Cedars-Sinai is teaming up with Techstars to launch an LA-based digital health accelerator focused on developing innovative approaches to medicine and science that not only further enhance the quality of the care but ensure it is provided in a patient-centered, cost-effective manner. Together, the digital health accelerator will offer startups $120k in funding, 3 months of mentorship and guidance from senior leadership at Cedars-Sinai and the Techstars network of more than 7,000 founders,
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American Well Powers Telehealth Visits to 29 Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans
Telehealth services provider American Well, today announced it is the telemedicine partner of choice for 29 Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans in more than half of the United States. Beginning 1/1/16, 29 independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans rely on American Well to deliver care to members across 26 states. Through its app, Amwell health plans can give members a benefit they want, while reducing medical costs for key employer accounts.
"Modern technology like web and mobile lets us
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Amino Pulls In $19.4M to Match Patients with the Right Doctor
After spending more than two years in stealth mode developing a database that includes nearly every practicing doctor in America and experiences from more than 188 million people, digital health startup Amino has launched its consumer healthcare search platform designed to help consumers make confident health care decisions, starting with the doctors they choose. Amino’s new personalized service allows people to find and book an appointment with doctors based on their experience with specific
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Collective Health Raises $81M, Goes National with Anthem and Blue Shield of CA
October is open enrollment season across the U.S. when the annual window opens for millions of Americans to change health plans. To make this process less confusing, Collective Health is bringing employer health insurance into the 21s century and shifting the focus from profits to people. Today, the enterprise health insurance software and services leader Collective Health has raised $81 million in Series C funding led by Google Ventures and returning investors NEA and Founders Fund along with
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3 Population Health Management Myths & Realities for Providers
Population health management requires a huge amount of effort and work, operating at scale, to drive results: calling patients to get them in for care, pre-registering and pre-certifying them before their appointments, ensuring optimal scheduling and referral patterns among physicians, and so on. Therefore, executives and administrators should seek partners that integrate services with technology—in short, partners able to deliver not just reports but measurable results. Working with these
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After Raising $10M, Datu Health Shuts Down HQ, 42 Layoffs
After announcing a $10 million in Series B equity funding, Boulder,CO-based behavioral health data company Datu Health has shuttered its headquarters resulting in 42 layoffs, Denver Post reports. They layoffs result from company consolidated its software engineering functions under its umbrella of its investment partner St. Joseph Health.
According to Datu Health’s spokeswoman, Pam Zients, four of the Boulder employees will remain with Datu, which has operations in St. Louis and California.
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Infographic: Decoding Big Data in Healthcare
We all want personalized healthcare options, however, in order to achieve this, we must let big data in to decipher and breakdown our individual wants and needs. Besides being an industry buzzword, what successes can big data translate into for healthcare workers and consumers?
The following infograpic created by Evariant, a company that helps leading hospital networks make sense of big data illustrates the following trends and benefits when big data is properly managed
· Improved profits
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Lyra Health Pulls in $35M to Transform Mental Health
After recently launching in June led by former Facebook and Genentech CFO David Ebersman, mental health-based startup Lyra Health has raised a $35 million in Series A funding led by Greylock Partners and existing investor Venrock. The investment round also includes funding from existing investor Castlight Health, and new investors Providence Health & Services, Breyer Capital and Origin Capital Management. The company will utilize the funding to make its technology available to a select group
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Vicks Unveils Wireless Smartphone Thermometer with Connected Health App
Cold and flu relief provider Vicks is finally entering the connected health space with the launch of its new Bluetooth-enabled digital Vicks® SmartTemp™ wireless smartphone thermometer now available at pharmacy and baby retailers nationwide this September for $24.99. The Vicks SmartTemp makes tracking multiple kids' temperatures easier than ever before this cold and flu season with a companion App available for Android or Apple devices. Tracking and communicating symptoms and temperature history
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Verisk Analytics to Sell Its Healthcare Business, Could Sell for $1B
Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK), a data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, energy, healthcare, financial services, government, and risk management has hired Morgan Stanley to sell Verisk Health, its healthcare division, according to three industry bankers, The Deal reports. Bankers estimate that Verisk Health sale could pull in between $900 million to $1.08 billion. The sales process is reportedly in the early stages and bankers have noted that the company's breadth of offerings
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