Telehealth
Also: Mental health-focused Spring Health hires Todd Hill from Headspace Health, Teladoc Health appoints Dr. Vidya Raman-Tangella as chief medical officer and WellSky appoints Dale Zurbay chief growth officer.
Also: Mount Sinai Innovation Partners launches a BIPOC-focused fund, and Carbon Health acquires more clinics in Southern California.
Also: Virtual ketamine therapy company Nue Life Health brings in $23 million in Series A and debt financing, and Source Health launches out of stealth with a $3 million seed.
With the partnership, doulas will be able to refer their Medicaid patients to Brave for mental health services like therapy, psychiatry and medication management.
Dr. Spencer Dorn, gastroenterologist, professor and vice chair of medicine for care innovation at the University of North Carolina, writes on the potential for innovation to change gastroenterology care.
Iris works with providers like health systems and community health centers to offer telepsychiatry services and triage their patients to the right level of care.
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Tom Leary, HIMSS' government relations SVP, talks about HIMSS' work with Congress for better access to telehealth and improved remote patient monitoring, and the HIMSS Foundation's efforts toward diversifying the healthcare IT workforce.
The company announced it had raised $20 million in Series B funding in May last year.
The company said it will use the funds for hiring staffers, building a user community and developing new products.
According to a study published in JAMA Network Open, providing a video-enabled tablet to veterans living in rural areas decreased emergency department visits and suicide behaviors.