What You Should Know:
– Boost Mobile, which serves millions of underinsured and uninsured customers, today announced it will become the first wireless provider to offer free telehealth services to its subscribers and their families by partnering with K Health.
– Launching in early summer, new subscribers to Boost Mobile’s Unlimited Plus plan (and their immediate families) will receive immediate access to healthcare and doctors, via K Health, straight from their Boost Mobile phone.
– K Health will be available for free to new Unlimited Plus subscribers, and for a discounted service fee of $7.99 per month for other Boost Mobile service plans. Boost Mobile customers will be able to take advantage of K Health’s data-driven primary care system with over four million users on its platform. Boost Mobile users can sign up at boostmobile.com/health to be first in line for the official launch early this summer.
Allscripts Launches ADP Empower to Amplify Diverse Voices in Health IT
What You Should Know:
– Allscripts announced its team that leads the Allscripts Developer Program (ADP) has launched ADP Empower, a new program designed to amplify diverse voices in the healthcare technology industry and offer valuable resources to underrepresented entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and accelerate innovation.
– The Allscripts Developer Program aims to build a culture of innovation by reducing barriers and risk associated with installing and using innovative healthcare technology.
– The company partners with developers to help deliver the tools they need to connect their innovation to Allscripts’ clients and achieve desired outcomes. Through ADP Empower, Allscripts will create a community of innovators that represents the perspectives, cultures and needs of its clients and their patients.
Connect America Acquires Royal Philips’ Aging and Caregiving (ACG) Business
What You Should Know:
– Connect America has acquired international healthcare technology leader, Royal Philips’ Aging and Caregiving (ACG) business in a strategic deal that expands Connect America’s customer base and connect care portfolio.
Connect America is an independent provider of medical alert systems in North America and has become known as a leader in technology solutions that help aging individuals and vulnerable populations to feel safe and connected without losing their independence. With the addition of the ACG business, Connect America will further leverage its strength in innovation and technology solutions to serve stakeholders in the PERS market in both the consumer and healthcare segments. Detroit-based Rockbridge Growth Equity remains the lead investor and will continue to provide strategic support for Connect America.
Collective Health Raises $280M for Employer Health Benefits Platform
What You Should Know:
– Collective Health, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an employer-sponsored health insurance platform announced $280 million of funding in a Series F round led by Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) along with existing investors DFJ Growth, Founders Fund, G Squared, Maverick Ventures, NEA, PFM Health Sciences, SoftBank Vision Fund 1, Sun Life, and others.
– Founded in 2013 by Ali Diab and Rajaie Batniji, Collective Health’s integrated solution allows self-funded employers to administer plans, control costs, and take care of their people all in one place.
– The company plans to utilize the funding to help advance Collective Health’s mission to heal the ailing healthcare industry. By enhancing its already powerful, flexible platform, more employers and their people will be able to easily understand, navigate and pay for healthcare. This unified employer and member experienc
What You Should Know:
– Today, PhysIQ Inc. announced its partnership with Johns Hopkins University, Duke University and The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), to support a clinical trial to evaluate products for early treatment and post-exposure treatment of COVID-19. The 18-month study will assess disease progression and provide early indication of infection. This DOD-funded initiative will assess the role of continuous biosensor data and artificial intelligence in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
– Confirmed COVID-19 positive individuals and patients at high risk of exposure will wear a clinical-grade biosensor that continuously streams data to PhysIQ’s pinpointIQTM platform where advanced FDA-cleared analytics will process the raw biosensor data. In addition to capturing continuous physiological data, patients will also use physIQ’s mobile app to submit pulse oximeter measurements and report symptoms.