Health Tech
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Patient-Centric Digital Transformation: Rethinking Remote Monitoring for Comprehensive Care
A recent webinar sponsored by AVIA Health and Seamless MD examined how health systems use remote patient monitoring beyond the usual chronic condition applications, including surgical prep and recovery, women’s health, and more.
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Health Tech for Aging Population Punctuates HLTH 2023
Health tech to support care for seniors and track the progression of conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and heart failure were on display at HLTH 2023. The National Institute on Aging also added a startup boot camp leading up to HLTH.
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The Challenges of Temperature Controlled Logistics and How to Overcome Them
MedCity News sat down with John Coleman, Business Unit Director at YSDS Life Science, to talk about the challenges of delivering temperature-sensitive goods and how to overcome them.
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4 Ways Investors Think the Health Tech World Will Change in 2024
At HLTH, Bessemer investors Sofia Guerra and Steve Kraus detailed four predictions about where they think the digital health world is headed in 2024. One of these was that “services-as-software” will emerge as a new category of healthcare AI. Another was that some healthcare technology vendors will have to rethink their distribution models and rely on indirect monetization strategies.
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Consumer / Employer, Employee Benefits
Walmart: Included Health Has Proved Its Value to Our Virtual Primary Care Program
Walmart’s relationship with Included Health dates back to 2016 when its previous incarnation – Doctor on Demand – began providing virtual urgent care services to Walmart employees in three states. Nearly eight years later, the San Francisco company continues to be the only partner charged with delivering virtual primary care to almost 1 million people in 49 states.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Noom Offers Clinical Obesity Management Platform to Employers
Noom is now offering Noom Med to employers. The program is intended for patients who need more clinical support in their weight loss journey. It offers access to a clinician and medications, including GLP-1s.
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3 Questions This Healthcare Investor Finds Herself Asking Startups All The Time
At HLTH, General Catalyst Principal Candace Richardson discussed some of the questions she frequently asks startups during investment meetings. Some of these include “Do you stratify your outcomes data by different populations to ensure your model works well for everyone?” and “Is serving Medicaid populations on your roadmap?”
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Health Tech, Hospitals, Physicians
Why the AMA President Thinks Scope of Practice Expansions Are a ‘Terrible Idea’
To address the growing physician shortage, some people argue that the scope of practice should be expanded for skilled healthcare professionals like nurse practitioners and pharmacists. American Medical Association President Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld said this is a “terrible idea.” He argued that throwing other professionals into physicians’ roles will have poor ramifications of patient safety. In his view, the industry should focus on uplifting strong interprofessional care teams.
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Main Street Health Rakes In $315M to Scale Value-Based Care in Rural America
Main Street Health announced the close of a $315 funding round at HLTH — some of the investors included UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Elevance, Centene and CVS. The startup, which scales value-based care in rural areas for both Medicare Advantage and original Medicare patients, also announced that it is expanding to 26 states.
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Highmark Health, Spring Health Team Up for Mental Health Solution
Spring Health and Highmark Health are collaborating to launch Mental Well-Being, a solution that offers therapy, medication and other services for some Highmark members.
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Healthcare VC Jumpstart Foundry Now Accepting Applications for Fall Funding
Early-stage healthcare innovation fund Jumpstart Foundry is accepting Fall funding applications through September 30th. Read on to find out why Jumpstart Foundry could be the missing piece in your startup’s journey to making a lasting difference in healthcare.
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Bessemer Venture Partners Unveils State of Health Tech Report at HLTH 2023
The report maps out the health tech sector’s current position in the innovation hype cycle, which business models are most resilient, and how the industry can move out of the trough of disillusionment. It also offered predictions for health tech trends in 2024.
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Why One Expert Thinks the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Is Here to Stay
Merith Basey, executive director of Patients For Affordable Drugs, believes the Medicare price negotiation program is here to stay, no matter who is president and no matter how many Big Pharma players file lawsuits. Her reasoning? Every other high income nation has been negotiating prices with drugmakers for years, and the program is widely popular in the U.S. among pretty much everyone who isn’t a pharma company, she said during a session at Engage at HLTH.
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Digital Health Consolidation Is Meant To Happen, VCs say
Endless digital health solutions have emerged over the last few years. But eventually, they’ll have to consolidate — and that’s part of the cycle, investors said during a panel discussion on Sunday.
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How Can LLMs Be Deployed Safely in Healthcare?
Healthcare technology experts have confidence that the industry will put the right guardrails up around LLMs as it continues to develop and deploy these AI tools, they said Sunday during a panel discussion at Engage at HLTH.
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MedCity Influencers, Artificial Intelligence
Digital Hospital of the Future Streamlines Care to Reduce Burdens on Clinicians
The most successful implementations of digital solutions offer value propositions on both sides of the equation — they create value for the patient and family, while also making the clinician’s job easier and more enjoyable by saving time and eliminating ancillary duties.
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How Are Digital Health Investors Shifting Their Focus In 2023?
The digital health sector’s quarterly investment trends seem to be stabilizing in 2023, according to a new report from Rock Health. The report noted investors are shifting their focus away from pandemic-era categories like telehealth and pharmaceutical R&D catalysts — instead, they’re interested in startups creating products for disease treatment, the improvement of nonclinical workflows and the enablement of value-based care.