Premier is making a large acquisition to ease hassles that physicians face with clinical decision support systems and prior authorizations. Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier this week agreed to purchase Stanson Health for $ 51.5 million to offer its tools to a wider audience. Premier offers services to support improved care and outcomes to 3,900 hospitals and… Read More »
There was a lot of news this week about a study, published in the medical journal BMJ, that looked at how diet affects heart health. The results were unexpected because they challenged the conventional thinking on saturated fats. And the data were very old, from the late 1960s and early 1970s. This has led many… Read More »
On Episode 56 of Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I report from Livongo’s new office in San Francisco. In this episode, Jess asks me about Carrot Health’s $ 25 million raise for their digital smoking cessation program and 98point6’s $ 50 million raise for their on-demand primary care app. We also have our… Read More »
After an amazing summer of weather at talkhealth HQ, who would have believed it could continue into November? Healthiest and unhealthiest high streets in the UK The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has compiled a league table of British high streets based on how healthy they are and linked life expectancy to the results for… Read More »
Knowing people with luxury lives can have a good or bad impact on your life, depending on the way of how you compare yourself with them. The results of this study are published in the journal of Social Science and Medicine. Song studies the relationship between a person’s health and the socioeconomic status of their… Read More »