What You Should Know:
- UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of the Optum health services division, announced the closure of its Optum Virtual Care business, Endpoints News first reports. Optum Virtual Care offered 24/7 access to virtual consultations with board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners across all 50 states.
- On April 18th, Optum Virtual Care employees were informed of the shutdown, with some reportedly having last days in July according to a Seeking
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Technology
Owlet Partners with Wheel to Simplify Access to In-Home Infant Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Owlet, a provider of smart infant monitoring technology, announced a strategic partnership with Wheel, a prominent virtual healthcare provider.
- The partnership empowers Wheel's network of clinicians to prescribe Owlet's BabySat, an FDA-cleared infant pulse oximeter. This innovative device, featuring a comfortable sock design, allows caregivers to effectively monitor their baby's health vitals at home. This collaboration fosters closer collaboration
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Telehealth Nutrition Program Proves Effective in Fighting Food Insecurity
What You Should Know:
- Foodsmart, the leader in telenutrition and food benefits management, today announced the results of a new study stemming from its partnership of almost 3 years with Chorus Community Health Plans (CCHP), an affiliate of Children’s Wisconsin.
- In an effort to bridge the nutrition access gap in Wisconsin and
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Sunstone Partners Invests in Accuhealth to Transform Remote Patient Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Sunstone Partners, a leading private equity firm, has announced a strategic investment in Accuhealth, a prominent healthcare technology company.
- The investment aims to propel Accuhealth's rapid growth and empower them to expand their remote patient monitoring (RPM) and chronic care management (CCM) solutions.
A Focus on Simplifying Remote Patient Care
Accuhealth offers a comprehensive suite of hardware, software, and clinical monitoring solutions for
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inVio Health Network and CVS Accountable Care Partner to Improve Medicare Patient Care in South Carolina
What You Should Know:
- inVio Health Network and CVS Accountable Care Organization, a division of CVS Health, have announced a collaboration to participate in the new Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) REACH program. This initiative focuses on improving access to high-quality healthcare for traditional Medicare beneficiaries in South Carolina.
- The collaboration builds upon the past achievements of Prisma Health Upstate and Prisma Health Midlands Networks, which merged in
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Pine Park Health Taps Innovaccer to Optimize Population Health Analytics For Senior Living Communities
What You Should Know:
- Pine Park Health, a rapidly growing primary care provider focused on senior living communities, has announced its adoption of Innovaccer's leading healthcare AI platform.
- The integration aims to optimize population health analytics and further Pine Park Health's mission of serving residents with exceptional care.
Serving Seniors in California, Arizona, and Nevada
Pine Park Health operates across over 150 communities in California, Arizona, and
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Xealth & Locus Health Partner to Deliver Remote Monitoring for Kids at Children’s Wisconsin
What You Should Know:
Xealth, a pioneer in facilitating digital health on a large scale, revealed today that Children’s Wisconsin, the sole independent healthcare system in Wisconsin focused solely on children's health, has adopted Xealth's digital health platform system wide. This integration allows care teams to virtually connect with pediatric patients' post-hospital discharge through Locus Health's remote patient monitoring (RPM) solution.Children’s Wisconsin, Wisconsin’s
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New Report Analyzes America’s Healthcare Affordability Crisis
What You Should Know:
PayZen, a healthcare-focused technology company tackling healthcare affordability with AI-powered solutions, today released its latest industry report titled The High Cost of Health: Analyzing America's Healthcare Affordability Crisis.The report surveyed 1,007 Americans who had a hospital visit or surgery for themselves or a dependent in the last 24 months about the accessibility and affordability of healthcare in the US.
Navigating Healthcare Affordability in
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Establishing Effective Payer Benefits Strategies for Health Equity
Health equity helps ensure all individuals have equal access to healthcare. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health equity means everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health.
To address the benefit needs of underrepresented population groups, payers can develop “more equitable approaches to healthcare benefits design that recognize and meaningfully address access and affordability concerns,” according to a
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Augmedix, Andor Health Integrate to Enhance Virtual Care with AI-Powered Documentation
What You Should Know:
- Augmedix (AUGX), a leader in AI-powered medical documentation, and Andor Health, a cloud-based platform for virtual care communication, have announced a strategic partnership to streamline workflows and improve patient care.
- The strategic integration aims to revolutionize virtual care by leveraging ambient AI to automate note creation within the Andor Health platform, ThinkAndor®.
Focus on Clinician Efficiency and Patient Care
Augmedix's AI
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