Health 2.0 2015

Pharma execs talk innovation challenges, evolution of trials

By Jonah Comstock 12:49 pm October 8, 2015

Propeller Health is working with Boehringer Ingelheim. Pharma's investment in the digital health space is getting more and more real and substantive as companies move beyond the pilot stage and start to launch real digital health interventions, from Teva buying up smart inhaler company Gecko to Otsuka gearing up to launch a commercial drug integrated with a Proteus sensor. But digital...

Health Catalyst looks ahead to 2017 IPO, more risk-sharing contracts

By Jonah Comstock 07:37 am October 6, 2015

Health Catalyst CEO Dan Burton Utah-based data warehouse company Health Catalyst is frequently mentioned as a candidate for the next digital health IPO, and CEO Dan Burton coyly addressed that chatter from the stage at Health 2.0 in Santa Clara. "Hard to be a fortune teller there, but we’re trying to think of 2016 as our last year as a private company," he said. Part of the reason Health...

PokitDok CEO touts value of APIs, makes clearinghouse services free

By Jonah Comstock 07:27 am October 6, 2015

At the Health 2.0 event this week, Lisa Maki, the CEO of PokitDok, surprised the crowd by announcing from the stage that the company would no longer charge for its clearinghouse services, including checking eligibility, checking the status of a deductible, submitting a claim, checking claim status, transmitting benefit of enrollment data, getting a pre-authorization, and getting a referral. "Back...