What You Should Know:
- T-Mobile and Zyter are partnering to bring virtual healthcare solutions — including telehealth and remote patient monitoring and care team collaboration — to more healthcare organizations and their patients, providing access to virtual care for underserved communities.
- Under the terms of this agreement, Zyter and T-Mobile will collaborate to deliver integrated healthcare solutions to existing and potential T-Mobile customers nationwide.
- Together, the
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Innovaccer Launches Enterprise Data Platform for Payers on the Innovaccer Health Cloud
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare technology company, has launched its Enterprise Data Platform for payers on the Innovaccer Health Cloud.
- The solution will enable healthcare payers to accelerate digital transformation, facilitate interoperability, foster collaboration across stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem, and comply with regulatory requirements.
- Fragmented data and siloed applications have caused inefficiencies for U.S.
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Teladoc Health Appoints Claus Jensen as Chief Innovation Officer
What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health, Inc., the global leader in whole-person virtual care, has named Claus Jensen as chief innovation officer to lead the research and development team.
- Claus brings more than 20 years of experience from leading healthcare and technology companies including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), Danske Bank, IBM and as chief technology officer of CVS Health-Aetna.
- At Teladoc Health, Jensen will
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Telehealth Startup PursueCare Raises $11M for Virtual Medication-Assisted Program
What You Should Know:
- Telehealth addiction treatment provider PursueCare announced it has raised a total of $11 million in Series A funding after an oversubscribed $7 million Series A2 capital raise. The round was led by OCA Ventures, Seyen Capital, Wasabi Investors and a syndicate of experienced healthcare investors.
-Founded in 2019, PursueCare, has experienced massive demand for its virtual Medication-assisted Treatment (MAT) programs for opioids and other substance use disorders
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Most Providers are Unprepared for The Surge of Post-Pandemic Referrals, Survey Finds
What You Should Know:
- The healthcare industry is bracing for an unprecedented wave of provider referrals that formed as thousands of procedures were canceled or delayed due to COVID-19, according to new research conducted by Innovaccer
- . Despite rising concerns, few healthcare organizations are adequately prepared. Innovaccer’s recent survey reveals that more than half of healthcare executives (53%) are concerned about this coming wave of referrals, but less than half of respondents
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Health2047 Spins Out SiteBridge Research Launches to Improve Clinical Trial Access for Small and Community Physician Practices
What You Should Know:
- Health2047, the innovation arm of the American Medical Association, today announced the spinout of a new company, SiteBridge Research, that offers a more accessible way for a broader set of physicians and their patients to participate in clinical research.
- SiteBridge Research creates a network of independent, small practice physicians to gather data from a broader, more inclusive patient population and, ultimately, create more widely applicable clinical
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Syneos, Medable Team Up to Bring Decentralized Clinical Trials to Patients
What You Should Know:
- Syneos Health, a fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization, and Medable, a cloud platform for patient-centered drug development, announced a strategic partnership to bring clinical trials closer to the patient.
- The partnership will deliver new decentralized capabilities to Syneos Health with the aim of increasing clinical trial diversity, while improving patient access and experiences to transform biopharmaceutical product development.
- As part
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Innovation, Interoperability Accelerated Healthcare Digital Transformation in 2020
What You Should Know:
- In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital transformation of healthcare accelerated in 2020 with increased adoption of interoperable tools to support innovations in care management, price transparency and specialty medications, according to the Surescripts 2020 National Progress Report.
- The data, which represents 98% of the U.S. population, reveals how the digital transformation of healthcare was expedited over the
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Aetna Launches Connected Plan with CVS Health in St. Louis Market
What You Should Know:
- The Aetna Connected Plan with CVS Health™ is a first-of-its-kind plan offering that will deliver CVS Health® and Aetna's combined capabilities in the St. Louis market to help members access care when and where they need it – and at a more affordable price than a traditional plan.
- The plan combines Aetna's cost-saving performance network with access to expanded services at CVS Health retail and pharmacy. Members enjoy peace of mind with quality in-network providers
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Tomorrow Health Raises $25M for Home-Based Care Platform for Durable Medical Equipment
What You Should Know:
- Tomorrow Health, the leading patient-first platform for home healthcare, announced it has closed a $25 million Series A round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Obvious Ventures and BoxGroup. The company recently announced a partnership with Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) to provide more than half a million patients with access to curated home durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies.
- Founded in 2018, Tomorrow Health streamlines the
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