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The 43 Best Workout Apps So You Can Exercise Anywhere
Whether you’re looking for the best workout apps to keep you motivated—or the ones that can help you start a…
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FEATURE-Catching fire: AI is helping scarce firefighters better predict blazes
By Avi Asher-Schapiro, Thomson Reuters Foundation * Artificial intelligence helps model fires before they break out * Tech tools allow…
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Chutes & Ladders—Amwell names pharma vet to C-suite post; Independence picks up chief people officer
Welcome to this week’s Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your…
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Medical practices working with startup Aledade saw big financial wins in 2020 despite COVID-19 turmoil
Aledade’s accountable care organizations have saved nearly $830 million in unnecessary healthcare spending over the past seven years, new data from the…
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Merck taps Evidation to use apps, wearables to detect early stages of Alzheimer’s
Merck has tapped Evidation to explore whether data collected from smartphone apps and wearables can help to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease early. The two…
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WebMD purchases patient educational video maker The Wellness Network
WebMD Health Corp. has acquired The Wellness Network, a maker of patient education videos for use in hospitals and health…
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Carbon Health banks another $350M to become ‘largest primary care provider in the U.S.’
Carbon Health, a primary care provider combining brick-and-mortar clinics with virtual services, is targeting nationwide expansion with the announcement of a…
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Ginger’s digital mental health services are coming to members’ teenage dependents
On-demand mental healthcare startup Ginger has pulled back the curtain on a new offering designed for users age 13 to…
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UnitedHealthcare to offer fully-insured members free year-long Peloton subscriptions
Fitness company Peloton has secured its first relationship with a health plan: UnitedHealthcare. UnitedHealthcare, the largest insurer in the country,…
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Good Days For Covid Stocks, Yet Again
Bull or bear? getty Here we go, once more? Rising caseloads for the virus, mainly from the highly contagious Delta…
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ClosedLoop partners with Booz Allen Hamilton to bring its predictive analytics to larger customers
Healthcare data science platform provider ClosedLoop has partnered with Booz Allen Hamilton to bring stronger predictive analytics capabilities to federal…
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Digital health dollars hit $15B high driven by telehealth investment in 2021
Global venture capital funding for digital health companies hit a $15 billion high in the first half of 2021, driven in…
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Chutes & Ladders—The Guthrie Clinic unveils new CEO; Grand Rounds Health and Doctor On Demand names COO
Welcome to this week’s Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your…
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Oscar launches new functionality for transgender, nonbinary members
Oscar Health has launched a new tool in its technology stack that aims to improve the experience of transgender and nonbinary…
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Apple, Amazon And Microsoft: New Highs For Tech While Other Sectors Struggle
Business woman study financial market to calculate possible risks and profits. getty Big investors, especially the institutional variety, love these…
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Health systems-backed Truveta closes $95M to fund its data analysis platform
Truveta, the data startup jointly backed by a cadre of major providers, has announced three new health system members and the…
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2 Stellar Theragun Deals to Snag at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale
The Theragun has made a name for itself as a top-of-the-line recovery device that both professional athletes and everyday athletes…
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Qualcomm And Applied Materials Among Weekly US Tech Stocks
getty Every week, Q.ai compiles a list of stocks that fit into a particular basket, or investment theme, courtesy of…
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How UnitedHealthcare is harnessing predictive analytics to target social needs
UnitedHealthcare is harnessing predictive analytics to more effectively address members’ social determinants of health. The health insurance giant has rolled…
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CVS study: How the pandemic is boosting healthcare consumerism
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed people to embrace new avenues of care, and take greater control of their own health, according…
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Fitbit readings highlight lingering physiological, behavioral changes after COVID-19 infection
Newly published data from a longitudinal study of Fitbit users describe activity, sleep and resting heart rate changes triggered by…
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Chutes & Ladders—CMS names Center for Medicare deputy admin; Bon Secours Mercy Health reveals first chief digital officer
Welcome to this week’s Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your…
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Healthcare Dealmakers—One Medical acquiring Iora Health for $2.1B; 23andMe wraps up SPAC with $3.5B valuation
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, payers, health tech companies and other industry players look…
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Digital health funding rockets up to $14.7B, speeding past 2020’s investment
Investors poured $14.7 billion into digital health companies so far in 2021, already outpacing all of 2020’s record-breaking funding. The…
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To cover pricey cancer treatments, a rural Georgia hospital automated its hunt for philanthropic reimbursement
Wayne Memorial Hospital is a community hospital that recently launched oncology services for its rural residents. While the facility is…
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One Medical contests unionizing employees’ ‘unsupported and factually incorrect’ claims of poor pay, mistreatment
More than 500 nonclinical employees at One Medical have declared their intention to join the international labor union Workers United,…
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Chutes & Ladders—Baylor Scott & White Health CEO retires; AANP’s new president begins term
Welcome to this week’s Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your…
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Humana teams with Signify Health, AACN to tackle social determinants in San Antonio
Humana is teaming up with Signify Health and the Alamo Area Community Network to enhance access to community services for…
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Amazon’s carbon emissions surged last year while global pollution dropped
Amazon said its carbon emissions surged 19 percent last year even as global pollution declined and the company publicly pledged…
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Excited to share Apple Health Records with a doctor? Thank data interoperability standards like SMART and FHIR
Back in early 2018, Apple entered the personal health record (PHR) space with its Apple Health Records platform. Built directly…
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$28M series B in hand, Syllable looks to revamp healthcare customer service with AI
Syllable, a customer service automation platform designed for healthcare organizations, has announced the close of a $28 million series B…
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Industry Voices—To see where digital therapeutics is heading, look to MSK care
Sometimes investing gets personal. When I started looking at virtual, digital healthcare platforms for musculoskeletal conditions, it hit close to…
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CitiusTech grows its payer services business with SDLC Partners acquisition
Healthcare technology services provider CitiusTech has acquired SDLC Partners in a bid to flesh out its payer-focused offerings. The terms…
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How Cambia Health Solutions is using the cloud to ‘cut through the noise’ of digital health tools
At Cambia Health Solutions, a key focus of the technology work is treating each member like an individual and acknowledging…
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Walmart teams with Novo Nordisk to launch private brand analog insulin
Walmart is launching its first-ever private label insulin analog, which will be made available exclusively at its stores. The retail…
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Without Enough Boots on the Ground, California’s Vaccination Efforts Falter
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom routinely boasts that California has “one of the highest vaccination rates in the United States…
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Marshfield Clinic Health System taps NowPow to connect its rural patients to social services
Marshfield Clinic Health System is the latest organization to take a tech-driven approach to connect patients with the social services…
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Telehealth use falls 37% from pandemic highs, while demand for healthcare services projected to flatten: report
Future demand for healthcare services will be relatively flat to declining, with little to no effect from the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Chutes & Ladders—Obama-era CMS vet joins Babylon Health; UnityPoint Health names Sioux City regional head
Welcome to this week’s Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your…
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J.D. Power: Telehealth use boosts members’ satisfaction with health plans
Increased telehealth use under the pandemic is encouraging members to engage more with their health plans, according to a new…
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Highmark, ChristianaCare launch value-based care, digital health joint venture
Highmark Health and ChristianaCare are launching a new joint venture that aims to harness data to accelerate value-based, equitable care.…
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4 Companies Offering Scholarships For Underrepresented People In Tech
While we go from February into March celebrating Black History and Women’s History with stories of trials and accomplishments among…
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