Apple is launching primary care clinics for the Apple employee population called AC Wellness this spring, CNBC first reports. The primary care clinics will initially only serve Apple's employees at its headquarters in Santa Clara County where it has two clinics.According to the site, the two clinics will offer a unique concierge-like healthcare experience for employees and their dependents. The company is advertising on its site, LinkedIn, Indeed and other job listing sites for doctors, health
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Hitch Health, Lyft Partner to Provide Non-Emergency Medical Transportation to Patients
Hitch Health, a Minneapolis, MN-based healthcare technology company focused on innovative ways to improve patient health, today announced the launch of their partnership with ridesharing company Lyft. The announcement comes off the heels of a successful six-month pilot phase focused on at-risk populations served by Minnesota’s Hennepin Healthcare, which operates Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, as well as primary care clinics in Minneapolis and suburban communities. Early
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Iora Health Nabs $75M to Expand Relationship-Driven Primary Care Clinics
Iora Health, a Boston, MA-based health system that aims to deliver relationship based primary care, raised $75 million in Series D funding led by Singapore-based Temasek. The Series D round also included participation from from existing investors .406 Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, F-Prime Capital, GE Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Polaris Partners, and Rice Management Company. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand into new markets and invest further development of its proprietary
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How Millennials Lead the Way to Healthcare Innovation
Editor's Note: Mark Haddad is VP of Consulting for the Microsoft group at SADA Systems, a full-service cloud migration and IT consulting services company, offering cloud solutions, managed services, technical services. Statisticians, researchers and workplace experts love to talk about how different Millennials are than the rest of us as workers and consumers. There have been numerous studies about the potential impact of this group on the healthcare industry, since healthcare defies nearly
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