Health in 2 Point 00 Sep 6, 2019• The drought is over! On Episode 93 of Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I talk deals, deals, deals. Ginger, which provides digital mental health services, raises $ 35 million and is growing quite fast; VillageMD, one of numerous companies who are trying to figure out… Read More »
Dive Brief: California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law Thursday mandating greater transparency in Kaiser Permanente’s financial disclosures as income for the not-for-profit integrated health system continues to soar. Starting in 2020, Kaiser must break out expenses and revenue for its hospitals on a per-facility basis, revenue by type of payer, and rate… Read More »
A collaborative group including Cornell Tech, UC San Francisco, Sage Bionetworks, Open mHealth and The Commons Project is set to launch CommonHealth, which aims to make it as easy to access and share electronic health record data with Android devices as it is with is with iPhone-based Apple Health. WHY IT MATTERSThe app, called CommonHealth… Read More »
A third death is under investigation for ties to vaping as government scientists are still trying to get to the bottom of what is causing the illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention disclosed Friday. Public health officials have been warning the public about an illness that appears to be linked to vaping marijuana,… Read More »