car health announced with Novan Health Provides orthopaedic and weight loss care to Carrum Health members in North Carolina.
An innovative leader in delivering patient-centered care, Novant Health is North Carolina’s first Carrum Health COE partner, providing patients and their employers with significant value, personalized care navigation and the latest in high-quality treatment options . Initially, this partnership will provide Novant Health Charlotte Orthopaedic Hospital and Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center convenient care, with the potential to add additional services and evaluate expansion into other areas of Novant Health’s footprint.
“The clinical strength of the Novant Health program is outstanding and will give our employers in the region access to the highest quality care,” said Sach Jain, CEO and founder of Carrum Health. “We are excited to expand our COE offering through Novant Health. To North Carolina, it shares our commitment to providing patients with the best physicians in the region and treatment best suited to their individual needs.”
Carrum Health brings the promise of value-based care to those in need of surgery through its COE model, which enables self-insured employers to reduce healthcare spending, according to a RAND Corporation Research. Patients typically face no out-of-pocket costs associated with their care, no deductibles, no co-pays, and no unexpected bills. Each program comes with a 30-day warranty, including any costs associated with care.
A quick Google search for the term “digital health center” yields the best results, with links to multiple governments, associations, and/or nonprofits. Some centers are used as work and meeting spaces. Some are virtual communities. Some act as innovation accelerators.
in a Article published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (1 August 2020) University of Adelaide researchers describe the concept of a web-based personal digital health ‘hub’ for integrated patient care. They emphasize implementing such a center around a group of hip fracture patients.
“It’s a use of the term ‘hub’ that’s quite different from the aforementioned — and an exciting concept worth considering,” said Equivalent CEO Neil Altman.
The research team designed their central model to improve education, service integration, data exchange and engagement of all stakeholders, including patients and healthcare providers.
“The health-centred approach can bring enormous value in these areas,” Altman said in a recently published article titled ” Why healthcare needs a digital health center. “More robust capture and analysis of patient and caregiver-reported data, especially from the home environment, will drive progress in these areas,” he added.
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Digital Health Solutions Company I realized is working with How much, a “smart nutrition” company uses home testing, artificial intelligence and nutritional guidance to transform food from a leading cause of disease into medicine. As part of the collaboration, imaware’s at-home diagnostic tests will provide Elo patients with deep clinical insights into specific biomarkers and health data that will be used to create personalized supplemental regimens with manual health outcomes tailored to each patient selected specific nutrients.
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abridgedis a Pittsburgh-based healthtech startup focused on AI for healthcare conversations, raised $12.5 million as part of a Series A funding round. The round was led by Wittington Ventures, with existing investors including Union Square Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Pillar Venture Capital and UPMC Enterprises. New investors participating in the round include Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio and Whistler Capital.
Abridge’s enterprise-focused documentation solutions are designed to structure and summarize information in healthcare conversations, making systems easier to reduce provider burnout and improve patient satisfaction.
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UNC Healthis a North Carolina-owned nonprofit integrated healthcare system headquartered in Chapel Hill that is releasing new features into its mobile platform.in with Gozio Health and very healthy, UNC Health is combining wayfinding, powered by Gozio, with the WELL Health patient communications platform to create a more integrated digital experience for patients. The result was a 443% increase in mobile downloads and interactions with consumer-facing digital front doors.
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Pageis a clinical AI application developer in pathology that has partnered with clinical diagnostics business Sonora Quest Laboratories. The goal of the digital transformation project is to improve existing diagnostic workflows and accelerate accurate diagnosis for Arizona patients.
“The implementation of Paige’s products at Sonora Quest further validates our ability to scale and deploy our technology to meet the needs of high-volume commercial laboratories,” said Paige CEO Andy Moye in a press release. “AI software like Paige Prostate Detect can serve as a built-in second opinion to increase diagnostic confidence and help reduce diagnostic errors. We believe our integrated solutions can ultimately simplify and improve patient care.”
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