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News 2/5/25
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SimpliFed announces $4 million in new funding. The company will use the investment to expand beyond its virtual breastfeeding and baby feeding support services to include virtual monitoring of high-risk pregnancies and mental health screening and support via its new Maternal Health Operating System.
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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Virtual opioid use disorder clinic Bicycle Health raises $16.5 million.
People
Watershed Health promotes Effie Carlson to CEO. She replaces founder Chip Grant, MD who will take on the role of chief medical officer.
Bicycle Health names Andy Thomas (Galileo) COO and Manu Kuppalli (Optum) CFO.
Announcements and Implementations
CHADIS will incorporate Health Hug’s digital pediatric care management solution with into its digital pre-visit questionnaires and clinical process support software.
Digital fertility care provider Carrot Fertility launches a virtual clinic for menopausal care.
GI Alliance develops population health management programs using software and services from Cosán.
Other
KLAS Research announces the winners of its Best in KLAS awards, with the following vendors recognized in several ambulatory categories:
- Athenahealth earns best overall independent physician practice suite.
- Epic and Athenahealth take top honors for independent practices in the EHR and practice management categories.
- PCC ranks highest for pediatric solutions.
- R1 and CompuGroup Medical earn top RCM spots.
- Nextech takes the top two spots in the specialty EHR category.
- Elation Health outperforms Athenahealth to rank highest in the small practice EHR/PM category.
Sponsor Updates
- AdvancedMD adds Mental Health Technologies to its integration partner marketplace.
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