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NY Innovation Report Shows Funding Plummet for Women’s Health; Biotech Startups Gain Interest
New York healthcare startups received $3.9 billion of funding in 2022, compared to $9 billion in 2021, according to a new DHNY report. Biotech startups represented 22% of total funding in 2022, a stark difference from women’s health only representing 2%.
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Healthcare Hires of Note
Read about executive hires across healthcare and life sciences.
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Jorie Healthcare CEO Shares Why Automation is Critical to Revenue Cycle Management
The revenue cycle management business is using AI tools to automate cumbersome tasks to help hospitals operate more efficiently. It’s beginning to attract the attention of major healthcare organizations.
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Employee Benefits, SYN, Telemedicine
Is Ro taking the business-to-business route next?
By all accounts, Ro is a successful direct-to-consumer telehealth and pharmacy services startup. At the recently-concluded HLTH conference, Ro’s chief medical officer speculated on how it might enter the business-to-business healthcare world.
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Ro builds out women’s health business with $225M acquisition
The direct-to-consumer health startup recently acquired Modern Fertility, a startup with a similar business model. The startup’s founders will lead Ro’s women’s health business.
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Direct-to-consumer health startup Ro raises $500M
Ro, a direct-to-consumer health startup, recently raised a $500 million funding round. It plans to use the funds to expand into at-home diagnostics and care.
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Report: Ro in talks to go public through blank-check merger
Direct-to-consumer health startup Ro is reportedly in talks go public through a merger with a blank-check company, according to a report by Reuters.
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Startups, Telemedicine, Health Services
With $200M in new funding, Ro looks to become patients’ first point of contact
Ro, a startup offering patients mail-order prescriptions and telehealth appointments, raised $200 million in funding. The company started three years ago with men’s health and wellness products, before expanding its business.
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Navigating Healthcare’s Data Revolution: Priorities, Opportunities, and Challenges for Health Systems
Arcadia recently partnered with HIMSS Market Insights to survey executives, IT, technology, and clinical leaders. Here’s what we found.
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Startups, Patient Engagement, Pharma
Erectile dysfunction startup raises $88M for another hard problem
Ro, previously known as Roman, has raised the new money to launch a smoking cessation vertical called Zero.