Relay Network, a Philadelphia-based secure-messaging company, received an additional $12 million in investor funding, bringing its total funding up to $28 million.
For Dreamit's inaugural 2016 cycle, the accelerator has accepted 25 new companies - twice the number it usually accepts and the first class to be part of its evolved new program.
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.
It's unclear whether the information the tests provide make any difference in a patient’s treatment and prognosis.
It sparked the surprising idea that a new business model might emerge in which people pay more to prevent access to their EMR data.
Daniel J. Hilferty, president and CEO of Independence Blue Cross, is a fan of Philadelphia and a fan of Thomas Edison. He sees parallels between the work Edison did on the lightbulb and the way healthcare innovators are trying to disrupt their industry.
Eight Philadelphia-area organizations and companies are teaming up to promote the Southeast Pennsylvania region as a leader in healthcare innovation by launching the Health Care Innovation Collaborative.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The Independence Blue Cross Center for Health Care Innovation and Drexel University will collaborate on several research projects, including the use of “machine learning” and curbing hospital readmissions. Researches from both institutions will work on a number of different areas, among them: — Identifying Independence members at high risk for hospitalizations and re-hospitalizations, as well […]
A nationwide hackathon hosted by University of Pennsylvania this weekend added a new wrinkle with a mobile health division, PennApps Health. The move underscores the growth of mhealth submissions in the contest and the interest in shaping app development with clinical insights. Companies such as Independence Blue Cross, Main Line Health, and interestingly, electronic medical […]
The point of care is just one place where innovation is happening in healthcare. Behind the scenes, new technologies are being used to improve communication between caregivers, to make administrative tasks more efficient, and as Dr. Somesh Nigam will tell you, to help insurance companies be more proactive about their members’ health. Dr. Nigam oversees […]
Chronically ill patients who receive care from a patient-centered medical home experienced fewer emergency visits, according to a study that analyzed claims data by Independence Blue Cross and CTI Clinical and Consulting Services. Using claims data from approximately 460,000 Independence beneficiaries enrolled in 280 primary care practices, the study found that the transition to a […]
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
A primary care network, formed in a joint venture with Independence Blue Cross and DaVita’s physician practice arm HealthCare Partners in April to reduce the cost of treating patients with chronic conditions, is getting ready to scratch off the first milestone on its “to do” list: hire 300 primary care physicians. So far Tandigm Health […]
Insurance carriers can become a key distribution point for emerging technologies such as wearables, which in turn can play an important part in emphasizing primary care over costly specialty care as payers seek to drive healthcare costs downward. So said a host of insurance experts speaking at MedCity New’s CONVERGE conference in Philadelphia, among them: […]
Success is good. But too much success can leave some people grumbling. Take Independence Blue Cross. The region’s largest health insurer anticipated enrolling 100,000 new members in Pennsylvania and through AmeriHealth New Jersey when the Affordable Care Act marketplace opened in October. As of April 30, the company had signed up a total of 283,000 […]
The tension between accomplishing some of the aims of Obamacare to reduce healthcare costs and the diminishing number of physician practices is giving way to a certain amount of experimentation with healthcare business models. In the latest example, Independence Blue Cross and DaVita’s physician practice arm have collaborated to launch a new business called Tandigm […]
Taking a page from national payers such as Aetna and Humana, Independence Blue Cross opened an innovation lab this week. The idea is to use it to examine the best ways to integrate startup ideas from DreamIt Health companies and research insights produced with its provider collaborations at Penn Medicine and New York University Langone […]