatory Pathways, with partners including Abbott, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), Google, and the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science.

Key Points: 
  • It can also improve market access, support payment strategies, and optimize the impact on patient care and outcomes.
  • Yet, when DiMe's Digital Health Regulatory Pathway project kicked off in June 2022, DiMe surveyed the digital medicine stakeholders and found that 25% of medical product developers didn't know whether their digital health product should be regulated.
  • Of those surveyed who did know their product should be regulated, 75% reported not knowing the optimal regulatory pathway.
  • "Digital health product developers seeking to differentiate themselves in this increasingly crowded and competitive market must embrace regulatory strategy as a core component of good business strategy.

National Study Finds Conflicting Views of Virtual Care’s Promise, Threatening its Growth, High Optimism, Investment and Confusion

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Thursday, November 3, 2022

The industry often equates virtual care with telemedicine however, knowing the difference is important:

Key Points: 
  • The industry often equates virtual care with telemedicine however, knowing the difference is important:
    Telemedicine is a digital replacement of conventional, in-person care.
  • Virtual Care is a broader scope of remote healthcare services, including clinical or non-clinical support.
  • Buyers today are inundated with vendors labeling themselves virtual care providers, regardless of the care model theyre selling.
  • This phenomenon is obscuring the collective understanding of virtual care and how to recognize vendors who offer best-in-class virtual care.