maternal health
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How Boston Medical Center’s health equity accelerator is fast-tracking clinical improvements
Boston Medical Center launched a program dedicated to speeding up the timeline between discovering health inequities and implementing action plans to address them. The hospital has already made changes to its clinical guidelines based on the program’s research on preeclampsia complications among Black maternity patients.
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MedCity Influencers, Health Tech, Legal
Prenatal to postpartum: Using healthcare data to improve maternal health
The maternal health crisis remains unsolved across most of the U.S. Our nation reports the […]
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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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Mahmee CEO: We’re making progress in eliminating disparities in maternal care
Mahmee raised $9.2 million in Series A funding led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The startup’s CEO, Melissa Hanna, saw the raise as clear recognition of the progress Mahmee has made in tackling disparities in maternal care.
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MedCity Influencers, Devices & Diagnostics, Payers
Medical gaslighting: One more reason to rethink maternity care
A typical health system either loses money or just breaks even on its Labor & Delivery services. As a result, there is little incentive or budget to invest in innovating around or improving the experience. yet despite the poor economics, health systems consistently point to Women’s Health as a top strategic priority.
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MedCity Influencers, Patient Engagement
Maternal and infant health: Looking beyond delivery
While hospital-based initiatives to address maternal and infant health are important, it is clear that problems surface long before and after delivery.
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Health IT, Hospitals, Artificial Intelligence
Northwell Health, Aegis team up to launch AI-focused joint venture
The health system and startup studio’s new joint venture will develop and launch companies that use artificial intelligence to address healthcare problems, including disparities in care. The venture will combine Northwell’s clinical expertise and patient data with Aegis’ data scientists and commercialization capabilities.
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Health IT, Hospitals, Artificial Intelligence
Texas Children’s, PeriGen bring AI-powered maternal-fetal monitoring system to Malawi
In collaboration with PeriGen, Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women is deploying the PeriWatch Vigilance automated early warning system in a hospital in Malawi, Africa. The system continuously tracks maternal and fetal data to prevent complications and deaths during childbirth.
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Providers, payers & startups are all looking for key pieces to solve the maternal care puzzle
America’s abysmal record on maternal care outcomes and equity has spurred the rise of startups as well as innovative strategies from providers and payers, each trying to solve a piece of the larger problem. But these entities will also need the help of policymakers to truly improve care in this arena.
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Maternity startup Oula strikes partnership with Mount Sinai West
Through the partnership, Oula’s patients will be able to deliver their babies at Mount Sinai West, while still working with their maternity care team at Oula.
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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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BCBSA to take aim at racial inequities in health, starting with maternal care
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association recently announced its new national health equity strategy that will focus on maternal health, diabetes, cardiovascular care and mental health. The association’s first goal is to cut racial disparities in maternal health by 50% in the next five years.
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Medicaid tweak might offer means to improve U.S. maternal health
The U.S. is one of only three countries where maternal deaths are on the rise, joining Sudan and Afghanistan, according to the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health.
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Exclusive: Los Angeles startup Heal expands health and wellness services for children and new mothers
Heal eventually want to cover everything from pre-birth services like lactation consulting, to vaccinations and immunizations and on through mental and sexual health as the child gets older.
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Cigna boosts its digital platforms for mental health and maternal care
Cigna has been pushing heavily into digital health as evidenced by a venture capital arm it launched earlier this year as well as acquisitions like its 2017 purchase of digital practice management company Brighter.
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Eskenazi Health’s video-based Baby Boot Camp boosts patient ed, staff satisfaction
By all measures, it’s been a big improvement over the former method of educating new moms by having nurses teach live classes.
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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.
