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The woman who founded top health-tech VC Rock Health is now launching her first startup, and it shows that a long-neglected market is heating up
As co-founder of the well-regarded health-tech venture capital firm Rock Health, Halle Tecco is a big name in the digital health world. And now she’s turned her attention to a startup of her own: a women’s health-focused company called Natalist. The idea came from Tecco’s own experience. While trying to get pregnant,...
Baptist Health South Florida Launches New Online Patient Access Experience for Consumers with Technology from Kyruus
Baptist Health South Florida has chosen Kyruus to power its new online provider search and scheduling system. The health system has implemented both Kyruus ProviderMatch for Consumers and Kyruus ProviderMatch for Consumers in Spanish on its website to enable a user-friendly provider search and scheduling experience...
American Well’s 2019 Consumer Survey Finds Majority of Consumers Open to Telehealth, Adoption Continues to Grow
Telehealth company American Well today announced the findings of its Telehealth Index: 2019 Consumer Survey. The results show that 66 percent of Americans are willing to use telehealth, and 8 percent have actually had a telehealth visit with a doctor. However, while consumers recognize that telehealth is fast,...
GRAIL Appoints Rodger Currie as Head of Government Affairs and Alliance Development
GRAIL, Inc., a health care company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured, announced that Rodger Currie, JD, has been appointed as Vice President and Head of Government Affairs and Alliance Development. Currie will report to Joshua Ofman, MD, MSHS, who was recently appointed Chief of Corporate...
Podcast: From Real-World Data to Real-World Decisions
In a recent episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast, Tom Robinson interviewed Aetion CEO Carolyn Magill about her unique career trajectory from the world of nuclear weapons to the world of health care, and how Aetion is partnering with organizations and companies like The New England Journal of Medicine, McLean...
Allscripts’ (MRDX) Veradigm Collaborates with Komodo Health
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions recently announced that its flagship Veradigm unit has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Komodo Health. The goal of the collaboration is to advance health care research by using an electronic health record system and Komodo’s Healthcare Map to find ways to reduce...
Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth Requires Careful Planning, Preparation
Direct-to-consumer telehealth may seem like an easy way for health systems and hospitals looking to join the wave of connected health options, but caution is needed. First, a DTC telehealth platform needs to appeal to consumers, some of whom might not be familiar with the concept. It also needs to be easy to use and...
Accolade Acquires MD Insider for Machine Learning Physician Performance
Seattle-based Accolade, a provider of personalized advocacy solutions for employers, has acquired MD Insider, a Santa Monica, California-based provider of machine learning-enabled physician performance transparency. With the acquisition of MD Insider, Accolade is launching Accolade Total Care, a product that combines...
Veradigm and Komodo Health Partner to Create the Largest Linked EHR and Claims Dataset for Life Science Research
Komodo Health has entered a long-term strategic partnership with Veradigm, an Allscripts business unit, to advance life sciences research. Initially, the partnership will focus on linking Allscripts’ ambulatory electronic health records (EHR) data with Komodo’s Healthcare Map, which contains encounter data from more...
New Amerigroup Texas Medicaid Benefit Allows Consumers to Access Health Care via Telehealth at No Cost
Amerigroup Texas is now offering the state’s Medicaid consumers the option to access medical and behavioral health care providers through telehealth visits at no cost. On August 1, the company launched a new Medicaid benefit that allows eligible consumers to log into LiveHealth Online, a service powered by American...
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Banner Health Selects Kyruus for Its Patient Access and Provider Data Management Solutions
McKesson Ventures portfolio company Kyruus has announced that its patient access and provider management solutions will be used by Banner Health across its operations in six states. Kyruus is a leading provider in search and scheduling solutions for healthcare...
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Offers New Program to Care for Chronically Ill Seniors At Home
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Landmark Health are teaming up to shape the future of healthcare. The two companies are introducing a revolutionary new program that provides in-home care to seniors. Never before has New England offered this type of a...
PokitDok Launches on AWS Marketplace, Becomes APN Advanced Technology Partner
At this year’s annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference (HIMSS 2017), PokitDok announced that its platform is now available on the AWS Marketplace in the newly launched Healthcare & Life Sciences category. AWS consumers will now have...
Telepharmacy Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2016 – 2024
Transparency Market Research has released a new report on the rapid increases in the telemedicine and telepharmacy markets. With a rising number of patients and doctors benefiting from the increased reach this kind of technology offers, the number of remote...
Accolade Receives Case Management Accreditation from NCQA, Showcasing Exceptional Clinical Programs and Services
Accolade recently announced that it has earned a two-year Case Management Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The accreditation applies to Accolade’s Complex Case Management, Maternity Case Management, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit...