Over the past several years, nearly all of the leading health systems in the United States have adopted some form of AI, such as machine learning (ML) or natural language processing (NLP), to assist in managing healthcare operations. The unprecedented growth and development of AI has been instrumental in transforming health system administration, healthcare data analytics and patient diagnosis and treatment.
Despite this growth, health systems have yet to maximize the potential of AI to
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GTCR Acquires Majority Stake in Experity to Drive On-Demand Care
What You Should Know:
- Experity, the national leader in on-demand care solutions, today announced a strategic growth investment from GTCR, a private equity firm with significant experience in healthcare technology and services. Existing investor Warburg Pincus will retain a minority interest in the company
- The strategic growth investment from GTCR, along with the combined capability of two world-class investors (including Warburg Pincus) will provide industry-leading innovation and
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Connecting the Dots – Building Data Bridges for a Better Healthcare Future
Healthcare data is increasing at an exponential rate. Approximately one-third of the world’s data volume is being generated by the healthcare industry. By 2025, the compound annual growth rate of healthcare data will reach 36% – that’s 6% faster than manufacturing, 10% faster than financial services, and 11% faster than media and entertainment.
In addition to information captured during visits with healthcare professionals, personal health information is being created by an increasingly
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First Stop Health Launches Virtual Primary Care for Access to Urgent Care
What You Should Know:
- First Stop Health® (FSH), a virtual care provider in the areas of telemedicine and virtual mental health, today announced the availability of Virtual Primary Care for its clients and members throughout the U.S.
- Virtual Primary Care gives members convenient, fast and affordable access to high-quality care while helping to lower healthcare costs for employers.
How FSH Virtual Primary Care Features
FSH Virtual Primary Care is available via app, website or
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4 Strategies for Urgent Care to Thrive During the Pandemic and Beyond
A year of constantly shifting gears to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and meet patient needs further solidified the essential role urgent cares play during large-scale public health crises. Subsequently, the pandemic is continuing to change the way patients use and view urgent care. By the end of 2020, urgent care saw a 58% increase in visit volumes on average, and Covid-19 testing and vaccinations had accounted for 60% of all visits. New patient volumes increased by 23% over the same year,
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Experity Launches $50M Urgent Care EMR/PM to Power On-Demand Care
What You Should Know:
- Experity, the chosen partner of 50% of U.S. urgent care clinics, announced their new EMR and PM operating system in direct response to the pivotal, pandemic-driven movement towards on-demand healthcare. The company
has committed over $50 million in product and development to bring this new urgent care-focused EMR/PM to market in under two years.
- With Experity’s new EMR/PM solutions, on-demand care and urgent care facilities can keep up
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Patient Experience 2.0: A Shift in Priorities Defined by A Year of the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the healthcare continuum within the past year, creating many roadblocks in the path towards high-quality care delivery. Amid these challenges, we have witnessed a significant shift in patient wants and needs, in addition to heightened demand for accessible, convenient clinical care. Notably, the desire for more care processes to be performed digitally has emerged as a priority among patients. According to a recent survey by Accenture about patient behaviors, 60%
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Brave Care Lands $10M to Expand Pediatric Primary and Urgent Care Clinics Nationwide
What You Should Know:
- Brave Care, a Portland, OR-based company providing primary, urgent and remote pediatric to improving healthcare for kids, announced it has raised $10M in Series A funding led by City Light Capital, with participation from AV8, Interplay, Founders Co-op, Refactor, Learn Capital and other value-aligned investors like Gaingels.
- Brave Care currently operates two primary and urgent care clinics in Portland, OR and will use the funding to expand its
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Does Telemedicine Impede or Help the Patient-Centered Medical Home?
Traditional patient care patterns have been radically altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. And after more than a year of disruption, it’s doubtful that everyone will revert to those patterns after the pandemic.
New habits have been formed, and consumers are more willing to pursue the path of least resistance in obtaining care, such as opting for quick and easy telemedicine appointments. Both patients and clinicians have identified benefits from virtual care approaches.
However, this and other
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Firefly Health Raises $40M to Expand Virtual Primary Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- Firefly Health, a virtual-first healthcare company with a mission of delivering half-priced healthcare that’s twice as good, has announced that it has recently closed $40M in Series B financing, led by Andreesen Horowitz (a16z). a16z General Partner Julie Yoo will also join the Firefly Health board.
- Led by former athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush, Firefly cracks the primary care code through supreme convenience, proactive support, and intelligent navigation. Every
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