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The AmWell – Avizia Merger and the Evolution of Telehealth

By ALAN PITT Last week Avizia, where I’ve been the Chief Medical Officer since 2014, was acquired by American Well (AmWell). From my perspective, the merger made perfect sense. Avizia has been focused on chronically and acutely ill patients—those more...

Published Tue, May 08 2018 5:22 AM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Telehealth, American Well, Avizia

Trump and Rx Drug Prices: Let the Games Begin

By STEVEN FINDLAY President Trump is scheduled to deliver a major speech on drug prices today. This post is intended to start a dialogue on what he says and proposes. It’s unclear whether Trump will provide specifics or whether those will be rolled out...

Published Fri, May 11 2018 10:23 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Mudit Garg, Qventus on the $30m raise

By MATTHEW HOLT Another day, another $30m round in health tech. On Monday Qventus raised that from Bessemer Partners, with Mayfield, Norwest and NY Presbyterian kicking in too. That brings their total to $43m in so far–not bad for a 75 person company...

Published Mon, May 14 2018 10:08 PM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Tech, Artificial intelligence, Hospital Operations, Mudit Garg, Qventus

‘Immigrants’ Bring Patient Engagement Energy

By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON An Irish software expert who’d been helping companies sell on eBay walks into a room with a Slovenian inventor who’d built a world-class company in the “accelerator beam diagnostics market.” (Don’t ask.) What they share is not...

Published Sun, May 20 2018 10:21 PM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Michael Millenson, mHealth, Healthcare, Immigration, patient engagement, digital health, inventor, Entrepreneurs, software start-ups, engineer

Double Standards, Trojan Style

By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD The University of Southern California (USC) appears to look the other way when male physicians harass or assault women. In reality, sexual violence spares no occupation, including medicine, but the way an organization responds to...

Published Thu, May 24 2018 8:48 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, Op-Ed, #MeToo, Sexual Assault, USC

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 28

With .health‘s Jennifer Lannon again running the camera and with guest appearances from Bayer’s Aline Noizet and Health 2.0’s Emily Hagermen, Jessica DaMassa asked me about Health 2.0 Europe, DCtoVC, the other goings on in Stiges, Spain...

Published Tue, May 29 2018 10:20 AM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, #Healthin2pt00, EC2VC, #himsseurope2018, Infermedica, #health2eu

Health in 2 Point 00 Episode 58

Today on Episode 58 of Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I have more to share from Exponential Medicine, but this time we’re at the Health Innovation Lab checking out all of the startups. In this episode, Jess and I talk to Meghan Conroy from CaptureProof...

Published Wed, Nov 14 2018 6:57 AM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Nursing, Startups, AI, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Captureproof, health innovation, Exponential Medicine, XMed, Care Angel, Voice, Humm

The Burning Question: Who Will Foot the Bill for America’s Increasing Burn-Care Costs?

By CELIA BELT Each year in the United States, half a million Americans will be treated for burns so severe as to require hospitalization. The “survivors”—including more than three hundred children each day and a drastically increasing number of U.S. military...

Published Tue, Nov 20 2018 7:02 AM by THCB

Filed under: Patients, Non-profits, burns, Celia Belt, hospital bills, burn victims

Health Care-Related Public-Private Partnerships Will Likely Become the Norm in 2019

By MARY SCOTT NABERS The United States ranks number one in the world for health care spending as a percentage of GDP. That sounds great… but, for instance, Texas ranks only 11th worldwide when it comes to performance. That’s because of access to care...

Published Mon, Nov 26 2018 6:30 AM by THCB

Filed under: Hospitals, The Business of Health Care, public-private partnerships, health innovation, health spending, Mary Scott Nabers, health care partnerships, P3, U.S. health spending

Many Ways of Skinning a Statistical Cat

By SAURABH JHA MD In this episode of Firing Line, Saurabh Jha (aka @RogueRad), has a conversation with Professor Brian Nosek, a metaresearcher and co-founder of Center for Open Science. They discuss the implications of this study, which showed that there...

Published Fri, Nov 30 2018 7:01 AM by THCB

Filed under: Data, Saurabh Jha, Radiology Firing Line Podcasts, data analysis, Radiology Firing Line Podcast

Iowa Race Questions Logic of Significance of Health Policy Debate

By AMY LONG and JOE MOLLOY According to the Democrats, their success across the country in the midterm elections has largely been due to the party running on healthcare. Indeed, surveys such as the one conducted by Health Research Incorporated indicated...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2018 6:53 AM by THCB

Filed under: Politics, Health policy, Trump, Iowa, Midterm Elections, Toothpic

Where to Apply Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

By HANS DUVEFELT MD I have seen the light. I now, finally, see a clear role for artificial intelligence in health care. And, no, I don’t want it to replace me. I want it to complement me. I want AI to take over the mandated, mundane tasks of what...

Published Mon, Dec 10 2018 6:38 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, Artificial intelligence, Hans Duvefelt, AI

Win, Lose, or Draw: Not all ACA Enrollees Gain from Increased Competition

By KATHERINE HEMPSTEAD PhD The 2019 ACA plan year is notable for the increase in insurer participation in the marketplace. Expansion and entry have been substantial, and the percent of counties with one insurer has declined from more than 50 percent to...

Published Thu, Dec 13 2018 6:16 AM by THCB

Filed under: Politics, ACA, Health insurance, Health policy, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ACA Marketplace, health economics, Finance

What Does Congressional Gridlock Mean for the Rest of the Country?

By AMY LONG and JOE MOLLOY Often, a Congressional gridlock is essentially good. This is because the executive arm of government is forced to consider a bipartisan approach to issues if it’s to secure the approval of both Democrats and Republicans in Congress...

Published Tue, Dec 18 2018 10:13 AM by THCB

Filed under: Congress, Politics, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Health policy, Trump, Midterm Elections, Amy Long, Joe Molloy, Congressional gridlock

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