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Kyruus Announces Launch of ProviderMatch for Salesforce on the Salesforce AppExchange to Help Health Systems Deliver Optimal Access Experience

Kyruus announced today that its ProviderMatch for Salesforce solution, which integrates into Salesforce Health Cloud on the Salesforce AppExchange, is now available. ProviderMatch for Salesforce enables contact centers to deliver a personalized, end-to-end patient experience by combining Salesforce’s 360-degree view of the patient with Kyruus’ robust matching, appointment booking, and provider data management capabilities. With access centers serving as a key entry to health systems, Kyruus and Salesforce have already seen significant demand for the combined offering of ProviderMatch and HealthCloud. The launch accompanies a strategic...

New Actuarial Study Shows Accolade Personalized Advocacy Substantially Reduces Employer Healthcare Costs

A comprehensive study from a leading consulting firm has found that Accolade employer customers save significant medical and pharmacy spend across the entire member population, regardless of age, demographic, or condition. According to a rigorous independent comparison study by Aon, Accolade personalized advocacy allows self-insured employers to save between $527 and $782 per employee, per year—substantial savings over a matched multi-employer control group. The single-year and multi-year study was conducted by a highly respected team of Aon actuaries, who compared the medical utilization and financial results of...

Digital Therapeutics Market to Reach $7.83 Bn, Globally by 2025 at 20.5% CAGR—Allied Market Research

A new report by Allied Market Research shows that the field of digital therapeutics has a bright future. Increasing penetration of smartphones and tablets, and the rising incidence of chronic diseases are expected to boost the growth of the global digital therapeutics market. In addition, increasing awareness about the benefits of digital therapeutics such as low healthcare expenditure, improved patient and doctor communication, and efficient management of patients’ health supplements the market’s growth. This is good news for companies like Propeller Health, a McKesson Ventures portfolio company,...

Wearables Focus on Tracking Your Health

In a post on Multiple Sclerosis News Today, blogger Ed Tobias wrote, “I never thought I’d want a wearable internet device until I got an Apple Watch for my birthday.” Among its benefits are apps that track the laps he swims, the steps he takes, and his pulse rate. Not only that, but it can communicate with high-tech exercise equipment to monitor gym progress. Tobias also wrote that the newest Apple Watch, the Series 4, also comes with a new feature that MS sufferers might find...

Trident Medical Center Joins Sarah Cannon Research Institute in National Early Cancer Detection Study

Trident Medical Center of Charleston, South Carolina, announced that it and Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Institute of HCA Healthcare, will participate in a study called STRIVE, which focuses on developing a test for early cancer detection. The STRIVE study is designed to determine if a blood test can identify genomic material arising from tumors so that breast cancer and other cancers can be detected at their earliest stages. The blood test will be given along with mammograms as part of the research. “Today’s announcement marks a major...