What You Should Know:
- Banner Health announced the launch of its digital health program with Xealth to enable digital health at scale. Banner Health is making it simpler for medical providers to order digital health solutions directly from its Cerner EHR, helping to strengthen its connection with patients across its 30 acute-care hospitals and other entities. The launch will begin
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Best Buy Health Launches Lively Smart for Active Aging Community
What You Should Know:
- Best Buy Health today introduced its new smartphone Lively Smart that is designed to make it easier than ever for older adults to access the phone features they care most about, including one-touch access to Lively Health and Safety Services.
- Users can unlock Lively Smart’s full potential with these Lively Health and Safety Services (available with a Preferred Health & Safety package):
Urgent Response, which
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Anthem, Epic Integrates Bi-Directional Data Exchange with Affiliated Health Plans
What You Should Know:
- Healthcare insurer Anthem has announced a data sharing collaboration with Epic to facilitate secure, bi-directional exchange of health information between healthcare providers and Anthem’s affiliated health plans.
- Epic’s Payer Platform will be integrated with Anthem’s Health OS, which is Anthem’s operating system to enable seamless health plan-provider collaboration.
- The integration will enable Anthem to capture consumer health information
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Ro Acquires Modern Fertility to Integrate With Primary Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- Ro, today announced the acquisition of Modern Fertility, one of the fastest growing companies in women’s health.
- This acquisition, one of the largest deals in women's health tech yet, will accelerate Ro's position as a leader in women's health and bring Modern Fertility’s fertility tests and reproductive health tools to our vertically integrated primary care platform.
- Like Ro's patient-centric approach, Modern Fertility makes fertility more proactive,
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MITRE Proposes a National Strategy for Digital Health
What You Should Know:
- MITRE has published a draft National Strategy for Digital Health that identifies a set of national priorities and guides the government and industry toward common goals.
- MITRE has researched and identified candidate actions in the full version of the strategy, which leaders may consider for achieving each of these goals.
Six Strategic Goals for a Healthier Population
The six strategic goals MITRE has identified to revolutionize the health and well-being of
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Wellstar Health System Launches Global Digital Health And Innovation Center
What You Should Know:
- Wellstar Health System has launched Catalyst by Wellstar, a global digital health and innovation center to connect and collaborate with industry-leading corporations, enterprise startups, and universities to fuel innovation.
- To foster meaningful discussion, action, and philanthropy around healthcare innovation, the Catalyst by Wellstar leadership team will participate in a Wellstar Foundation-hosted Innovation Series virtual event on June 15.
- The first
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Humana Taps NowPow to Address Social Needs for Medicare & Medicaid Members in Chicago
What You Should Know:
- Humana Inc., today announced it is partnering with NowPow to improve the health of communities across Chicago by identifying and addressing root causes of poor health.
- As part of the partnership, Humana will leverage NowPow’s personalized community referral platform to help extend the digital infrastructure for its population health strategy supporting Humana Medicaid and Medicare members in Chicago. This effort aims to improve members’ health by meeting needs
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SymphonyRM Secures $25M to Transform Providers into Member-Focused Enterprises
What You Should Know:
- SymphonyRM, a Palo Alto-based health IT company announced today that it has raised $25M in Series B funding. The round is led by new investment partner TT Capital Partners (TTCP) with continued investment from Adams Street Partners (Adams Street). The latest round of funding brings SymphonyRM total raised to date at $35M.
- SymphonyRM is helping health systems transform how they acquire, engage, and retain patients by creating an engagement model rivaling the
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VillageMD Becomes Largest Sponsor for CMS New Direct Contracting Program
What You Should Know:
- U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched its new Direct Contract program this month through its Primary Care initiative and VillageMD is the largest participating sponsor. VillageMD estimates it will serve more than 56,000 patients through its growing footprint of Village Medical primary care clinics, in eight states, including Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New Hampshire and Texas.
- This new Direct Contracting
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Perceptive Advisors Closes $515M Early-Stage Biotech Fund
What You Should Know:
- Perceptive Advisors and biotech accelerator Xontogeny, focused on seed investment, incubation and collaboration, have raised their second venture capital fund, the Perceptive Xontogeny Ventures Fund II (PXV Fund II), totaling an over-subscribed $515 million. This more than triples Assets Under Management to more than $700M in less than two years.
- The
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