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Altais, Aledade and California Medical Association Team Up to Support Independent Practices

Altais announced that it is partnering with Aledade and the California Medical Association (CMA) to help independent physician practices optimize their practice workflows and support value-based care efforts. “Regulatory, administrative, and financial burdens are causing a loss of practice vibrancy and unprecedented levels of physician and clinician dissatisfaction, and in many cases driving them to sell their practices or retire early,” said Altais President and CEO Jeff Bailet, MD. “We’re thrilled that our first announced initiative is a collaboration to bring technology and services that will...

The woman who founded top health-tech VC Rock Health is now launching her first startup, and it shows that a long-neglected market is heating up

As co-founder of the well-regarded health-tech venture capital firm Rock Health, Halle Tecco is a big name in the digital health world. And now she’s turned her attention to a startup of her own: a women’s health-focused company called Natalist. The idea came from Tecco’s own experience. While trying to get pregnant, she found herself constantly “running around” the drugstore. Everything she needed was in a different aisle, and when she brought the products home they didn’t fit in a bathroom cabinet and they lacked the...

Baptist Health South Florida Launches New Online Patient Access Experience for Consumers with Technology from Kyruus

Baptist Health South Florida has chosen Kyruus to power its new online provider search and scheduling system. The health system has implemented both Kyruus ProviderMatch for Consumers and Kyruus ProviderMatch for Consumers in Spanish on its website to enable a user-friendly provider search and scheduling experience for consumers based on robust provider data. Delivering patient care across a network of more than 3,000 providers and 100 care sites, Baptist Health South Florida laid the groundwork for its new consumer experience by working with Kyruus to build...

American Well’s 2019 Consumer Survey Finds Majority of Consumers Open to Telehealth, Adoption Continues to Grow

Telehealth company American Well today announced the findings of its Telehealth Index: 2019 Consumer Survey. The results show that 66 percent of Americans are willing to use telehealth, and 8 percent have actually had a telehealth visit with a doctor. However, while consumers recognize that telehealth is fast, convenient, and cost-saving, 17 percent of the consumers willing to try virtual care are not sure if their insurance plan covers the service. That means the telehealth industry needs to increase consumer education and awareness around telehealth’s...

GRAIL Appoints Rodger Currie as Head of Government Affairs and Alliance Development

GRAIL, Inc., a health care company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured, announced that Rodger Currie, JD, has been appointed as Vice President and Head of Government Affairs and Alliance Development. Currie will report to Joshua Ofman, MD, MSHS, who was recently appointed Chief of Corporate Strategy and External Affairs. The two will spearhead GRAIL’s government affairs, policy, and advocacy efforts as the company continues to prepare its multi-cancer early detection test for commercialization. “Rodger is an experienced and driven...