TriNetX, the global health research network for healthcare organizations, biopharmaceutical companies, and Contract Research Organizations (CROs), announced their collaboration with their client, Sanofi, a global life sciences company committed to improving access to healthcare via the continuum of care.TriNetX/Sanofi Partnership DetailsClinical trials are a critical component of drug discovery and development, yet the time to market for drugs hasn’t improved significantly in nearly two decades.
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Novartis Foundation, Ghana Health Integrates Telemedicine Services Across Ghana
Today the Novartis Foundation and Ghana Health Service are announcing the successful integration and scale-up of telemedicine services across Ghana. The telemedicine service started as a pilot model in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region in 2011, covering 30 communities of around 35,000 people. The Novartis Foundation worked with local and international partners to make the pilot a success.Partners included Millennium Promise at Columbia University; the Ghana Ministry of Health,
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UnitedHealthcare, Dexcom Launch Wearable Glucose Management Pilot
UnitedHealthcare and DexCom, Inc., has announced a glucose management pilot program driven by wearable technology to help people with Type 2 diabetes in real-time. Eligible UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan participants can use the Dexcom Mobile Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System to track their blood glucose levels 24/7, enabling them to understand how their behaviors affect their glucose so they can take appropriate actions.The pilot program is part of UnitedHealthcare’s focus on
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Livongo, Lilly Team Up on Real-World Diabetes Research
Eli Lilly and Companyand Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company focused on empowering all people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives has teamed up on a new strategic collaboration to study real-world evidence and develop new insights to reduce the burden on people living with diabetes.The research collaboration will combine real-world behavioral studies and claims data to advance knowledge about effective interventions in diabetes care. The companies aim to
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OptimizeRx Expands Partnership with Allscripts for Real-Time Clinical Messaging
OptimizeRx Corp, a provider of digital health messaging, has expanded its partnership with Allscripts Healthcare which now includes a variety of real-time messaging to Allscripts ambulatory platforms. The agreement includes financial, informational, and clinical messaging delivered at the point-of-care through Allscripts ePrescribe, Allscripts Professional EHR and Allscripts TouchWorks EHR solutions.Allscripts’ EHR and ePrescribing (eRx) network totals more than 180,000 physicians across 45,000
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Kyruus Joins Epic App Orchard To Enable Seamless Scheduling
Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems, announced yesterday that the company has joined the Epic App Orchard to enable seamless scheduling. Hospital systems using Epic’s EHR platform and Kyruus’ DirectBook solution now have the capability of accessing Kyruus’ ProviderMatch- which matches patients with the right providers across points of entry- and can find the right providers and book directly into their underlying scheduling systems without leaving
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VA Awards $260M Telehealth Contract to Provide Telehealth Services to Veterans
1Vision LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. has been awarded an estimated $260 million contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver home telehealth solutions. As part of the contract, 1Vision has exclusively partnered with AMC Health to implement its virtual health and remote patient monitoring solution. The AMC Health offering enables veterans to automatically transmit information including vital sign measurements such as weight, blood pressure, blood
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American Well Integrates With Philips to Deliver Virtual Care Solutions
American Well and Philips announce a multi-year agreement to integrate American Well’s virtual care capabilities into Philips’ consumer and professional digital health solutions. Through this technology partnership, the two companies will work together to embed American Well's mobile telehealth services into an array of Philips solutions for both healthy consumers and patients with a medical need, spanning personal health & wellness, population health management, and clinical programs. A
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Allianz Pumps $59M In American Well to Develop Digital Solutions for Emerging Markets
Allianz, today announced a $59.2 million investment and strategic partnership with leading telehealth platform American Well to develop digital solutions that will widen access, lower cost and improve quality of healthcare for millions of patients worldwide. The strategic investment was led by Allianz X, the digital investment unit of Allianz and was supported by the Health Innovation Center of Allianz Partners, the B2B2C unit of the Allianz Group dedicated to developing protection and care
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WellCare Health Plans Taps VirtualHealth as its Care Management Platform
VirtualHealth, the leading provider of population health and care management technologies, announced that WellCare Health Plans, Inc. will deploy VirtualHealth’s nationally recognized platform to support millions of members enrolled in its Medicare and Medicaid health plans across 20 states. WellCare will leverage VirtualHealth’s extensive capabilities across care management, including multi-source integration, risk stratification, trigger-based tasking, clinical automation, care planning,
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