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By Nathan Rubbelke – Reporter, St. Louis Business Journal | Feb 18, 2020, 1:20pm EST St. Louis-based digital health startup CareSignal said Tuesday it has raised funding from four investors, bringing its total capital raised to $7 million. The funding for CareSignal, formerly Epharmix, comes from health care investors UnityPoint Health Ventures, Nueterra Capital, 1984 Ventures and existing [...]

The Medical Futurist | 7 min | 13 February 2020 Have you heard of the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf? It goes something like this: once upon a time, there was a shepherd boy who would cry for help for an impending wolf attack. This was naturally taken seriously by the village’s shepherds who [...]

Reported by REBECCA MOORE | plansponsor.com | February 11, 2020 Employers see a business case for investing more in health and well-being, but overall cost savings is a benefit as well. Health and well-being programs are important for employers to retain and attract talent in a competitive labor market. Survey results from Mercer indicate that [...]

From Goinvo.com by Sharon Lee, GoInvo and Jen Patel, GoInvo We spoke to leading experts in the field and borrowed best practices on the management of patient health information (PHI) to outline an open and ethical approach for designing patient-centered, meaningful consent. The wisdom and guidance of Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Joyce Lee, Ernesto Ramirez, Gabriel Martinez-Santibañez, Charles [...]

The Medical Futurist | 7 min | 29 January 2020 | TheMedicalFuturist.com Virtual Reality started its fascinating take-over of healthcare for the greatest pleasure of patients and doctors alike. Here are five great examples of medical VR transforming patient lives and how doctors work. Did you know that it is possible to swim with whales in the [...]

By Ian Chiang | February 07, 2020 | MobiHealthNews Flare Capital Partners Principal Ian Chiang offers practical suggestions for innovators finding themselves in the midst of a transition from fee-for-service to fee-for-value. About the Author: Ian Chiang is a principal at Flare Capital Partners, a healthcare technology and services-focused VC firm. Prior to joining Flare, he was the [...]