- Molina Healthcare of Washington launches $3M community innovation fund that will support Washington community-based organizations over the next three years.- The Molina Fund will support lower access barriers, close community-based care gaps and address the social determinants of health for Medicaid beneficiaries in regions of Washington State that have implemented Integrated Managed Care (IMC).- The Molina Fund will invest up to $1 million per year in Washington-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit
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Amazon Launches Pilot Virtual Primary Care Clinic in Seattle for its Employees
- Amazon launches Amazon Care, a pilot virtual primary care clinic in Seattle for its Amazon employees and in-person healthcare services from Oasis Medical. Oasis Medical.
- Amazon Care offers employees access to video care, care chat, mobile care, and a care courier available Monday to Friday, 8 am to 9 pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 8 am to 6 pm.
- Eligible Amazon employees and their families can request to enroll at any time during the year.
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Philips Launches Expanded SmartSleep Suite of Solutions in US Market
- Philips launches its expanded SmartSleep suite of digital solutions in the US market to ultimately address approximately 80 percent of all sleep issues worldwide- Collaborative efforts with Walgreens, WebMD enhance consumer access to sleep information and solutions- The new SmartSleep solutions are now available for purchase on Philips.com, Walgreens.com, and BestBuy.com. SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband and Snore Relief Band will begin to roll out to BestBuy stores across the United States in
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Walgreens Find Care Platform Integrates with Philips SmartSleep Analyzer
- New collaboration between Walgreens and Philips helps put quality sleep within reach, integrating Philips SmartSleep Analyzer with Walgreens Find Care. - Walgreens Find Care users are now able to use the tool to help identify the potential reasons contributing to their sleep issues and connect to sleep diagnostics, guidance, products, and solutions online and through the Walgreens mobile app.- Walgreens Find Care users who access the SmartSleep Analyzer will receive personalized insights and
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EMPATHIQ Acquires Patient Experience & Reputation Platform Rivews
- EMPATHIQ acquires Rivews, a patient experience and reputation platform that enables healthcare organizations in instantly connecting with patients via text-message post-care.
- The acquisition will enable EMPATHIQ to further advance from its current online reporting and monitoring platform to enabling healthcare organizations in the collection of real-time patient feedback and surveys after-care.
- To date, Rivews has identified over 32,500 patient complaints with 17,500 of them
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Global Chatbots in Healthcare Market to Reach $498M by 2029
- Global chatbots in healthcare market to reach $498M at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.29% between 2019 and 2029. - Factors driving the growth of the chatbots in healthcare market is the rising market penetration of smart devices and improved internet connectivity, need for cost optimization and customer experience enhancement.- These AI-enabled tools can significantly help healthcare providers prevent losses from missed appointments, thereby saving $200 per missed
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Syqe Medical, TerrAscend to Distribute Medical Cannabis Inhaler to Canadian Market
- Syqe Medical, Ltd. and TerrAscend Corp. announced an exclusive distribution agreement to bring Syqe’s flagship product, the SyqeTM Inhaler, to the Canadian market.
- TerrAscend will utilize their platform to both provide high-quality guidance to patients on use of the Syqe device and educate the medical community on the benefits of medical cannabis and the Syqe treatment.
- For the first time ever, the amount of THC in the bloodstream can be accurately controlled in a consistent,
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Heal Acquires Doctors on Call, Expands House Call Service to NYC
- Doctor house calls provider Heal expands to New York City with the acquisition of Doctors on Call.
- With the acquisition of Doctors on Call, Heal’s service footprint expands to more than 75 million Americans nationwide throughout Atlanta, GA, California, New York, Northern Virginia and D.C.
- Doctors On Call, founded in 1968 by Paul R. Rosenstock, MD., and now owned and operated by Heal, offers medical house calls for elderly and homebound patients throughout New York’s five
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HUG Becomes First European Hospital to Adopt IBM Watson for Genomics
- Swiss healthcare provider Hôpitaux Universitaires Genève (HUG) becomes the first European university hospital to use IBM Watson for Genomics.
- IBM Watson for Genomics leverages AI to provide expertly validated, up-to-date, comprehensive content to enable clinical reporting & precision oncology programs.
- The HUG is Switzerland's leading center for influenza and emerging viral infections, as well as for childhood liver disease and pediatric liver transplantation.
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Actiste’s Unified IoT Diabetes Care Device Awarded CE Mark
- Actiste, the world’s first unified diabetes care device with eSIM technology for monitoring and treating insulin-dependent diabetes, has received two CE marks.
- The EC certifications allow the company to move forward with its ongoing market entry and sales activities in the company's primary target markets in the Middle East and Southeast Asia and opens up for future sales in over 30 European countries, where Sweden is most imminent.
- The development of the Actiste device was
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