Community
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MedCity Influencers, Community
Healthcare organizations aim for better member experience : Would an equality index focused on LGBTQ be the game changer?
While there is a heightened awareness about closing the gaps in the system and creating equality, one of the influential groups that suffer from this injustice is the LGBTQ community.
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Climate change is endangering the health of communities living near chemical facilities
Climate change poses a huge threat to the chemical industry, as many facilities are located in low‐lying coastal areas such as the U.S. Gulf Coast, and vulnerable to damage from hurricanes and flooding. These natural disasters are becoming more common with climate change.
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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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MedCity Influencers, Community
Lifelong healthy habits promise revolution of relief in workforce
Here’s a review of some challenges that chronic disease presents us with and a discussion of what kind of approach makes people healthier, happier, more productive and ultimately reduces their healthcare premiums, too.
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Community, Consumer / Employer, Health Tech, Payers
Icario launches program to help Medicaid, Medicare plans improve broadband access for members
The program, called Digital Bridge, will leverage Icario’s expertise in personalized health communications to help plans ensure members are able to access resources available to get low-cost or free broadband.
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MedCity News launches audience survey. Your participation is appreciated.
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Iris Telehealth raises $40M to help hospitals, community clinics address the mental health crisis
Concord Health Partners and Columbia Pacific Advisors led the Series B funding round. The Austin, Texas-based company said it plans to use the money to grow clinical operations, and commercial and technology teams.
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Community, Consumer / Employer
Independence Blue Cross Foundation commits $15M to create Institute for Health Equity
The IBC Foundation Institute for Health Equity’s initial focus areas will include digital health, cultural competence in medicine and maternal health. The money committed for the creation of the Institute will be spent over a five-year period.
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Increasing connectivity to address health disparities requires more than expanding broadband access
The broadband expansion, especially in rural areas, will allow more people to access telehealth. But a panel at MedCity INVEST in Chicago said that’s not enough to tackle the social determinants of health.
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MedCity Influencers, Community
3 actions we can take now to support nurses
Throughout this pandemic, out of necessity, we changed the way we practice medicine. It is my belief that we can use these new practices to create a better system that provides more support and focus on nurse well-being, career development and collaboration, without sacrificing patient care.
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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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Community, Consumer / Employer, SYN
Report finds Medicare Advantage grew more than at any time in history, again
A report detailed how Medicare Advantage grew again, gaining some of its numbers from new members and poaching others from Original Medicare, which is declining overall.
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Community, Consumer / Employer, Social Determinants
ConcertoCare raises $105M to expand at-home care for seniors
Wells Fargo Strategic Capital led the Series B funding round. Concerto also announced Thursday that it has acquired Crown Health, a home-based primary care practice serving the Pacific Northwest.
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Startup Yuvo Health raises $7.3M to advance primary care for communities in need
Yuvo Health announced Tuesday that it has raised $7.3 million to support the company’s work with federally qualified health centers. The startup said the services it provides will help the centers unlock revenue streams via value-based care.
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A rural Georgia community reels after its hospital closes
The Cuthbert hospital in Georgia was one of 19 rural hospitals in the U.S. that closed in 2020. That’s the largest number of such facilities to shut down in a single year since 2005.
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MedCity Influencers, Community
How a pandemic shines a brighter light on the need for SDoH innovation
The pandemic changed ideas and helped create new solutions to improve how and where patients access care whether it be through a smartphone-based transportation app with healthy meal delivery or remote patient monitoring.
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MedCity Influencers, Community
Internal culture: The hidden barrier to innovation in healthcare
With major efforts under way to make healthcare more accessible to all, organizations need to be aware of powerful force that could be creating an invisible barrier — their internal culture.
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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.
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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.
