New Xerox research reveals huge disparities between patients and healthcare payers & providers. Think of it as a “Mars vs. Venus” conundrum for the industry – as consumer attitudes and the industry professionals’ perception of those attitudes are so misaligned, it feels like the groups are on different planets. The study, conducted by Y&R’s BAV Consulting on behalf of Xerox[1], surveyed 761 U.S. adults who purchase health insurance and are healthcare decision makers for their households
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StayWell Taps Validic for Digital Health Integration of Well-being Programs
StayWell, a health engagement solutions company has selected digital health integration platform Validic to expand and deepen the integration between StayWell’s health and well-being services and the digital health devices and apps used by individual program participants. StayWell’s enhanced integration capabilities will create a more connected, seamless experience across an entire employer-sponsored program, producing a better experience and improved outcomes for employers and
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Kinvey, Redox Partner to Reduce Mobile App Time to Market by 80%
Kinvey, a HIPAA-compliant mobile Backend as a Service (mBaaS) and EHR API integration provider Redox has unveiled on-demand cloud based platform designed to accelerate app delivery by 80% or more. To improve patient outcomes, increase productivity and reduce healthcare costs, apps need to integrate with EHR and other healthcare systems to provide an end-to-end view of a patient’s state over time and to streamline care team processes by integrating mobile apps into daily workflows. Today, these
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CVS Pharmacy Launches Mobile Payment Experience with CVS Pay Pilot
Today, CVS Pharmacy announced CVS Pay pilot, an end-to-end mobile payment experience designed to streamline their checkout experience at the store – combining multiple steps into one easy scan. Customers will now have the ability to refill, manage multiple prescriptions and get alerts when prescriptions are ready, all within the app – and then pick up and pay using a single barcode. Customers can also link their ExtraCare card with CVS Pay, meaning a single scan at checkout will process all
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Medlio, PatientLink Enterprises Wins Allscripts Open API Patient Engagement Challenge
Today, Allscripts has named Medlio as the first place winner and PatientLink Enterprises the runner-up winner of the Allscripts Open API Patient Engagement Challenge. Allscripts launched the competition with Health 2.0 this summer with the goal of fostering innovation that will help healthcare organizations address the patient engagement through API connectivity requirements of Meaningful Use Stage 3. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s Meaningful Use Stage 3 (MU3) program requires
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AT&T Taps biotricity to Power IoT Wearable Medical Devices
AT&T, Inc. has teamed up with biotricity, a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company to power wearable medical devices. As part of the collaboration, AT&T will serve as biotricity 's preferred network to power these devices with near real-time connectivity for data transmission. AT&T is currently already providing a pilot for connectivity based on the pending launch of biocricity's flagship, the bioflux solutions by year-end. AT&T will power biotricity’s
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HealthTap Unveils Virtual Consultations with Live Translators
HealthTap, a Global Health Practice providing 24/7 immediate access to doctors via video, text or voice, has unveiled multi-participant Virtual Consultations, including medical translation and interpretation services for its users globally. Available now, this service removes language barriers and dramatically expands access to high-quality immediate care to HealthTap users in 174 countries around the world.Engage in Live Group ConsultsPowered by HealthTap’s proprietary Health Operating System
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Aligned TeleHealth Raises $12M to Fuel Telepsychiatry Consultations
Aligned TeleHealth, Inc., a Calabasas, CA-based healthcare provider full, end-to-end telemedicine solutions has raised $12 million in Series A funding from SV Life Sciences (SVLS), an international life sciences VC firm. Additional investors in the round include Aligned’s board member, Deepak Chopra, who is also chairman, CEO and founder of OSI Systems, Inc.The company plans to utilize the funding to expand its footprint in behavioral health as well as support acquisitions, business development,
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Honor Raises $42M to Connect Consumers with In-Home Caregivers
Honor, an in-home care startup has raised $42 million in Series B funding led by Thrive Capital along with participating investors 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz and Syno Capital. The latest round brings the total funding raised to date up to $62 million. The San Francisco-based company plans to utilize the funding to accelerate its product development and go-to market growth strategy.Founded by serial entrepreneur Seth Sternberg in April of 2015, Honor connects consumers with in-home caregivers,
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Study: Continuous Patient Monitoring Could Save Healthcare $15B
Continuous contact-free patient monitoring can save the US healthcare system up to $15 billion annually, according to peer-reviewed paper published in Critical Care Medicine. Conducted by researchers from Harvard School of Medicine, and a new Frost & Sullivan report, Finding Top-Line Opportunities in a Bottom-Line Healthcare Market, each hospital bed monitored with EarlySense enables hospitals to achieve a cost savings of approximately $19,940.The cited cost savings are attributed to
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