Consumer

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By  Nathan Eddy 02:17 pm May 21, 2024
Uber Health announced it is introducing Uber Caregiver, an offering that allows users to add a caregiver to their Uber profile to ask for rides and deliveries, track them in real time and pay using the caregiver's health benefits. The service, which will be available this summer, will provide caregivers with insights into the care recipients' benefits, such as the balance of the monthly grocery...
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By  Adam Ang 09:34 am May 21, 2024
Medtech offers API integration for real-time radiology reporting Auckland-headquartered Medtech Global has recently worked with Zed Technologies and private diagnostics imaging company Horizon Radiology to enable real-time radiology reporting for general practitioners. They have established real-time API connection through the Zed medical image-sharing platform so diagnostics providers can...
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By  Jessica Hagen 06:35 pm May 20, 2024
Virtual care company Teladoc may be facing another class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Teladoc investors who claim the company made false or misleading statements and failed to disclose that it continued to increase marketing spending, particularly regarding its mental health offering BetterHelp.   The lawsuit, Stary v. Teladoc Health, Inc. et al., was filed on May 17 in the U.S. District...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:14 pm May 20, 2024
Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers is the latest digital health company to announce it will add GLP-1 medications to its offerings to assist users with weight-loss management.     The San Francisco-based company, which launched its weight-loss program in December, said users will now have access to generic and 503B compounded injectable medications and oral medication kits...
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By  Jessica Hagen 06:31 pm May 17, 2024
Transcarent, a digital platform focused on the self-insured employer market, announced the launch of WayFinding, an AI-enabled consumer-facing platform that offers clinical guidance, benefits navigation and care delivery.  The platform guides patients through receiving care by answering questions about benefits and costs, recommending an appropriate course of clinical action, and then connecting...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:27 pm May 17, 2024
New Jersey-based nutritional supplements supplier The Vitamin Shoppe announced its launching of Whole Health Rx, a telehealth service that will connect users with providers to help them access GLP-1 medications for weight management.    GLP-1s, or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, are a class of medications used to treat type 2 diabetes, but have recently become more popular for managing...
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By  Jessica Hagen 05:49 pm May 16, 2024
Manifold, an AI-enabled clinical research platform, announced five new appointments to its leadership team and two new members of its advisory team.  Chris McMahon joins the company as chief people officer, Alex Akersd as vice president of growth, Danielle Kowalski as vice president of legal, Megan Ahigian as senior director of product and partnerships and Taylor Gleason as senior director of...
Healthcare provider standing in a hallway wearing green scrubs and a stethoscope around their neck while looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 01:35 pm May 16, 2024
Kansas City-based Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute is partnering with virtual specialty care company Story Health to codevelop an atrial fibrillation (AFib) program for the health system's patients.  The program, which will be rolled out in the coming months, will include features for optimizing treatment, such as lifestyle recommendations, monitoring or adjusting medications, and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 08:48 pm May 15, 2024
The Bipartisan Senate AI Working Group released a roadmap for AI policy in the U.S. Senate, encouraging the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund cross-government artificial intelligence research and development projects, including research for biotechnology and applications of AI that would fundamentally transform medicine.  The group acknowledges AI's various use cases, including those within...
Four healthcare providers in a room looking at a screen with data on it
By  Jessica Hagen 11:55 am May 15, 2024
LG Electronics announced the launch of a new venture, Primefocus Health, which will develop a provider-facing healthcare-delivery platform that leverages technologies and therapies to aid in remote patient monitoring and give patients access to new therapies through technology applications. It will also allow providers to collect patient data, communicate with patients, track progress and...