Pennies by the Inch – the nation’s oldest grassroots fundraiser – is celebrating 100 years of helping young patients in need at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, and coincides with the hospital's centennial celebration. “Pennies by the Inch has endeared generations of children to Primary Children’s Hospital and created lifelong stewards of the hospital,” said Janet DeWolfe, executive director of the Intermountain Foundation at P

UPS  today announced plans to acquire Bomi Group, an industry-leading multinational healthcare logistics provider. The transaction will add temperature-controlled facilities in 14 countries and nearly 3,000 highly-skilled Bomi Group team members to the UPS Healthcare network in Europe and Latin America. “As a leading global healthcare logistics company, Bomi enhances our portfolio of services and accelerates our journey to become the number one provider of complex healthc

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) and Confluence Health announced the creation of Madrona Health, LLC, a new joint venture to expand specialty pharmacy services across the Pacific Northwest. This unique partnership will increase access to vital specialty medicines for patients with rare or complex conditions in areas that are typically underserved.  "Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is excited to partner with Confluence Health on this important initiative and I am gr

Talisen Technologies, Inc. highlighted its Enterprise Sustainability Platform (ESP) at the annual American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) conference in Boston, Massachusetts, last month. The ASHE annual conference brings together thousands of health care facilities professionals to learn about new developments in the field, network with others, and find solutions to their operational challenges. Talisen's ESP has a proven track record of helping hospital facilities r

1health.io Inc. (“1health”), an industry-leading healthcare tech company that empowers laboratories to make diagnostic testing accessible and affordable at scale, announces the launch of its Next Generation Diagnostic Platform. With 1health’s innovative platform, laboratories can expand market reach in the clinical and direct-to-consumer segments, and launch tests to healthcare providers, clinicians, and consumers faster, all while offering improved accuracy and an

Digitalisation, digital transformation, healthtech – these are all keywords frequently used in the healthcare industry today, especially in the wake of the pandemic which drove the growth of telehealth, data analytics and other digital technologies. This is coupled with the rapid development and growing usage of solutions such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and big data amongst healthcare providers. However, the digitalisation journey is not a straightforward

Alignment Healthcare, a tech-enabled Medicare Advantage company, today announced the addition of UCI Health to its comprehensive provider network effective Aug. 1, 2022. This agreement marks Alignment’s first University of California health system provider relationship. This new relationship will give Medicare Advantage members enrolled in Alignment’s PPO plans access to more than 900 UCI Health primary and specialty care physicians and the award-winning UCI Medical Center. In add

Zicix Corporation , having previously acquired CTIP-FII for the purpose of several infrastructure development projects, has announced an investing partner Société Générale Bank. Société Générale Bank is located in Senegal and will invest in the P2A Hospital Project consisting of 300 hospital beds and 250 hotel dormitory rooms, with a proposed project cost of about $160 million. The P2A Hospital Project also consists of a 5 Mega

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, announced today that Palmetto GBA, a Medicare administrative contractor for the Molecular Diagnostics Services program (MolDX), has conveyed coverage for the Guardant Reveal™ molecular residual disease (MRD) test. Guardant Reveal is a blood test that detects circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in blood after surgery to help oncologists identify cancer patients with residual or recurring disease who may benefit most from

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) today announced new and revised quality measures for health plans in the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) for measurement year 2023. Notable updates include the introduction of race/ethnicity stratifications and revisions to acknowledge and affirm member gender identity-changes that build on NCQA's dedication to advancing health equity.  Race/Ethnicity Stratification: Collecting race and ethnicity