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Accolade — Meet a Vendor
Shortlister invited Accolade Director of Business Development Kristen Vener and Product and Tech Solutions Expert Jeff Waibel to share how Accolade is using human compassion, clinical expertise, and intelligent technologies to deliver personalized healthcare and benefits support to employees and their families....
Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit Announces Finalists for $10K Business Plan Competition and The Silicon Valley Innovation Competition 2019, Sponsored by AARP Innovation Labs
The finalists have been announced for this year’s Business Plan Competition and AARP Innovation Labs Pitch Competition. The business plan competition features companies pitching their ideas to a diverse panel of judges for feedback, funding, and a $10,000 prize. Judges for the business plan competition were Carrie...
Aledade, California Medical Association Announce Collaboration to Help Physicians Deliver Better Care at Lower Cost
Aledade, a company that partners with independent practices, health centers, and clinics to build and lead physician-led accountable care organizations (ACOs) anchored in primary care, is collaborating with the California Medical Association (CMA) to help independent physicians succeed in the value-based health care...
GRAIL Announces Positive New Data with Multi-Cancer Early Detection Blood Test from CCGA Study
GRAIL, a healthcare company focused on the early detection of cancer, today announced new data from its Circulating Cell-free Genome Atlas (CCGA) study that demonstrates the ability of GRAIL’s technology to detect cancer early with a single blood test. The data revealed that GRAIL’s investigational multi-cancer blood...
GRAIL Announces Significant Progress with Multi-Cancer Early Detection Test Including FDA Breakthrough Device Designation
Liquid biopsy company GRAIL announced today that its multi-cancer test has been granted Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This investigational blood test is in development for the early detection of multiple cancer types in individuals aged 50 and over. The FDA grants...
Kyruus Announces Availability of ProviderMatch DirectBook in the Cerner App Gallery for Direct Scheduling into Cerner Millennium®
Kyruus recently announced that its ProviderMatch DirectBook has been included in the Cerner App Gallery. Cerner, an electronic health record platform, is used by hospitals across the U.S. The inclusion in the Cerner App Gallery means that ProviderMatch DirectBook has completed the code Developer Program validation...
TytoCare home diagnostics device now sold at Best Buy
Retail electronics chain Best Buy recently announced a new partnership with Israeli health tech company TytoCare to carry the company’s digital diagnostics kit. The kits will be available at Best Buy stores in California, North and South Dakota, Ohio, and Minnesota, as well as through Best Buy’s website. TytoHome, as...
Providers, Execs Applaud Medicare’s Primary Cares Initiative
Provider groups and healthcare executives are on board with Medicare’s new Primary Cares Initiative, which will shift primary care from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement models starting in 2020. “Providing adequate financial support for high quality primary care must be an essential element of any strategy...
AllyAlign Health Announces Strategic Growth Investment Funding from McKesson Ventures
AllyAlign Health, an administrator of Medicare Advantage special needs plans that benefit long-term care providers, announced today that it had closed a $10 million strategic funding round led by McKesson Ventures. Existing investors Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund, Health Enterprise Partners, and the Ziegler...
FDA Expands Real-World Evidence Partnership with Brigham and Women’s
The FDA, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Aetion are expanding their real-world evidence (RWE) demonstration to predict the results of seven ongoing FDA drug trials. The FDA drug or treatment trials are in Phase IV, meaning the drug or treatment is being tracked over a long period for a greater number of patients....
Press Releases
Evariant Selected by Top Academic Center for Physician Relationship Management (PRM) Solutions
Evariant, whose leading CRM platform provides centralized healthcare data, analytics, and communications, will be partnering with the University of Virginia Health System (UVA), one of the world’s top academic medical centers. UVA will make use of Evariant’s Physician...
Health Catalyst Eliminates Client Restriction on Solicitation and Hiring in its Contracts
On June 21, 2016, Health Catalyst announced in a press release that it will no longer include a provision in client service contracts prohibiting the solicitation or hire of Health Catalyst employees by clients. The company will, however, still honor restrictions of...
Evariant to Co-Present with University of Chicago Medicine at the American Association of Physician Liaisons 2016 Conference
On June 14th, 2016, Evariant announced that it will co-present a speaking session at the American Association of Physician Liaisons (AAPL) 2016 Conference. This will be the 15th annual conference, which will take place from June 22-24 at Disney’s Grand Californian...
Evariant and Lehigh Valley Health Network to Present Webinar on Tips for Organization’s Instituting Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Evariant announced on June 9th, 2016 that its Account Manager, Rachel Neely will be co-presenting a webinar titled “10 Things to Know When Starting Your CRM Journey.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, June 16th, and will be co-presented with Dan Lavelle,...