Health insurer Aetna will subsidize Apple Watches for select large employers and individual policyholders during November's open enrollment as a healthy living initiative.
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Boston Children’s Hospital’s Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator. This internal accelerator supports both innovations coming from members of the Boston Children’s community as well as external startups and enterprises. Examples of innovations coming from IDHA include CrowdClinical, a web-based dashboard…
Baystate Health’s TechSpring (Springfield, Mass.). TechSpring is an innovation center affiliated with Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health. Launched in 2014, TechSpring works with technology companies seeking to test and validate digital health solutions in an authentic healthcare environment. TechSpring offers four…
Health insurer Humana teamed up with Spry Labs, a subsidiary of Cincinnati-based Cintrifuse, to host a hackathon in hopes of creating a more efficient way to link policyholders and healthcare providers, WCPO reports.
Pittsburgh-based TeleTracking Technologies, a patient flow solutions provider, was one of four healthcare companies to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health during a Sept. 14 hearing on how to improve the quality and…
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Some health plans are interested in more than just consumers' health data. Demographic, socioeconomic and purchasing information are helping insurers focus their marketing strategies to gain a competitive edge.
In a recent press release, Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, announced the U.S. commercial launch of its MiniMed 630G system with SmartGuard technology FDA approved for the treatment of people with diabetes mellitus sixteen years of age…
In a recent press release, the health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has launched the Zika Resource Portal, a single point of access to trusted clinical knowledge…
UnitedHealthcare subsidiary Harken Health will not expand its clinics and Affordable Health Care Act plans to the Miami area next year, the StarTribune reported.
Clinical trials are critical to the introduction of new drugs, but their success depends on the companies' ability to get enough patients to volunteer. Recently, drug companies have engaged in innovative techniques to recruit patients to participate, according to The…