Zoom, which serves patients in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, Washington, is trying to buck the traditional healthcare system by offering what it bills as convenient, affordable care in a hip and user-friendly environment.
Ten years after starting to track patient throughput in one ED, PeaceHealth has integrated the Versus Technology RTLS with the hospital admit-discharge-transfer system and created a dashboard to track patient, staff and equipment movement throughout multiple departments. EHR integration is next.
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.
Wellero is one of a handful of homegrown digital health startups at Cambia Health Solutions.
Clinicient CEO Rick Jung said the funding came from Catalyst Investors, an existing investor.
More than one third of the 23 federally designated consumer operated and oriented plans under the Affordable Care Act have now failed.
One person who is anxiously awaiting the new IOM volume is Dr. Carol Gunn, an occupational-medicine physician and patient-safety advocate in Portland, Oregon.
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.
California and Oregon are the only two states in the country that now allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control to women without consulting a doctor first.
LifeWise Health Plan of Oregon recently said it will pay for telemedicine visits beginning in the new year, partnering with Teladoc and making it a covered benefit for members. The Portland-based health plan, which has almost 2 million members throughout the northwest, said it will first roll out the televisits to its 52,000 members in […]
Portland-based health insurer Moda Health has raised $50 million in funding through the sale of debt, according to a filing with the SEC. The insurer, which has members in Oregon, Washington and Alaska, did not immediately respond to an inquiry from MedCity News on what it plans to use the money for. The company, headed […]
Dr. Monica Wehby lost her bid for U.S. Senate in Oregon against Sen. Jeff Merkley, and her behavior after the loss seems a little strange – strange enough to get some attention on Rachel Maddow’s segment “Debunktion Junction.” Wehby’s entire campaign centered around the fact that she was against Obamacare. But now, she allegedly reached […]
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.
Patients who received automated reminders were more likely to refill their blood pressure and cholesterol medications, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care that looked at medication adherence efforts. The study, which included more than 21,000 Kaiser Permanente members, found that the average improvement in medication adherence was only about 2 […]
Hospice and home health might not always be the first areas of healthcare that conjure up technological disruption, but Konnact Bloom, a Portland-based startup, is looking to change that notion with its mobile EMR. The company, founded in 2012, was recently awarded a $1 million innovation grant from the Oregon State Coordinated Care Organization to […]
Bright.md, a Portland-based startup, has raised $1 million in seed funding that will go toward telemedicine software for providers seeking to expand while simultaneously curbing costs. The funding is led by Seven Peaks, Portland Seed Fund and Oregon Angel Fund. Earlier this year, Bright.md won a $100,000 Seven Peaks Ventures Award at the Bend Venture Conference. […]
An Oregon immunotherapy startup says it’s developing a vaccine platform that stimulates the immune response around the clock – potentially guarding it perpetually against diseases like herpes, HPV and HIV. Tomegavax is building on the work of Oregon Health & Science University researcher Louis Picker, who recently received $30 million in funding from the Bill & […]
Sarah Kliff spoke at a payment innovation summit in Portland today. She identified five states that we should watch to track experiments with new models of care and reimbursement. You can see her list and the reasons she chose each one in the slides above. Here is the list: Arkansas Maryland Massachusetts Oregon Utah Kliff […]