Google Cloud Unveils New Research examining COVID-19’s Acceleration of Innovation in Healthcare
Google Cloud revealed new research unveiling the impact of COVID-19 on reshaping technology’s role in healthcare. This research is the second phase of research that Google Cloud published in July, showcasing how critical data interoperability is in improving patient outcomes. The research reveals healthcare organizations accelerated technological upgrades over the course of the pandemic.
After
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GoodRx and Surescripts Brings Real-Time Drug Discount Pricing in EHRs
What You Should Know:
- Today, GoodRx announced an exclusive agreement with health information network Surescripts to deliver real-time drug discount price information for prescriptions in Surescript’ price transparency solution.
- Surescripts is a nationwide network that connects virtually all EHRs, pharmacies and health systems, enabling providers to view patient-specific benefit and cost information and then electronically prescribe a medication. Last year, nearly 2 billion electronic
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GoodRx Acquires HealthiNation to Expand Offering to Manufacturers
What You Should Know:
- GoodRx just announced the acquisition of HealthiNation, a leading producer of original health videos, as part of its continued investment in delivering high-quality content and information, and expanding its offering to pharmaceutical manufacturers. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- GoodRx works with manufacturers to deliver affordability solutions such as co-pay cards, patient assistance programs, and other savings options directly to
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GoodRx Adds Telehealth, Mail Order to Subscription Program
What You Should Know:
- GoodRx, today
announced the addition of telehealth and mail order benefits to its subscription
program, GoodRx Gold.
- GoodRx Gold Savings Program members can now receive
exclusive discounts on online doctor visits and free mail delivery via the
GoodRx app, in addition to the exclusive lower prices on prescription drugs
that are already available.
- Using the 5-star rated GoodRx app, GoodRx Gold members can
now see a licensed healthcare provider to receive
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Analysis: August Health IT M&A Activity; Public Company Performance
– Healthcare Growth Partners’ (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of August 2020.
M&A is back and the velocity of the rebound has outpaced all expectations. The recovery quickly worked its way across the spectrum from large to small-cap, beginning with the larger cap NASDAQ rally of nearly 80% from lows in late March (only to soften in recent days), followed by multi-billion
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GoodRx Expands Telehealth Service Nationwide Across All 50 States
What You Should Know:
- GoodRx today announced it has expanded the reach of
HeyDoctor by GoodRx and it is now available across all 50 states and Washington
D.C.
- HeyDoctor provides affordable access to online medical visits from US-licensed providers to treat a wide range of conditions — regardless of insurance status. Treatment and services include routine doctor visits starting at $20, prescription refills, and mail delivery.
GoodRx announced that its telehealth
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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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DrFirst and GoodRx Partner to Identify Prescription Savings for Patients
DrFirst, a provider of intelligent medication management solutions that improve patient safety is teaming up with GoodRx, a drug price transparency platform, to help patients save money on their prescription drugs. Prescription drug prices can vary widely between pharmacies. GoodRx’s proprietary technology compares prices for patients and provides access to discounts for nearly all prescription drugs, at more than 70,000 retail pharmacies in the United States.As co-pays rise and the number of
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GoodRx and Iodine Merge Quietly to Bring Transparency to Drug Pricing
GoodRx, a Santa Monica, CA-based startup that compares retail prices of prescription drugs from different pharmacies in the United States has quietly merged with San Francisco-based startup Iodine, FastCompany first reports. The merger was not announced publicly, but Iodine CEO Thomas Goetz confirmed the deal took place at the end of 2016. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed.Founded in 2013, Iodine mines clinical data to help consumers make better decisions about their medications.
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Medisafe Integrates Drug Price Comparison into Med Adherence App
The rising price of prescription drugs combined with higher copays and coinsurance rates are shifting more and more of the cost burden of staying healthy to patients. That’s why Medisafe, a mHealth platform for medication management with 2 million users, has partnered with GoodRx, America’s leading prescription price comparison platform. This partnership enables consumers to easily compare prescription drug costs at over 60,000 pharmacies across the U.S. from within the Medisafe app.
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