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Artificial Intelligence, Consumer / Employer, Health Tech, Payers, Startups
11 HLTH Announcements You Don’t Want to Miss
This year’s HLTH conference brought a bevy of news announcements — from partnerships to new product features to acquisitions and more. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for 11 of the conference’s most notable announcements.
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Uber app to integrate directly into Cerner’s EHR so providers can schedule transportation for patients
Uber and Cerner jointly announced on Monday that Uber’s app will now directly integrate into Cerner’s electronic health record so that care teams will be able to schedule patients for pick-up and drop-off for their non-emergency medical appointments.
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Cleo raises $27.5M Series B to better support working parents
Big name executives including former GE CEO Jeff Immelt, former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner and Levi’s CEO Chip Bergh also made personal investments in the company as part of the Series B round led by NEA.
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Startups, Patient Engagement, Payers
Stride Health is making health coverage easier for the gig economy
The San Francisco-based startup has a new integration with CMS that allows users to choose benefits and apply for and receive subsidies directly in the company’s platform.
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Collective Health is growing by bending healthcare’s cost curve
While healthcare costs for employees have risen around 5 percent for the past few years, Collective Health clients actually saw their medical trend decrease by 0.3 percent from 2016 and 2017.
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Stride Health partners with CareLinx to provide heath coverage for caregivers
San Francisco-based Stride Health claims its personalized recommendations can direct caregivers to the plan right for them and find subsidies that can defray out-of-pocket health insurance payments.
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How CareMore Health and Lyft cut costs and improved patient satisfaction
After an initial two-month pilot in 2016 with Lyft garnered promising results, the partnership grew throughout 2017 to 7,000 rides per month, accounting for 91 percent of CareMore’s curb-to-curb NEMT rides.
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Uber Health lets providers schedule rides for patients
Uber has launched Uber Health, a service that allows healthcare organizations to order rides for patients to get to and from appointments. The offering is HIPAA compliant, and patients don’t need the Uber app or a smartphone to utilize it.
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Trayt Health Seeks to Increase Access to Diagnoses and Treatments
CEO Malekeh Amini explains how Trayt Health can bridge the gap for patients seeking neurological care.
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Why Apple and Google are good for healthcare… and Uber is not.
Grand Rounds Health CEO Owen Tripp on Uber’s entrance into healthcare? “It’s a little goofy.”
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India-based booking service Practo joins forces with Uber
Practo users in India, Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore who book an appointment on its app will be able to see the closest Uber available when they get a reminder alert for their appointments.
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White House aging conference: Don’t assume seniors are technophobic
IT developers, don’t assume that seniors are anti-technology or even technophobic.