At the AHIP Medicare, Medicaid, Duals and Commercial Markets Forum held last week, two healthcare leaders from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and CVS Health stressed that reducing maternal health disparities is a top priority, with several strategies at play. For CMS, the focus is on encouraging states to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage, while CVS Health is working to leverage doulas in their care delivery.
Kindbody's $100 million funding, announced last week, was led by Perceptive Advisors. It brings the company’s total equity and debt funding to more than $290 million and its valuation to $1.8 billion. It will use the money to add 10 new locations.
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Peripartum depression is still widely prevalent and represents one of the most critical maternal health risks. Fortunately, evidence-based interventions have been proven effective in mitigating PPD symptoms and improving health outcomes for both mother and infant.
Ciox recently partnered with Virginia-based non-profit health system Sentara Healthcare to pilot a tool that makes it easier for expectant mothers to access their health records. The fact that patients’ pregnancy data get trapped in silos is problematic because providers can use that information to predict complications and intervene sooner.
Women have been dismissed and neglected for centuries: any investment and innovation in this space can make an outsized impact: keeping women and their families healthy, aiding research and development, and eliminating the gender bias against women and their healthcare that has persisted since Ancient Greece.
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The next generation of HIEs must think beyond the transfer of information and explore how they can use real-time health data to improve population health outcomes, according to the CEO of Nebraska's HIE. A key way that her HIE is seeking to improve population health outcomes is through a program it launched six months ago to improve equity in maternal and postpartum care through identifying high-risk patients and sharing real-time information with providers.
The SCOTUS vote to overturn Roe v Wade has drawn greater attention to women's health and health equity. Here's a look at some of the health tech companies addressing this shifting landscape.
Especially today, when more mothers’ health may be at risk, we can reduce potential harm and save thousands of lives through more evidence-based education, continuous training, and awareness that will help our obstetric care teams make informed and accurate medical decisions with effective interventions that mitigate complications early and often.
Boston Medical Center launched a program dedicated to speeding up the timeline between discovering health inequities and implementing action plans to address them. The hospital has already made changes to its clinical guidelines based on the program's research on preeclampsia complications among Black maternity patients.
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The maternal health crisis remains unsolved across most of the U.S. Our nation reports the highest maternal death rate of any developed country in the world, and we are the only developed country to see maternal death rates rising in recent years according to World Population Review. Further, unhealthy mothers and families can lead to […]
Mahmee raised $9.2 million in Series A funding led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The startup's CEO, Melissa Hanna, saw the raise as clear recognition of the progress Mahmee has made in tackling disparities in maternal care.
A typical health system either loses money or just breaks even on its Labor & Delivery services. As a result, there is little incentive or budget to invest in innovating around or improving the experience. yet despite the poor economics, health systems consistently point to Women’s Health as a top strategic priority.
While hospital-based initiatives to address maternal and infant health are important, it is clear that problems surface long before and after delivery.
The health system and startup studio's new joint venture will develop and launch companies that use artificial intelligence to address healthcare problems, including disparities in care. The venture will combine Northwell's clinical expertise and patient data with Aegis' data scientists and commercialization capabilities.