Guidewell Connect previously acquired population health management company PopHealthCare in 2017 to expand its capabilities to care for patients suffering from complex and chronic illness in post-acute and in-home care settings.
Change Healthcare, which is majority-owned by McKesson, will integrate PokitDok's APIs into its existing Intelligent Healthcare Network, which relies on blockchain for processing transactions.
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.
Using the tool, MSK patients can book appointments online with providers in the lymphoma, breast surgery and medical oncology, myeloma, and thoracic surgery and medical oncology service areas.
The company has launched its Circle Plus product which adds three major New York providers - Northwell Health, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and Westmed Medical Group - to its network.
Venture capital firm Health Velocity Capital, which is led by a trio of veteran investors, has closed its initial oversubscribed fund with $185 million in committed capital.
The company will use the funding to develop mGlu4 PAMs licensed from Vanderbilt University.
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 issue of chronic pain is one that more and more digital health companies have sought to address, particularly as the healthcare industry seeks alternatives to opioids and surgery.
Financial terms of the deal, which expected to close in the third quarter of this year, were not disclosed.
Hearables point to the potential convergence of traditional hearing aids with consumer product audio devices.
Doctor on Demand will utilize the Change Healthcare Intelligent Healthcare Network to give telemedicine patients more power over when and where their lab work is done.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
John Bass, who will be taking part in a panel discussion on the fundamentals of blockchain in healthcare at the upcoming MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago said the interest in blockchain applications in healthcare has changed dramatically in the past year.
Sung Choi, a researcher at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management, says over 2,100 patient deaths annually are related to data breaches at hospitals. The finding relied on data from CMS and HHS.
The study out of Vanderbilt University Medical Center found 14 percent of individuals with genetic variants impacting the kidney had kidney transplants and 10 percent with another variant had liver transplants. These transplants could have been avoided had the underlying genetic cause been disclosed.
In 2009, Ben Evans and Dr. Jeff Wells founded OurHealth with a goal of helping employers give their employees access to better healthcare. "If there's one thing employers are challenged with, it's how they help their employees get healthy," Evans said.
Nashville, Tennessee-based HCA has released its most recent financial results. During Tuesday's earnings call, executives highlighted the non-financial sides of the company and answered analysts' questions.