Denmark-based Teton, a company that offers an AI companion to help nurses monitor patients and optimize workflow, announced it created a real-time, live 3D reconstruction of a hospital room using Gefion, Denmark’s national supercomputer. The aim is to help nurses recognize risks early, reduce paperwork and improve patient care. Operated by the Danish Center for […]

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include Teladoc’s first quarter 2025 earnings results. New York-based virtual care company Teladoc Health announced it acquired mental health platform UpLift in an all-cash deal with $30 million upfront and up to $15 million in contingent earnout consideration.  The acquisition reinforces Teladoc’s game plan to increase its

Virtual teletherapy company Talkspace is teaming up with online digital safety platform Bark Technologies to offer Talkspace’s mental health offering free of charge to Bark phone and Bark app users.   Bark’s content monitoring platform aims to help families recognize potential dangers in children’s online activities. It provides mental health support by connecting children with therapists

New York-based virtual care company Teladoc Health announced it acquired mental health platform UpLift in a deal worth $30 million. The acquisition reinforces Teladoc’s game plan to increase its leadership position in virtual mental health and the ability for consumers served by the company’s BetterHelp segment to get benefits coverage for mental health services. Teladoc

Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers is partnering with Novo Nordisk to allow Americans to access a bundled offering that includes the pharma giant’s obesity drug Wegovy and a Hims & Hers membership starting at $599 per month.  Hims & Hers members will have direct access to NovoCare Pharmacy, an offering through Novo Nordisk

Healthcare software company Commure entered into a strategic partnership with virtual healthcare provider HealthTap to combine its EHR integrations, AI-enabled tools and care coordination abilities with HealthTap’s clinician network and virtual care delivery services. The companies say the alliance will allow health systems and other practices to provide expanded services, such as virtual primary care

Atropos Health, a company that translates real-world clinical data (RWD) into real-world evidence, announced a strategic partnership with Ontada, a McKesson business involved in community oncology. Ontada is connected to The US Oncology Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of McKesson, which delivers real-time data, insights and research on how cancer is treated in a community.

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab has created Seq2Symm, an open-source AI tool that helps scientists determine the 3D shapes of certain proteins, including those found in viruses. Seq2Symm uses AI to predict a protein’s 3D shape and structure from a one-dimensional sequence. The tool could help researchers better understand diseases, develop drugs and vaccines, and

Oncology-focused social media platform Belong.Life announced a strategic partnership with AI-enabled patient engagement company Equiva, in which Belong’s conversational AI offerings will be integrated into Equiva’s platform.  Belong’s conversational AI mentors include Dave, a cancer care focused AI, and Fred, a mentor for sustainable weight loss, better health and lifestyle enhancement. Belong.life’s AI companions will

Global clinical technology company Wolters Kluwer Health is extending its partnership with electronic health record (EHR) company Epic to allow UpToDate Enterprise customers and their patients access to patient education content directly within the Epic EHR and MyChart patient portal.   “If you are an UpToDate Enterprise customer, which means you get access to our full