Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
From 8 to 50 states, Pager expands service nationwide
Through the opening of a new "command center" in Raleigh, North Carolina, the New York company is expanding its virtual care service nationwide in a bid to provide greater convenience to people needing care.
Changes in Nurse Staffing Answer Clinician Demands
The ongoing nursing shortage facilitates high turnover rates since nurses know they won’t have difficulties finding new jobs. In order to retain and attract staff, it’s in a facility’s best interest to understand what nurses want.
Is chatbot-led communication sufficient for healthcare?
Unlike other industries, where artificial intelligence has successfully replaced many human interactions, healthcare must remain human first, technology second.
Pager and HealthSparq unite to help health plan members navigate care
Pager offers a platform that connects individuals to care, while HealthSparq provides health plan members with cost and quality information about doctors and medical services.
Engagement and building trust mean speaking patients’ language
A panel of industry experts at the MedCity ENGAGE conference went over the ways in which payers are out of touch with patients and how they can improve engagement and trust.
Pager and Horizon BCBSNJ team up to enhance the patient experience
Through the collaboration, the New York City-based startup's technology will assist Horizon members in gaining access to the care they need at the right time.
Tackling Rising Drug Costs and Growing Popularity of GLP-1’s
See how Quantum Health is providing the steps to help their members tackle the cost of specialty medications and other drugs.
For healthcare CEOs in early 2017, it’s hasta la vista, baby
At least four healthcare executives have either resigned, been fired or taken on a lesser role since the first of the year — and the head of NIH may be out soon, too.
Pager gets a new CEO to fulfill healthcare ambitions
Walter Jin steps into the spotlight as Pager's new CEO, replacing Gaspard de Drouzy who cofounded the patient navigation business.
Pager is raising $6M as it seeks to add health system partners (Updated)
Pager has raised a little more than $5.2 million with a goal of $6 million, according to the Form D filing.
Doctor-on-demand service Pager talks about shift to court health systems, payers
Pager sees hospital partners are being in-network as the next stage of what it refers to as its evolution.
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Pager’s latest deals with Walgreens, staffing agency give it national presence (Updated)
The agreement with Evolution Health will give Pager access to staff in 41 states and the District of Columbia. In the case of drugstore retailer Walgreens, it extends an in person care option to its telemedicine service through MD Live and its clinic services.
In snapshot of $1.3B mHealth investment landscape, concierge care and telemedicine take up more real estate
"There's an enormous supply of remote physicians for telehealth and on-demand services," New Enterprise Associates Partner Mohammad Makhzoumi said. "By and large, sophisticated health systems are viewing this as an opportunity not a threat."