Wider Circle, a company that works with health plans and providers to deliver community care programs, announced a partnership with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Community Health Plan Maryland (CareFirst CHPMD).
The aim of the partnership is to have Wider Circle work with CareFirst's Medicaid Plan to increase member engagement and make health outcomes better by promoting strong, supportive...
Qumata, an insurance technology company based in London and Hong Kong, has received $13 million more in its extended Series A funding round which has now reached $23 million in total.
Following the initial round last year in June, several existing investors, including MMC Ventures which led the financing event, pledged more involvement with the company in the recent extension.
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Health fund members of Australian insurance firms Medibank, Bupa, nib, and GU Health can now add their health insurance membership cards to the Apple Wallet and make contactless claims at any HICAPS terminals in Australia.
This comes as the National Australia Bank, which operates the Health Industry Claims and Payments Service, has enabled healthcare practitioners who are using its system to...
Australia seeks developer of digital health app with COVID-19 vaccination pass
The Australian government has started looking for a developer for its smartphone app project that will store COVID-19 vaccination certificates and test results.
Based on a recently issued tender request by the Australian Digital Health Agency, the digital health app must connect to the government's My Health Record...
A global health service company is attempting to make medical insurance more affordable and accessible in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the launch of a smart product.
SmartCare by Cigna is a new region-specific offering by Cigna Insurance Middle East (CIME), and is aimed at “SMEs, corporates and government organisations” within the country.
The company explained that SmartCare “brings to...
Leading French independent health insurer Alan has teamed up with data security company Tanker to bring end-to-end encryption to its telehealth chat platform. The service is the first telehealth chat platform available to the general public that is end-to-end encrypted.
WHY IT MATTERS
The Alan app links users with associated doctors through a messaging service or video-consultations, which enable...
Even before the current crisis, connected technology and the Internet of Health Things were growing in prominence and adoption. Now, spurred on by people’s efforts to stay at home as much as possible, this technology is even more important.
But as health information and health data move into the homes and into consumers’ personal devices, concerns about privacy and security are giving pause...
Ralf-Gordon Jahns [pictured on the right] is the managing director of market analyst and strategy consultancy company Research2Guidance. Since 2008, he strategically advises healthcare companies and startups to better understand the value of adopting digital innovations. Prior to founding Research2Guidance, Ralf was a member of the leadership team of Capgemini Telecom Media & Networks...
Indonesia-based healthcare superapp Alodokter announced that it has raised a $33M Series C funding led by Sequis Life and with participation from Philips, Heritas Capital, Hera Capital, Dayli Partners and others. Existing investors Softbank Ventures Asia and Golden Gate Ventures also participated in the round. The startup was founded in 2014 by Suci Arumsari (Co-founder & Director Alodokter...
