23.07 Marco's Newsletter

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Announcements

• Intermountain Health taps new chief operating officer article

Basic Healthcare Infrastructure

• Digitale Identität als Alternative zur elektronischen Gesundheitskarte article

Value Based Healthcare

• Tipping point is in sight: Value-based care article
• Improving Health Outcomes Through An Integrated Care Approach article
• Value-based purchasing in healthcare: The next frontier article
• What is Health Care’s LEGO? article

Privacy of Healthcare Data

• Senators raise concerns about telehealth startups' data sharing article

M&A

• CVS Health, Looking To Up Its Value-based Care Game, Puts Oak Street Health in Its Shopping Cart article
• CVS Health to acquire Oak Street Health in $10.6B deal article
• CVS Deepens Healthcare Roots With $10.6B Oak Street Deal article
• Optum vs. CVS Health after the $10.6B Oak Street deal article
• Acquisition between Switzerland and Denmark: Building the world’s largest wellbeing network for travelers article
• GE HealthCare to acquire AI ultrasound guidance company Caption Health article
• GE HealthCare to Acquire Caption Health article

The consumerization of healthcare

• Grocery giant Albertsons debuts digital health platform article
• Building the Digital Front Door with a Patient-Centered Lens
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Health Systems under presure

• Kaiser Permanente's financial losses exceed $4 billion in 2022 article
• Unispital schreibt Millionenverlust article
• Hospitals must partner with retail disruptors like Amazon and CVS, AHA says article

Hospital Investments in Switzerland

• So gross planen Private in Genf einen neuen Spital-Campus article
• Vers un réseau informatique plus résilient : les HUG y travaillent au quotidien article

Swiss Health Insurance

• Wann versöhnen sich die beiden Krankenkassenverbände? article
• 94 Millionen Franken weniger betragen die Gewinnmargen der Versicherer jährlich article

Insurtech Performance

• Oscar Health posts $610M net loss in 2022 article

Surgical home hospitals

• The role of digital technology in surgical home hospital programs article

Total Health

• How Intermountain is working to better understand patient experience data article
• UnitedHealthcare launches rewards program with focus on wearables article

OpenAI and ChatGPT

• Transforming healthcare: the chatbot will see you now
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• ChatGPT Could Become Alzheimer's Screening Tool, Study Suggests article
• Study: ChatGPT gave 'largely appropriate' answers to cardiovascular disease prevention questions article
• Microsoft’s ChatGPT-Powered Bing Makes Search Interesting Again article

AI in Healthcare

• FDA has now cleared more than 500 healthcare AI algorithms article
• Viz.ai Appoints Radiology Advisory Board article
• ChatGPT Could Become Alzheimer's Screening Tool, Study Suggests article
• New York approves AI-driven breast cancer diagnostic article
• AI in mental health treatment has potential but faces challenges: WHO article

AR for Education in Healthcare

• Singapore General Hospital shifts to gamified VR nurse training article

DiGa in Germany

• HelloBetter Schlafen: Erstes Online-Therapieprogramm bei organischer und nichtorganischer Insomnie ins DiGA-Verzeichnis aufgenommen article
• Direct Access to the German DiGa Directory DiGa Verzeichnis
• Neue DiGA für Blase und Schlaf article
• DiGA 42: Kaia ist dauerhaft aufgenommen gegen Rückenschmerzen article

Telehealth & Virtual Care

• Sleepiz lanciert Telemedizin-Angebot für Schlafscreening article
• Luzerner Chefarzt und Startup machen gemeinsame Sache article
• Telehealth Post-COVID: going digital to reduce costs? article
• MSU Health Care unveils virtual physical therapy program article
• How virtual care benefits both patients and health care providers [article](How virtual care benefits both patients and health care providers)
• TytoCare and Overlake Partner to Expand Virtual Care Offerings article
• Demand for Breastfeeding Support Drives Growth of Nest Collaborative Telehealth Platform article
• Videosprechstunde: Trotz hoher Qualität viel zu selten article

At Home Diagnostics

• Simple HealthKit is taking on health equity with at-home diagnostics, treatment article

Diabetes CGM

• DarioHealth, Dexcom partner to integrate CGM into digital health platform article

Swiss Healthcare Ecosystem

• Swiss Patient Journey Ecosystem Map article
• Klinik-Kette aus Norwegen will sich in der Schweiz ansiedeln article

Swiss Startups in Singapore

• Ten Swiss sciencepreneurs to explore Singapore article

MedTech & Robotics

• Another FDA approval for Naviswiss article
• Soft robotic wearable restores arm function for people with ALS article

Orthopedic Apps

• The 9 Best Orthopedic Apps to Use in Your Practice article

Mental Health

• On the Frontier of a New Standard of Mental Health Care article
• AI in mental health treatment has potential but faces challenges: WHO article
• x-tention und die GDG entwickeln und betreiben Patientenportal für psychische Gesundheit article

Startup & Research Funding

• Maternity Care: With $22.3 Million In Venture Capital, A Startup Is Transforming Maternity Care article
• OCD-focused platform NOCD raises $35M and more digital health fundings article
• Australia officially opens connected health research hub article

The State of Apps

• In Healthcare we should learn from Consumer Apps. That's why here we offer the a16z Podcast about the State of Apps. article

Cybersecurity

• Cyberattack round-up: Financial warnings and new threats to hospitals article
• Healthcare systems could face new DPRK ransomware tactics article

Regulatory

• FDA Updates of the week article