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Is ‘Platform As A Service’ (PaaS) Becoming Healthcare’s Preeminent Cloud Model?
Research suggests that most healthcare companies favor a hybrid multi-cloud architecture, where the majority of healthcare infrastructures will be moved to the cloud over the next few years.
The Opportunity In “The Room Where It Happens”: Why Amwell’s Roy Schoenberg Is Bullish On Telehealth’s Future
What does the future hold for telehealth, and what are the driving forces of change?
The answers to the above questions depend on who you ask, the data they are looking at, and the aperture of the lens through which they are looking at the data.
Can Innovation In Primary Care Slay The Healthcare Leviathan? (1 Of 2)
We do, however, have our own dangerous creature: the leviathan that is the U.S. healthcare system. Currently accounting for 20% of our GDP, our healthcare system’s appetite has proven insatiable. And for all that it consumes, what is excreted from the …
Can Innovation In Primary Care Slay The Healthcare Leviathan? (2 Of 2)
The question of whether Amazon can meaningfully impact healthcare costs, quality and patient experience misses the more important questions: who else is also innovating in primary care, what are the different approaches, and which ones are most likely …
Fair Square Medicare Just Raised Its Series A. Here’s How It And Other Digital Health Platforms Are Guiding Seniors Through The U.S. Healthcare Maze
“I wanted to build the brokerage that I wish my parents had – a customer-obsessed, tech-enabled firm that makes plan recommendations regardless of commission,” said Petkevich.
So, in 2019, he founded Fair Square Medicare
Don’t Bet Against The Casino: Why Even Startups In Healthcare May Have A Bright Future During A Recession
Recalling the maxim “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”, it can be instructive to look at our recent history: what does the data tell us about how healthcare was impacted – in terms of spending, funding levels, and sector fina…
Elation Health Has Quietly Built A Leading EHR In Primary Care. Will A Fresh $50 Million Fuel Its Expansion In The Enterprise Market?
Elation Health, an EHR platform that’s mainly used by primary care providers (PCPs), just raised $50 million in Series D funding to fuel its next stage of growth. The raise included a very interesting mix of investors, especially for those with high fa…
Overcoming The “Cold Start” Problem in Healthcare
Overcoming the cold start problem in healthcare can be incredibly difficult.
That said, there are network effects building tactics from Chen’s book and beyond that digital health leaders should keep in mind to overcome the cold start, achieve the fly…
Federal Incentives Won’t Fix AI’s “Market Failure” In Healthcare
If the EHR incentive program failed in terms of achieving interoperability and led to adverse unintended consequences, should we be applying a similar policy playbook to AI?
Digital Health’s Burden Of Proof: Compelling ROI In A New Economic Reality
Now more than ever, digital health companies need to clearly demonstrate their value and prove a real financial ROI to the organizations they’re selling to – showing not only the value to patients and healthcare system, but to the buyer’s bottom line i…
