Patient engagement remains an elusive goal in the healthcare industry, wrote Dr. William Disch, director of analytics at Evariant, in an article on DataInformed.com. But big data analytics can help, particularly with chronically ill patients. Because this population also has a problem with compliance regarding medications...
Home care industry leader ClearCare has developed a new software system for managing day-to-day healthcare operations. The system was built to save both time and money by automating simple office processes. Highlights of the new system include advanced scheduling tools, billing attributes, and HR capabilities. ClearCare’s...
Health concierge Accolade raised $70 million in investment funding. The start-up company will use the funding to expand its outreach efforts, which include: marketing, sales, research, and further developing its technological platform. Private American venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz led the fundraising efforts, with significant contributions...
Global healthcare adviser Mercer has teamed up with healthcare concierge Accolade to develop an all-inclusive healthcare management solution. “Mercer Complete Care” debuted on August 4th and was developed as a resource for employers to offer their employees. The all-encompassing system allows employees and their dependents...
PokitDok and PillPack are partnering up to improve patient experiences for more than 16 million Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries and 40.5 million Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit Plan recipients. PokitDok, a McKesson Ventures portfolio company, is a cloud-based API platform that is designed to streamline healthcare...
McKesson Ventures Senior Vice President Tom Rodgers was recently interviewed by Medscape, a part of the WebMD Health Professional Network that offers integrated medical information and educational tools to users.
Accolade and AmeriHealth New Jersey announced on July 19th a new collaboration that will help AmeriHealth New Jersey customers make the most of their benefits. The two companies have partnered to offer a preliminary group of customers access to a service called Accolade Health Assistants®...
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 Relationship Management and Physician Market Solver solutions. “With...
In a recent article on TechCrunch, Crunch Network contributor Mandira Singh argues that a big change is due in health care: more tech innovations to improve processes, deliver healthcare, increase accuracy, and ensure that patients are able to receive the care they need, when they...
In an article for Health IT Outcomes, Christine Kern explains how commercial telemedicine providers fall short in key quality measures—while integrated telemedicine services provide better continuity of care and meet the highest quality care delivery benchmarks. Kern’s claims are supported by a number of sources, including...