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Highmark Health, in collaboration with Google Cloud, today announced its Living Health model and corresponding platform that aims to reshape how healthcare is delivered to be a more coordinated, personalized and technology-enabled experience.
Throughout the companies’ six-year strategic partnership, Highmark will support its Living Health model through the development of the Living Health Dynamic Platform, which will be built on Google Cloud.
Approximately 125 new jobs are being created at Highmark to support the development of the Living Health Dynamic Platform, the company said.
“This is a very exciting time because we’ve been working for the last couple of years to transform the health experience,” Karen Hanlon, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Highmark Health, told
Highmark strikes six-year contract with Google Cloud
The insurer, which also owns Allegheny Health Network, struck a six-year strategic partnership with Google Cloud, which includes building out a new platform to help better manage patient care.
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Google Cloud continued its push into healthcare by striking a contract with a big insurer. It reached a six-year strategic partnership with Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health, which includes one of the largest insurers affiliated with Blue Cross Blue Shield and hospital system Allegheny Health Network. They did not disclose the terms of the deal.
The companies plan to build a platform that would make it easier for patients to share health information between visits and reduce some of the administrative burden for clinicians.
Google Cloud powers IT modernization projects for Highmark and Tapestry
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Google LLC today said that its cloud business is working with nonprofit healthcare organization Highmark Health and Tapestry Inc., a publicly traded fashion company, to support their information technology modernization efforts.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark is a major regional health insurer and hospital operator. It also has a presence in a number of adjacent areas such as vision care. Highmark, Google said today, has inked a six-year contract to build a software platform on Google Cloud that’s aimed at reducing administrative work for clinicians and allowing them to access patient information more smoothly.