Jonah Comstock

Trumbull, Connecticut-based FallCall Solutions has raised a sub-$1 million seed round from Connecticut Ventures to develop a pure software-based Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) for the Apple Watch.

Correction: The original version of this article misstated the symptom checker's original launch date.

Rock Health and StartUp Health, two groups that track investment in digital health, have come out with their respective quarterly reports on funding in the space, and both agree on a couple of interesting insights: that Q1 2018 is the largest Q1 yet, that larger late-stage deals contributed disproportionately to that total, and that investment is increasingly coming from non-traditional investors, especially providers.

Malay Gandhi, best known as the former CEO of Rock Health, has joined Evidation Health as SVP of Business Operations.

Walmart is reportedly in talks to acquire PillPack, a New England-based virtual pharmacy with around $100 million in funding.

In the quest to consumerize healthcare, online physician reviews are a popular attempt to return some agency and control to the healthcare consumer.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ position of Chief Technology Officer is a relatively new one.

Samsung is developing the long-awaited successor to its Gear S3 smartwatch and could launch it sometime this year, according to a report from SamMobile, a blog focused on all things Samsung.

(This story has been updated to include some acquisitions we missed.

Sandstone Diagnostics’ Trak Male Fertility Testing System will be used in an NIH-funded study being conducted by Boston University and Stanford University, according to a statement.