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By  Jessica Hagen 11:02 am September 14, 2023
Best Buy Health announced it is expanding its partnership with Pennsylvania-based healthcare system Geisinger to improve chronic disease management at home by combining their expertise.  In 2021, Geisinger launched ConnectedCare365, its chronic care management platform, and enrolled patients in remote patient monitoring programs. Patients received devices such as blood pressure cuffs and glucose...
Three healthcare providers sitting together looking at a tablet together
By  Jessica Hagen 02:14 pm September 12, 2023
Walgreens announced it is partnering with Pearl Health, which offers a technology platform for primary care practices in value-based care arrangements, to expand value-based care options in collaboration with primary care providers.  Pearl Health offers a technology platform for primary care providers participating in Medicare's ACO REACH model. The platform includes data visualizations and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:33 pm September 7, 2023
Taiwanese medical AI startup AESOP Technology announced it is collaborating with conversational and generative AI platform SOAP Health to create a new platform dubbed Precision Patient Profiles, which merges the two organizations' technologies to provide physicians with a more comprehensive view of patient information.  Precision Patient Profiles will combine AESOP's machine learning, AI-enabled...
A healthcare provider with scrubs on and a stethoscope around their neck sitting at a desk while looking at a computer
By  Jessica Hagen 12:57 pm September 6, 2023
GE HealthCare announced that it has codeveloped an AI algorithm with Mass General Brigham to help with scheduling predictions, including failure to show up to appointments, neglecting to schedule follow-up appointments and predicting late arrivals.  The first application of the algorithm, geared toward predicting missed care opportunities, is used within the schedule predictions dashboard of the...
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By  Jessica Hagen 08:25 pm August 30, 2023
AI-backed remote monitoring and digital therapeutics company Biofourmis confirmed the company's cofounder Kuldeep Singh Rajput stepped down as its CEO just one month after the company laid off 120 employees worldwide, 48 of whom were in the U.S.   "He remains committed to providing support and advice to the company going forward," Biofourmis told MobiHealthNews in an email. "We thank Kuldeep for...
Oura Ring
By  Jessica Hagen 11:47 am August 30, 2023
Finland-based Oura, maker of its namesake health tracking ring, announced it's partnering with teletherapy company Talkspace to allow Oura wearers to share their personalized sleep and daily movement data with Talkspace therapists. Oura ring wearers can utilize the company's Share Report feature to send information about their sleep quality and movement trends over the period of a week, a month...
Nectar Allergy Center in New York
By  Jessica Hagen 01:09 pm August 28, 2023
Allergy testing and treatment company Nectar Life Sciences announced the opening of the Nectar Allergy Center in New York, its first brick-and-mortar clinic, to expand its virtual care platform to a hybrid model.  Nectar, which launched earlier this year, offers at-home testing kits. Individuals can self-test for indoor or outdoor allergies and send their samples to Nectar for results.  Testers...
Healthcare provider in a lab coat standing behind a patient in a blue hospital gown checking their vitals
By  Jessica Hagen 11:42 am August 28, 2023
Value-based kidney care company Strive Health announced it signed a multiyear deal with Oak Street Health, a chain of primary care clinics geared toward the Medicare population to provide care to patients suffering from stage 4 chronic kidney disease to end-stage kidney disease. Denver-based Strive Health offers a value-based care platform that integrates chronic kidney disease and end-stage...
Healthcare provider sitting next to a patient with a scarf on their head while looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 02:06 pm August 25, 2023
Digital oncology platform Jasper Health is partnering with employer-focused third-party administration platform Covet Health to offer its cancer care support services to Covet's members.  Jasper Health provides a hybrid digital, but human-led, cancer care platform for patients and providers that offers care navigation and guidance, data insights, remote patient monitoring capabilities, cancer...
Yashoda Medicity, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad
By  Ravideep Singh 12:23 pm August 18, 2023
Digital health and technology are crucial in ensuring a more climate-friendly hospital design. The healthcare industry faces numerous challenges due to the growing demand for quality healthcare services and the need for sustainable and resilient infrastructure. The burden on healthcare systems is increasing, and the existing healthcare framework cannot accommodate this demand. The pandemic...