Dave Muoio

An annual review of state and federal laws regarding behavioral or mental health telemedicine highlights increased interest in the modality from policymakers and regulators.

The company handles back-office operations for its partner organizations, and provides professional caregivers with an app for finding and scheduling jobs.

Medidata said the deal will help better integrate clinical-grade metrics into its remote trial platform and broadly support the use of wearable sensors for clinical research.

Following news that its Project Baseline program was poorly received in parts of the Bay Area, the life science company characterized site closures as more of a pause and a redirection of resources across the state.

Researchers say that their tool detected cases with 79% accuracy, and did so within minutes.

The primary care provider is also looking to expand into virtual physical therapy in the coming year.

The company's funding news came alongside a new deal with Humana focused on prior authorizations for musculoskeletal treatments.

Also: First Databank and RxCap collaborate on patient medication instruction and adherence app, Cohere Health is handling MSK prior authorizations for Humana.

Also: Google reportedly coming to terms with European Commission on Fitbit deal; Eko and 3M's digital stethoscope.

The company has been verifying and monitoring the credentials of more than 50,000 providers since August.