Fox News senior correspondent Alicia Acuna reports on a new survey which shows doctors’ appointments in metropolitan areas are hard to come by. EXCLUSIVE: Requiring price transparency from hospitals and insurance companies could drastically slash national health care costs and extend the average American life expectancy, according to a new report published by advocacy group…
Category: Health Business
Apple has plans to eventually, maybe revolutionize health care
By Mark Gurman and Drake Bennett | Bloomberg In 2011, a startup called Avolonte Health set up shop in a small office park in Palo Alto, California. The company operated out of a bland, two-story building bristling with security cameras. Engineers interviewing for jobs there weren’t even told what they’d be working on. Once new…
Kobi Co. is a mother-daughter owned candle and wellness brand advocating for sel…
In 2020, while grappling with the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, then-17-year-old Kobi Gregory turned to candle-making as a means to cope with the stress of distance learning. What started as a hobby to fund her college education quickly gained momentum as Gregory began selling her products at local farmers’ markets and fairs…
Wesley Hospital Building repurposing ideas include housing for veterans – Wadena…
WADENA — Lina Belar would like people to imagine the possibilities. The Wadena County Historical Society executive director wants local residents’ ideas on how best to repurpose the former Wesley Hospital building, which is owned by Astera Health. The society hosted another Community Conversation on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at The Depot. “We kept a whiteboard…
Entrepreneurs share their business journey at EforAll showcase
A cohort of entrepreneurs shared their products and knowledge at a showcase in Longmont. Thirteen entrepreneurs gathered at the Innovation Center of St. Vrain Valley Schools on Wednesday, equipped with newfound knowledge and a passion for businesses. Each entrepreneur underwent three months of training in an accelerator program facilitated by Entrepreneurship for All, or EforAll,…
Symposium in Little Rock examines impact of technology on health care in Arkansa…
As president of Bioventures, the technology licensing office and business incubator based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Dr. Kevin Sexton helps researchers in the health care field turn their ideas into startups. But at a symposium in Little Rock on Wednesday on the future of health care in Arkansas, Sexton also emphasized…
Health Equity by Design: Building Best Practices in Medical Innovation
This year’s MedtechVISION (MedtechWOMEN’s annual conference) was dedicated to the challenges and opportunities in addressing health equity in the medical device industry. While the panel on women’s health was particularly timely, and the economics of improving equity provided plenty of fuel for those seeking the financial bottom line, the panel in-between was nearest and dearest…
Eliance Health Solutions: Innovative health plans for Lancaster employers | Spon…
Eliance Health Solutions launched in 2016 with the simple idea that the best way to reduce an employer’s health plan costs is to improve the health of its employees. A self-funded health plan backed by Penn Medicine, Eliance Health Solutions was created for Lancaster County businesses with 15 or more employees as a hyper-local and personalized…