One of the major lessons learned during the pandemic is that hospitals and medical facilities are not always the safest places to recover, especially for seniors and those living with chronic conditions. Compounding this…
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Rajiv Kumar, MD, Co-Founder & CEO (Left) and Lee Pichette Co-Founder, President & COO (Right)
What You Should Know:
– Forum, a peer support group marketplace, has officially launched with $5.3M in funding from a seed…
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Kyle Dardashti tried numerous options — including pharmaceutical drugs — to treat his Crohn’s disease, which causes inflammation in the digestive tract. But none of these options worked — until his doctor recommended the…
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What You Should Know:
– SubjectWell, a patient access marketplace connecting individuals with chronic health conditions to healthcare options, has acquired PatientCentra, a company specializing in global patient recruitment and personalized recruitment journeys. Financial details…
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Background: Low back pain is the main cause of disability worldwide. Individuals with chronic conditions have been widely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, mobile health (m-Health) has become popular, mostly due…
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The combined impact of respiratory illness such as COPD, asthma, chronic cough and pneumonia on individuals and health systems is staggering. COPD alone affects more than 15 million people and costs the healthcare system…
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What You Should Know: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) today announced that it is growing its network of virtual care providers to treat two chronic conditions: gastrointestinal (GI) conditions and diabetes. Oshi Health and Virta Health are…
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Children with medical complexity account for less than 1% of all U.S. kids but contribute to an estimated 30% of pediatric healthcare costs and 86% of hospital charges at American children’s hospitals.Worse yet, hospitalizations…
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What You Should Know:
– Lark Health, a conversational-AI health coaching platform for managing chronic conditions expands its weight management program to include the clinical management of GLP-1s – and taking a different approach.
– These…
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With the growing prevalence of chronic conditions driving 85% of all healthcare costs, digital health offers a promising opportunity to reverse disease and improve health at-scale. The healthcare industry’s predominant approach to behavior change…
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