- New collaboration between Walgreens and Philips helps put quality sleep within reach, integrating Philips SmartSleep Analyzer with Walgreens Find Care. - Walgreens Find Care users are now able to use the tool to help identify the potential reasons contributing to their sleep issues and connect to sleep diagnostics, guidance, products, and solutions online and through the Walgreens mobile app.- Walgreens Find Care users who access the SmartSleep Analyzer will receive personalized insights and
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Former Walgreens Executive Launches New Digital Health Startup, ATX Therapeutics
- ATX Therapeutics launches to create evidence-based digital therapeutic products to address specific chronic health conditions and associated risk behaviors
- ATX Therapeutics is founded by CEO Adam Falat, who previously led award-winning consumer digital health teams at Walgreens and athenahealth.
Former Walgreens executive Adam Falat today announced the launch of his new Austin-TX-based digital health company, ATX Therapeutics. The new company will create evidence-based digital
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Capital Rx Launches Clearinghouse Model to Bring Price Visibility to Prescription Drug Costs
Quick Glance- Capital Rx launches new innovative Clearinghouse Model, a new pricing framework that will itemize the actual unit cost for all drugs for the first time- The Clearinghouse Model will eliminate price variability for customers, ensuring that drug costs are the same for all customers.- Pharmacies in its retail network, which includes chains, like Walmart, Walgreens, to grocers and independent pharmacies, will be able to deliver the lowest prescription prices to customers.- While rising
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NewYork-Presbyterian Launches $50M Hauser Institute for Health Innovation
NewYork-Presbyterian has announced the launch of The Hauser Institute for Health Innovation, in recognition of the visionary philanthropy of Rita E. Hauser and Gustave M. Hauser. The Hausers have given more than $50 million to NewYork-Presbyterian in support of the Hospital’s innovation programs in health information technology and telemedicine since 2011.Hausers’ Philanthropy Led to Creation of NYB OnDemandThe Hausers’ previous philanthropy efforts led to the creation of NYP OnDemand,
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Vuzix, VSee Launches Telemedicine Smart Glasses Solution
Vusix, a supplier of Smart Glasses
and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, today announced it is
partnering with VSee, San Jose-based telemedicine
company, to provide a smart glasses telemedicine solution for real-time video. Adding
HIPAA-compliant live video chat to the Vuzix smart glasses line means real-time
video doctor visits, surgical training, medical equipment training, and more.
VSee provides a HIPAA-compliant video telehealth and
telemedicine video conferencing solution
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How the Walgreens-VA Partnership Demonstrates the Benefits of EHRs
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), each year in the United States, adverse drug interactions cause more than a million visits to hospital emergency rooms. The CDC also found that 40 percent of negative interactions were preventable. One way to minimize these events is to give pharmacists electronic access to summaries of people’s medical histories so they can better predict how a new medication will affect each person’s health. Walgreens is taking a bold step in this direction
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Walgreens Launches New Digital Marketplace to Connect Visitors to Healthcare Providers
Walgreens today introduced Find Care Now, a digital platform and marketplace that helps connect the company’s millions of mobile and online visitors to healthcare services to a growing selection of recognized healthcare providers in their community. The company is working closely with a current list of 17 participating providers as part of the effort, further enhancing Walgreens omnichannel role as a convenient and trusted neighborhood healthcare destination.Find Care Now services include
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Fitbit Rolls Out New Digital Health Apps with its Partners to Improve Overall Health
Leading global wearables brand Fitbit, today announced new apps and clock faces to help people better manage their health, directly from the wrist.Built using Fitbit’s SDK, the apps and clock faces will give Fitbit smartwatch users new options to improve wellness and help manage conditions like diabetes and some types of cancer. Additionally, the apps will give health plans, employers and clinical researchers new opportunities to better support their users outside of a clinical environment,
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Blue Cross Expands Partnership with Lyft, Collabs with CVS & Walgreens to Send Patients to Pharmacies
In an effort to address the community effects of social determinants of health, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) today announced a first nationwide partnership with Lyft to ensure Americans are not missing vital health care appointments simply because they lack reliable transportation.This partnership exemplifies Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s (BCBS) commitment to bringing private and public entities together to improve community health in a manner that a health care organization
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NewYork-Presbyterian, Walgreens Partner to Launch In-Store Telemedicine Kiosks
NewYork-Presbyterian and Walgreens has announced a new collaboration to bring convenient access to NewYork-Presbyterian's world-class care through in-store telemedicine kiosks at select Duane Reade drugstores in New York. NewYork-Presbyterian, New York's No. 1 hospital, is offering the telemedicine services as part of its NYP OnDemand suite of digital health services.The first NewYork-Presbyterian NYP OnDemand telemedicine kiosk is currently available at the Duane Reade location at 40 Wall
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