Health Services
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Startups, Health Services, Health Tech
Why Elektra’s founders decided to tackle a ‘complex and poorly understood’ area of women’s health
Founders Alessandra Henderson and Jannine Versi set out to build a digital health platform for people who are going through menopause. The New York-based startup recently raised $3.75 million in funding.
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Hospitals, Health Services, Payers
Reports: 1 in 10 adults delayed care in spring amid trailing healthcare utilization levels
According to two new reports, hospital admissions were about 85% of what was expected based on historic patterns at the beginning of April, and in the same month, 11% of adults reported delaying care because of Covid, including 16% of Hispanic and 13% of Black adults.
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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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Unite Us gets more social determinants data with Carrot Health acquisition
Unite Us, which uses technology to connect healthcare and social services, acquired Carrot Health, which combines large consumer and health datasets.
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INVEST Digital Health preview: The Next Phase of Digital Health Investment
INVEST Digital Health is set for September 20-23, and held in collaboration with Medical Alley. It brings together innovative investors across the healthcare spectrum, prominent industry players and the most promising digital health startups.
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StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
Read about new developments from HealthMine, Carrum Health, Encellin and more.
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Employee Benefits, Health Services
Vera Whole Health grabs Morgan Health’s interest — and a $50M investment
Morgan Health, JPMorgan Chase’s business unit, has made its first-ever investment in a company that provides a coordinated primary care model. Vera Whole Health operates a network of primary clinics across 10 states, supported by a technology platform.
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Startups, Health Services, Health Tech, Payers
Insurers back kidney care startup Cricket in $83.5M round
Cigna Ventures and Blue Shield of California contributed to a funding round for Cricket Health, a startup that provides services to help patients identify chronic kidney disease and get support in treatment. The investment was led by Valtruis, a firm that invests in value-based care companies.
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Arizona, Colorado HIEs merge
CORHIO and Health Current, based in Colorado and Arizona respectively, have formed a new regional organization. Called Contexture, the organization aims to advance interoperability across state lines, while also driving growth and innovation.
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INVEST Digital Health preview: What’s the recipe for a successful social determinants program?
SDoH is just one of the topics at the MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference, a virtual event scheduled for September 20-23, in collaboration with Medical Alley.
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Report: Digital health tools maturing as research, funding grows
Consumers and benefits managers have a record number of digital health tools to choose from, according to a new report by the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science.
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News, Telemedicine, Health Services
Research institute green-lights $254M for 28 studies
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has awarded the funds to studies that span a range of healthcare issues, including maternal care, suicide prevention and clinical effectiveness research in arenas like telemedicine and diabetes.
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MedCity Influencers, Health Services, Health Tech, Physicians
The inconvenient truth of convenience
In an on-demand world, it may seem that convenience and speed are the only way to keep patients satisfied. But often competence is sacrificed at the altar of convenience.
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What insurers’ premium rate filings can tell us about predicted health utilization in 2022
An examination of health insurers’ premium rate filings for 2022 shows that most are not factoring in additional costs or savings, which indicates that they expect health utilization to reach pre-pandemic levels.
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Study: Medical debt outstrips other types of personal debt, reaching $140B
Though medical debt climbed high over the past decade, it appears that Medicaid expansion can help. States that expanded Medicaid saw average debt drop by 44% as opposed to a 10% reduction in non-expansion states.
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How to position patient transportation as an organizational priority
About 5.8 million Americans miss or delay their healthcare because they don’t have a ride. It’s time to turn patient transportation from an organizational burden to an asset.
