Thought leadership on the use of innovation to solve health care access, quality, and funding issues.
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by Martin Trussell on January 10, 2012
DENVER, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Well known for founding healthcare payer software powerhouse, The TriZetto Group, and growing it to return $1.4 billion to shareholders in just 10 years, as well as authoring The Healthcare Cure, Jeff Margolis is now focusing on the opportunity to improve healthcare value through social networking technology. [...]
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by Martin Trussell on December 6, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HealthRally, a social health company developing a new crowdfunding platform for personal health motivation, announced that it raised more than $400,000 in seed funding and assembled an expert board of strategic advisors. The company is building a social health platform focused on inspiring the nearly 100 million Americans who spend over $50 billion [...]
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by Martin Trussell on November 8, 2011
PHILADELPHIA, Nov 7, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — Independence Blue Cross announced that its director of e-Business, Michael B. Yetter, will speak today about mobile app marketing strategies in health care with other industry leaders at the Insurance & Technology Annual Executive Summit held in Carefree, Arizona. “As we look into 2012 and beyond, there [...]
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by Martin Trussell on September 28, 2011
in Health,Health Savings Accounts,Innovation,Social media,wellness
JERSEY CITY, N.J. & SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 27, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Healthper, Inc., a social game-based health engagement and achievement platform, launched today at the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco. Healthper helps people accomplish simple daily actions to maintain a healthy lifestyle, create stories about their achievements, share those stories and get rewarded. [...]
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by Martin Trussell on September 8, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass., Sep 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Physicians are highly engaged with social media for both personal and professional use, according to a 4,033-clinician study authored and conducted by QuantiaMD, the largest mobile and online physician community, and Care Continuum Alliance, an international association for wellness, prevention and care management. Nearly 90% of physicians [...]
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by Martin Trussell on August 24, 2011
PITTSBURGH & HARRISBURG, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HealthAmerica announced today the expansion of its social networking community devoted solely to the health and well-being of its members through a relationship with CaféWell. CaféWell is a social media company changing the way millions of people manage their health by making it easy, productive and rewarding. This union is the [...]
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by Martin Trussell on August 16, 2011
SEATTLE, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Tango Card™ (provider of the all-in-one gift card and innovative mobile and collaborative gift card apps) and Earndit (provider of a rewards program for exercising) announce the launch of their group challenge platform. The online health and wellness space is a very hot category. Earndit has created a system that automatically [...]
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by Martin Trussell on July 25, 2011
in Health,health insurance,Innovation,Social media,Uncategorized,wellness
BLOOMFIELD, Conn. – July 19, 2011 – CIGNA (CI:NYSE) announced today that its Individual and Family Plan customers in Colorado and Texas can now earn points and save money on real-life expenses by accomplishing “feats” that reflect good health, emotional well-being and community involvement. CIGNA is working with DailyFeats, an online site where people can “check in” [...]
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by Martin Trussell on July 11, 2011
in Consumer-driven Health Care,health insurance,Hospitals,Innovation,Marketing,Social media
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Anthem Blue Cross has launched an emergency room education campaign incorporating Google Maps to make it easier for consumers to find and use retail health clinics and urgent care centers for non-emergency conditions when their regular physicians are not available. “When your five-year-old is crying with a fever at 7 [...]
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by Martin Trussell on July 5, 2011
in Consumer-driven Health Care,Health,Innovation,Social media
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 30, 2011) — Building on an ongoing effort to engage its members about health, Blue Shield of California announced the launch of Member Stories, an online forum that lets members share personal stories that will hopefully inspire others to take control of their own health challenges. Blue Shield members can submit [...]
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