After having just inked a deal with Aetna (NYSE: AET), a healthcare IT company will begin offering oncologists access to its digital cancer treatment options library free of charge. Eviti‘s partnership with Aetna is its first with a national payer. The service is to be packaged within health information exchange network, iNexx, part of Aetna’s […]
Health insurer Aetna (NYSE: AET) has launched a unit that will serve as a test kitchen to develop ways to improve patient outcomes through disease prediction and intervention. Its first two projects focus on evidence-based cancer treatment options and using big data to identify best treatment options for people with metabolic syndrome, according to a […]
National drugstore chain Walgreens is trying out a mobile health app in some of its in-store clinics as part of a pilot program to help patients schedule appointments and identify symptoms. The deal involves the iTriage app developed by Healthagen — a company acquired by Aetna (NYSE:AET) in December last year. In addition to appointments, […]
At the Health 2.0 conference in Boston this week, a segment in which a group of three serial entrepreneurs shared their insights on startups in the healthcare landscape elicited some interesting comments, particularly on the role patients play in improving healthcare.