MedArrive Raises $8 Million Investment to Bring More Care Into the Home
New funding led by Cobalt Ventures will support continued business growth and expansion of health plan relationships
Mobile-integrated care management platform company, MedArrive, today announced $8 million in new funding led by Cobalt Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC). The investment follows MedArrive’s $25 million series A round in November 2021 and brings the company’s total funding to $40.5 million to date.
MedArrive supports both adult and pediatric populations, providing a white-labeled care management solution that powers care into the home – often ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT At Home Care behavioral health Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Blue KC Bright Health Care Management Cobalt Ventures Dan Trigub David Eichler Health IT Funding Source Type: blogs
SpectrumAi Secures up to $20M Series A Investment
CVS Health Ventures leads with Cobalt Ventures, F-Prime, Frist Cressey, and Autism Impact Fund
SpectrumAi, a company developing innovative solutions to improve autism care, today announced that it closed up to $20 million in Series A funding led by CVS Health Ventures with participation from Cobalt Ventures, and follow-on investments from Seed investors F-Prime, Frist Cressey, and Autism Impact Fund. Financing will accelerate adoption of SpectrumAi’s applied behavior analysis (ABA) electronic health record, Twyll, and Patterns, its network analytics platform, that are designed to improve data capture and objective measur...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT ABA Applied Behavior Analysis Autism Autism Impact Fund Carl Byers Cobalt Ventures CVS Health Ventures David Eichler EHR F-Prime Frist Cressey Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Inv Source Type: blogs
Magnetic-Plasmonic Hybrid Nanoparticles Isolate Lysosomes from Cells
Researchers at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a method to isolate intact lysosomes from cells. The technique is rapid and produces samples of high purity. Lysosomes are the garbage-disposal organelles within a cell, and they are involved in numerous diseases, from lysosomal storage diseases to autoimmune disorders, certain cancers, and neurodegenerative diseases. However, they are difficult to study, as current techniques to isolate lysosomes from cells result in samples with poor purity and damaged or altered lysosomes. This new approach uses nanotechnology to rapidly extract a high-...
Source: Medgadget - January 13, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: etc. Genetics Nanomedicine Pathology Source Type: blogs
Ring Removal Techniques and Challenges
Unfortunately, rings sometimes need to be removed emergently. Other times, ring removal is more prudent than emergent, such as when further swelling may occur (i.e., after distal radius fracture), preoperatively, prior to MRI, and postmortem. Allergic reactions, anasarca, digital trauma, age-related changes, late pregnancy, and excessive weight gain are common causes of acute and chronic changes in finger circumference.Metal rings also need to be removed emergently when placed on the penis and scrotum for sexual purposes and become entrapped. Cutting is generally the first line of management for removal.Scores of anecdo...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - January 4, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Some Perspective on China and “Rare Earth” Minerals
Scott LincicomeFor morethan a decade now, Chinese production and processing of " rare earth " minerals -- critical inputs in many high-tech products -- has raised concerns among U.S. policymakers about the economic and national security risks arising from potential American " dependence " on China for these goods. Though the specific minerals at issue change from year-to-year, the concerns remain the same, as do domestic producers ' use of the "China Threat" to seek financial and other support from the federal government. Today, the mineral is cobalt, Chinese control of which, according to a new Politicopiece, is a testame...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 3, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome Source Type: blogs
A photochemical dehydrogenative strategy for aniline synthesis
Shashikant U. Dighe, Fabio Juli á, Alberto Luridiana, James J. Douglas & Daniele LeonoriA dual cobalt and photocatalysis system provides a way to assemble anilines from cyclohexanones and amines by progressively dehydrating the intermediate imine. (Source: Organometallic Current)
Source: Organometallic Current - August 6, 2020 Category: Chemistry Tags: Dehydrogenative Coupling Photochemical Rxn Source Type: blogs
Cobalt ‐Catalyzed C8‐Dienylation of Quinoline‐N‐Oxides
Rahul K. Shukla Akshay M. Nair Salman Khan Prof. Chandra M. R. VollaCoIII‐catalyzed site ‐selective C8−H activation of quinoline N‐oxides is demonstrated, engaging allenes as dienylation partners under relatively mild reaction conditions. The combination of a carbonate leaving group on the allene and 30 mol % of a NaF additive was found to be crucial for the dienylation reaction with a broad range of quinoline N‐oxides and allenes, including late‐stage functionalizations. Mechanistic studies provide key insights into the reaction mechanism. (Source: Organometallic Current)
Source: Organometallic Current - August 5, 2020 Category: Chemistry Tags: Co catalyzed Site selective Source Type: blogs
EVALI: New information on vaping-induced lung injury
E-cigarettes (vapes) first made headlines due to skyrocketing sales and popularity. Then reports of serious illnesses and deaths related to vaping tobacco and other substances began mounting in summer 2019. By mid-February 2020, the CDC reported more than 2,800 cases of lung injuries requiring hospitalization across all 50 states, and 68 deaths. EVALI, as this illness is now called, continues to generate questions, although emergency department visits related to vaping have been declining.
Why did vaping injuries, and even deaths, seem to occur so suddenly, even though e-cigarettes have been in use for years? Why is EVALI ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Molly Wolf, MD Tags: Addiction Health Lung disease Smoking cessation Source Type: blogs
EU Clears Medtronic ’s Smart Cobalt and Crome Cardiac Implants
Medtronic has announced that its Cobalt and Crome implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-D) won EU CE Mark clearance, allowing their introduction to the continent.
The devices feature Medtronic’s OptiVol fluid status sensors that allow the introduction of the company’s new TriageHF technology. This classifies patients into one of three groups for potential for heart failure (high, medium, low) based on measures including heart rate variability, atrial fibrillation, and fluid status. Medtronic also announced that existing devices with the OptiV...
Source: Medgadget - January 31, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Magnetic Nanoclusters For Tumor Destruction
A wide variety of magnetic nanoparticles have been developed by researchers. These devices can be injected into tumors and, using a magnetic field, made to heat up and kill cancer cells. One major challenge with using such nanoparticles is that they are usually expected to be injected using a syringe directly into a tumor, but most tumors aren’t so easy to reach. A more systemic delivery method, which can let magnetic nanoparticles access deep-seated cancers, is very much needed.
Now, researchers at Oregon State University have reported in the journal ACS Nano that they have developed specially designed nanoclust...
Source: Medgadget - June 27, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Medicine Nanomedicine Oncology Source Type: blogs
Pants on Fire
A 37-year-old man presented to the ED with thigh pain. He said his e-cigarette battery exploded in his pants pocket after he placed his keys in the pocket. He said he took his pants off immediately and noted that the battery had melted.His initial vital signs were a temperature of 98.7°F, heart rate of 112 bpm, blood pressure of 159/95 mm Hg, and pulse oximetry of 98% on room air. He had a large area of burns of different degrees on his right thigh. Total body surface area of nine percent with first-, second-, and third-degree burns was noted.E-cigarette use, or vaping, has risen significantly in the past 10 years. The...
Source: The Tox Cave - May 1, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
BIOTRONIK ’s Orsiro Ultrathin Coronary Stent Approved in U.S.
BIOTRONIK won FDA approval for its Orsiro drug-eluting coronary stent, an ultrathin device that’s already been approved in Europe for eight years and has been implanted in more than a million patients worldwide.
The Orsiro is a cobalt chromium metal stent that releases sirolimus, which helps to prevent restenosis. This is performed by BIOTRONIK’s proprietary BIOlute bioabsorbable polymer coating, which is infused with the drug and releases it as it breaks down.
The stent is available as narrow as 2.25 mm up to 4.0 mm in diameter and lengths up to 40 mm, which is the longest available in the U.S. for this kind o...
Source: Medgadget - February 25, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
The Slit Lamp Made Simple
The slit lamp is a straightforward and user-friendly machine designed to make ocular exams easy. All the buttons, knobs, and lights, however, can be intimidating. This should not dissuade practitioners from getting cozy, driving the joystick, and evaluating ocular issues.An ED slit lamp with an LED light and magnification power up to 40x. Photo by M. Roberts.ED slit lamps are designed to be a bit more basic in function than those found in an ophthalmologist's office. Many EDs may house more complex machinery, but the vast majority of microscope and light arm combination is set at one length with one lens and one to two ...
Source: The Procedural Pause - February 1, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
