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Digital health market is hot, but startups still struggle to create sustainable business models

In a short amount of time, digital health has gone from “new kid on the block” to the darling child of investors and providers alike. But now the industry is starting to think about how to implement sustainable economic business models. “In the next five to six years or so, the market is estimated to be $120 billion,” said Santosh Mohan, managing director at the Brigham Digital Innovation Hub, said during a recent Enterprise Insights Forum series event, held in partnership with Rock Health and Google...

Aledade and the Louisiana Physicians Accountable Care Organization Partner to Deliver High-Quality Care and Lower Costs

Today, Aledade announced a partnership with the Louisiana Physicians Accountable Care Organization (LPACO). Through the partnership, Aledade will support the independent primary care physician-led LPACO in delivering high-quality, coordinated care to communities across Louisiana. “Aledade’s network of independent physicians in Louisiana has already delivered better care, healthier patients, and lower costs across the state,” said Blaine Lindsey, vice president of growth strategy at Aledade. “By partnering with the dedicated primary care physicians of LPACO, we will build on this track record of value-based care success.” The LPACO...

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. Accolade operates on the belief that the U.S. healthcare system is broken and that the primary care physician model is not effective in guiding people through the healthcare journey. The company solves this problem by combining live health assistants, who are supported by a...

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 market. CMA will help to identify and prepare physicians to join Aledade’s physician-led ACOs forming in California. Aledade is currently recruiting physicians for these ACOs to participate in the Pathways to Success Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). This collaboration marks Aledade’s first expansion...

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 test detected a strong signal for 12 deadly cancer types at early stages with a very high specificity of at least 99 percent (or a false positive rate of 1 percent or less). The test also determined the location...