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The Mounting Provider Burden of Patients Disconnected from Their Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs)

by Dr. Arnaud Rosier, CEO at Implicity 07/28/2022 Leave a Comment

The Mounting Provider Burden of Patients Disconnected from Their Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs)

The first implantation of a pacemaker in a human occurred in 1958. Since then, the technology behind permanent cardiac rhythm management has steadily evolved, enabling a variety of implants known collectively as cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). Today, CIEDs are the standard of care for a range of cardiac arrhythmias, and researchers estimate that 1.2–1.4 million of these devices are implanted annually worldwide. And experts predict that number will continue to increase in years to
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Geisinger Taps Cohere Health to Streamline Prior Authorizations

by Fred Pennic 07/13/2022 Leave a Comment

Geisinger Taps Cohere Health to Streamline Prior Authorizations

What You Should Know: - Today Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) and Cohere Health, a provider of utilization management (UM) technology, announced they are joining forces to streamline the prior authorization process for providers. - Cohere’s collaborative UM platform will help GHP support value-based care delivery, reduce administrative costs, and lead the nation in aligning quality improvement initiatives across all its lines of business, including
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SnapLogic Launches Amazon HealthLake Accelerator to Store, Share Patient Data

by Fred Pennic 06/01/2022 Leave a Comment

SnapLogic Launches Amazon HealthLake Accelerator to Store, Share Patient Data

What You Should Know: - SnapLogic, a provider of Enterprise Automation, today launched the SnapLogic Accelerator for Amazon HealthLake, which enables healthcare and life sciences organizations to easily ingest a range of raw data into Amazon HealthLake, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), and transform it into healthcare-related insights and actions. - This new Amazon HealthLake-dedicated integration and automation accelerator will help organizations looking to quickly connect systems,
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Is It Finally Time for Hospital-at-Home or is Time Up?

by Karen Conway, VP of Healthcare Value, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) 05/31/2022 Leave a Comment

Is It Finally Time for Hospital-at-Home or is Time Up?

All the signs point to a bright and expansive future for hospital-at-home programs, which have been growing steadily since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) created the Acute Hospital at Home waiver program in November 2020. As of March, nearly 100 health systems and more than 200 hospitals in 34 states had been approved for the program. Meanwhile, Forrester predicts the number of hospitals delivering acute care at home will triple in 2022. The reasons why are compelling: a study
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How the Life Sciences Industry Can Boost Diversity and Inclusion Efforts

by Ariel Katz CEO and co-founder of H1 05/03/2022 Leave a Comment

How the Life Sciences Industry Can Boost Diversity and Inclusion Efforts

Although it is well established that diversity improves outcomes and drives excellence, implementing diversity lags behind in many industries, including life sciences and healthcare.  Diversity is lacking across the entire field, from academic research to clinical work, composition of the workforce, and medical practice. This leads to worse health outcomes and fewer professional opportunities for underserved demographics, such as racial and ethnic minorities, women, and people with
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Komodo Health & AppliedVR Partner to Drive Therapeutic VR for Chronic Pain

by Jasmine Pennic 04/28/2022 Leave a Comment

AppliedVR Secures $36M to Scale Therapeutic Virtual Reality Platform for Pain Management

What You Should Know: - Komodo Health, a company delivering patient-level insights by dynamically analyzing the broadest array of data across patients, practitioners, and health systems. today announced a new partnership with AppliedVR, the leader in therapeutic virtual reality (VR) for pain management. - Using Komodo’s technology, AppliedVR will combine its proprietary insights with Komodo’s real-world data to conduct clinical research into the efficacy, cost savings, and health system
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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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Flume Health Secures $30M for Health Plan Administration Platform

by Fred Pennic 03/04/2022 Leave a Comment

Flume Health Secures $30M for Health Plan Administration Platform

What You Should Know: - Flume Health, an NYC-based Health-Plan-as-a-Service platform announced today a $30M round of Series A funding led by Optum Ventures with participation from Cigna Ventures is participating, bringing its total raise to date at $40M. - Flume gives all U.S. health insurers the option to build personalized healthcare plans–what Stripe or Plaid did for digital banking is what Flume is doing for digital health.  Launch Next Generation Health Plans in
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ECRI Institute: Top 10 Health Technology Hazards to Watch in 2021

by Fred Pennic 02/16/2021 Leave a Comment

ECRI Institute: Top 10 Health Technology Hazards to Watch in 2021

What You Should Know: - ECRI Institute identified the complexity of managing medical devices with COVID-19 emergency use authorization as the number one technology hazard in its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2021 report. ECRI Institute’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards, now in its 14th year, identifies top health technology concerns that warrant attention from healthcare leaders. The hazards selected are based on a rigorous review of ECRI’s incident
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How Will Philips Acquisition of BioTelemetry Impact The Cardiac Monitoring Market?

by Kelly Patrick, Principal Analyst at Signify Research 02/09/2021 Leave a Comment

M&A: Philips Acquires Remote Cardiac Monitoring Platform BioTelemetry for $2.8B

At the end of December 2020, Philips announced the planned acquisition of BioTelemetry for $2.8 billion in cash. - BioTelemetry was formed in 2013 after a series of acquisitions from the initial founding company CardioNet, Inc. - CardioNet, Inc. based in San Diego, USA was initially founded in 1994. - After a multitude of acquisitions in recent years, BioTelemetry has established itself as a leading cardiac powerhouse, specializing in mobile and wireless medical technology. After this
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