| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.12.2016 | A telepsychiatry startup geared for people with severe mental illness raises $1M round | Encounter Telehealth contracts with skilled nursing facilities and other types of long-term care facilities. A certified provider, the company also owns an outpatient clinic in western Nebraska, Amis said. Most of the company’s business com... |
| 23.05.2016 | Startup Showcase companies: Where are they now? | “It’s definitely an important platform to earn credibility…We had one-on-one meetings with a pharmaceutical company, a hospital, a payer,” Malik said. “That intersection is very helpful because people are looking at where the opportunities ... |
| 07.11.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 11/7/15 | Activision bought King; Sprinklr acquired Booshaka; Expedia purchased HomeAway
Social media management platform Sprinklr acquired Booshaka, a company that helps marketers leverage customer data to increase sales and engagement. No financial... |
| 07.11.2015 | Digital health investment and usage trends: 5 must-read stories from MedCity News this week | Reporters Stephanie Baum and Neil Versel were joined this week on MedHeads by Shahid Shah, author of the Healthcare IT Guy blog, co-founder and CEO of Netspective Communications, and a MedCity News contributor.
Also, here are five noteworth... |
| 04.11.2015 | Telespychiatry startup 1DocWay acquired by behavioral health pharmacy chain | Tukwila, Washington-based Genoa, a QoL Healthcare Company, a behavioral health specialty pharmacy chain, has acquired New York City-based 1DocWay, which has developed a telepsychiatry network.
1DocWay helped providers offer remote visits to... |
| 04.11.2015 | Telepsychiatry startup 1DocWay sold to pharmacy firm Genoa | 1DocWay, founded in 2011 and based in New York, has been in rapid growth mode. CEO Samir Malik said his company had doubled its service area in the last eight months. Over the summer, 1DocWay raised $1.7 million and hired new staff to help ... |
| 04.11.2015 | Pharma Firm Genoa Acquires Telepsychiatry Startup 1DocWay | Genoa, a behavioral health specialty pharmacy has acquired 1DocWay , the nation’s largest outpatient telepsychiatry provider that offers a simple, easy-to-use platform to connect mental health providers and patients. Through the acquisition... |
| 22.07.2015 | 1DocWay Raises $1.7M in Seed Funding | 1DocWay, Inc., a New York, NY-based telepsychiatry network operator, raised $1.7M in seed funding.
The round was led by iSeedVC, with participation from Rock Health, Asset Management, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Waterline Ventures and other... |
| 21.07.2015 | 1DocWay Raises $1.7M to Expand Telepsychiatry Network | 1DocWay, Inc., a NYC-based leading telepsychiatry network operator announced that its psychiatry delivery network has treated over 20,000 patients in 11 states during the first half of 2015. To accelerate its growth, 1DocWay has raised $1.7... |
| 21.07.2015 | 1DocWay raises $1.7M for telepsychiatry networks | New York City-based 1DocWay has raised $1.7 million in a round led by iSeedVC, with participation from Rock Health, which announced its share of the investment in April, Asset Management, Great Oaks Venture Capital, and Waterline Ventures.
... |
| 27.04.2015 | Rock Health invests in video visits, smart scheduling, health-sensing jewelry | Seed fund Rock Health has invested in three new companies: telepsychiatry service 1DocWay, provider analytics company Arsenal Health, and wearable technology maker Caeden.
While the investment amounts were not disclosed, Managing Director H... |
| 24.04.2015 | Rock Health Expands to NYC, Announces 3 New Investments | Rock Health, provider of full-service funding to promising entrepreneurs breaking into healthcare is expanding to the East Coast with the opening of a brand new office in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of NYC. In conjunction with the ne... |
| 15.12.2014 | Texas Medical Center, Village Capital launch program for digital health startups | Health system Texas Medical Center has partnered with investment firm Village Capital to launch a program for early stage digital health companies, called VilCap USA: Health IT 2014.
The program will offer accepted startups four "inten... |
| 10.12.2014 | Texas Medical, Village Capital offer crash course program for digital health startups | VilCap USA will be housed within Texas Medical Center’s new 100,000-square-foot Innovation Institute and will complement TMC’s accelerator program, TMCx, which will launch in March.
The twelve startup companies selected for participation ra... |
| 24.11.2014 | Telepsychiatry biz mining e-survey data to improve options for Medicare patients | A health IT company focused on population health has added 1DocWay as a collaboration partner, according to a company statement. The partnership will enable WellTrackONE to make it easier its automated wellness survey of Medicare patients t... |
| 04.07.2014 | CMS: Telehealth services should be expanded to cover annual wellness visits, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis | Several health IT companies offering telepsychology have launched in the past few years such as TalkSession. Companies such as 1DocWay have focused on patients in rural areas. Although some have responded to the gap in psychological service... |
| 31.03.2014 | Healthcare entrepreneurs who see value in house calls win top prize at startup weekend | The idea that you can develop a concept for a company and launch it within 48 hours is at the heart of Startup Weekend. When you add healthcare to the mix it becomes a lot more challenging but no less interesting. Philadelphia hosted its th... |
| 25.03.2013 | 6 healthcare IT investment opportunities and trends for angels and startups | 1. Using clinical data and claims data to better effect. The shift by providers from paper to electronic medical records has positioned many providers to mine this data to develop a wider and deeper understanding of their patients. Clinical... |
| 20.12.2012 | 4 startups making it easier to get mental health help | iCouch: Brian Dear co-founded the online therapy company with Jessica Rios, a licensed psychologist. Designed to make therapy easier, its website allows users to choose male or female therapists from a pool of therapists it works with. User... |
| 05.09.2012 | Match.com for caregiver seekers, tools to conquer social isolation among innovative ideas for aging finalists | Improving social isolation
GeriJoy, a member of healthcare startup accelerator Blueprint Health’s current class, uses gaming and health IT as a way to break down some of the unpleasant realities of aging: loneliness. Its virtual, “talking d... |
| 22.08.2012 | Independence Blue Cross announces winners of its $50,000 healthcare venture competition [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| 15.08.2012 | Independence Blue Cross challenge picks telehealth and emergency room alternatives app (video) | QuickSeeMD, a health IT company, won StartUp Weekend Health’s inaugural event in June. Since then the head of the company, Lon Hecht, has quit his day job to turn his attention to the development of the startup full time. He envisions his W... |
| 20.07.2012 | Independence Blue Cross announces finalists for $50,000 healthcare venture competition | Independence Blue Cross announced 15 finalists for its Game Changers Challenge earlier this week.
What’s at stake? Up to three startups will win $50,00 and local support from those in the healthcare field.
The finalists include Real Food Wo... |
| 10.07.2012 | East Coast accelerator DreamIt Ventures moving into healthcare IT | Although DreamIt has not shied away from healthcare startups in the past, with telemedicine company 1DocWay among the graduates of its New York class last year, it seems like it’s making a more concerted move into the space.
She spoke to Me... |
| 05.07.2012 | MedCity Converge: healthcare innovators conference next Tuesday | Discover the future of healthcare at next Tuesday’s MedCity Converge, a day-long conference at the Hyatt at the Bellevue, hosted by new local healthcare news site MedCity News.
The conference will focus on a number of topics, such as health... |
| 05.07.2012 | Pitches unplugged: Startup developing iPad app to determine real reasons people don’t take their meds (video) | But the company’s primary interest is advancing ownership of a diabetes model for which it plans to partner with a payer and is looking to raise $1 million to develop what will be an iPad diagnostic tool to identify noncompliance with treat... |
| 05.07.2012 | No PPT allowed: Cane with built-in LED light designed to reduce falls (video) | Falls are the leading cause of death in people aged 65 or older, according to the Centers for Diseases Control. The cane is expected to be distributed by rehabilitation and occupational therapists to patients. Although CEO Lorraine Keller a... |
| 05.07.2012 | MindReader headset designed to detect concussions in athletes (video) | A device to measure brain activity for concussions, a patient medication adherence tool and a LED flashlight embedded in a cane were among the products pitched at a recent early stage venture event. Five companies made presentations, but th... |
| 04.04.2012 | Wharton Venture Award winners announced with a focus on healthcare [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| 10.08.2011 | DreamIt Ventures Graduates 15 Startups in New York | Tech Accelerator DreamIt Ventures is holding its Demo Day for its New York class of startups today. The 15 companies include students and alumni from top academic institutions like Harvard Business School, the Wharton School of the Universi... |
| 10.08.2011 | Pick Your Ponies: DreamIt Demo Day is Here | There is nothing Betabeat likes better than squeezing into a tightly packed mob of investors and watching a cattle call of young start-ups strut their stuff on stage (more metaphors, please! –ed). The tweets are flying fast and furious whil... |
| 10.05.2011 | DreamIt Ventures Incubator Starts Monday; Demo Day in August | Philadelphia-based DreamIt Ventures, the second established accelerator to open a New York branch, is gearing up to open its doors on Monday. The first hurdle–getting enough quality applications–proved to be no trouble, as managing director... |
| 09.05.2011 | DreamIt Ventures Announces Its First Batch Of NYC Startups | In January of this year, DreamIt Ventures, a Philadelphia-based VC firm and startup accelerator, announced that it would be expanding to the Big Apple, creating a startup accelerator program based in New York City.
The program offers $25,00... |
| - | Match.com for caregiver seekers, tools to conquer social isolation among innovative ideas for aging finalists | A competition to encourage innovative healthcare products geared toward people 50 years and older who are frequently overlooked by digital health companies has selected 10 finalists for an upcoming conference held by the American Associatio... |
| - | Healthcare entrepreneurs who see value in house calls win top prize at startup weekend | #OnCall presenting at startup weekend @healthphl pic.twitter.com/aPfGwi2021
— Tom Austin (@austinstom) March 30, 2014
The idea that you can develop a concept for a company and launch it within 48 hours is at the heart of Startup Weekend. Wh... |
| - | Independence Blue Cross challenge picks telehealth and emergency room alternatives app (video) | A competition from Philadelphia regional payer Independence Blue Cross seeking ways to improve health and wellness selected two companies that signify big trends in healthcare technology — telemedicine and ways to reduce the number of peopl... |
| - | East Coast accelerator DreamIt Ventures moving into healthcare IT | Healthcare IT has become a new priority for East Coast accelerator DreamIt Ventures with the hire of a veteran angel investor group director.
Karen Griffith Gryga recently joined the accelerator’s Philadelphia office. Earlier this year it a... |
| - | 4 startups making it easier to get mental health help | As the country mourns the children and adults killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings last week, the discussion surrounding that terrible event has turned to gun control, behavioral health and access to it. One mother’s blog en... |
| - | Texas Medical, Village Capital offer crash course program for digital health startups | Texas Medical Center and Village Capital are collectively forming a four-day health IT program that will support early-stage digital health companies.
The $100,000 program, dubbed VilCap USA: Health IT 2014, is structured in four “intensive... |
| - | 6 healthcare IT investment opportunities and trends for angels and startups | Many of the changes in the healthcare industry outlined by the Affordable Care Act and HITECH Act call for shifting to healthcare IT for helping physician practices run more efficiently to helping guide clinical outcomes. But the shift from... |
| - | CMS: Telehealth services should be expanded to cover annual wellness visits, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis | Startups and established companies in the telehealth space will be excited to hear that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid has proposed expanding telehealth benefits for Medicare recipients, according to an update of the physician fee sch... |
| - | Digital health investment and usage trends: 5 must-read stories from MedCity News this week | We talked this week on MedHeads about the enormous growth we’re seeing in the digital health landscape – but the market’s divided between smaller players seeking clinical validation and mass market activity trackers like Fitbit and Jawbone.... |
| - | No PPT allowed: Cane with built-in LED light designed to reduce falls (video) | An innovative lighting solution embedded in a walking aid, a device to measure brain activity for concussions and a medication adherence tool were among the products pitched at a recent early stage venture event. Five companies made present... |
| - | Startup Showcase companies: Where are they now? | This post is sponsored by MedCity CONVERGE
In the run up to the MedCity CONVERGE conference, we’re highlighting some of the companies that have taken part in the Startup Showcase.
A couple, such as RightCare Solutions and 1DocWay, which too... |
| - | Telepsychiatry biz mining e-survey data to improve options for Medicare patients | A health IT company focused on population health has added 1DocWay as a collaboration partner, according to a company statement. The partnership will enable WellTrackONE to make it easier its automated wellness survey of Medicare patients t... |
| - | Telepsychiatry startup 1DocWay sold to pharmacy firm Genoa | Telepsychiatry startup 1DocWay has been acquired by specialty pharmacy operator Genoa, a QoL Healthcare Company, for an undisclosed sum. With the deal, the purchaser has launched a new telemedicine division, Genoa Telepsychiatry.
Tukwila, W... |
| - | MindReader headset designed to detect concussions in athletes (video) | A device to measure brain activity for concussions, a patient medication adherence tool and a LED flashlight embedded in a cane were among the products pitched at a recent early stage venture event. Five companies made presentations, but th... |
| - | A telepsychiatry startup geared for people with severe mental illness raises $1M round | Encounter Telehealth, an Omaha, Nebraska-based telepsychiatry startup that wants to improve access to psychological services for underserved communities, is raising roughly $1 million, according to a Form D filing on the U.S. Securities Exc... |
| - | Pitches unplugged: Startup developing iPad app to determine real reasons people don’t take their meds (video) | A medication adherence tool, an innovative lighting solution embedded in a cane and a device to measure brain activity for concussions were among the products pitched at a recent early stage venture event. Five companies made presentations,... |
