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Is the COVID Vaccine the Shot in the Arm We Need for Healthcare Access?
Colin Hung recently interviewed Chris Gervais, CTO and CSO at Kyruus; and Pamela Landis, vice president of digital engagement at Hackensack Meridian Health, for a discussion of healthcare access and the importance of that access in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gervais began by saying that Kyruus defines patient...
Andrew Dudum, Hims & Hers, on disrupting healthcare by reimagining the patient experience
On a recent episode of Wharton Digital Health’s The Pulse podcast, Hims & Hers Founder and CEO Andrew Dudum discussed a wide range of topics including how Hims & Hers disrupted the $4 trillion healthcare industry by creating a telehealth tool that makes Americans’ medical care more affordable, more...
McKesson Launches Ontada, an Oncology Technology and Insights Business Dedicated to Help Advance Cancer Research and Care
McKesson Corporation today announced the launch of Ontada, an oncology technology and insights business designed to support innovation, acceleration, and evidence generation to drive better outcomes for patients with cancer. Building on McKesson’s long history in community oncology, Ontada combines its real-world...
McKesson Ventures Invests as Clinical Ink Debuts Lunexis™ ePRO+ Solution
Clinical Ink, a global clinical trial technology company, today announced an investment from McKesson Ventures, along with its significantly enhanced electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) module. “McKesson Ventures is excited to invest in Clinical Ink, a market leader in clinical trial enablement technology,”...
Michelle Snyder, Digital Health Veteran, Joins McKesson Ventures
McKesson Ventures has hired Michelle Snyder as its newest investment partner. Snyder, a mobile health pioneer, is known for her leadership and guidance in building Epocrates, one of the healthcare industry’s first successful mobile health companies. She brings more than 25 years of healthcare experience to the...
Keeping Physicians Independent: Dr Patricia Salber Interviews Dr Farzad Mostashari
In a recent episode of the American Journal of Managed Care’s Managed Care Cast podcast, Dr. Patricia Salber, MD, MBA, of The Doctor Weighs In interviewed Aledade Co-founder and CEO Farzad Mostashari, MD, about how his company is keeping physicians independent through value-based care. Value-based care, Mostashari...
Baptist Health Engages Kyruus to Enable Next-Generation Online Patient Access Experience
Kyruus announced that Baptist Health, the largest nonprofit health system in Kentucky, has engaged the company to help elevate its digital access experience for consumers. The health system will collaborate with Kyruus to modernize the care search experience for consumers on the Baptist Health website and enable them...
The Spread of COVID-19 Has Caused Medtech to Boom
The promise of digital health, telehealth, and other medtech solutions like remote patient monitoring has been apparent to people in the industry for a long time, but it wasn’t until COVID-19 forced the adoption of these tools that the promise started to become a reality. Global Market Insights forecasts that...
Here’s the pitch deck that convinced Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to participate in a $33 million Series C extension for Vineti, which makes cloud software to track advanced drug development
Vineti, a cloud software startup that manages the development of drugs such as cancer vaccines and cell and gene therapies recently raised a $33 million extension to its Series C round. Business Insider recently interviewed Vineti CEO and Co-founder Amy DuRoss about the company, why it raised an extension to its...
IVX Health Completes Acquisition of Precision Healthcare
IVX Health, a national provider of infusion and injection therapy for patients with complex chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and Crohn’s disease, announced its acquisition of Precision Healthcare. Precision operates 12 infusion centers across Tennessee and northern Arkansas. The...
Press Releases
Aledade Announces Carbon Neutrality, Additional Sustainability Efforts
On Earth Day 2021, Aledade announced three key sustainability commitments the company is making in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint and support a healthier environment. First among them, Aledade announced that, effective immediately, the company is...
Evidation Partners with HealthVerity to Enhance its Research and Virtual Health Offerings
Evidation and HealthVerity have announced a collaboration to provide greater transparency to the patient experience by allowing individuals to connect their wearable and survey data with real-world data from clinical settings via HealthVerity. The partnership will...
Clinical Ink Deploys eCOA Solutions for Industry’s Most Complex Assessments
Global clinical trial technology company Clinical Ink announced that it has deployed an industry-leading 500 unique eCOA scales and assessments in 82 languages. eCOA, or electronic clinical outcome assessment, instruments play a critical role in clinical trial conduct...
Health Care Transformation Task Force Expands its Executive Committee
Aledade Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Policy Officer Sean Cavanaugh is one of five people recently elected to the Executive Committee of the Health Care Transformation Task Force. The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) is a group of leading payers,...
Accolade to Announce Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results
Accolade, which provides personalized, technology-enabled solutions that help people better understand, navigate, and utilize the healthcare system and their workplace benefits, announced that it will release fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results...