Health Services
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Employee Benefits, Health Services, Health Tech
Accolade to acquire telehealth startup PlushCare for $450M
Care navigation company Accolade struck an agreement to buy telehealth startup PlushCare for $450 million. The goal is to support primary care physicians with information about a patient’s health and benefits, CEO Rajeev Singh said.
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What will be the pandemic’s mental health legacy?
The pandemic has highlighted longstanding disparities in how people access mental healthcare. Panelists at MedCity INVEST shared what changes they want to see in the future, and the pandemic’s broader effect on mental health.
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Fruit Street Health launches employer advisory board to manage healthcare costs with digital health
The goal of Fruit Street Labs is to form a collaborative relationship between Fruit Street and employers so that they can jointly develop telemedicine and digital health solutions that address rising healthcare costs and chronic disease in employee populations.
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MedCity Influencers, Community, Health Services
The Key to SDOH: Health literacy
As a country, we must do a better job supporting people and communities throughout their health journey because communities with greater access to information and increased levels of health literacy will ensure better health outcomes.
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Top Story, MedCity Influencers
Ways to improve the patient experience for African-Americans
There should be a discussion about how to address the disproportionate impact Covid-19 has had on Black communities.
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These health services startups are finalists for MedCity INVEST Pitch Perfect
Representatives from five health services startups will present their companies to three judges, followed by a Q&A. The judges for the health services track include: Cheryl Chang of BlueRun Ventures; Keith Figlioli of LRVHealth, and Steve Tolle of HLM Venture Partners.
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Virtual primary care startup Firefly Health raises $40M, plans foray into benefits
Virtual primary care startup Firefly Health plans to launch a benefit plan after raising $40 million in new funding. The company currently offers virtual and in-person access to a primary care team.
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Startups, Health Services, Health Tech
Digital health companies raised $6.7B, breaking a record for Q1
Digital health startups raised a record-breaking $6.7 billion in the first quarter of 2021. Large funding rounds propelled them past previous months.
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Survey: 1 in 5 Americans can’t afford necessary care
Healthcare is becoming increasingly unaffordable, with 18% of Americans saying in a new survey that they would not be able to afford the care they need. Respondents also reported cutting back on other expenses to afford healthcare, including money spent on food and utilities.
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Cityblock nets another $192M, plans to expand into maternity and pediatrics
The startup, which provides primary care services to Medicaid patients, plans to use the funds to expand into new states and add maternity and pediatrics services lines. It also recently launched a vaccination site in conjunction with the New York Department of Health.
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StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
Read new developments on healthcare startups such as Seven Bridges, Scipher Medicine, Applied VR and more.
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At MedCity INVEST: A conversation on comprehensive humanized virtual care
Healthcare delivery is one of the themes at the annual MedCity News virtual INVEST conference, April 19-23. Register today!
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What’s the best approach to patient communication for Covid-19 vaccines?
A vaccine communication playbook developed by WELL™ Health offers guidance to providers on how to meet the communication challenges to ensure patients get both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
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How Microsoft can transform healthcare delivery
Microsoft’s latest eBook offers a look at how technology can help organizations meet patients’ changing expectations and provide personalized care.
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Founder of at-home primary care startup Heal steps down
Nick Desai, the co-founder and CEO of Heal, announced he would step down on Tuesday. Scott Vertrees, an advisor to the company, will become the company’s new CEO.
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MedCity Influencers, Health Services
One-size-fits-all addiction treatment must be replaced
While addiction treatment has traditionally focused on the removal of substance use ‘symptoms’ by collecting urine samples and screening for substance use, the complexity of the biopsychosocial framework requires commensurate measurement tooling.
