Updox, the only place to
manage healthcare communications across both in-person and virtual care, today
released its 2020
Virtual Care Report: Patient Care in a Post-COVID World that details the
rapid transformation telehealth saw during COVID-19, how it is currently being
used, physician and patient expectations for telehealth post-COVID -- and how
virtual care spanning the entire patient experience will become the new
precedent.
At the start of the COVID-19
pandemic, telehealth
became the
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Walmart, Oak Street Health to Launch 3 Health Clinics in Dallas-Fort Worth Area
What You Should Know:
- Walmart and Oak Street Health ink a partnership to
launch three joint health clinics in the Dallas-Forth Worth, TX area this year.
- Each clinic will offer value-based primary care and urgent
care services with a focus on adults on Medicare.
Retail leader Walmart
announced a partnership with Oak
Street Health, a value-based
primary care network for adults on Medicare to launch three joint health
clinics the Dallas-Forth Worth, TX area.
The new Oak Street
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Syapse Appoints David Pomerantz as Chief Commercial Officer
Syapse, a real-world evidence company accelerating the delivery of precision medicine through the Syapse Learning Health Network™, today announced the appointment of David Pomerantz as Chief Commercial Officer. In his new role as Chief Commercial Officer, Pomerantz will lead the future direction of Syapse’s commercial endeavors and expand its life sciences partnerships across the Syapse Learning Network.
Pomerantz Bio/Background
Mr. Pomerantz brings more than 25 years of account
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FCC Releases Guidance for $100M Connected Care Pilot Program
What You Should Know:
- FCC releases Public Notice providing additional
information and guidance for potential applicants interested in applying for
its Connected Care Pilot Program.
- The Connected Care Pilot Program will provide up to
$100 million from the Universal Service Fund (USF) over a three-year period to
selected applicants to support the provision of connected care services.
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) today released a Public Notice
providing additional
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Blue Shield of CA Launches Digital “Neighborhood Health Dashboard” for Public
What You Should Know:
- Blue Shield of California and mySidewalk unveil innovative
“Neighborhood Health Dashboard” to help improve community health across the state.
- The Neighborhood Health Dashboard uses data intelligence from dozens of sources to create a comprehensive picture of a community’s health including health outcomes, preventative health care, utilization and access, health behaviors, social risk factors, and environmental and economic health conditions.
Blue Shield of
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FDA Approves Medtronic’s Insulin Pump System for People with Type 1 Diabetes
What You Should Know:
- Medtronic announced the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the MiniMed™ 770G hybrid insulin pump
system with smartphone connectivity and an expanded age indication to patients
with Type 1 diabetes aged 2 and up ― the lowest age indication by the FDA for
an automated insulin pump system.
- The new
MiniMed 770G system comes with the Guardian™ Sensor 34, the MiniMed™ Mobile app
(compatible with both iPhone and Android), and Roche Accu-Chek®
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Catapult Health Launches VirtualCheckup to Deliver Clinical Preventative Care
What You Should Know:
- Catapult Health, today announced the release of VirtualCheckup to bring annual checkups to nearly any location – combining telehealth, clinic diagnostics, COVID-19, and depression screenings to address the health concerns of today – perfect for remote employees and partners, and covered by most commercial plans.
- Prior to each visit, participants will be mailed a
VirtualCheckup home kit that contains a blood pressure monitor, a
next-generation finger stick blood
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New Voice-Based App Enables Behavioral Health Measurement Anytime, Anywhere
What You Should Know:
- Ellipsis Health launches new voice-based Rising
Higher app, enabling behavioral health measurement anytime, anywhere.
- The
HIPAA-compliant platform facilitates longitudinal visibility into behavioral health symptoms
for enhanced clinical decision support.
Ellipsis Health,
pioneer of the first commercial-grade voice-based vital signs to
quantify and manage depression and anxiety symptoms at scale, has announced
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BioIQ Appoints Former Walmart Health Exec, Sean Slovenski CEO
What You Should Know:
- Sean Slovenski, former Humana and Walmart Health exec
was recently announced as CEO of testing company, BioIQ. Sean turned to testing
when he noticed a massive failure of the industry to adapt during the COVID
crisis.
- The company has the capacity to test 500,000 per day
without ever owning a lab. Instead, they have a national network of labs that
enables them to be more agile and scalable bypassing the challenges others are
facing, including supply chain
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Verily Forms New Subsidiary Focused on Employer Stop-Loss Through Precision Risk
What You Should Know:
- Alphabet’s Verily has established a new subsidiary,
Coefficient, with a mission to create value by combining innovative health
technology solutions with new insurance and payment models. Verily is the
majority shareholder and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, an established player in
the employer stop-loss market, has a minority stake in the new company.
- Coefficient will enter a segment of insurance called
employer stop-loss. Employer stop-loss typically protects
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