What You Should Know: - Today, Walmart announced it will add 28 new Walmart Health centers, with 75+ total locations by the end of the year. This continues our commitment to making quality healthcare more convenient, accessible and affordable for customers in the communities we serve. - The expansion will increase Walmart Health’s footprint into two new states including Missouri and Arizona, deepening our presence in Texas in the Dallas metro area and growing into Houston.
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AWS, Center for Health Affairs Launches Social Determinants of Health Hub
What You Should Know: - The Center for Health Affairs and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it has established the world’s first and only Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Innovation Hub. - The hub’s objective is to start locally and move globally to address structural racism and poverty that result in gun violence, behavioral health crises, and a myriad of other factors negatively impacting the health of local residents. SDOH Challenges According to the U.S. Census Bureau,
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Ambience Healthcare Launches Automated AI Medical Scribe Platform
What You Should Know: - Ambience Healthcare, an AI company developing technology to supercharge healthcare providers launches its fully automated AI medical scribe, Ambience AutoScribe. - Already in use by provider organizations across North America, AutoScribe is revolutionizing the way healthcare providers document patient visits. How AutoScribe Works AutoScribe comprehensively captures the nuances of each patient story, without the need for a virtual or in-person human scribe.
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Bicycle Health, Wellpath to Provide Opioid Use Disorder Treatment to Federal Bureau of Prisons
What You Should Know: - Bicycle Health, a telehealth provider of integrated medical and behavioral health treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) is teaming up with Wellpath, the premier provider of localized, compassionate care to vulnerable patients in challenging clinical environments, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP). - The collaboration will enable patients to access Bicycle Health’s evidence-based, life-saving clinical care model delivering virtual Medication for
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From Telemedicine to Complete Virtual Care and Beyond
Telemedicine has helped improve the quality of life of patients in every corner of the world and has been successfully utilized to provide convenient care to people with limited or no access to health services. Today, worldwide digital interconnectivity is growing, enabling telehealth to advance health equity, bring access to care for underserved regions and meet the urgent, primary and behavioral healthcare needs of an exploding global population. It has been a remarkable journey for the
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HTA to Offer Cognoa’s Canvas Dx Diagnostic Device for Autism to Member Organizations
What You Should Know: - Health Transformation Alliance (HTA), a cooperative of nearly 60 of America’s largest employers, has partnered with Cognoa, a pediatric behavioral health company, to offer the company’s Canvas Dx diagnostic device for autism to all HTA Member organizations and their employees. - HTA will offer its member organizations – some of the most influential and significant brands in the U.S. – the opportunity to add Canvas Dx to their benefit design. Expanding Horizons By
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Epic, Impact Advisors, Nordic, Chartis Named 2023 Overall Best in KLAS® Awards
What You Should Know: Epic, Nordic, Impact Advisors and The Chartis Group won the 2023 Overall Best in KLAS® awards. Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the thirteenth straight year in 2023 Best in KLAS – Software & Services report, released, which reports on the top vendors for 2022. Epic was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor. Epic won thirteen other Best in KLAS awards in various market segments. - Impact Advisors tied with Nordic to be a
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Included Health, Solv Partner to Connect Virtual & In-Person Care
What You Should Know: - Solv today announced the launch of Solv Final Mile Network, the first solution to bridge the gap from online navigation and virtual care to in-person, local medical care across the country. - Built on the scale of Solv’s national network of providers, Solv Final Mile technology makes continuity of the patient care journey possible, by eliminating the friction between digital care and same-day, in-office visits for providers and their patients. Included Health, a
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Angle Health Raises $58M for Digital-First Health Insurance
What You Should Know: - Angle Health, a digital first health insurance carrier raises $58M in Series A funding, making health insurance more convenient, approachable, and affordable for employers and members. The round was led by Portage with participation from PruVen Capital, Wing Venture Capital, SixThirty Ventures, Mighty Capital, Wormhole Capital, Mindset Ventures, Crew Capital, Aloft VC, and Pilot founder Waseem Daher; and support from existing investors Blumberg Capital,
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Why Patient Portal Usability is Critical to Patient Experience
Improving patient experience is a primary concern for behavioral health providers today. A positive patient experience can keep clients returning, while a frustrating or confusing experience may push them away. With so much on the line, it’s important to get it right. One of the most powerful tools in a behavioral health practice’s arsenal is a user-friendly, highly functional patient portal. These portals are often clients’ main point of connection to a practice outside of appointments. What
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