At the very beginning of 2021, Amazon’s high-profile healthcare partnership with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, dubbed Haven, finally broke down.
The goal of the joint venture between some of the country’s largest and most powerful companies was to disrupt the healthcare industry, lowering costs and improving outcomes for their employees. The project shut down after only three years. ...
Younger patients with higher incomes and education levels are still the top consumers of telehealth, pointing to potential access inequalities, according to Rock Health’s 2021 Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey.
The survey, which this year asked nearly 8,000 U.S. adults about their experiences with digital health and telemedicine, found the most likely telehealth consumers were higher income...
Hydrogen Health, a startup born out of a venture between K Health, Blackstone Growth and Anthem, unveiled a new virtual primary care product aimed at self-insured employers and insurers.
The New York-based company is also expanding its diagnosis and management services to treat more chronic conditions. The service employs K Health’s artificial intelligence and a network of clinicians to offer...
It's been a tumultuous year for healthcare, from a global vaccine rollout and the threat of virus variants to the rise of telehealth and virtual care services.
MobiHealthNews asked executives and other leaders in the digital health space what they learned in 2021 and how the rapidly expanding sector will change in 2022. This week we're focusing on whether the rapid growth of telehealth and...
Telehealth firm Coviu has disclosed that it will work on a project to create a new digital toolkit for telehealth wound care. It will work in tandem with the government research agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the Western NSW Primary Health Network, university partners The University of Sydney and The University of Technology Sydney, and insurance firm...
Omron Healthcare, maker of health monitoring and therapy devices in Japan, has entered into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based telehealth startup Doctor Anywhere.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Under the partnership, Omron will enable the sharing of health records tracked on its connected devices with the DA platform. The integration involves the following Omron health monitoring devices: OMRON Smart...
Respondents to a survey published in JAMA Network Open were interested in using video telehealth visits in the future, but most preferred to access healthcare in person.
“This survey study found that participants were generally willing to use video visits but preferred in-person care, and those who preferred video visits were more sensitive to paying out-of-pocket cost,” researchers wrote.
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