8 tips from a nurse to make telehealth take off at your organization
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Akili’s long journey to build the first video game as a treatment
After years of work, Akili received FDA clearance for its video game to be used as a treatment for ADHD. CEO Eddie Martucci shared what...
How Covid-19 is accelerating adoption of decentralized clinical trials
Late last month, Medable and LabCorp CRO Covance signed a deal to accelerate adoption of decentralized trials, a trend that has been helped along as...
Funding roundup: Mental health startup led by former Uber exec gets $100 million
Mindstrong, a company offering a mental health platform for patients with serious mental illness, raised $100 million. Read more about startups that raised funding this...
CMS expands telehealth options for Medicare Advantage plans
A final rule published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday would allows Medicare Advantage plans to cover more specialties through telehealth....
It’s time we reevaluate our views of patient data
Driven by business interests, many healthcare organizations continue to use the pretext of patient privacy all too easily, to keep data locked away. It’s time...
Covid-19 worries cause companies to seek mental health tools
With worries over health and the economy affecting most employees, companies are looking for ways to roll out more mental health tools. In turn, many...
Gilead’s Covid-19 drug improved conditions in some severely ill patients, data show
The company cautioned against attempting to draw firm conclusions from the data on remdesivir, which came from only 53 patients treated with the drug under...
Google, Facebook launch location-based mapping efforts for Covid-19
Google, Facebook, and other tech firms have launched their own efforts to track the spread of Covid-19. While some of these efforts are opt-in, others...
Cigna’s new Medicare Advantage chief talks about growth plans, Covid-19
Dr. Gina Conflitti was named chief medical officer of Cigna’s Medicare Advantage business on March 5. In her first month on the job, she shared...
BMS, Voluntis partner on digital therapeutics for cancer patients
The companies will develop a mobile app that will allow patients to self-manage symptoms and enable remote monitoring by healthcare providers. In a phone interview,...
Startup raises $15M to help prevent and treat opioid addiction
AxialHealthcare, a startup building software to manage opioid prescriptions and addiction, raised $15 million in funding. The company plans to use the new funds to...
Senators threaten to subpoena Cigna in insulin cost probe
Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden are demanding that Cigna turn over documents on insulin pricing, as part of a larger probe on rising insulin...
After WellCare Merger, Centene now a ‘$100 billion-plus’ company
Centene CEO Michael Neidorff said the company would bring in more than $100 billion in revenue after its acquisition of WellCare, which boosted its membership...
FDA approves Aimmune’s peanut allergy drug
Palforzia is the first drug to win approval to treat a food allergy. The approval follows a favorable, though not unanimous, vote by an FDA...
The role of real estate in the future of healthcare
The evolution of healthcare away from traditional hospital campuses is gaining momentum as new technology has become a key driver in the shift to outpatient...
Improving the lives of children through wishes and medicine
The mission of Make-A-Wish is to create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses, so joining together with Genentech was a natural fit. Source link...
Sharecare strikes new partnership with large Arizona insurer
Digital health startup Sharecare launched an exclusive partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona. Founded by former WebMD CEO Jeff Arnold and Dr....
How to curb the high cost of diabetic eye disease
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that diabetes-related blindness costs can total more than $500 million per year, but eye care screenings are...
R1 RCM pays $190M for scheduling software firm
Patient scheduling is increasingly seen as a key part of revenue cycle management. It also can help create a more welcoming “digital front door” that...