- Livongo announced a partnership with VSP Vision Care to offer mutual Members resources and insights to manage chronic conditions and vision care on one platform. - People with diabetes and prediabetes have an increased risk of vision complications and vision loss and by offering them resources to better manage their eye health on the Livongo platform, we can effectively close gaps in care. Livongo Health, Inc., an Applied Health Signals company empowering people with chronic conditions to live
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Parkland Hospital Saves $17M With AI-Powered Predictive Model to Prevent In-Hospital Adverse Drug Events
- Parkland Hospital delivers over $17M in savings preventing in-hospital adverse drug events using an AI-powered predictive model developed by the Park Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI).- The program, Patients at Risk for Adverse Drug Events (PARADE) demonstrated positive results combating ADEs, a problem that impacts more than 450,000 patients nationwide and increases the risk for re-admissions lengthen the stay of patients by 2 to 3 days and adds almost $4B in extra hospital costs
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Livongo Inks $50M Diabetes Contract Through Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)
- Livongo has been awarded a contract to provide the Livongo for Diabetes solution to eligible members covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP ) under one health plan.- The contract is Livongo’s biggest contract in company history and will account for $20-25M in revenue in 2020 and $30-35M in revenue for 2021, representing a total of $50-60M including both years.- The announcement reflects Livongo’s overall market traction and how they are expanding from working primarily
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Rite Aid Integrates NarxCare Analytics With Pharmacist’s Workflow Across 12 States
- Rite Aid integrates NarxCare, created by Appriss Health to help Rite Aid pharmacists more efficiently and effectively identify and manage patients at risk for controlled substance misuse and abuse. - NarxCare utilizes, analyzes, and presents information from State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP) to enable pharmacists to more efficiently and effectively identify and manage patients at risk for Controlled Substance Misuse and Abuse.Rite Aid today announced a partnership with Appriss
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Q3 2019 Digital Health Funding Levels Off At $1.3B, Rock Health Reports
- New Rock Health report finds digital health funding reaches $1.3B in Q3 2019 for a total of $5.5B year to date. - Large digital health funding round are driving the overall funding trend in digital health with the average deal size at $20.9M, in line with 2018’s $21.7M average deal size. - Rock Health projects the number of digital health deals in 2019 will be 5-10% lower than in 2018.Digital health funding reached a total of $1.3B in Q3 2019 for a total of $5.5B year to date, leveling off
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Does Physician Dispensing Contribute To The Opioid Crisis?
According to the Center for Disease Control, an average of 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. Although illicit opiates such as heroin and fentanyl are the primary drivers of the opioid crisis, prescription opiates still play a large role. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that 21-29 percent of patients who receive prescriptions for opioids will misuse the drug and 8 to 12 percent of opioid recipients will develop a disorder. Almost all heroin users have misused
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Appriss Health Acquires Behavioral Health Platform OpenBeds
- Appriss Health acquires cloud-based behavioral health platform OpenBeds to remove gaps in behavioral health treatment referrals. - OpenBeds ensures that providers don't spend hours of their day manually trying to find treatment facilities for patients, because the data is available to them within minutes.- The acquisition of OpenBeds helps Appriss Health to build on its efforts to address the complex and changing opioid crisis plaguing communities through proven solutions for patient
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Through EHR Integration, CVS Specialty Launches Specialty Expedite to Streamline Prescription Onboarding
- CVS Specialty launches Specialty Expedite, a pharmacy solution that uses technology to significantly streamline the process and keep patients informed of the status of their prescription along the way.
- Streamlined prior authorization and benefits verification process using connectivity with EHR platforms, helping patients get their medications in as little as three days.
- Patients are also able to choose how they want to get their specialty medications – at their local CVS
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Amazon Launches Pilot Virtual Primary Care Clinic in Seattle for its Employees
- Amazon launches Amazon Care, a pilot virtual primary care clinic in Seattle for its Amazon employees and in-person healthcare services from Oasis Medical. Oasis Medical.
- Amazon Care offers employees access to video care, care chat, mobile care, and a care courier available Monday to Friday, 8 am to 9 pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 8 am to 6 pm.
- Eligible Amazon employees and their families can request to enroll at any time during the year.
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Blue Shield of California, Lyft Launches Pilot Program to Provide Rides to Members in Sacramento
- Blue Shield of California and Lyft launches a pilot program to provide convenient rides to its eligible members in the Sacramento area at no additional cost. - To participate in the program, eligible Blue Shield members need an SMS capable mobile phone. Once they call to self-enroll online and agree to the program's terms and conditions, they can receive rideQSM rides to and from pre-approved healthcare appointments as patients of Associated Family Physicians, Inc.Blue Shield of California, in
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