What You Should Know:
- Inovalon announced the availability of its Cloud-Based “Consumer Health Gateway” Module, alleviating the need for health plans to build their own Patient Access API to comply with the new requirement of the 21st Century Cures Act.
- The Consumer Health Gateway is a consumer portal allowing the FHIR®-based exchange of a patient’s claims and clinical data securely with authorized third-party applications. It consists of a robust patient consent and authentication
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New Survey Underscores Importance of Social Determinants of Health Amid COVID-19 Crisis
What You Should Know:
- Welltok survey reveals social determinants of health (SDOH) are becoming increasingly valuable during the COVID-19 pandemic for providers and health plans. It’s important they know what kind of lifestyle and environmental factors consumers are up against during social distancing and preventing the spread of the virus
- Welltok survey of more than 2,000 adults finds consumers don’t know what SDOH to share with their provider for optimal care
As the COVID-19
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Welltok Appoints Bob Fabbio CEO, Jeff Margolis to Serve as Chairman of the Board
What You Should Know:
- Welltok appoints COO Bob Fabbio to CEO to lead the next stage of growth.
- Outgoing CEO, Jeff Margolis, will continue in his role as Welltok’s Chairman of the Board.
Welltok,
the consumer health activation company, announced today that COO Bob Fabbio,
has succeeded Jeff Margolis as chief executive officer. Margolis, who led the
company as CEO for seven years, will remain involved strategically and continue
in his role as Welltok’s Chairman of the Board.
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Quartet Health, Cambia Health Solutions Partner to Bring AI-Enabled Platform to Cambia’s Members
- Quartet is partnering with Cambia Health Solutions to bring its AI-enabled platform to Cambia's members so they can get better access to mental healthcare.- Additionally, Echo Health Ventures, a strategic collaboration of Cambia and Mosaic Health Solutions made an investment in Quartet.Today Quartet, a healthcare technology and services company, announced a new partnership with Cambia Health Solutions to help improve the lives of people with mental health conditions. Cambia’s regional health
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Can Consumer Price Transparency in Healthcare Live Up to the Hype?
Meg Koepke, Vice President of Strategy at NovuHealth
There has been a lot of discussion in recent weeks and months about price transparency in healthcare. The idea is simple—payers and providers reveal the rates they pay or charge for health services in order to help consumers make better choices.
Despite the hype surrounding price transparency, it will undoubtedly come with a whole set of realities and limitations—there are a variety of factors that go into setting prices, and in many cases,
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Human API Joins Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program to Accelerate Innovation
- Human API today announced it has joined the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program.- Human API’s collaboration with Google Cloud will focus on accelerating healthcare innovation in digital health and life sciences. - Human API's platform is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace which ensures that customers running applications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) can integrate consumer data from across the healthcare ecosystem.Human API - a real-time consumer health data platform - today
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CB Insights Unveils ‘Digital Health 150’ List of Startups Transforming Healthcare
- CB Insights unveils first-ever annual ‘Digital Health 150’ list of digital health startups working to transform the healthcare industry.
- The Digital Health 150 companies span a wide spectrum of categories that involve all three key stakeholder groups for the healthcare industry — providers, payers, and patients.
- A total of 17 companies on the list are unicorns (private companies valued at $1B+). Of these, 12 companies are US-based, 3 are based in China, 1 is based in France, and 1
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Cerner Integrates With GetWellNetwork to Power Consumer Engagement
- Cerner and GetWellNetwork announced collaborative work to bridge the gaps between providers and patients from inpatient to outpatient settings and the home. - Care teams will be able to engage patients before and after admission through automated check-ins, identify who needs assistance in near-real-time and proactively intervene before complications and additional costs arise.Cerner, a global health platform and innovation company, and GetWellNetwork, a global consumer health technology
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Former Walgreens Executive Launches New Digital Health Startup, ATX Therapeutics
- ATX Therapeutics launches to create evidence-based digital therapeutic products to address specific chronic health conditions and associated risk behaviors
- ATX Therapeutics is founded by CEO Adam Falat, who previously led award-winning consumer digital health teams at Walgreens and athenahealth.
Former Walgreens executive Adam Falat today announced the launch of his new Austin-TX-based digital health company, ATX Therapeutics. The new company will create evidence-based digital
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Connecticut Launches State-Wide Hospital Quality Scorecard & Cost Estimator
The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) has launched a state-wide online hospital quality scorecard and cost estimator solution called Healthcare CT to assist residents in making informed decisions concerning their healthcare among healthcare providers. The website has interactive tables and graphs that allow consumers to search, sort, and filter by entity, quality measure, health topic, and rating. In addition, the solution promotes cost transparency in healthcare improves access to
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