HHA Headlines: The Haas Healthcare Association's Bi-Weekly Publication
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The Demise of Pear Therapeutics: A refpection on the future of digital therapeutics
The digital health industry was hit with unfortunate news last week as Pear Therapeutics, a pioneer in prescription digital therapeutics, announced its closure despite having raised $250M in funding and received FDA authorization for three of its PDTs. The company's bankruptcy filing emphasizes the challenges faced by new solution types, including research and development, market access, and regulatory and reimbursement hurdles. Although Pear was a leader in PDT innovation, the industry is hopeful that the next generation of startups will continue to develop new therapeutic modalities with support from the community.
Read more about this story, here.
Read Rock Health’s perspective on the news. here.
Case Competitions & Accelerator Programs
- Stanford GSB Healthcare Conference (Wednesday, April 26th): Get excited for lively discussions with investors, founders, policymakers, and executives focused on this year's theme: Healthcare at a Crossroads. More info here.
Healthcare News
- Supreme Court orders mifepristone to remain available pending lower court appeals. Read more here.
- Elevance Health expands concierge care program to chronic conditions like Crohn's disease, diabetes. Read more here.
- VA pauses $16B Oracle Cerner EHR deployments indefinitely to address error-ridden early rollout. Read more here.
- Insurers Are Starting to Cover Telehealth Abortion. Read more here.
- Kidney-Care Specialist Diaverum to Be Sold in $2 Billion Deal. Read more here.
- Healthcare Lenders See Increased Demand Amid Banking Crisis. Read more here.
Career Announcements & Opportunities
Full-Time Jobs
- DeepCell Inc is looking for a Market Development Specialist/Manager (Office OR Remote). Link
- Stanford Health Care is looking for Manager - Market Development and Insights (Hybrid). Link
- Deloitte is looking for a Research manager, Center for Health Solutions. Link
- Forward is looking forProduct Manager, Clinical Automation. Link
- Invitae is looking for a Program Manager, Genomics Lab Platform (hybrid). Link
- Blue Shield of California is looking for a Chief of Staff and Strategy Integration - Foundation Link
- 23 and Me is looking for a Principal Portfolio and Project Manager. Link
HIMSS23: Healthcare Information and Management System Society Conference 2023
The HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition is the most influential health information technology event of the year. Wrapping up last week (April 17-21) it brought together 40,000+ professionals from all career stages to build relationships, learn from experts, and discover innovative health tech products. The conference offered over 300 education sessions, numerous networking and exhibition opportunities, and curated programming on specific healthcare challenges.
HIMSS23 News:
- HIMSS23: Microsoft, Wolters Kluwer collaborate on 'big picture insights' analytics offering for hospitals. Read more here.
- HIMSS23: Best Buy Health, VillageMD execs see collaboration as critical to future of healthcare. Read more here.
- ÔÇïÔÇïÔÇïÔÇïÔÇïÔÇïÔÇïHIMSS23: HCA Healthcare pilot testing Augmedix's medical speech recognition tech in ERs. Read more here.
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