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Harmony Healthcare IT Announces Acquisition of Trinisys

Healthcare IT Today

Harmony Healthcare IT, founded in 2006, is known for its pioneering offering including HealthData Platform , an enterprise-wide, cloud-hosted infrastructure that moves and secures patient, employee, and business records for healthcare delivery organizations.

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Medicare Advantage enrollment has exploded since 2006. But policy hasn't kept up, researchers warn

FierceHealthIT

Medicare Advantage enrollment has exploded since 2006. But policy hasn't kept up, researchers warn fdiamond Thu, 02/09/2023 - 15:41

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Best Buy acquires aging in place tech company GreatCall for $800M

Mobi Health News

San Diego-based GreatCall — an old guard digital health company which started out making smartphones for seniors in 2006 but now offers a suite of connected safety products and services for aging in place individuals — has been acquired by retail chain Best Buy for $800 million.

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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

Health Populi

In 2006 the Medicare Part D program was implemented, covering older Americans for prescription drugs for the first time. Fast-forward through the 1990s and the advent of PBMs — pharmacy benefit management companies — the intermediaries managing drug benefits for health insurance plans.

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Most Americans Want the Federal Government to Ensure Healthcare for All

Health Populi

This sentiment has been relatively stable since 2000 except for two big outlying years: a spike of 69% in 2006, and a low-point in 2003 of 42%. In 2006, Medicare Part D launched, which may have boosted consumers’ faith in Federal healthcare programs. Most people in the U.S.

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eHealth Exchange is Promoting Health Record Sharing, Past and Future

Healthcare IT Today

Nakashima presents an interesting history of eHealth Exchange (originally named the National Health Information Network), including how close it came to being shut down after it first demonstrated in 2006 that the electronic exchange of patient documents was feasible. It is still around and thriving as a non-profit.

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Consumers Don’t Know What They Don’t Know About Healthcare Costs

Health Populi

” We’ve known about the compelling triple-tax advantage of a health savings account since President Bush promoted them in 2006. Nudging people to save more overall – specifically for healthcare — will need a lot more than a clever digital tool and “knowledge.”