A new study indicates that some hospitals have much greater use of consultations during an inpatient stay, with little effect on quality measures.
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The Journal of the American Medical Association discovers that private equity firms are acquiring physician practices.
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Sharecare has a vision, or is it a hallucination, and acquired Visualize Health. The former is the ubiquitous digital health engagement platform and the latter helps providers catch gaps in care that are called for by quality measures.
https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/sharecare-acquires-visualize-healthHealthJoy, which offers a virtual assistant chatbot to help consumers use their health benefits effectively, happily raises $30 million more in capital.
https://medcitynews.com/2020/02/benefits-assistance-startup-healthjoy-raises-30m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=83838254&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_GcXdWvuzRV0txW7v1M923bWaVAItxlvKD2Lf8zX-_9aNxDANgi6rWMPZsQosHcizCbyB1B1Dj_RUiquq_MvkW_KqmUdOjaoX-H-L276Ykh3FrHgs&_hsmi=83838254&rf=1Patients don't appear to differentially judge physicians based on gender or race.
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Express Scripts gives us its version of 2019 prescription drug spending and utilization trends.
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A new study finds positive effects from use of a mobile app to assist in diabetes care.
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Maven Clinic, which basically is a women's health telemedicine firm, has raised another $45 million in capital.
https://medcitynews.com/2020/02/maven-clinic-raises-45m-for-womens-health/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=83638501&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8wTOGvNcOdaZP4KGnLq0FBPC2a6EuWbO_ru-j-zoZCBozo3ZsDPqlVIv9SAjErscaZEM2UyBqcDdA07uLl_LEPBmcuGc29LxjuIawHMUaIabO_0Qk&_hsmi=83638501&rf=1Supposedly well-off non-profit hospitals deliver a small amount of charity care.
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CareSignal, formerly known as ePharmix, has raised an undisclosed amount of financing for its remote patient monitoring business.
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/caresignal-raises-strategic-investment-from-osf-ventures-unitypoint-health-ventures/article_cc618e4f-6d83-504f-b134-72772ea88482.htmlA survey of health economists gives their perspectives on how to fix the health system, as if they haven't done enough damage already.
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A bipartisan policy think tank makes some recommendations to improve the American health system.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.