higi to put health kiosks in Shopko stores in 18 states
The move represents an important step into underserved communities. Shopko, based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, serves small to mid-size cities and small towns that may lack medical services.
Employer health benefits tech specialist Jiff raises $17M in follow-on funding for Series C round
The Series C round totaled $41.2 million and included Rosemark Smart Capital, GE Ventures, Venrock Associates, Aberdare Ventures and Aeris Capital.
Transforming the OR: CEO Reveals Game-Changing AI Tech for Better Efficiency
How Apella leverages technology to increase OR efficiency.
Are patients giving away too much data with wearable devices?
Too often in the American healthcare system, patients are the first to be blamed for rising costs, and wellness programs are implemented as a cost-saving measure.
As EEOC sets limits on financial carrots and sticks for employer wellness, critics express concerns
“By financially coercing employees into surrendering their personal health information, these rules will weaken medical privacy and civil rights protections," the AARP said in its statement.
5 ways companies are using wearables from medical education to avoiding workplace injuries
Tractica predicts the market for enterprise wearable devices will grow to $31 billion by 2021.
Qualcomm and UnitedHealthcare kick off connected health collaboration starting with wearables-driven employer wellness program
UnitedHealthcare Motion is the first of what the companies say will be a series of program collaborations in connected health
How Zelis is Transforming Healthcare Payments with Enterprise AI
How Zelis hopes to solve the healthcare financial system for payers and providers.
Hixme wants to shake up the employer health benefits model
Its approach uses information about employees and their family members to present them with health insurance plan options and customized benefit options based on their needs, preferences and lifestyle.
Beyond standing desks: The employer wellness-friendly accessories to go with them
With the rise of standing desks and push to make work environments at the company and home offices more active, several consumer and employer wellness companies have developed new ways to encourage activity.
HealthTap just moved into employer wellness. Is Uber model unsustainable for healthcare?
Digital health business HealthTap, which has evolved from an email doctor query service for patients to multiple services from drug interactions to helping patients access lab data, has added a health management portal for employers. That’s an interesting development for a company that’s charged customers $99 per month to use its service with the argument […]
Omada Health CEO: Humana-Aetna acquisition is a good thing for us
If you are a digital health company in full-on growth mode, the news that a strategic investor and customer may soon be acquired would be an unwelcome development.
How Lantern Delivers ROI Through Smarter Healthcare Navigation
Dickon Waterfield discusses why Lantern's navigation works.
Omada Health raises $48M with plans to extend program to Medicaid patients
Norwest Venture Partners led the funding round. It also added two new investors in the funding round — GE Ventures and dRx Capital.
CONVERGE: Community partnerships, low tech help employee wellness programs
"Most workforce wellness activities today have failed," Nebeyou Abebe, senior director for health and well-being at foodservice and facilities management company Sodexo North America, said at this week's MedCity ENGAGE conference in Philadelphia.
Digital health startup Hinge Health casts an eye to US to help employees with lower back pain
Can a London-based digital health startup successfully deliver an employer wellness program to help U.S. employees recover from lower back pain and other musculoskeletal problems?
Want to add an employer wellness program? Be as transparent as possible
Employees may welcome them as a way to finally address some long procrastinated health goals, but they may also regard them as paternalistic and some unease about how closely their company is watching them
Survey: Employer wellness programs reveal undiagnosed chronic conditions (Updated)
About 8.1 million people have undiagnosed diabetes, accounting for more than one-quarter of the diabetes population, according to the CDC.