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.
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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Through the startup's collaboration with the rideshare service, Grand Rounds care coordinators are able to book an Uber to arrange transport for a member to meet their healthcare needs.
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.
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.
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.
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
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.
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.
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.
Both San Francisco companies are looking to serve patients who need non-emergency medical transportation but may not necessarily own smartphones and/or be Uber and Lyft riders.
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Grand Rounds Health CEO Owen Tripp on Uber's entrance into healthcare? "It's a little goofy."
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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