Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has recruited John Halamka, MD, away from Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he serves as CIO, according to STAT.
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Northwell Health introduced Dec. 3 a personalized chatbot to address misconceptions and concerns in patients scheduled to undergo colonoscopies at two of the New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based health system's hospitals.
Under a multiyear agreement, UnitedHealthcare will open 14 Medicare service centers in Walgreens stores across the U.S., the organizations said Nov. 25.
Gary Loveman, formerly Aetna's president of consumer health, is now co-founder, chairman and CEO of Well Dot, a startup that launched this month and offers an artificial intelligence platform to improve employees' engagement with their health.
Patient engagement is and will continue to be a major priority for healthcare leaders in the years to come, according to the "Top of Mind for Top Health Systems 2020" report from KLAS and the Center for Connected Medicine.
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Propeller Health announced Nov. 19 that users of its digital health management platform can now directly access pharmacy services from CVS, Walmart, Kroger and Rite-Aid within the Propeller app.
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Twistle, a startup offering automated communication, information-gathering and patient education services to healthcare organizations, announced Oct. 29 the close of a funding round co-led by the Long Beach, Calif.-based MemorialCare Innovation Fund.
Sixty-five percent of consumers use online information to make suggestions to their physician about their respective care plans, according to a recent Rock Health report.
American Hospital Association is forming an alliance with Avia, a Chicago-based digital health consulting firm for healthcare providers, to address digital and health system innovation.