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News 2/7/22
Top News
Virtual headache clinic Neura Health raises $2.2 million in a seed funding round. The app-based provider offers members headache and migraine treatment, with plans to expand into treatments for multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and Parkinson’s. It also hopes to collect a massive, anonymized data set on neurological conditions and outcomes to share with researchers and pharmaceutical companies to improve treatment.
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Webinars
February 9 (Wednesday) 1 ET. “2022 – Industry Predictions and Medicomp Roadmap.” Sponsor: Medicomp Systems. Presenters: David Lareau, CEO, Medicomp Systems; Jay Anders, MD, chief medical officer, Medicomp Systems; Dan Gainer, CTO, Medicomp Systems. The presenters will provide an update on the health IT industry and a review of the company’s milestones and insights that it gained over the past two years. Topics will include Cures Act implications, interoperability, AI, ambient listening, telehealth-first primary care, chronic care management, and new Quippe functionality and roadmap.
Previous webinars are on our YouTube channel. Contact Lorre to present your own.
Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Kindbody, an in-person and virtual fertility provider with locations in 10 major cities, achieves a $1 billion valuation after acquiring Vios Fertility Institute and its network of clinics.
E-consult company AristaMD acquires referral management platform developer Preferral for an undisclosed sum. Preferral founder and CTO Jon Gautsch will become SVP at AristaMD.
People
Matt Titus (Real Chemistry) joins Epocrates as chief commercial officer.
OneOncology promotes Davey Daniel, MD to CMO.
Stellar Health names Kimberly Lynch (Aledade) COO and Samantha Kelen (Cardinal Innovations Healthcare) as chief compliance officer.
Announcements and Implementations
US Orthopedic Alliance will offer Highmark Interactive’s EQ Remote Monitoring technology to its network of physician practices and ASCs.
Opus Behavioral Health adds behavioral healthcare-focused CRM and business intelligence software from Dazos to its EHR.
Other
Rob Barkett , Jr., MD writes “Simple Medicine: No More Google Searches” to help patients better understand common medical complaints and conditions, screening, medications, and medical testing. Barkett refers to it as a reference book, a CliffsNotes-like read written in easy-to-understand terms that will hopefully empower patients to talk with their physician rather than initially consulting the often terrifying Dr. Google.
Sponsor Updates
- EClinicalWorks publishes a new customer success story, “How Records in Prisma Overcame a Language Barrier.”
- Black Book names PerfectServe its top client-rated secure communications platform for 2022.
Blog Posts
- The Right Tools During Challenging Times (EClinicalWorks)
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