Kirkland, Wash.-based Cardiac Dimensions raised a $17.5 million Series C round. The company will use the fresh cash to help sell its heart-valve repair device. Founded in 2001, the Seattle-area… Read More
Seattle startup Optimize.health raised $15.6 million to help meet demand for its remote patient monitoring technology as investor interest in digital health solutions increases amid the pandemic. Founded in 2015,… Read More
Seattle healthcare startup KitoTech Medical faced a challenge at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was difficult to pitch the company’s microMend wound closure device to new hospitals and… 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
Amazon plans to establish healthcare facilities for its warehouse workers and their families across the country. The company unveiled the plan Tuesday, starting with a clinic in the Dallas-Fort Worth… Read More
Consumers are used to opening their front doors to subscription deliveries of seasonal produce, curated clothing, and toys and treats for their pooches. A Portland, Ore.-based startup wants to add… Read More
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform announced a new iteration of its Text Analytics technology for healthcare, bringing to market some of the artificial intelligence that the company previously contributed to an… Read More
As the coronavirus pandemic took hold, Seattle’s Vanessa Dyce saw her community coming undone and wanted to help. Dyce, a software engineer, was looking for a cause she believed in… Read More
Vulcan Capital and other Seattle-area firms invested in a $1.1 million round for MDMetrix, a Seattle startup that helps hospitals manage clinical performance. MDMetrix is seeing increased demand for its… Read More
Healthcare workers at Seattle’s Virginia Medical Center will be the first to receive respirators built by Ford Motors, which pivoted in March to begin developing personal protective equipment as COVID-19… Read More
The coronavirus outbreak in Washington state has not yet reached the “peak” that some public health officials anticipate, but already ICU physicians like Mike Holmes are grappling with a dearth… Read More
Accolade, the Seattle-based health benefits platform led by former Concur president Raj Singh, filed Friday to raise as much as $100 million in an initial public offering. Here are some… Read More
Amazon employees can now take advantage of a new on-demand healthcare service that blends virtual medicine and in-house/office visits. The company first acknowledged the service, called Amazon Care, in September,… Read More
Microsoft launched a major health research initiative Wednesday to address some of the medical world’s most confounding challenges using artificial intelligence. The $40 million AI for Health initiative will focus… Read More
— Math is one of those subjects that seems to be divisive among students as they grow up. Basically, you love it or you hate it. There aren’t many middle-of-the-road… Read More
Frazier Healthcare Partners today announced the closure of a $617 million fund, also known as Frazier Life Sciences X. The fresh cash will be used to invest in therapeutics-focused companies… Read More
SCI Solutions, a Seattle company that operates an online marketplace for patients and healthcare providers, just got acquired for $190 million. A Chicago-based company called R1 RCM that makes software… 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
Melissa Mulholland was 16 weeks pregnant with her second child when her doctor noticed something unusual in an ultrasound scan. It was a rare fetal condition called posterior urethral valves,… Read More
Amazon’s digital brain Alexa can now refill prescriptions via voice command and remind people to take their medicine, the latest new initiative in the company’s rapidly expanding healthcare push. Amazon… Read More
— Geeks (and some non-geeks as well) seem to have a never-ending fascination with space. That love of the great beyond has led to an interest by entrepreneurs looking to… Read More
Amazon’s Echo Buds are capable of tracking steps in some versions of the Alexa app, according to a report from CNBC. Step tracking, calorie counting, and run tracking were among… Read More
Haven Healthcare, a joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, created its first offering in the form of health insurance plans for tens of thousands of employees. Amazon… Read More
Shyam Gollakota has come a long way since his first day as a university undergraduate. “I didn’t know how to program. In fact, I didn’t even know how to type,”… Read More
Health tech startup Twistle landed $16 million to fund a platform that makes it easier for hospitals to communicate with patients. The Series A funding round was led by Health… Read More
The rise of therapies that target tumors based on their genetic profile is revolutionizing how we treat cancer. It’s also creating a data overload. Around 17 million people are diagnosed… Read More
Decades of technological advances have led to a revolution in ultrasound machines that has given rise to modern devices that weigh less than a pound and can display images on… Read More
Amazon has snapped up small healthcare startup Health Navigator to help power its recently-launched primary care program for employees. The deal is Amazon’s second purchase the healthcare space following the… Read More
Microsoft has signed yet another partnership with a major healthcare organization, this time with insurance giant Humana on digital health solutions for aging populations. The deal is an opportunity for… Read More
Accolade, a Seattle-based company that operates a technology platform to help employees navigate healthcare, landed a $20 million investment from health insurance giant Humana as part of an ongoing partnership… Read More