Neko Health recently raised €60 million (about $65.8 million) in Series A financing. The Stockholm-based startup's medical scanning technology aims to conveniently and affordably collect extensive health data to aid doctors in catching diseases early. The company’s scan takes about 10 minutes and costs €250 (about $275).
While the average lifespan for Americans is 77.9 years, Americans are living only 65.9 years in good health. A new Deloitte report shows that if changes are made, Americans’ average lifespan could reach 90 years by 2040, with 85 of those years being in good health.
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.
Dr. Ala Stanford, founder of the Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium, provided hundreds of thousands of Covid-19 tests and vaccines to Black and Brown people in Philadelphia's underserved neighborhoods during the pandemic. In her view, her work was impactful because she acted promptly and focused on community-based patient engagement.
In order to engage more Americans in primary care, we need to understand the main challenges that surround primary care in the U.S., according to Dr. Stephen Ezeji-Okoye, Crossover Health’s chief medical officer. Some of these include the increasing shortage of primary care physicians and the lack of incentivization to focus on whole-person health and preventive care.
A key part of the ruling by Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas says one way that preventive services are selected for the no-cost coverage is unconstitutional. Another portion of his ruling says a requirement that an HIV prevention drug therapy be covered without any cost to patients violates the religious freedom of an employer who is a plaintiff in the case.
MedArrive providers will use Spect’s artificial intelligence-enabled telemedicine platform to screen patients at home for eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration.
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.
Preventive care is better in America — but plenty of work remains.
Applicable products and services include insulin, ACE inhibitors, inhaled corticosteroids, retinopathy screenings, glucometers, statins and SSRIs.
At the StartUp Health festival in San Francisco Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson spoke about the role innovation is playing in the company's big strategic goals around preventive health.
"We're looking for efficiency," said Goshen Medical Center CMO Dr. Thomas Maynor.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Before the end of the year, UnitedHealthcare will add "clinically focused" notifications to Health4me, based on individuals' claims data.
TV host Samantha Harris is the latest in a series of celebrities going public with her decision to have a double mastectomy following a breast cancer diagnosis. As the number of women choosing this treatment continues to rise, reporter and author Marc Silver wanted to present the other side of the discussion. His wife, Marsha, […]
Dr. Steven Charlap founded MDPrevent, a preventive healthcare clinic in Florida. He wrote a detailed obituary of his startup for The Atlantic. He built a team that included a health psychologist, registered dietitian, exercise physiologist, yoga instructor, health educator and nurse practitioners. The plan was for a physician to complete an initial health risk assessment, […]
There are just a few key reasons why Medicare has become inordinately expensive. There is no end in sight for cost escalation. But there are some obvious solutions and they all begin with chronic illnesses. Chronic illness – diabetes, heart failure, cancer, chronic lung disease, etc. – are increasing at exponential rates; are caused largely […]
Primary care physicians (PCPs) have been marginalized by Medicare for decades with low reimbursement rates for routine office visits which has led to the 15-20 minute office visit with 10-12 minutes of actual “face time” and a panel of patients that well exceeds 2000. Is there a good solution to the Medicare cost and quality […]