McKesson Ventures portfolio company Augmedix provides a technology-enabled documentation service for health systems and doctors using Google Glass and remote scribes to take notes during doctor visits, has announced that it plans to create thousands of new jobs in Bangladesh. Augmedix Bangladesh recently announced its goal...
The news of proposed changes to accountable care organizations’ financial risk has gotten people all over the healthcare field in the U.S. involved in the discussion. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has recently come out with a proposal to limit the amount of...
It’s hard to think of a business less likely to transform healthcare than America’s most hated company, Comcast. But they are, and in doing so, their healthcare costs have stayed nearly flat—increasing by about 1 percent a year versus 3 percent per year, the national...
Healthcare marketing has changed quite a bit over the last decade. Patients are now called “consumers,” and they’re more informed than ever. They also expect highly personalized care. Because of this, healthcare marketing departments need to evolve, too. Enter the healthcare customer relationship management (HCRM) platform....
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio announced the rollout of a new program to help improve health outcomes for Ohio consumers enrolled in Anthem’s Medicare Advantage health plans who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In partnership with Propeller Health, Anthem will provide small...
GRAIL Inc. recently announced the appointment of Hal Barron, M.D., and Hans Bishop to its Board of Directors. Hal Barron is globally recognized for his clinical and scientific leadership. Currently he is the Chief Scientific Officer and President of R&D at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Before he took...
A new market report has been released about the state of the global digital therapeutics industry. The report, released by Deep Research Reports, profiles 10 companies, including McKesson Ventures portfolio company Propeller Health. The report, “Global Digital Therapeutics Industry: 2018 Market Report,” contains research on major...
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) and the Robert Graham Center recently released their 2018 Evidence Report. In it, the organization found that Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) with a higher proportion of physicians who have patient-centered medical home (PCMH) experience tend to generate more...
Springfield, Missouri-based health system CoxHealth has chosen Kyruus’s ProviderMatch for Access Centers and ProviderMatch for Consumers software to optimize patient-provider matching and improve patients’ overall experience when accessing care at the system. CoxHealth was looking for software to enhance patients’ experience from their first contact, whether...
The average American spends about $9,000 on healthcare each year, with a good $1,000 of that for services paid out of pocket. And as healthcare costs and health insurance deductibles keep rising, the consumer is only going to end up paying more for less. The...