Health First

HealthPayerIntelligence | February 13, 2020

While access to care progress has stalled nationwide, payers can continue to move it forward within their own businesses by addressing four key barriers. Uninsurance is dropping, yet access to care continues to suffer due to rising health costs, a recent JAMA Internal Medicine study found. Nearly six percent more among the uninsured population did not access care due to affordability struggles and 11.5 percent of the insured avoided a doctor’s visit for the same reason. The trend was noted...

Future of Healthcare

ModMed | February 09, 2022

ModMed has acquired Klara, a leader in patient communication and collaboration whose platform empowers patients to take more control of their healthcare experience and practices to increase efficiency. Klara’s platform is designed to enable collaboration and communication between practice and patient, including how patients discover, select and engage with a provider. The capability for practices and patients to collaborate digitally has never been more important. <...

HIT Consultant | April 07, 2020

SV Health Investors announced today that it has formed the Medtech Convergence Fund (MCF), a $90 million early-stage, medtech venture-capital fund. SV has partnered with the senior members of another Boston-based VC firm, Norwich Ventures, to create this new fund and build the portfolio. The MCF team will leverage their decades of operating and investment experience to provide entrepreneurs with the financial support and strategic guidance necessary for building a successful business. Teijin wil...

Health Technology

SATO | March 08, 2021

SATO, a global pioneer in labeling solutions and the development of auto-ID, launched CT4-LX-HC compact desktop printer. The purpose of the launch is to address, at the point of care and throughout the supply chain, healthcare identification needs. It will be a great help for those struggling, especially due to the global pandemic, with complicated printer settings related to healthcare services. Read More