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Trident Medical Center Joins Sarah Cannon Research Institute in National Early Cancer Detection Study
Trident Medical Center of Charleston, South Carolina, announced that it and Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Institute of HCA Healthcare, will participate in a study called STRIVE, which focuses on developing a test for early cancer detection. The STRIVE study is designed to determine if a blood test can identify genomic...
Evariant Awarded the 2018 Top Workplaces Honor by The Hartford Courant
Connecticut-based Evariant recently announced that it was awarded a 2018 Top Workplaces honor by The Hartford Courant. The Top Workplaces list is based solely on feedback from employees gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC. “Great people and culture are Evariant’s most...
Augmedix Bangladesh plans to create 2000 jobs by 2021
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...
AMA, AHIP, and Others Oppose Upside-Only ACO Changes for MSSP
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 time accountable care organizations have to...
The Last Company You Would Expect Is Reinventing Health Benefits
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 average for large employers. Comcast spends about...
The evolution of the healthcare CRM
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)...
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Collaborates with Propeller Health to Support Consumers with COPD
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 sensors that...
GRAIL Announces Appointment of Hal Barron and Hans Bishop to its Board of Directors
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 that position, he...
New report shares details about the digital therapeutics industry
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...
ACOs using medical home physicians save money, yield higher quality, report finds
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...
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