There is an adage that change in healthcare moves at the speed of tectonic plates. The slow adoption of Alternative Payment Models (APMs), the central feature of value-based care, is a good example of constraint despite immense pressure to control costs.
Data from 2020 demonstrate almost zero change from 2018 in the proportion of straight Fee-for-Service (FFS) reimbursement. Other results show a slight uptick in APMs with or without downside risk at 34.6 percent. However,
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Freenome Launches Multi-Cancer Detection Study Pairing Multiomics with Real-World Data
What You Should Know:
- Freenome, a privately held biotech company, today announced the launch of the Sanderson Study, the company’s latest study of its multiomics platform, in combination with real-world data to detect multiple cancers.
- The study will encompass both traditional and real-world data to generate evidence of clinical validation for certain high- and elevated-risk populations while also refining the platform’s cancer classification and risk prediction models. In addition,
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HCSC Launches Virtual Primary Care, Powered by Teladoc Health
What You Should Know:
- Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) announces it is expanding its virtual care portfolio by offering virtual primary care to some midsize and large employer groups in Illinois and Texas starting January 1, 2023.
- HCSC’s virtual primary care program is powered by Teladoc Health, which supplements HCSC’s network of providers to increase convenient, timely access to care.
Virtual Primary Care Offering
The virtual primary care model is designed to help
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Sharecare Launches SaaS for Independent Decentralized Clinical Research
What You Should Know:
- Today, Sharecare announced the launch of Smart Omix, Sharecare's new scalable SaaS-based solution to empower independent researchers, clinicians, and academic institutions to conduct digitally enabled clinical research studies
- Smart Omix is made for researchers by researchers and purpose-built to address technological, economic, and talent barriers to remote observational studies more commonly encountered by
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Why Healthcare Needs Tech-Enabled Human Intervention
There's a "perfect storm" facing healthcare today: Chronic disease prevalence, physician shortages, and a growing population aging into Medicare are set to overwhelm our healthcare system if action isn't taken. Over 133 million Americans have at least one chronic disease, and as that number continues to rise, delivering adequate care to these patients has never been more challenging. It's widely understood that factors beyond the clinic primarily influence health. Yet the expectation remains
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Femtech – Changing Dynamics of Women’s Healthcare
Femtech a term coined by Danish entrepreneur Ida Tin in 2016 has become a revolutionary moment for women across the globe. Femtech as the term suggests focuses on using technology to solve health issues in females. Although women are the primary caregivers of families, they themselves are at the receiving end of not getting treated for the ailments they suffer. This is owing to multiple reasons that range from socio-economic conditions, lack of awareness regarding health issues and less or no
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Syapse and Genesis Research Form RWE Partnership in Oncology
What You Should Know:
- Today, Syapse, a leading real-world evidence company dedicated to extinguishing the fear and burden of serious diseases, announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership with Genesis Research.
- This partnership will focus on conducting real-world evidence-based research that supports the development and launch of new and innovative treatments.
- As part of the
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eClinicalWorks Invests $100M in Microsoft Azure
What You Should Know:
- McKinsey reports that cloud capabilities have the potential to generate a value of $100 billion to $170 billion for healthcare companies in 2030. The cloud enables healthcare companies to innovate, digitize and realize their strategic goals.
- eClinicalWorks is currently investing over $100M in Microsoft Azure cloud services to accelerate innovations in digital healthcare.
Technological Solutions For Improving Patient Care and Health
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Facebook Pixel Healthcare Data Leak: Understanding Third-Party Risk for Sensitive Data
A recent report by The Markup, validated by research published in Patterns, highlights the risk of including third-party JavaScript in an organization’s website. The studies discovered that the Meta/Facebook “pixel” that was included on a large number of hospital and health organization websites was sending sensitive medical data to Meta, possibly in violation of HIPAA regulations.
Given the way the modern web is constructed, with pages assembled in real-time in the customer’s browser, there
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Bicycle Health & Evernorth Partner to Expand Access to Virtual Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
What You Should Know:
- Bicycle Health, today announced that its high-quality, evidence-based virtual opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment is now part of Evernorth’s behavioral health network
- Furthermore, it will be made available to all Evernorth clients, as well as Cigna health plan customers who receive health coverage through their employer or marketplace exchange plans in 24 states. Evernorth is the health services business of Cigna Corporation.
Increasing Access to Care Using
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