Former Uber Health head launches care management platform with $4.5M in funding
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 07, 2020
A new care management platform, backed by $4.5 million in seed funding, has the goal of enabling healthcare providers and payers to extend their services into patients’ homes.
Privacy concerns examined regarding use of mobile health apps
Jun 18, 2021
28.1% of apps provided no privacy policies; 47% of user data transmission complied with privacy policy.
Bank merger ‘really good’ for LTC borrowers: People’s United exec
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 16, 2021
“Borrowers will have more solutions” when the merger of M&T Bank and People’s United is complete in October, People’s United’s market manager of healthcare financial services Matthew Huber recently...
ENDO: Fracture risk up with insulin compared with metformin in T2DM
Jun 17, 2022
The risk for major osteoporotic fractures up for insulin versus metformin for those with HbA1c <7%, BMI <25 kg/m.2
Uber, Circulation test nonemergency medical transportation program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2016
A new partnership between ride-hailing service Uber and healthcare transportation platform Circulation will test a nonemergency medical transportation service at a PACE as well as acute-care and children’s...
Tech and seniors: Been there, done that — or have you?
By
F. Scott Moody
Dec 10, 2015
We must throw away the perception that seniors are technologically ignorant.
Mobile health apps don’t always work
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2014
Mobile health apps need more oversight, according to an article published in the July issue of New England Journal of Medicine.
Business briefs, Aug. 24
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2021
Pandemic persists in nursing homes with low vax rates; case counts rising, NIC analyst says … Brookdale launches video series on COVID-19 safety … Life plan community celebrates silver anniversary...
Many U.S. adults receive opioids and dual anxiolytic/sedative
Feb 25, 2022
Among U.S. adult prescription opioid users, 9.2% also were prescribed dual anxiolytic/sedative therapy.
Number of older people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy projected to increase
Dec 17, 2021
If expected patterns in HIV diagnosis and survival continue, about 23% of antiretroviral therapy users in 2030 will be 65 or older, according to a study recently published in AIDS.
