What You Need to Know:
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome and Mastercard launch COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator to speed development and access to therapies for COVID-19, committing up to $125M in funding.
- COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator will coordinate R&D efforts and remove barriers to drug development and scale-up to address the epidemic.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome and Mastercard announced the launch of the COVID-19 Therapeutics
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LogistiCare Extend Partnership with Lyft to Improve Access to Care
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- Lyft extends partnership with LogistiCare, the nation’s largest tech-enabled manager of non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) to improve access to care for patients nationwide.
- Collectively, LogistiCare and Lyft have facilitated access to millions of rides since 2017, across 48 states and DC.
The Providence Service Corporation (“Providence” or the
“Company”) (Nasdaq: PRSC) today announced that its subsidiary, LogistiCare Solutions,
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Orion Health Launches Coronavirus Outbreak Monitoring Platform Globally
What You Need to Know:
- Orion Health launches coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak monitoring platform to its existing and future customers globally at no cost.
- Over time the monitoring platform will increasingly use artificial intelligence (AI) to allow providers to identify patients at risk of deterioration and optimize their care. This will allow resources to be allocated to those most in need.
Orion Health has
developed the first comprehensive coronavirus pandemic
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CVS Health Adds Livongo, Hinge Health to its Point Solutions Management Offering
What You Need to Know:
- CVS Health today announced five new health and well-being point solutions available through Point Solutions Management after a comprehensive clinical, security and business evaluation process.
- These solutions address healthcare costs and support clinical outcomes in key areas, including chronic condition management, musculoskeletal health, stress reduction, and mental health management and caregiver support.
- The latest offerings include apps like Livongo
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b.well Connected Health Raises $16M for Personalized Health Platform
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- b.well raises $16 million in Series A funding led by UnityPoint Health Ventures, bringing the company's total funding to over $27 million.
- b.well provides a configurable digital platform to healthcare stakeholders to solve for interoperability and consolidation of point solutions through the lens of a consumer.
b.well Connected
Health, a Baltimore, MD-based platform designed to provide consumers a new
front end to healthcare, announced it has raised $16
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Matternet Launches Secure Medical Drone Delivery Portal for Hospitals
What You Need to Know:
- Matternet announces the launch of its new Matternet Station, a secure medical drone delivery portal for hospital campuses in the United States and Switzerland.
- The Matternet Station provides a safe, fully-automated medical payload exchange for Matternet drone networks on hospital campuses.
- Matternet’s system is made available to hospital systems on an annual subscription model, enabling hospitals to fulfill on-demand and routine delivery requests at a
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Rimidi Launches COVID-19 Screening App to Identify At-Risk Patients & Limit Exposure
What You Need to Know:
- To limit the spread of COVID-19 in healthcare settings, Rimidi has developed a Coronavirus (COVID-19) screening application for health systems to identify at-risk patients and direct them to appropriate locations.
- The EHR-integrated app is one of the first designed specifically to flag patients with possible Coronavirus symptoms, enabling health systems to mitigate the spread and optimize treatment.
Rimidi, a cloud-based
software platform, today announced
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Texas Hospital Association to Bring AI-Powered Autonomous Monitoring Across Texas Hospitals
What You Need to Know:
- Texas Hospital Association (THA) and care.ai are partnering to bring statewide adoption of AI-powered autonomous monitoring to hospital and health system members throughout Texas.
- care.ai’s platform uses autonomous monitoring to turn a standard hospital room into a self-aware room that provides real-time information about the patient and caregivers.
- It uses computer vision – not cameras – to detect and alert staff if an at-risk patient attempts to get out
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Xealth Joins Epic App Orchard for EHR-Driven Digital Health Engagement
What You Need to Know:
- Xealth announces it has joined the Epic App Orchard Marketplace to drive digital health engagement for health systems using Epic EHR by optimizing the ordering, delivery, and monitoring of your digital health apps, content, products, and services across the enterprise.
- Through the secure Xealth platform, clinicians can find and order the right digital health tools and programs for patients direct from the EHR workflow, send these digital health orders to the
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Hospitals Are Failing to Meet New Moms’ Expectations for Digital Health, Xealth Survey Finds
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- Hospitals are failing to meet new moms’ expectations for digital health services from their healthcare providers, according to a new Xealth survey.
- Conducted among nearly 1,000 U.S. women who are new or expectant mothers, a majority (53%) who are familiar with digital health see online information as a key factor in choosing a hospital.
Xealth, a Seattle, WA-based provider enabling digital health at scale, announced recent survey findings that examine the
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