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Providence Uses Remote Patient Monitoring For 700+ COVID-19 Patients
Health system Providence is now remotely monitoring COVID-19 patients using the Xealth digital platform to deliver Twistle’s care automation and remote patient monitoring platform. Providence is using a solution from Twistle to reach out automatically to at-risk patients through text messages, phone calls, or...
6 ways to increase ICU capacity amid COVID-19
Judging from the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., April will see ICU capacity strained in many regions of the country. It’s already begun in New York City, Seattle, New Orleans, and elsewhere. Health care CEOs are trying to figure out how to increase intensive care unit capacity, whether through internal...
Q&A: How can telehealth help lower risks during a public health crisis?
Virtual care delivered through a computer, phone, or tablet can be a helpful tool in controlling infectious diseases. With the outbreak of COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has expanded telehealth coverage for Medicare recipients, and the Department of Health and Human Services is also...
Aledade Empowers Primary Care ACOs With Updox’s Telehealth Virtual Office Visits
Aledade has announced an arrangement with telehealth platform Updox to offer a comprehensive telehealth solution to Aledade’s national network of physician-led accountable care organizations. “While our partner physicians across the country manage an unprecedented publica health crisis, they are encouraging their...
#allinseattle Raises $27M to Provide Immediate Assistance for People Impacted by COVID-19
Today, an initiative, #allinseattle, launched with more than $27 million in pledged donations from individuals and entities to local organizations directly working with people affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The group is calling on others in the region, as well as community and business leaders across the country,...
The DTC coronavirus home test kits are here
The process of COVID-19 testing is already overwhelming the U.S. health care system, tech companies are using their infrastructure to make testing accessible to more people. Health startups EverlyWell, Nurx, and Radish announced their own versions of at-home testing kits, while Hims launched a COVID-19 screening as...
Telepharmacists Keep Rural Care Going
Morristown, Indiana, population 1,300, was at risk of becoming one more rural health care desert, lacking both a local pharmacy and easy access to basic medical services. But a partnership between Hancock Health, a leading regional health system, and Amwell, has given the residents of Morristown a pharmacy and...
Health tech investment trends: How are investors positioning for the future of health?
The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions recently provided a report full of insights into the quickly emerging health tech sector. For the report, the company interviewed 15 health technology investors and analyzed data from 2011 through 2019 from the Rock Health Digital Funding Database. The years 2018 and 2019 saw...
Sexism is Built Into the Algorithm
Men’s wellness and personal care service Hims may have raised eyebrows when its ads for hair loss and erectile dysfunction solutions (all framed in a hipster-friendly format) began appearing in the New York City subway system. But nobody pushed back against allowing the ads in the first place. The same thing was not...
hilary coles, co-founder and vp of product at hims & hers
The Cnnekt recently interviewed Hims & Hers Co-founder and VP of Product Hilary Coles, whose company gives easy access to medical-grade products that aren’t always in reach. She and the company are also normalizing conversations about topics such as hair loss, erectile dysfunction, birth control, and sex drive...
Press Releases
Kyruus Named 2018 MedTech Breakthrough Award Winner
Kyruus’ ProviderMatch for Consumers solution has been awarded the “Best Patient Scheduling Solution” award by MedTech Breakthrough. The MedTech Breakthrough Rewards are designed to “honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success” in a variety of...
Avizia and VeeMed Partner to Enable Seamless, Powerful Telehealth Programs
Telehealth company Avizia recently announced a new partnership with VeeMed, a leading provider of physician services for telehealth. The partnership brings together Avizia’s telehealth platform and VeeMed’s provider services for high-acuity use cases including...
GRAIL Announces Data from Prototype Blood Tests for Early Cancer Detection
Earlier this month, GRAIL, Inc., a life sciences company dedicated to finding early detection strategies for cancer patients, announced that it has made progress toward developing a method for identifying multiple types of cancer through blood tests. The announcement...
Truveris Appoints Sally Welborn, former head of Walmart Global Benefits to Board of Directors
Truveris, a McKesson Ventures portfolio company, has announced that it has elected Sally Welborn to its board of directors. Welborn brings 30+ years of industry experience to Truveris, which is working to provide everyone with access to affordable prescription...
Avizia Partners with athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption, Please’ Program to Enable System-Wide Telehealth Strategies
Today Avizia announced a new partnership with athenahelath, Inc. as part of the ‘More Disruption Please’ (MDP) program. The move means that Avizia will now be a part of the athenahealth Marketplace, making the company available to more than 111,000 healthcare...