News 4/11/22

Top News

Senior-focused value-based care company Vytalize Health raises $50 million in a Series B funding round. The company has partnered with 280 primary care practices in 16 states to offer their patients virtual and in-home care enabled by its technology platform. Vytalize acquired patient communication company MedPilot last year.

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Webinars

Previous webinars are on our YouTube channel. Contact Lorre to present your own.

Here’s the video of last week’s webinar from Mend titled “19 Massive Best Practices We’ve Learned from 4 Million Telehealth Visits,” along with the accompanying ebook.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Hybrid mental health and substance abuse treatment provider Eleanor Health raises $50 million in a Series C funding round. The startup, which has developed its own care delivery and analytics platform, plans to expand beyond its 28 clinics in six markets into Texas.

Tech-enabled mental health and substance use treatment provider Forge Health raises $11 million in a funding round led by HC9 Ventures.

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Announcements and Implementations

Cary Skin Center (NC) will join the NC HealthConnex health information exchange through a partnership with the North Carolina Department of IT’s HIE Authority.

No Limits MD (NC) selects Kareo’s EHR, practice management, patient engagement, and telemedicine software.

Colorado-based HIE Quality Health Network will implement Safety Net Connect’s e-consult technology to power its Colorado Specialty CareConnect consult service for primary care physicians and specialists.

Child Focus (OH) will implement Cantata Health’s behavioral health-focused Arize EHR.

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People

Liz Walker (Geisinger-Marwoth) joins Forge Health as VP of business development.

CloudMD Software & Services President Karen Adams will assume the role of interim CEO when founder and CEO Essam Hamza steps down on May 2.

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Other

The Niagara Falls Public Library in New York will use a $29,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to install two private booths patrons can use for telemedicine consults.

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Sponsor Updates

• Nordic releases a new podcast, “The value of data infrastructure modernization for the health system.”

Blog Posts

• PerfectServe’s Clinical Collaboration Solution Reduces Care Team Toil (PerfectServe)

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Contacts

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