Dave Muoio

Apple shares COVID screening data with CDC, digital health market to beat $350B by 2025 and more digital health news briefs
By Dave Muoio | 04:30 pm | June 09, 2020
Also: A deep dive on Verily's Project Baseline; Intermountain Healthcare launches home-monitoring program.
PlushCare scores $23M to double its staff, fuel growth
By Dave Muoio | 04:18 pm | June 08, 2020
The latest round was led by Transformation Capital with participation from GGV Capital, WTI and unnamed individual investors. 
AireHealth acquires BreathResearch to flesh out its digital respiratory health platform
By Dave Muoio | 04:11 pm | June 08, 2020
VitalBreath powered by BreathResearch will support a patient app, adherence tracking and data analyses capabilities focused on detecting early respiratory decline.
BARDA, Gates Foundation back Evidation Health's development of COVID-19 detection algorithm
By Dave Muoio | 03:52 pm | June 04, 2020
The research effort is a collaboration with nonprofit 4YouandMe, and will collect self-reported symptoms and wearables data from 300 high-risk participants.
Samsung's free handwashing app brings rinsing reminders to smartwatches
By Dave Muoio | 02:31 pm | June 04, 2020
Seeking to cut down an individual's risk of infection, the app encourages frequent washing with appropriate technique.
BlueStar's eighth FDA clearance adds long-acting basal insulin support for Type 2 patients
By Dave Muoio | 03:51 pm | June 03, 2020
Healthcare providers use a web interface to prescribe an initial dose "and BlueStar does the rest," according to Welldoc's chief medical officer.
Free video game update helps doctors prepare for COVID-19 patients
By Dave Muoio | 02:25 pm | June 03, 2020
Level Ex updated its Airway Ex and Pulm Ex medical-education games with free levels that simulate COVID-19 care.
Change Healthcare's second $200M-plus acquisition in two months, home sleep apnea test's CE Mark and more digital health news briefs
By Dave Muoio | 04:14 pm | June 02, 2020
Also: Rubicon Technology Partners acquires majority stake in patient orchestration platform; Peloton app launches on Apple TV.
COVID-19 apps want user data, but few say they'll protect it
By Dave Muoio | 03:04 pm | June 02, 2020
Of 50 worldwide COVID-19 apps analyzed in Nature Medicine, only 16 promised to anonymize, encrypt and secure the data they collect.
McKinsey: Up to $250B of US health spending could become virtual
By Dave Muoio | 03:34 pm | June 01, 2020
A recent report analyzing claims data identified virtual-care use cases estimates that could comprise roughly 20% of all Medicare, Medicaid and commercial spend across outpatient, office and home health.