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Quartet Health, Cambia Health Solutions Partner to Bring AI-Enabled Platform to Cambia’s Members

by Fred Pennic 11/27/2019 Leave a Comment

Centene Leads $60M Round for Behavioral Health Platform Quartet

 - Quartet is partnering with Cambia Health Solutions to bring its AI-enabled platform to Cambia's members so they can get better access to mental healthcare.- Additionally, Echo Health Ventures, a strategic collaboration of Cambia and Mosaic Health Solutions made an investment in Quartet.Today Quartet, a healthcare technology and services company, announced a new partnership with Cambia Health Solutions to help improve the lives of people with mental health conditions. Cambia’s regional health
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Kaiser Associates’ Healthcare Practice Is Now Kx Advisors

by Jasmine Pennic 10/30/2019 Leave a Comment

Kaiser Associates' Healthcare Practice Is Now Kx Advisors

- Kaiser Associates launches healthcare strategy consultancy Kx Advisors to help clients reach their critical growth goals. Kaiser Associates announce the launch of Kx Advisors, a healthcare strategy consultancy dedicated to helping achieve critical business growth goals in partnership with its clients in Pharma, Biotech, Medical Device, and Health IT. The new consultancy is already operating under the Kx Advisors name at the Washington D.C., London, and Hong Kong offices. For more than 30
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Cerner Acquires Strategic Health IT Consulting & Engineering Firm AbleVets

by Fred Pennic 10/18/2019 Leave a Comment

Cerner Acquires Strategic Health IT Consulting & Engineering Firm AbleVets

- Cerner announced it will acquire strategic health IT consulting and engineering firm AbleVets as a wholly-owned subsidiary. - The acquisition will help Cerner expand its scale and expertise in implementing health IT modernization solutions in the federal market.Today, Cerner Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire AbleVets—a strategic health IT consulting and engineering firm—as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Through its work with civil and defense health agencies, AbleVets
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ECG Management Consultants Joins Siemens Healthineers As Stand-Alone Unit

by Fred Pennic 09/30/2019 Leave a Comment

ECG Management Consultants Joins Siemens Healthineers As Stand-Alone Unit

- ECG Management Consultants joins Siemens Healthineers and will operate as a stand-alone unit as part of the global Enterprise Services business of Siemens Healthineers. - ECG, as a separate consulting business, will continue to focus on strategic, financial, operational, and information technology services and operate independently of the medical technology business of Siemens Healthineers. - As part of the agreement, Siemens Healthineers will acquire a majority stake in ECG
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Molina Healthcare of Washington Launches $3M Community Innovation Fund

by Jasmine Pennic 09/25/2019 Leave a Comment

Molina Healthcare of Washington Launches $3M Community Innovation Fund

- Molina Healthcare of Washington launches $3M community innovation fund that will support Washington community-based organizations over the next three years.- The Molina Fund will support lower access barriers, close community-based care gaps and address the social determinants of health for Medicaid beneficiaries in regions of Washington State that have implemented Integrated Managed Care (IMC).- The Molina Fund will invest up to $1 million per year in Washington-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit
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Amazon Launches Pilot Virtual Primary Care Clinic in Seattle for its Employees

by Fred Pennic 09/24/2019 Leave a Comment

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, 8am to 9pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 8am to 6pm. Eligible Amazon employees and their families can request to enroll at any time during the year. Today, Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Care, a new pilot virtual primary care clinic and in-person healthcare services for employees and their families in Seattle. To power Amazon Care, the company has partnered with Oasis Medical Group, P.C., a medical practice licensed in Washington state, to provide care through the Amazon Care app and in-person services. Oasis Medical's clinicians are all trained in primary and urgent care. Amazon Care: The Best of Both Virtual and In-Person Care Amazon Care provides a mobile application that allows you to access virtual and in-person healthcare services from Oasis Medical. Oasis Medical provides the following services: Video Care: Have an in-app video visit with a doctor, nurse practitioner, or registered nurse (“clinicians”) for advice, answers, diagnoses, treatment, or referrals Care Chat: In-app text chat connects you to a clinician in moments for health advice and answers Mobile Care: Your Video Care provider may recommend an in-person assessment or treatment by a registered nurse (a “Mobile Care nurse”). With your approval, the provider will send a Mobile Care nurse to your home, a designated room on the Amazon campus, or any other location in our service area that you request. The Mobile Care nurse may collect lab samples, perform some onsite testing (such as strep tests), administer common vaccines, or perform physical examinations. Care Courier: During a Video Care visit, you may be prescribed medications consistent with our current scope of services. Many prescriptions can be delivered to you within two hours. Others can be sent to your preferred pharmacy for pick up. Amazon Care Eligibility Interested Amazon employees and their families can request to enroll in the pilot program at any time during the year based on meeting all of the following requirements: Amazon employee age 18+ (or spouse/partner/other dependent of one). Currently enrolled in an Amazon health insurance plan. Currently live and work within Amazon Care current service locations. Why It Matters “We’re currently piloting a healthcare benefit designed to help Amazon employees get fast access to healthcare without an appointment, at the convenience of their schedules, at their preferred location (home, office, or virtual). Amazon Care eliminates travel and wait time, connecting employees and their family members to a physician or nurse practitioner through live chat or video, with the option for in-person follow up services from a registered nurse ranging from immunizations to instant strep throat detection,” said a company spokesman in a statement provided to CNBC reporter Christina Farr. Amazon Care’s hours of operation are Monday to Friday, 8am to 9pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 8am to 6pm.

- 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. Today, Amazon announced the launch of
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Heal Acquires Doctors on Call, Expands House Call Service to NYC

by Fred Pennic 09/23/2019 Leave a Comment

Heal Expands On-Demand Doctor Calls to Atlanta Metro Area for Aetna Members

- Doctor house calls provider Heal expands to New York City with the acquisition of Doctors on Call. - With the acquisition of Doctors on Call, Heal’s service footprint expands to more than 75 million Americans nationwide throughout Atlanta, GA, California, New York, Northern Virginia and D.C. - Doctors On Call, founded in 1968 by Paul R. Rosenstock, MD., and now owned and operated by Heal, offers medical house calls for elderly and homebound patients throughout New York’s five
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OnlyBoth Launches Benchmarking Engines for Comparative Analysis of Population Health Measures by City Neighborhoods

by Jasmine Pennic 09/10/2019 Leave a Comment

OnlyBoth Launches Benchmarking Engines for Comparative Analysis of Population Health Measures by City Neighborhoods

- OnlyBoth launches benchmarking engines, Benchmine for comparative analytics and reporting of population health measures in city neighborhoods. - Benchmine.com, OnlyBoth’s benchmarking engine, can evaluate U.S. city neighborhoods based on behavioral risk factors, health outcomes, and preventive services for improved community engagement. - To generate comparative insights, OnlyBoth uses source data from the CDC's 500 Cities: Local Data for Better Health, a project that targets 27
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AMA Launches Practice Transformation Initiative to Combat Physician Burnout

by Fred Pennic 09/09/2019 Leave a Comment

Physician Burnout Report: Understanding The Impact of Burnout on Healthcare Executives

- The American Medical Association (AMA) launches Practice Transformation Initiative to combat the root causes of physician burnout and dissatisfaction.- The Practice Transformation Initiative will support research and advance evidence-based solutions by collaborating with organizations who are committed to the practice transformation journey.- Initiative features the Physicians Foundation supporting the engagement of interested state medical societies that will recruit health systems and
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New Bariatric Surgical Risk/Benefit Calculator Can Predict Patient’s Risk of Postoperative Complications

by Fred Pennic 08/26/2019 Leave a Comment

New Bariatric Surgical Risk/Benefit Calculator Can Predict Patient’s Risk of Postoperative Complications

The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) has announced the launch of a new surgical risk/benefit calculator that will provide metabolic and bariatric surgeons and their patients with accurate, patient-specific information to guide surgical decision making and informed consent. Risk calculator has the ability to predict a patient’s possibility of postoperative remission at one year for up to five different weight-related comorbiditiesBariatric
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