Virgin Pulse plans to merge with HealthComp in $3B deal
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The employer health tech company and healthcare services administrator will combine to create an extensive employer-focused health platform.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The employer health tech company and healthcare services administrator will combine to create an extensive employer-focused health platform.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
In U.S. health care’s negative-sum game, stakeholders who survive and win that game will have to deliver value-for-money, we learn from Trilliant Health’s 2023 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report. “Report” is one word for this nearly 150-page compendium of health care data that is a treasure trove for health service researchers, marketers, strategists, journalists, and those keen to explore questions about the current state of health care in America.
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Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Behavioral health company Owl partners with Medicaid plan Colorado Access, and hybrid care platform Amwell integrates Health Gorilla's lab offerings into its platform.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Boston Children's Hospital recently announced its plans to transition to a unified Epic electronic health record. Similar to Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health and Pittsburgh-based UPMC , Boston Children's – which currently uses both Epic and Cerner PowerChart – says it plans to make the migration to a single Epic platform across all its care sites in 2024.
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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Amazon announced this week that it would invest up to $4 billion in artificial intelligence company Anthropic as the AI arms race heats up. | Amazon announced this week that it would invest up to $4 billion in artificial intelligence company Anthropic as the AI arms race heats up. The collaboration introduces more competition and more options for healthcare teams looking to innovate using different approaches or to get more tactical with their AI strategy, one health IT expert said.
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Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
When someone wants to create a healthcare app, they often think that getting the data they need to make their app work will be easy. They assume that there must be some easy EHR API they can tap into that will provide them with the data access they need. Or maybe they hear about this new more modern FHIR standard that will give them access to that data.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Despite the challenging funding market, startups focused on women's health and menopause care continue to attract investors who see an untapped market. | The startup, which launched about a year ago, focuses exclusively on women navigating midlife hormonal transition. Midi offers evidence-based interventions ranging from lifestyle coaching and supplements to prescription medications, all covered by major insurance providers.
DigitalHealth
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Digital treatments platform Wellmind Health has officially launched Pathway through Arthritis, a unique arthritis pain management program.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
As new primary care models, including retail health clinics, continue to scale, the national supply of clinical providers will become even more constrained. | As new primary care models, including retail health clinics, continue to scale, the national supply of clinical providers will become even more constrained. For health systems, hospitals and medical groups, competition for the shrinking pool of nurses and doctors will intensify, according to a new analysis.
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Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Rural Health Clinic Transition Project Manager position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is a hybrid position located in the Midwest. Here’s a description of the position: Now seeking a Project Manager for a client engagement in the Midwest, who can lead the organization’s physician pract
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Big players continue to make hefty investments in health tech—look no further than Amazon expanding its virtual clinic to all 50 states and the planned $3 billion merger between digital wellness co | Health tech company Wheel has been building for the next evolution of virtual care with an eye toward working with large enterprises, health plans, pharma and nontraditional players like retailers.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The following is a guest article by Niall O’Connor, Chief Technology Officer at Cohere Health Constructing a Responsible AI Framework for Prior Authorization The American healthcare system is on the precipice of a critically necessary digital transformation. Anyone who has experience with healthcare, even just as a consumer, knows technology and change are needed.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Structural racism encompassing groups, not bigotry targeting individuals, drives much of the healthcare inequity in the U.S., according to a study in Health Affairs. | The residual effects of a 1930s racist mortgage program are still being felt. The expansion of Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act helped address the problem to some extent, but not all states elected to take advantage of that opportunity.
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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.
DigitalHealth
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Global leader in artificial intelligence and analytics, SAS, is to launch a new transformative healthcare platform that will simplify health data.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
St. Louis-based health insurer Centene is laying off approximately 2,000 workers, or about 3% of its total workforce. | Health insurer Centene is laying off 3% of its workforce, but gave sparse details on the decision.
DigitalHealth
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
A groundbreaking alliance aims to help NHS trusts meet the challenge of EPR implementation.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
A U.S. | The case was a test of whether a state's Certificate of Public Advantage exempted a health system from submitting to federal regulatory review.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven
Digital Health Global
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The TMC Netherlands BioBridge marks the fifth strategic international partnership forged by TMC since 2016 HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Texas Medical Center (TMC) and Health~Holland, Top Sector Life Sciences & Health (LSH) launched a groundbreaking BioBridge, a strategic alliance advancing and connecting global innovation. The TMC BioBridge program provides a gateway for entrepreneurs, researchers, clinicians, and industry partners to access the US market and the TMC experts, while pr
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Microsoft and Mercy are the latest big tech-health system pairing to explore generative AI, cloud technology and other tools that could lighten the load on employees. | "Immediate" generative AI use cases Mercy plans to implement will assist with patient communications and employees' HR-related searches, the organizations said.
Digital Health Global
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Automera unlocks the full potential of autophagy-based targeted protein degradation for oncology and other indications SEATTLE & SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Accelerator Life Science Partners (ALSP), an early-stage life science accelerator and investment firm that creates and builds next-generation biotechnology companies centered on innovative science, today announced the Series A financing of Automera, a new biotechnology company that focuses on the development of autophagy-target
Connected Health Initiative
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
In the intricate web of healthcare, one factor stands out as paramount – patient trust. It’s not just about numbers on a balance sheet; it’s about the safety and well-being of patients. Let’s delve into why nurturing this trust is essential to solving the complex puzzle of privacy in healthcare. For starters, protecting patient data allows hospitals and other facilities to build trust with their patients.
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FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
In this conversation, Tarek Rabah, President and CEO of Otsuka North America Pharmaceutical Business is interviewed for Mental Illness Awareness Week. | While the road to equity is complex, Otsuka’s commitment is to see a world where every mind is valued.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Aging 2.0, from very small to very big. Begun in 2012 through the efforts of Katy Fike and Stephen Johnston. The goal: address the biggest challenges and opportunities in aging. In 2021, Aging 2.0, at that point with “40,000-plus innovators in 130 chapters across 31 countries”, was acquired by the Louisville Healthcare CEO Council. Despite denial that this acquisition was not changing the mission, it has migrated from its long-time loosely connected chapters with a few members here to a tho
Optimum Healthcare IT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Read Time: 3 min How do you prove the stakeholder's side of ServiceNow ROI? Optimum has a three-point strategy: investigate, captivate, and empower. Continue reading 5 Questions for Receiving Community Connect at Optimum Healthcare IT.
ACA Times
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to lessen the financial burden of healthcare insurance for Americans and ensure access to insurance for all. Employers have taken on an important… The post Decoding ACA Full-Time Employee Rules: A Guide for ALEs first appeared on The ACA Times.
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Optimum Healthcare IT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
How do you prove the stakeholder's side of ServiceNow ROI? Optimum has a three-point strategy: investigate, captivate, and empower. Continue reading 5 Questions for Receiving Community Connect at Optimum Healthcare IT.
Digital Health Global
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
New research shows UK doctors the least satisfied with their career choice compared to France, Germany, Italy, and Spain 8 in 10 say working in the NHS has become harder in the past year The vast majority of doctors are unhappy with their pay Just 1 in 4 would recommend a medical career to their children LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A Medscape study of 4,347 doctors across Europe’s biggest economies has found that only half of UK doctors (54%) would choose the profession for themselves if
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Senate leaders have put forward a bipartisan stopgap funding bill that, along with keeping the government open, would extend several key health funding measures for a month and a half. | The Senate's bipartisan bill aims to break a logjam in the Republican-controlled House that threatens a government shutdown by the end of the week. The bill moved forward in a 77-19 procedural vote Tuesday night.
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