There’s a fairly new Thai restaurant near Union Square in San Francisco that’s my favorite. They run a special promotion with a punch card that lets you get one free buffet bowl for every 10 you buy. I was the … Continue reading
You might not have heard of the Choosing Wisely campaign yet, but there’s been more talk about it in the blogosphere and in the news since the movement launched last year. Especially since one of the groups behind the campaign, … Continue reading
This isn’t the first time that health plan and health care provider Kaiser Permanente has gone mobile, but it’s KP’s first launch of an iPhone application that lets members view their medical information on their phones. Kaiser launched its very … Continue reading
EveryMove Inc. raised $2.6 million in Series A Financing from Premera Blue Cross, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska, BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners (managed through Sandbox Industries) and angel investors. EveryMove is building a platform that will help people … Continue reading
Why is CHCF participating in Matchpoint? A significant portion of the work of the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) is focused on reducing barriers to efficient, affordable health care for underserved populations. We are participating in Matchpoint because we believe that … Continue reading
Health care shopping solutions company, Castlight Health raised $100M from investors including T. Rowe Price and Redmile Group. The company provides an online platform for health care employees to shop around for higher quality products, procedures, and tests at the … Continue reading
A study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality concluded that evidence of the benefits of clinical decision-support systems (CDSSs) is sparse. A review of 148 randomized, controlled trials found that CDSSs don’t significantly impact clinical, economic, workload … Continue reading
We recently had the pleasure to sit down with Executive Director of the New York eHealth Collaborative Dave Whitlinger and President and CEO of the New York City Investment Fund Maria Gotsch to discuss the exciting New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA) … Continue reading
Healthline Networks announced its partnership with medical publisher Elsevier this week, launching Healthline’s largest project in the health care provider market to date. Elsevier is a huge Amsterdam-based publishing company with more than 7,000 employees in 24 countries. It recently … Continue reading
Philips and Vidyo, provider of a teleconferencing platform, announced their new partnership today. Philips will start rolling out the resulting telehealth technology in intensive care units. The complete package takes this and that from two existing offerings from each company. … Continue reading
Creator of personal weight management tools BodyMedia, partnered with Withings, creator of the wireless and portable scale. This partnership will enable online and mobile Activity Manager users Body Media to step on a Withings scale to instantly transfer scale readings … Continue reading
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