To tackle loneliness among seniors — which can have serious repercussions on health — Medicare Advantage plan provider SCAN Health has launched a togetherness program. The program is founded on senior-to-senior interactions, both virtual and, eventually, in-person.
UCSF's interactive data platform allows users to drill down into 150 social determinants of health variables. This data, layered with EHR data, can give researchers and clinicians invaluable insights into the nexus of social factors and health.
The insurer will pay $95 per share in cash to acquire Magellan Health, a company providing an array of services, including pharmacy benefit management and behavioral health and employee assistance program services. The companies aim to develop a behavioral health platform.
Google has reportedly pledged not to use Fitbit’s user data for its advertising business. With the deadline quickly approaching, is it enough that European regulators will approve the deal?
Deloitte's vision for health in 2040 is made up of three main categories: data and platforms; care enablement; and well-being and care delivery.
The Cupertino, California tech giant has hired more than 40 individuals — including technologists and health providers — for its new medical clinics, according to CNBC.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Sean Slovenski, the former vice president of innovation at Humana, has been tapped as Walmart's senior vice president of health and wellness.
Trying to find a compatible health plan for his family of six (one that covered all of his family doctors) is what led Michael Levin to co-found Vericred, a New York-based healthcare data services company where he’s currently CEO. What he figured would be a 15-minute process on Healthcare.gov, the public health insurance marketplace, actually […]
Interoperability Across Organizational Boundaries Improves Patient Care and Quality
Nutrition researchers have known for many years that omega-3 fatty acids can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Yet 95.7 percent of Americans are not consuming enough eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) omega-3 to reach cardioprotective levels. [1] This suboptimal intake is even more concerning when you consider that by 2030, […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
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This is the final piece in a three-part series focusing on the role vitamin and mineral supplements can play in supplementing essential vitamins and minerals Americans may not be getting from diet alone. Part 1 of this series described the debate over the role vitamin and mineral supplements (VMS, both multiple and single-nutrient) may play in […]
This is a three-part series focusing on the role vitamin and mineral supplements can play in supplementing essential vitamins and minerals Americans may not be getting from diet alone. As a healthful, balanced diet becomes an even stronger focus for physicians and their patients, data consistently show most Americans fall short in fulfilling the Estimated Average […]
Population Health Management is one of the disruptive forces shaping the future of healthcare delivery and the traditional payment models associated with quality of care. While this concept involves intervention strategies to improve patient outcomes, the basis of the concept is the transfer of financial risk from payers to providers and ultimately consumers. The movement […]
From the Department of Technology Is Good for Medicine — well, actually, from Mission Safety Services, Edmonton, Alberta — comes this infographic highlighting how medical technology saves lives. Left mostly unsaid, at least at the top of the graphic, is that information technologies are nearly as important as medical technologies. Left completely unsaid is that sometimes […]
