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Fear creates urgency: Big tech’s move into healthcare can lead to a better system for all
To position the healthcare system for long-term success, traditional healthcare providers must tap into new disruptive forces to create navigable, discoverable, accessible, and personalized experiences for patients who now expect a new consumer-centered model of care.
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The omnichannel strategy of retail health
Retail pharmacy chains and Amazon are transforming themselves into omnichannel healthcare providers, developing primary care services and virtual tools through acquisitions, partnerships and investments.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Amazon Care and Care Medical are shutting down. Is it really that big a deal?
This is the second time Amazon has failed to crack the employer market said an industry observer, after the company loudly touted the novelty of its approach. The first was the high-profile dissolution of Haven created as a joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway. But does this latest failure even matter?
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Consumer / Employer, Health IT, Health Tech, SYN
Analysis: Amazon-One Medical deal puts $4B spotlight on primary care convenience, but doesn’t threaten health systems
Amazon made its next move into healthcare, announcing an agreement to acquire primary care provider One Medical in a deal valued at about $3.9 billion. The deal allows the company to integrate its bread and butter — technology enablement, convenience and low costs — into primary care to increase access for patients across the country.
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Retail Health, Health Services, Pharmacy
Walgreens bets all its chips on a new healthcare strategy. Will patients buy in?
The company launched a new health division, and has doubled down on its plans to open primary care clinics with VillageMD. It faces big competitors in CVS and Walmart, and it’ll take time to see if its new strategy pays off.
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Amazon brings Alexa devices to hospitals, assisted living
The company has struck partnerships with properties owned by Cedars-Sinai, BayCare and others, and is looking to build out some healthcare-specific features, such as medication management.
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At HLTH, Amazon confirms plans to bring hybrid care model to new markets
The online retailer confirmed plans to bring Amazon Care to Dallas, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Los Angeles, to name a few. But it’s still not clear how many other employers are buying into its telehealth and in-home care service.
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Dr. David Feinberg’s next act: CEO of Cerner
Feinberg comes to Cerner from Google Health, which he has led since 2019. The move comes amid news reports that Google plans to dismantle its health division, though the company denies any such plans.
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What Google Cloud learned about interoperability from Mayo Clinic
Google is piloting its healthcare data engine, a tool intended to build longitudinal patient records and pull in data from multiple sources. Early work with Mayo Clinic served as a foundation for the technology.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Pharma, Policy, BioPharma, Legal, Payers
Can Amazon change how the PBM and pharmacy worlds operate?
Despite mounting court and legislative scrutiny of pharmacy and prescription benefit manager practices, Amazon has chosen to throw its hat into the discount pharmacy ring. Could Amazon “disrupt” prescription drug delivery?
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Amazon’s cloud services business launches digital health accelerator
The accelerator, created by Amazon Web Services, will pick 10 healthcare startups in the U.S. using cloud-based services. To start, it will focus on solutions like remote patient monitoring, voice technology, analytics, patient engagement, and virtual care.
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After Haven dissolves, JPM goes it alone
Less than a year after Haven dissolved, JPMorgan is starting a new venture to improve healthcare with a similarly broad vision. In the meantime, Amazon is rolling out new employee benefits as it starts selling a telehealth benefit to other companies
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GoodRx leadership downplays Amazon Pharmacy worries despite lackluster stock price
In a month where GoodRx’s stock has been trading below IPO levels, the startup’s leadership says Amazon Pharmacy still isn’t a threat. Citing third-party data, the company said uptake of Amazon’s pharmacy services have been low, though the retailer still could pose a threat with its growing healthcare business.
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With telehealth, pharmacy offerings, Amazon starts to encroach on PBMs
As Amazon starts to roll out its telehealth and pharmacy offerings, most big health systems and insurers don’t yet view it as a threat. But pharmacy benefit managers and vertically integrated payers will be keeping a watchful eye on the company as it starts to encroach on a slice of their business.
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Telemedicine, Employee Benefits, Health Tech
Analysis: Amazon enters telehealth, but competitors “will not go quietly”
Amazon is rolling out a telehealth service for other companies to offer as an employee benefit. But scale alone will not help it to unseat well-known telehealth brands in an increasingly competitive space.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
