What You Should Know: - Evanston-based global consulting firm ZS today who signed an agreement to acquire Medullan, an innovator in digital health strategy, experience design, technology enablement, compliance and research. Through the acquisition, ZS also gains Medullan’s pioneering virtual care platform, VARA™. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. - The deal brings together two established leaders in professional services for the life sciences
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Medullan to Offer Users Access to Harvard Health Publications for Consumer Health Insights
Medullan, a digital health firm that designs and builds powerful solutions that achieve high rates of adoption for payers, providers, life sciences, and pharma, announced a collaboration with Harvard Health Publications (HHP), a division of Harvard Medical School. This relationship will provide consumers access to Harvard’s consumer health information via the digital tools and mobile apps Medullan envisions, designs, and builds for its clients.HHP’s content covers thousands of health
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Consumer Engagement: The Quest for the Holy Grail
Editor's Note: Ryan Rossier is the VP of Product Innovation at digital health firm Medullan that specializes in amazing user experience. Realizing results by delivering the right information, at the right time, in the right way - remains the elusive holy grail of consumer engagement. A new study published by Accenture Life Sciences shows that only one out of every five patients is aware of the number and type of therapeutic services available to them after diagnosis. The study found
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CMS’ Next Generation ACO Model: The True Cost of Healthcare’s Transformation
Will providers taking on more risk produce create cost savings and better healthcare for the underserved? Healthcare experts April Wortham Collins and Dutch Dwight weigh in. The ACO. It was hailed as the care delivery and payment model that would cure healthcare’s inefficiency ills and financial woes. While we’ve seen some quality improvement from Medicare’s Shared Savings Program, the U.S government has yet to see actual savings. Now, CMS has unveiled a more enticing model for providers to
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ResearchKit: 3 Things Every Researcher Should Know
Most medical studies are lucky to have a few hundred people interested in participating. But imagine being able to tap into an enormous pool of Apple users: Out of the millions who use Apple phones and watches, if even a few thousand showed interest in a medical study, that could make a significant difference in outcomes and how quickly a particular study yields results. That’s one of the most promising points of the Apple ResearchKit. The ResearchKit is an open-source tool designed to allow
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