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- By Marc Herant
A vaccine for dengue finally nears the market
Dengue is a mosquito transmitted viral infection that is often severe and occasionally fatal, and that has been identified as a growing public health thre…
- By Tory Wolff
A few days ago, Cleveland Clinic announced the formation of the Midwest Health Collaborative (“the Collaborative”), a new company jointly managed by six Ohio delivery systems across the state. The co…
- By Tory Wolff
The battle to own healthcare’s consumer relationship is being nowhere fought more intensely than in the mobile arena. Tea leaves suggest that Aetna has pulled back from trying to own this relationshi…
- By Tory Wolff
In theory, narrow networks built around a single provider or a network of aligned providers (“provider-orchestrated narrow networks” or “ACO networks”) can pose a much higher stakes threat to non-part…
- By Tory Wolff
Please see update at end of post.
If value-based care broadly delivers on its promise to reduce hospital admissions by providing more timely ambulatory care, a lot of today’s bed capacity will end up …
- By Tory Wolff
Summary
Boeing is creating a benefit design model which sets up providers to compete for their book of lives via provider-branded narrow networks
By offering a choice among competing narrow and full …
- By Tory Wolff
A number of observers have noted that the Apple’s partnership with Epic on HealthKit could reinforce the role of “closed IT system” strategies in general and Epic’s leading position among EMR vendors …