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Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender
While telehealth, mobile health apps, and wearable technology are all growing for mainstream consumers, there are gaps in adoption based on where a person lives, their health insurance plan type, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender.
Digital health tools reach urban but not rural residents
Long portrayed as a kind of easy button for health care, digital health tools are still failing to reach many of the 57 million U.S. residents in rural areas, a new Rock Health report finds. Driving the news: Virtual care companies looking to serve…
The 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50 list: Meet the next generation of Silicon Valley
In the tenth annual Disruptor 50 list, CNBC highlights private companies that grew through the ups and downs of the pandemic and are poised to meet increasing economic and consumer challenges. All told, these firms have raised a half-trillion…
Ex-USFDA digital health chief Bakul Patel joins Google
Published On 2022-05-17 07:12 GMT | Update On 2022-05-17 07:12 GMT San Francisco: Tech giant Google has roped in a former US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leader Bakul Patel as its new senior director of global digital health strategy. Patel…
Oscar Health CEO: The days of high valuations are over
The days of high valuations for digital health companies are over, said Mario Schlosser, CEO of Oscar Health, at the Modern Healthcare Transformation Summit on Tuesday. “Digital health investors start by assuming that nothing works,”…
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Vote of Confidence: The future of health care in Ontario
Please log in to bookmark this story. Create Free Account Hello, and welcome to the first edition of Vote of Confidence, your guide to learning the ins and outs of the biggest issues of the Ontario election. Today, much as it's been for the past…
19. Maven Clinic
Previous appearances on Disruptor 50 List: 0 Maven is the largest virtual clinic for women's and family health, and as of last August, it also became the first female-focused health start-up valued at over $1 billion, or so-called unicorn status.
Tusk Venture Partners just closed its third fund with $140M, double its predecessor fund
Tusk Venture Partners, the now six-year-old, New York-based early-stage venture firm co-founded by longtime political strategist Bradley Tusk, has closed its third fund with $140 million in capital commitments. That's double the $70 million that…
38. Ro
Founders: Zach Reitano (CEO), Saman Rahmanian, Rob Schutz Previous appearances on Disruptor 50 List: 0 Digital health-care start-up Ro is ramping up in a booming market that has been propelled by a pandemic-accelerated trend toward virtual doctors'…
16. Truepill
Founders: Sid Viswanathan (CEO), Umar Afridi Previous appearances on Disruptor 50 List: 0 When billionaire investor Mark Cuban launched his Cost Plus Drug Company early in 2022 to sell generic drugs online at affordable prices, he turned to…
World Telecommunication Day and Healthy Aging
This year, the UN's celebration of all things digital — World Telecommunication and Information Society Day — will be a landmark event because of its ground-breaking theme: Digital technologies for older persons and healthy ageing.
Elon's exit strategy
Good morning! It's beginning to look a lot like Elon Musk doesn't actually want to buy Twitter. There are a whole bunch of ways this deal could shake out, and you can bet Musk will tweet his way through it. I'm Owen Thomas, and my copy of…
China diverts anti-poverty funds to Covid testing as crisis deepens
Local governments say resources are being used to cover costs of zero-Covid policy Receive free Coronavirus pandemic updates We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Coronavirus pandemic news every morning. China's…
Emerging Indian Saas Leaders: Abhinav Shashank, Kanav Hasija and Sandeep Gupta
Innovaccer was founded by Abhinav Shashank, Kanav Hasija and Sandeep Gupta in 2014. They have developed the Innovaccer Health Cloud, which they envision as a complete software platform for health care organisations. Among its customers in the US…
Five things for pharma marketers to know: Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Bristol Myers Squibb announced its Opdivo/Yervoy combo therapy for bladder cancer failed in a Phase III study. “Despite some progress in recent years, metastatic urothelial carcinoma remains a difficult disease to address, with a limited…
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