TreeHouse Health, a health innovation center that invests in emerging healthcare companies to help accelerate their growth, has team up with Accenture to provide guidance and insights to its growing roster of digital health startups.As part of its partnership as an anchor tenant, Accenture will assign some of its healthcare consultants to the TreeHouse Health facility in downtown Minneapolis to help TreeHouse Health evaluate new portfolio companies for future viability and advise and engage with
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New App Uses Fitbit Data to Predict When You May Get Sick
Datapult, a Toronto-based app studio has launched a new app that uses Fitbit data to alert consumers as to when their body is showing signs of a reoccurring illness, such as a cold, before it happens. The app called achu tracks patterns leading up to sickness using a proprietary algorithm that alerts the user to the fact that you are on the same track to get sick, as you have in the past. “The more interactive you are with achu, the more accurate it will be in helping you to stay healthy,” says
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NextHealth Technologies Lands $8.5M to “Nudge” Health Behavior Change
NextHealth Technologies Inc., a prescriptive analytics and consumer engagement platform, has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding led by Norwest Venture Partners. The Denver, CO-based company plans to utilize the recent round to grow its engineering team to support its enterprise platform. Founded in 2013, NextHealth's enterprise platform identifies and targets high-cost plan members, prescribes and delivers member-level actions or "nudges," then measures and optimizes outcomes. The program
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SAP Appoints Thomas Laur President of SAP Connected Health Group
This week, SAP announced it has appointed Thomas Laur as the new President of the SAP Connected Health group. In his new role, the former CEO of Sutherland Healthcare Solutions will help promote and guide the company’s Connected Health group - SAP’s recently established healthcare and life sciences division. The formation of the SAP Connected Health group reaffirms the company’s commitment to enabling smarter health decisions and advancing medical knowledge throughout the world in order to
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Anthem Blue Cross Taps Solera Health for Diabetes Prevention Platform
Anthem Blue Cross has launched a diabetes prevention program to educate, treat and support its members who are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Pre-diabetes is a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be considered diabetes. The yearlong program, provided in conjunction with diabetes prevention program integrator Solera Health, offers healthy lifestyle coaching and weekly classes to teach members the skills needed to lose weight, become more
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Salesforce Rolls Out Telhealth Features to Health Cloud via Mobile Device
On Thursday, Salesforce has announced the addition of new telehealth features to Health Cloud, enabling two-way video chat that gives patients the ability to connect face-to-face with their care teams from any mobile device. As the global telehealth market expands over the next five years at an annual growth rate of 24 percent, these new features will assist healthcare providers looking to keep up with these new industry standards and patient expectations.Salesforce Health Cloud Two-Way Video
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InTouch Health Acquires AcuteCare Telemedicine to Expands Specialty Telehealth Network
InTouch Health, a specialty telehealth enterprise network provider has announced its entry into tele-physician services with the acquisition of AcuteCare Telemedicine (ACT). InTouch Health’s decision to enter the physician services business comes in response to InTouch Health customer requests for a high-quality, turn-key tele-physician services. ACT was founded in 2009 by four highly experienced tele-neurologists: Matthews W. Gwynn, M.D.; Lisa H. Johnston, M.D.; James M. Kiely, M.D., Ph.D.; and
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Walgreens Adds Gamification for Medication Adherence via HealthPrize
Walgreens is teaming up with HealthPrize Technologies to offer digital patient engagement, education and gamification for medication adherence platform through Walgreens.com. The Walgreens program powered by HealthPrize is expected to finish development later this month and will be co-marketed by both companies to pharmaceutical sponsors. It is planned to be offered to patients filling certain brand-name prescriptions for chronic conditions such as diabetes on Walgreens.com. Medication
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Only 6% of Healthcare Professionals Believe Consumers Take Responsibility for Their Health
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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