Workforce Development

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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...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:12 pm May 6, 2024
WeightWatchers announced its partnership with Personify Health to allow employers to offer the company's business solutions to help employees access weight-related healthcare offerings, including behavioral health, medication management and virtual care.  WeightWatchers for Business offers programs focused on changing behavior, including programs tailored for individuals with diabetes or those on...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:37 pm April 15, 2024
Digital chronic-condition management company Lark Health announced the appointment of Darren Eckberg as its new chief growth officer, who will lead the expansion of the company's AI-enabled GLP-1 cost-containment technology.  The company offers health plans and employers technology aimed at reducing the costs associated with GLP-1s, including virtual coaching for weight management and medication...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:53 pm April 5, 2024
Jason Gorevic, CEO and board member of telehealth platform Teladoc Health, is stepping down after 15 years leading the company, and Mala Murthy, the company's chief financial officer, is stepping in as acting CEO.  Gorevic's departure, effective immediately, comes after the company's stock plummeted 22% in February. It missed fourth-quarter earnings estimates and projected 2024 revenue to be...
Murielle Beene, senior vice president and chief health informatics officer at Trinity Health, and Gay Landstrom, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Trinity Health
By  Nathan Eddy 11:04 am March 12, 2024
ORLANDO – With a predicted shortage of nine million nurses worldwide by 2030, healthcare providers are looking to pivot to virtual care and virtual nurses to address staffing shortages and improve patient care, said experts at HIMSS24 preconference Virtual Care Forum on Monday.  Dr. Murielle Beene, senior vice president and chief health informatics officer at Trinity Health, and Dr. Gay Landstrom...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:04 pm March 4, 2024
Healthee, a healthcare benefits navigation platform, announced it secured $32 million in a Series A funding round.  Fin Capital, Glilot Capital Partners, and Group11 co-led the round with participation from TriNet, a publicly traded company providing companies with HR-related offerings, including payroll, benefits, compliance and risk-management solutions.  Lior Litwak, managing partner and head...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:09 pm February 19, 2024
AT&T will offer its more than 125,000 employees 24/7 access to women's health platform Maven Clinic's virtual fertility and family-building support services, including guidance around egg freezing, adoption, IVF, surrogacy snf preconception. The New York-based digital reproductive health and family platform offers fertility and family planning services, pregnancy and postpartum care, and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:40 pm February 12, 2024
Syra Health, a healthcare technology company that provides tools to analyze population health, announced it secured a third contract in Virginia to help staff Fairfax County's healthcare workforce.   The Indiana-based company offers workforce management, including recruitment, evaluation, a talent processing center, apprenticeships, communication tools, performance analytics, compliance...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:28 pm February 7, 2024
Mobile-first employee wellness and engagement company Virgin Pulse and benefits and analytics platform HealthComp, which merged in November, are rebranding under the name Personify Health. Personify combines Virgin Pulse's offerings with HealthComp's health plan administration solutions, offering one platform with health, navigation, benefits and wellbeing experiences alongside data-driven...