By Jill McKeon
June 20, 2023 – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a proposed settlement with 1Health.io, a genetic testing company, over its alleged security and privacy failures. The order requires the company to pay…
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Personal diagnostics and health platform Thriva has announced a two-year nationwide partnership, to bring its diagnostic testing to Superdrug Health Clinics across the country.The partnership will enable Superdrug to offer Thriva’s health diagnostics to…
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Penn State Health announced this week that a subscription-based virtual care service, currently in beta with employers and educational institutions in central Pennsylvania, will expand access to patients statewide later in the year. WHY IT…
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A new health tech partnership between Hashiona, a Hashimoto’s thyroiditis management app, and blood testing platform Plasma by Medichecks will chart the impact of dietary intervention for people with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Hashiona will be using…
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The previous articles in this series laid out some of the issues in health care affecting testing, and the value of data. This article looks at some specific problems and solutions.
Speeding up Test Development…
Walmart has partnered with Simple HealthKit, a diagnostics startup, to offer at-home testing kits for sexual wellness, diabetes detection, and respiratory health on its website. Customers can order the kits, perform the tests at…
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Calif.-based diagnostics startup Simple HealthKit announced it is partnering with Walmart to make its home diagnostic test kits for diabetes, sexual wellness and respiratory wellness available to customers via the retail chain’s website. Simple HeathKit’s…
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See the first article in this series on lab testing and health IT.
Where doctors are reimbursed for each test, it’s well known that they order more tests than necessary. Over time, payers have tightened…
What You Should Know:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently released its Fentanyl Study Dashboard, an innovative tool that utilizes data from the Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC), to track and monitor…
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The security challenges that healthcare organizations face are getting more daunting. Cybercriminals are more organized than ever and are even using techniques employed by legitimate IT companies, such as project management and custom development…
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