Care OnDemand, Oswego Health’s new program enabling virtual doctor’s visits, is set to launch before year’s end in Oswego County, New York, thanks to a $35,000 gift from the Richard S. Shineman Foundation. With Care OnDemand, Oswego residents will soon be able to receive health care...
Research from Accenture shows that 82 percent of employed people believe their employers or health plans should provide health and wellness programs. However, these programs are falling short of employees’ needs and expectations. One key finding of Accenture’s research is that awareness and utilization of health...
In March 2017, life sciences startup GRAIL announced that it had raised $900 million in Series B funding. The newly acquired investment capital puts GRAIL one step closer toward its goal of developing a blood test that can detect early signs of cancer. Founded in 2016...
Telehealth, or virtual care, is becoming increasingly important in day-to-day healthcare practices because it provides affordable, high quality, and efficient care. Virtual care involves activities including medical training, monitoring, and education with the support of telecommunication technologies. It includes the necessary software, hardware, and network infrastructure,...
According to a recent survey conducted by SERMO, an overwhelming majority of medical practitioners believe that patient trust in healthcare professionals is declining. To be exact, 87 percent of U.S. physicians and 78 percent of foreign physicians said that patients trust their doctors less than they...
When news broke that CVS Health and Aetna might merge, all eyes turned to Amazon. The e-commerce giant has reportedly been eyeing the pharmaceutical industry, causing industry experts to speculate that CVS and Aetna are merging in an attempt to compete with the online retailer. But...
LinkedIn’s new startup-focused edition of the LinkedIn Top Companies lists the 50 companies most attractive to workers and venture capitalists. Although most of the companies on LinkedIn’s list hail from the San Francisco Bay Area, a third of the companies on the list were founded in...
Technology is changing the way physicians work with patients. Augmented reality (AR), for example, is in place at some healthcare organizations and is already helping to increase efficiency and improve patient care. Sutter Health Network is one such organization. Three years ago, Dr. Albert Chan, the chief...
Only a few months after GRAIL raised a record-breaking $900 million in its Series B funding round, the company is looking for further funding. Focused on early cancer detection, GRAIL also raised $100 million last year to develop its blood testing technology. The current search for...
A recent study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, uncovered some important data regarding mutations and cancer treatment. The study, performed by Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, of the Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy and Nellie B. Connally of the...