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How Continuous Glucose Monitoring Can Alleviate Language Barriers in Diabetes Care

by Dr. Rocio Harbison, MD, FACE, Endocrinologist at Advanced Endocrinology and Diabetes Clinic 12/06/2022 Leave a Comment

How Continuous Glucose Monitoring Can Alleviate Language Barriers in Diabetes Care

As an endocrinologist with 19 years of experience in treating patients with diabetes, one of the most important lessons I’ve learned is that communication is key. Patients with diabetes live with the heavy burden of making choices and taking action every single day to manage their blood glucose levels. Thankfully, advancements in technology have come incredibly far, giving way to tools like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), automated insulin delivery systems and more. But for
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Sprinter Health Partners with Firefly Health to Close Care Gap

by Syed Hamza Sohail 11/10/2022 Leave a Comment

Backed by a16z, Sprinter Health Raises $33M to Build the “DoorDash for Lab Draws”

What You Should Know: - Sprinter Health, an on-demand mobile health and diagnostics company bringing personalized and affordable healthcare services to the home, today announced a partnership with Firefly Health, a health plan and virtual-first care innovator with a mission of delivering half-priced health care that’s twice as good, clinically and emotionally. - The partnership aims to improve access to care while saving downstream costs by integrating Sprinter Health’s in-home clinical
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New Hospital-At-Home Study Focuses on Rural Health Deserts

by Fred Pennic 06/21/2022 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know: - Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH), based in Lexington, Ky., will use Biofourmis’ virtual care and AI-based predictive analytics technology to support a new Rural Home Hospital program delivering acute hospital-level care inside patients’ homes--including a clinical trial studying this care model in rural areas. - ARH joins Blessing Health System—which is also using Biofourmis’ solution—as one of only two U.S. participants
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DaVita to Invest $15M in Biopharma Company Rockwell Medical

by Strategy Partnerships 04/12/2022 Leave a Comment

DaVita to Invest $15M in Biopharma Company Rockwell Medical

What You Should Know: - Rockwell Medical, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the treatment of iron deficiency and anemia management expands its partnership with kidney care leader DaVita Inc. Rockwell Medical has been working to revise certain terms of its supply contracts with customers in an effort to stabilize its concentrates business. - The amended supply agreement is designed to enable Rockwell Medical's concentrates business the potential to operate
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Powered by Biofourmis, Blessing Health System Partners Launches Home Hospital Services

by Partnerships 03/31/2022 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know: - Blessing Health System, an integrated rural health system selects Biofourmis, a virtual care and digital therapeutics provider to launch its own home hospital services. - As part of the selection, Biofourmis is supporting the health system with its turnkey, end-to-end, home hospital solution for participation in the Rural Home Hospital project.  Delivering Acute-Level Hospital Care Inside Patients’ Homes This new program allows caregivers to
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Researchers Develop AI Method for Personalized Diabetes Treatment

by Jasmine Pennic 03/25/2022 Leave a Comment

Researchers Develop AI Method for Personalized Diabetes Treatment

What You Should Know: - Hitachi, U of U Health, and Regenstrief researchers partnered to develop and test a new AI method to improve personalized care for diabetes patients needing complex drug treatment. - The new AI method can now be used to help determine an optimal drug regimen for a specific patient. Hitachi, University of Utah Health, and Regenstrief Institute today announced the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) method to improve care for patients with type 2
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Fresenius Health Partners, InterWell Health, and Cricket Health Announce $2.4B Merger

by Fred Pennic 03/21/2022 Leave a Comment

Three-Way Merger Creates New Leader in Value-Based Kidney Care

What You Should Know: - Cricket Health is announcing today that it will merge with Fresenius Health Partners (the value-based care arm of Fresenius), and InterWell Health, to form the nation’s premier, value-based kidney care provider with a totally new model of addressing kidney disease. The new company will operate under the InterWell Health brand and is valued at $2.4B. - Together, Fresenius Health Partners, InterWell Health, and Cricket Health will drive innovation and industry
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Day 3 HIMSS Roundup: Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT, GE Healthcare/AliveCor Integration

by HIMSS22 Summary 03/16/2022 Leave a Comment

HIMSS22 Day 2 Roundup: Google Partners with MEDITECH, Microsoft’s Health Cloud Strategy Expansions,

Venture Capital, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT® to Expand Diabetes Offerings in France Glooko, a leading provider of remote patient monitoring and data management solutions for diabetes and related chronic conditions, today announced the acquisition of DIABNEXT, a Paris-based company whose digital health platform helps people with diabetes better manage their conditions and connects to their healthcare providers, so they can
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Patient Data & Decentralized Web: The Key To A Healthier Future?

by Jonathan Bingham - Janeiro Digital, CEO 02/17/2022 Leave a Comment

Patient data and the decentralized web: The key to a healthier future?

Interoperable data and IT systems in healthcare has long been an enigma - many have tried to tackle the challenge, but until now very little has changed. A truly interconnected network that brings together the infinite number of siloed systems used in healthcare services around the world, and even within the same county, has remained elusive. And so too has patient access to their own data. Considered by some as two distinct problems, however in reality the answer to both is the same: web 3.0
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NANI Makes Equity Investment in Strive Health for Risk Payment

by Jasmine Pennic 09/22/2021 Leave a Comment

NANI Makes Equity Investment in Strive Health for Risk Payment

What You Should Know: - Strive Health, the national leader in value-based kidney care, and Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois and Northern Indiana (NANI), the nation’s largest independent nephrology group, today announced a strategic partnership to jointly pursue and manage global risk payment models. - This partnership will benefit people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage kidney disease (ESKD) through a “whole patient” approach that enhances lives and communities
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