Consumer

Oura Ring
By  Jessica Hagen 11:47 am August 30, 2023
Finland-based Oura, maker of its namesake health tracking ring, announced it's partnering with teletherapy company Talkspace to allow Oura wearers to share their personalized sleep and daily movement data with Talkspace therapists. Oura ring wearers can utilize the company's Share Report feature to send information about their sleep quality and movement trends over the period of a week, a month...
Healthcare provider standing in a hallway looking at a tablet next to a giant window
By  Jessica Hagen 11:31 am August 29, 2023
Analytics and market research platform Trilliant Health announced its National Provider Directory will now be publicly available and accessible via an API.  The organization's directory contains information on 2.7 million U.S. providers with over 65 million novel and proprietary data points, including provider affiliations, practice locations and practicing specialty.  Basic access to the API...
Nectar Allergy Center in New York
By  Jessica Hagen 01:09 pm August 28, 2023
Allergy testing and treatment company Nectar Life Sciences announced the opening of the Nectar Allergy Center in New York, its first brick-and-mortar clinic, to expand its virtual care platform to a hybrid model.  Nectar, which launched earlier this year, offers at-home testing kits. Individuals can self-test for indoor or outdoor allergies and send their samples to Nectar for results.  Testers...
Healthcare provider in a lab coat standing behind a patient in a blue hospital gown checking their vitals
By  Jessica Hagen 11:42 am August 28, 2023
Value-based kidney care company Strive Health announced it signed a multiyear deal with Oak Street Health, a chain of primary care clinics geared toward the Medicare population to provide care to patients suffering from stage 4 chronic kidney disease to end-stage kidney disease. Denver-based Strive Health offers a value-based care platform that integrates chronic kidney disease and end-stage...
Healthcare provider sitting next to a patient with a scarf on their head while looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 02:06 pm August 25, 2023
Digital oncology platform Jasper Health is partnering with employer-focused third-party administration platform Covet Health to offer its cancer care support services to Covet's members.  Jasper Health provides a hybrid digital, but human-led, cancer care platform for patients and providers that offers care navigation and guidance, data insights, remote patient monitoring capabilities, cancer...
Former U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy and Nawal Roy
By  Jessica Hagen 12:24 pm August 25, 2023
Patrick J. Kennedy, former U.S. Representative and founder of the Kennedy Forum, is a leading voice on mental health and addiction. During his 16 years in the U.S. House of Representatives serving Rhode Island's First Congressional District he coauthored and sponsored the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which requires insurers to cover mental health and substance use disorders the...
SpaceX building
By  Jessica Hagen 02:37 pm August 23, 2023
NASA announced that four astronauts will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) by August 25 on a six-month science expedition to perform research to improve healthcare options on Earth. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center, NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts will bring multiple research investigations sponsored by the ISS National Lab.  Among the various studies, researchers from the...
Person in a field with another person on their back
By  Jessica Hagen 04:44 pm August 21, 2023
Health technology company PicnicHealth announced it is moving into the oncology space and teaming up with AstraZeneca to build a registry to generate real-world data on breast cancer.  The company says it will work with people living with cancer to collect and structure their medical records data to advance oncology research using robust datasets.   Additionally, the California-based company...
A picture of AireHealth's offerings
By  Nathan Eddy 11:50 am August 21, 2023
The assets of respiratory health company AireHealth will be auctioned off on September 13, including the patents, software, hardware and intellectual property for the company's remote patient respiratory care platform. Florida-based Fisher Auction Company will conduct the online auction through its bidding platform. AireHealth, founded in 2018, developed an FDA-cleared nebulizer with Bluetooth...
Cazzle mobile health app by Lotte Healthcare
By  Adam Ang 06:44 am August 21, 2023
The healthcare unit of South Korean diversified conglomerate Lotte has teamed up with iMediSync to co-develop new AI-driven healthcare services. Based on a press release, the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on a medium-to-long-term joint business venture that leverages AI technology for wellness and senior care. They also intend to work together on some marketing...