What You Should Know:
- Today, State Farm announced that it is elevating care for LGBTQ+ employees through a new partnership with Included Health. As a free healthcare benefit, State Farm employees and their families now have access to a dedicated care coordinator who can help them find supportive, affirming healthcare providers and navigate healthcare challenges.
- Discrimination is rampant in the LGBTQ+ community, with more than 40% say they have experienced discrimination by a
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Technology
Healthix and The Garage to Launch Specialized Population Health Platform
What You Should Know:
- Healthix, the nation’s largest public HIE, just revealed that it has partnered with tech company, The Garage, to launch a specialized population health management platform for its membership. Called “Municipal,” this turnkey platform will serve to organize, manage and analyze Healthix’s vast repository of patient data (over 20 million patients), and more. Beginning this fall, Municipal will be
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Hims & Hers Rolls Out 1:1 Teletherapy Offering for $99
What You Should Know:
- Hims & Hers, today announced the launch of individual, video-based teletherapy support at $99 per session. With mental health needs ballooning nationwide - and many not able to access care even with insurance or through their employer
- Hims and Hers' offering provides a critical safety net for many -- beyond just its 391,000 current subscribers. The therapy sessions are based on a number of evidenced-based principles
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AlohaCare, Kaiser Permanente to Launch First Social Care Network in Hawaii
What You Should Know:
- Unite Us, the enterprise tech company providing digital infrastructure to create efficient ecosystems of care, today announced a partnership with Kaiser Permanente and AlohaCare, a nonprofit health plan in Hawaii, to implement the first-ever coordinated care network throughout the state of Hawaii.
- As social services like food, employment, and housing continue to be strained due to COVID-19, Unite Hawaii network will bridge the care gap statewide for individuals in
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Marshfield Clinic Health System to Launch Rural Health Equity Initiative
What You Should Know:
- Marshfield Clinic Health System, one of the largest rural, integrated health systems in the country, is partnering with NowPow and a broad range of community organizations to connect patients with local resources to improve their health and quality of life.
- Marshfield Clinic Health System and NowPow are working together to build a comprehensive network of agencies and programs serving northern, central and western Wisconsin, ensuring that individuals have access
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Hims & Hers Acquires Teledermatology Platform Apostrophe
What You Should Know:
-Hims & Hers Health, Inc., the multi-specialty telehealth platform focused on providing modern personalized health and wellness experiences to consumers, today announced its will acquire teledermatology specialist, Apostrophe. Financial details of the transaction will not be disclosed at this time.
Apostrophe has created a clinical platform that powers bespoke treatment plans that include some of the most sophisticated, personalized combinations of topical
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Emtiro Health Taps Innovaccer to Build a Population Health Analytics Platform for NC Managed Medicaid Care Launch
What You Should Know:
- Emtiro Health, LLC, a North Carolina-based population health company, announced its partnership with leading healthcare technology company, Innovaccer Inc. to prepare for the North Carolina Managed Medicaid Care launch and deliver the best care to the Medicaid population.
- Together, they have developed a platform to support North Carolina’s transition to Managed Care, specifically Advanced Medical Homes (AMH) and providers that participate in value-based payment
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Priority Health Launches “Full Lifecycle” Social Determinants of Health Initiative
What You Should Know:
- Priority Health, a nationally recognized nonprofit health plan, announced today that it has launched a first-of-its-kind “full lifecycle” social determinants of health (SDoH) initiative.
- Recent research has shown that SDoH, or social factors like access to healthy food, transportation options and financial security, may be responsible for up to 80% of health outcomes.Priority Health’s first-of-its-kind program
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Form Health Raises $12M to Expand Obesity Telemedicine Platform
What You Should Know:
- Form Health, a pioneer in the emerging field of obesity telemedicine, announced $12M in Series A funding led by M13 with participation from SignalFire and NextView Ventures.
- Form Health is specifically aiming to help chronically ill patients with obesity with a science-backed, personalized program combining virtual care from board certified physicians with FDA-approved medications. By accepting most insurance and offering its services
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Post-COVID Telehealth in Europe: What Works for Primary Care? – Analysis
The European primary care telehealth market has been transformed since the outbreak of COVID-19 more than 15 months ago. But which countries have developed an ecosystem that is primed for long-term growth that will bring value and improved processes to both healthcare providers and patients?
A key starting point is to define the vendors that serve primary care telehealth. There are two types of company that address this market.
- Telehealth Service Providers – These are companies that sell
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