Workforce Development

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By  Jessica Hagen 03:20 pm December 4, 2024
Aya Healthcare, a talent software and staffing company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire tech-enabled healthcare staffing company Cross Country Healthcare for $18.61 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at around $615 million. Calif.-based Aya Healthcare offers a healthcare-focused digital staffing platform that includes travel nursing and allied health, per diem staff,...
John Snyder, chief operating officer at Wellth
By  Jessica Hagen 08:00 am September 27, 2024
Wellth, a digital health startup that offers small financial rewards for completing health-related tasks, recently announced the appointment of former Sanford Health Plan CEO John Snyder as its new chief operating officer.   Snyder sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss how his experience will influence his decisions around overseeing company operations and where and how he thinks Wellth can...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:39 pm September 13, 2024
Population health technology company Color Health announced the appointment of Dr. Rebecca Miksad as chief medical officer and Josh Sturm as chief revenue officer. Miksad is a medical oncologist and head of Boston University School of Medicine's High Risk Cancer Genetics Clinic and formerly held the position of senior medical director at oncology-focused digital health company Flatiron Health. ...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:10 pm September 5, 2024
Thatch, an employer-focused health benefits platform, announced it secured $38 million in a Series A funding round led by General Catalyst and Index Ventures.  New investors SemperVirens and the General Partnership participated in the round, as did existing investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Avid Ventures. WHAT IT DOES Thatch offers employers ICHRA benefits plans that allow them to set a...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:56 pm August 28, 2024
Rural hybrid care provider Homeward announced the appointment of its first chief medical officer, Dr. Greg Burrell, a practicing internal medicine physician. Burrell will oversee the company's clinical and navigation strategy across quality assurance and markets, work to enhance the member experience, and support healthcare systems.  He formerly served as chief medical officer at employer health-...
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By  Adam Ang 02:39 am August 19, 2024
Community health centres, or puskesmas, in the Indonesian province of West Java, south of capital Jakarta, will leverage generative AI to augment their capabilities to address critical health issues.  The Sumedang regency recently tied up with Singaporean doctors' networking platform Docquity to develop and launch the genAI-powered virtual assistant called TehAI.  HOW IT WORKS TehAI reportedly...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:23 pm July 31, 2024
Spring Health, which offers AI-enabled digital mental healthcare and navigation services, raised $100 million in a Series E funding round, raising its valuation to $3.3 billion. Generation Investment Management led the round, which included participation from existing investors RRE, William K. Warren Foundation, Northzone and Kinnevik. WHAT IT DOES The New York-based company works with employers...
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By  Adam Ang 11:43 pm July 18, 2024
A new mobile application in Singapore is taking an innovative approach to communications training for caregivers of people with dementia.  The Institute of Mental Health (IMH), a tertiary psychiatric care hospital under the National Healthcare Group in Singapore, has collaborated with Taggle, a connected digital health platform provider, to create the Play2Care app. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Now available...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:08 pm July 15, 2024
Management consulting company Guidehouse announced it is partnering with MobiHealthNews' parent company, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), to measure the current state of Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) public health information. The partners will use the HIMSS Digital Health Indicator (DHI) to survey the Missouri DHSS public health-data...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:09 pm June 27, 2024
Sidecar Health, an insurance startup focused on price transparency and direct payments for care, announced it secured $165 million in Series D financing. Koch Disruptive Technologies led the round, with participation from Cathay Innovation, GreatPoint Ventures, Morpheus, Drive Capital, Duke University, BOND and Menlo Ventures.  The company also announced that Koch Industries will provide medical...