May - 2022

The HSB Blog

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Age Related Barriers to Digital Health Remain-The HSB Blog 5/24/22

Our Take: Age-related barriers to using digital health services persist, despite the significant uptake and shift to digitized healthcare. Digital health companies that design user friendly services or products for the elderly could mitigate adverse health-related outcomes and worsened chronic conditions linked to usage barriers by addressing the age-related barriers. Technological literacy gaps seen amongst the elderly are worth considering in the design and implementation o

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Scouting Report-Osmind: An EHR for Doctors and Researchers Targeting Treatment-Resistant Depression

The Driver: Osmind recently raised $40 million in Series B funding round led by DFJ Growth, with additional participation from Susa Ventures, General Catalyst, Future Ventures, Tiger Global, Pear VC, and angels Lachy Groom, Brent Saunders, Helena Goodman, and Ariel Katz. The US-based startup is a technology platform for breakthrough mental health treatment and research. Osmind is an electronic health record designed exclusively for doctors and researchers who use and study ke

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Empowering nurses is key to enhancing impact of digital health solutions-The HSB Blog 5/17/22

Our Take: Creating more digitally engaged nurses and digital nurse leadership is integral to optimizing the benefits of digital technologies and solutions in nursing practice. Digital health technologies and solutions have become an essential part of healthcare delivery and is widely debated to be the future of healthcare. Nursing is not left out with opportunities to explore the potential of utilizing technology or digital health solutions. The accelerated pace of adoption o

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Scouting Report-Sidekick Health: Integrating DTx and Clinical Treatment for Chronic Care

The Driver: Sidekick Health recently raised $55 million in series B funding led by London-based Venture Capital firm Novator Ventures, with additional participation from Wellington Partners, Asabys Partners, Frumtak Ventures, and a US-based partner that has yet to be revealed. Sidekick Health is an Iceland-based digital care platform focused on managing chronic diseases. Sidekick develops personalized digital therapeutics to encourage lifestyle and chronic disease management

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Virtual Care May Be One Answer to Healthcare’s Nursing Shortage-The HSB Blog 5/10/22

Earlier this year we wrote a piece on how virtual care my be one anwer to healthcare’s labor shortages, please see: Virtual Care May Be One Answer to Healthcare’s Labor Shortages-The HSB Blog 1/31/22. This week in honor of Nurses Appreciation Week we have revised and updated it with a focus on the nursing shortage. Our Take: Leveraging virtual care is one way to deal with a number of the issues that healthcare’s workforce shortages have brought to light due to the Pandemic. F

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Scouting Report-Clipboard Health: Reducing Nursing Burnout and Filling Provider Vacancies Instantly

The Driver: Clipboard Health recently raised $30 million in Series C funding led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Caffeinated Capital, Initialized Capital, Michael Seibel of Y Combinator; Tony Xu, co-founder of DoorDash; and Emmett Shear, CEO of Twitch. This latest funding round brings the total funds raised to more than $90 million. Clipboard is an app-based marketplace company whose goal is to serve as a solution to the labor shortage at healthcare facilities arou

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Wearables Must Fix Barriers to Achieve Potential-The HSB Blog 5/3/22

Our Take: The barriers to adopting wearable technology still persist notwithstanding its consistent advancement and growing demand for health monitoring. Barriers such as cost effectiveness, accessibility, maintenance, and privacy limit the usability of wearables and addressing these barriers would enhance its utility to the general public. Below is a breakdown of each of these barriers and ways technology developers and health professionals are dealing with them. Key Takeawa