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Health plans get low marks for patient engagement in new Healthmine survey

By Jonah Comstock 03:23 pm May 15, 2017

A new survey from HealthMine of 750 insured consumers shows that 83 percent of those consumers report using digital health tools. But while the news is good for digital health, it's not as good for health plans, the group that the survey focused on. Seventy-three percent of respondents said their health plan doesn't seem to understand their health well and 60 percent called for more communication...

In-Depth: The changing relationship of health plans and virtual visit services

By Brian Dolan 01:32 pm September 11, 2015

by Jonah Comstock Telehealth is officially in its heyday. With Teladoc's recent IPO, major recent venture rounds for MDLive, DoctorOnDemand, and a slew of official guidelines out last year from organizations like the American Medical Association, the Federation of State Medical Boards, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, it's hard to ignore the fast-growing popularity of virtual doctor visits...