OnCall Health, a Toronto, CA-based platform that provides simple, secure virtual care technology and services for healthcare providers, today announced it has raised $2 million CAD ($1.5M USD) in seed funding led by Ripple Ventures with participation from Panache Ventures, Stout Street Capital, and Maple Leaf Angels.OnCall Health BackgroundFounded in 2016, OnCall’s secure virtual care (telemedicine) technology facilitates video or text-based consultations for healthcare practices and streamlines
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CHLA Announces 10 Semi-Finalists from Gamifying Pediatrics Hackathon
The Innovation Studio at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), today announced10 semi-finalists from the first ever Gamifying Pediatrics Hackathon, which took place April 12-14, 2019 at BCG Digital Ventures (BCGDV) in Manhattan Beach (CA), the global corporate venture and incubation arm of the Boston Consulting Group. This hackathon brought together 185 enthusiastic participants, including physicians and nurses on the front lines of pediatric medicine, engineers, developers, and experts in
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10 Major Barriers Hindering The Digitalization Of Chronic Conditions
Hundreds of millions of patients are affected by chronic diseases globally, often suffering from several of them. Despite such a huge opportunity, the coverage of chronic conditions with digital solutions is still below the acceptable level. Today, more than twenty common chronic conditions have its own specificity and are currently at its digital development stage, yet all of them face the same challenges in the digital health market, according to a recent Research2Guidance report.The report,
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ATA Unveils ATA19 Annual Conference Award Winners
The ATA, the nation’s leading telehealth association has unveiled the winners of this year’s annual awards that recognize exemplary achievements and individuals in the telehealth field. The annual conference awards will be presented at the ATA19 Annual Conference and Expo in New Orleans on April 14-16, 2019. “The winners of this year’s awards are doing amazing work and it’s wonderful to see the innovation and transformation that is happening in the Telehealth field,” said Laurie Poole, Vice
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AMA, Sling Health Launches Clinical Problem Database to Compile Insights from Physicians
The American Medical Association (AMA) and Sling Health (formerly IDEA Labs), a student-run biotechnology incubator is expanding their joint efforts to allow the voice and experience of physicians to inspire technologies that resolve unmet needs in health care delivery and clinical medicine. Together, the two organizations have launched the Clinical Problem Database designed to compile insights from physicians on needed improvements to clinical efficiency and patient care. These real-world
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Cerner, naviHealth to Launch Medicare BPCI Advanced Offering
Cerner and naviHealth, a provider of post-acute management has announced an expanded relationship with plans to create a new offering for the Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced program (BPCI Advanced). After working together for five years to streamline electronic workflows for post-acute discharge, Cerner and naviHealth anticipate launching the new value-based care offering to support BPCI Advanced, with an initial focus on the next CMS launch of the program in January
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Cincinnati Children’s, Teladoc to Develop First Pediatric-Specific Consumer Telehealth Platform
Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati Children’s) is teaming up
with virtual care provider Teladoc Health
to develop the industry’s first consumer pediatric telehealth platform. The
pediatric-specific consumer telehealth
platform builds off Cincinnati Children’s existing Center for
Telehealth that currently offers video-based
telemedicine clinics, video consults, e-visits and remote provider case
conferences to help build relationships with physicians and families to speed
up
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UnitedHealthcare Expands Bundled Payments with Medicare Advantage Plans
UnitedHealthcare announced this week it is expanding its use of bundled payment offerings to care providers participating in Medicare Advantage plan networks across more than 30 states to improve quality and lower costs. The expansion builds upon UnitedHealthcare’s existing work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) program for fee-for-service Medicare.UnitedHealthcare Care Bundles Program OverviewThe
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Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest University Announce Mega-Merger: 5 Things to Know
Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest University today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to merge that will establish a next-generation academic healthcare system. If approved, the mega-merger will enable three leading healthcare organizations to invest in the health and well-being of people throughout the region, as well as contribute ground-breaking research and innovation to the world. The organizations have agreed to start a period of exclusive
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Cambia Health, Pager Partner to Deliver Personalized Care Coordination
Cambia Health Solutions (Cambia), a family of companies creating simple and personalized health experiences is teaming up with digital health company Pager to optimize care coordination and delivery for consumers. Pager's platform serves as the bridge between consumers and healthcare organization's solutions to ensure people can easily connect to low-cost, high-quality care.Delivering A Personalized Digital Healthcare ExperienceAs part of the strategic collaboration, Cambia and Pager will
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