Seattle-based BirchAI, a startup that builds software to streamline customer support for healthcare companies, announced Tuesday that it is being acquired by Sagility, a Denver-based health-tech company. BirchAI was spun… Read More
A new Seattle startup led by co-founders with experience in health tech is aiming to automate communication processes for healthcare clinics with its software platform. Olamedi is a year-old company… Read More
Almost eight months after closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of primary care company One Medical, Amazon is making health care through the platform a benefit for Prime members. For $9… Read More
Seattle health-tech startup DexCare announced Wednesday that it raised $75 million in fresh cash to boost the development of its healthcare patient demand and access platform. The financing marks one of… Read More
A new startup born out of Pioneer Square Labs in Seattle wants to help independent workers — including those who don’t have medical insurance — save money at the pharmacy. Otis is… Read More
Amazon is trying its hand at another healthcare service. The Seattle tech giant announced Tuesday that it’s launching “Amazon Clinic,” a new virtual care platform that uses message-based interaction to… Read More
Seattle-based 98point6 announced that it is licensing its virtual care delivery platform in a deal with Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System. This is the company’s first foray as a third-party… Read More
The news: Seattle entrepreneurs Sage Khanuja, 17, and Nikolas Ioannou, 18, have sold their telemedicine startup Spira to Galileo, a New York-based healthcare company. “To be honest, I didn’t really think much… Read More
New funding: Portland, Ore.-based pediatric health startup Brave Care raised a $10 million Series A round. How it works: Brave Care is akin to ZOOM+Care clinics but specifically targets kids. The… Read More
At an international health conference this week, scientists with the University of Washington and Microsoft Research will virtually present new technology that allows medical providers to remotely check a patient’s… Read More
Riding a wave of demand for its telemedicine technology, and reacting to U.S. adults’ increasing struggles with metal health during COVID-19, Seattle-based 98point6 is launching a new behavioral health service… Read More
Jason Haddock had big plans for the rollout of his health tech startup in the U.S. The CEO of 3X4 Genetics, a South African genetic testing company, had attracted an… Read More
Amazon is reportedly working on a new Alexa-enabled bedside device that does more than soothe you to sleep with white noise or wake you up with an alarm. The device… Read More
Investor interest in healthcare technology is on the rise amid a pandemic that has put a spotlight on telemedicine, patient monitoring, and more. Global VC funding to digital health companies… Read More
Rep. Suzan DelBene — a Washington Democrat representing a region renowned for its biotech sector — formed a new medical technology caucus this week. The caucus, launched in partnership with… Read More
Medcurity, the Spokane, Wash.-based startup that makes it easier for healthcare organizations to comply with federal privacy and security laws, has raised an additional $200,000 as part of a seed… Read More
Two University of Washington students just released a SMS COVID-19 tracker and have plans for a coronavirus screening tool. Nikolas Ioannou and Sage Khanuja are the teenagers behind Spira, which… Read More
Bright.md raised more money for its AI-powered virtual healthcare service as the Portland, Ore.-based startup helps screen patients with COVID-19-like symptoms. B Capital and Seven Peaks Ventures led an $8… Read More
Microsoft and Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies announced Friday they will work together to map the immune response to COVID-19. The goal of the partnership is to study population-wide immune responses to… Read More
Cardiac Insight, a Bellevue, Wash. startup that makes lightweight disposable electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors and software to monitor patients’ heartbeats, has raised $8 million in funding amid a period of rapid… Read More
It has been nearly two decades since scientists accomplished the first complete sequencing of the human genome. This historic moment gave us an unprecedented view of human DNA, the genetic… Read More
Accolade is taking steps toward going public later this year, according to a new report. CNBC reported that the healthcare tech company hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, among others,… Read More
New funding: Medical device startup Sonivate is raising cash to fund its efforts to make ultrasound devices that fit on physicians’ fingertips. A SEC filing reveals $1.4 million raised of… Read More
Whenever Justin Chan visited a hospital, he was surprised to see the physically large and expensive devices that are rolled around for various diagnostics. It was a seemingly ordinary observation,… Read More
Brave Care is attracting so much investor attention that it didn’t even need to pitch at Y Combinator Demo Day. The Portland startup announced another $5.2 million in funding today… Read More
Sterifre Medical raised an $8 million round to fuel development of products that rapidly disinfect healthcare devices, bringing the startup’s total funding to $20 million to date. The Kirkland, Wash.-based… Read More
In 2017, Microsoft struck a deal with Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies to develop a blood test with the promise of diagnosing dozens of diseases at once, and as part of the… Read More
Seattle startup 98point6 is bringing its virtual primary care solution to hundreds of thousands of new patients as part of a collaboration with Banner|Aetna, a health plan operated by Banner… Read More
Proteins, algorithms and apps — oh my! Health innovators across the Pacific Northwest continue to embrace technologies that go well beyond traditional drugs. The finalists for the Health Innovation of… Read More
Nanodropper, a medical device startup founded by a group of University of Washington students, has developed an adapter that makes eye drops smaller. It’s a way for people with glaucoma… Read More