Limelight Health, provider of mobile enterprise technology for the health insurance industry, announced today it has raised $3 million in Series A funding from MassMutual Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), and AXA Strategic Ventures. Also investing in the round is the series seed lead investor LaunchPad Digital Health. The company will use the capital to help accelerate its sales and engineering teams to deliver innovative
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Axial Healthcare Raises $8M for its Pain Management Solution
Axial Healthcare, Inc., a cloud-based clinical decision support platform for managing the cost and quality of patient care, announced today that it has closed an $8 million Series A round of funding. The round was led by .406 Ventures and Liam Donohue, .406 Venture’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner, has joined Axial’s Board of Directors. Previous investors, including BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners and Sandbox Industries, also participated in the funding.The new funding will enable the
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Dell Appoints Dr. Nick van Terheyden as New Chief Medical Officer
Dell Services has appointed Nick van Terheyden, M.D., former chief medical information officer of Nuance Communications as the new Dell Healthcare & Life Sciences chief medical officer. Under his leadership, Dr. van Terheyden will help Dell advance its support of healthcare organizations, medical professionals and patients through information-enabled healthcare. He will report to Sid Nair, vice president and global general manager of Dell’s Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS) Services
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Telehealth App Launches Radar Mapping to Help Patients Find Closest Doctor
HealthiestYou, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based telehealth company focused on engagement and utilization has announced the launch of "radar mapping" - a new way for consumers find the closest care facility from their mobile device.
The “radar” feature is the first app of its kind to provide a comprehensive, interactive list of all health options, such as doctors, E.R., urgent care and pharmacy locations, customized to members' health insurance plans. It shows members the providers that are within
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Accolade Secures $22.5M to Enhance Consumer Healthcare Engagement
Accolade, the consumer health engagement platform for large employers and payers, announced that it has secured $22.5 million in strategic funding from a subsidiary of Independence Health Group, the parent company of Independence Blue Cross (Independence), and McKesson Ventures.
Accolade will use this investment to further strengthen its technology and analytics capabilities while capitalizing on a growing market demand for healthcare solutions that are proven to save money, drive the right
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Infographic: Do People Trust Telemedicine?
Telemedicine initiatives may have a promising future within the American healthcare system, and could alleviate the shortage of general practitioners, increase reliable access to basic and preventative care, and reduce overall costs. Despite potential positive outcomes of telemedicine platforms, patients remain dubious about this remote option and the quality of diagnosis made during virtual appointments.
The infographic shown below illustrates the key findings of a recent nationwide study
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75% of Patients Wouldn’t Trust A Diagnosis Via Telemedicine
Approximately 75 percent of patients reported they either would not trust a diagnosis made via telemedicine, or would trust this method less than an in-doctor visit, according to a recent nationwide study conducted by TechnologyAdvice Research. The report reveals that although telemedicine initiatives may have a promising future to increase reliable access to basic and preventative care, patients remain dubious about this remote option and the quality of diagnosis made during virtual
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Epic to Create Clinical Decision Support Tool for Falls Prevention
On Monday at the White House Conference on Aging, EHR leader Epic Systems announced it will create a clinical decision support tool (CDS) too for patient falls prevention based on CDC's guidelines. The CDS tool is expected to be available to all Epic clients by the end of the year designed to make it easier for health care providers to screen for falls, intervene to reduce risk, and provide follow-up care.
Additionally, it was announced that Kaiser Permanente will implement the CDC’s
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PerfectServe’s Communications Platform Reaches 50k Physician Users
Adoption of the population health model of care is increasing, and with that means larger care teams spanning across more care settings that may not be equipped with the technology or processes to ensure providers remain connected outside the four walls of a hospital. This shift has created a demand for unified clinical communication tools that facilitate timely care team collaboration among providers scattered across multiple locations, which for PerfectServe, led to a 51.2 percent increase in
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Nuance Joins athenahealth’s “More Disruption Please” Marketplace
Nuance today announced it has joined athenahealth’s “More Disruption Please” program, an initiative driving disruption in healthcare and transforming the way physicians provide patient care. As part of this partnership, Nuance’s Dragon Medical 360 solution will be part of athenahealth’s Marketplace offerings, providing organizations with solutions from leading innovative companies to drive productivity and performance.
More than 30% of patients spend 10 minutes or less with their physician,
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