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StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups

By Stephanie Baum Friday, August 5, 2022 7:30 AM

Check out new developments from Carrum Health, Equiva, Carefeed, Brain Check, and Atropos Health.

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Amgen's $3.7B ChemoCentryx acquisition adds a new piece to autoimmune strategy

By Frank Vinluan Thursday, August 4, 2022 9:14 PM

Amgen's drug portfolio boasts several biologic drugs that are blockbuster sellers. In acquiring ChemoCentryx for $3.7 billion, the pharmaceutical giant gains a company entirely focused on developing small molecule alternatives to biologic medicines.

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Exploring strategies and innovations that deliver balance and wellbeing, expand access to health care, and dramatically improve health outcomes

By Bryan Hunt Thursday, August 4, 2022 7:44 PM

Recognizing the symbiotic relationship between chronic diseases and mental wellbeing highlights a need for common sense solutions that embrace a holistic, more balanced-oriented approach that has proven successful in nature for hundreds of thousands of years

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NYC Health + Hospitals adds mental health services to virtual urgent care platform with $3.9 grant

By Katie Adams Thursday, August 4, 2022 6:32 PM

NYC Health + Hospitals recently received a $3.9 million grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to incorporate mental health services into ExpressCare, the health system's virtual urgent care platform. The health system will also launch a version of its new tele-behavioral health services that is tailored to the New York City's homeless residents.

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CareFirst, Headway partner to improve access to mental healthcare

By Marissa Plescia Thursday, August 4, 2022 5:14 PM

Through the collaboration, CareFirst's individual behavioral health practitioners can join Headway's platform so members can filter, choose a provider, book and pay in one spot.

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3 reasons you should use NLP to make sense of SDOH

By Marty Elisco Thursday, August 4, 2022 4:58 PM

Obtaining an understanding of how specific SDOH factors affect individuals is extremely difficult because SDOH data is not methodically collected by clinicians. Natural Language Processing (NLP), a key discipline of AI that uses computers to understand the written word, can overcome this challenge,

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FlipMD launches physician hiring platform to eliminate recruiting's 'spray and pray' approach

By Katie Adams Thursday, August 4, 2022 2:21 PM

FlipMD recently launched a recruiting platform designed to help healthcare providers, drugmakers and digital health companies find qualified physicians to fill a variety of roles — whether they're clinical, nonclinical, full time or part time. Physicians on flipMD's platform can also get paid to refer qualified candidates for positions.

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Most Medicare beneficiaries concerned about healthcare cost inflation, survey finds

By Marissa Plescia Thursday, August 4, 2022 11:37 AM

About 95% of Medicare beneficiaries are anxious about inflation's impact on healthcare costs, with 45% saying costs have already increased because of inflation, the eHealth survey discovered.

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