Barely two weeks to Christmas, but a blue one for Proteus Digital Health employees and six former Outcome Health execs. HHS leadership mixes it up in public, malware bites Hackensack, but it’s lovely in Leeds–and if you have a new job.
News roundup: Proteus may be no-teous, DOJ leads on Google-Fitbit, HHS’ mud fight, Leeds leading in health tech, malware miseries, comings and goings (Proteus runs out of road for 300, DOJ looking at Fitbit acquisition, HHS execs no lika each other, malware 2020, and it’s Leeds leading)
“There were practices going on there that were wrong”: Outcome Health’s Desai pleads guilty, cooperates with DOJ. (One pleads guilty, three not guilty, with the major players pleading on Monday)
Snow falls, what’s left of freeze-dried leaves clog the gutters, and we’re revving up the charge cards in our run up to the Christmas holidays. Dr. Halamka follows the AI Star to Mayo. But already there’s coal in the stocking for six former Outcome Health-ers.
SEC, DOJ charges Outcome Health founders Shah and Agarwal, others, with $487 million fraud, 26 counts of indictment (Club Fed looms for decades)
BRRR! Winter’s preview has hit the US East Coast. Walgreens Boots Alliance and Google’s Project Nightingale may be feeling the chill. And NHS tries to find a workaround for app vetting.
Walgreens Boots going private in the largest ever leveraged buyout: reports (Maybe too big for the market?)
Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’–a de facto breach of 10 million health records, on a bridge too far? (Is there no end to Google intrusion?)
A change of vetting for the NHS Apps Library by spring 2020 (Outsourcing the accreditation problem)
Leaves are turning–and falling–as fall gets on. Getting on, many face the care gap that happens after a hospital discharge. Teladoc looks healthier, but Walgreens is rethinking its clinic strategy. Outcome Health avoids a reckoning with the DOJ.
Short takes: Outcome Health pays up, Teladoc’s up in double-digits, Walgreens closing 40% of clinics, a health kiosk for hospital employees?
The biggest care gap: the fear of going home after discharge (What do you do–when you can’t do for yourself? The British Red Cross is applying some answers.)
Autumn’s more pleasant this week. As leaves fall, questions on age tech rise. Dissatisfaction with healthcare continues despite digital health’s rise. Cleveland Clinic’s telehealth tieup with American Well, Amazon’s buy of Health Navigator, and more. And get away to a digital health conference in historic Trondheim.
Short Takes: Amazon buys symptom checker Health Navigator; Ettain Group acquires EHR consultant Leidos Health (Amazon’s new foray into Amazon Care)
Is ‘age-tech’ a stereotype that misses the larger mark–and market? (A pernicious belief that helps no one)
Over half of Americans of all ages use digital health tools, self-diagnose after internet search: ResMed/Edelman survey (High levels of dissatisfaction with healthcare despite digital tools)
Cleveland Clinic, American Well extend partnership to high-acuity telehealth services with ‘The Clinic’ (Health system growth pinned to telehealth–and virtual visits specializing in complex conditions)
Tyto Care partners with Avera eCARE for telehealth delivered to medically underserved populations (Tyto Care obviously building a use case)
Call for abstracts extended: ISG’s 12th World Conference of Gerontechnology (Norway) (A chance to visit Trondheim)
Autumn’s rainy days set the stage for much M&A, departures, and company moves from Appello, NHS Digital, Babylon Health, Verita, Tyto Care, and more. And slow gait=fast aging in Duke University five-decade study.
News, moves and M&A roundup: Appello acquires RedAssure, Shaw departs NHS Digital, NHS App goes biometric, GP at Hand in Manchester, Verita Singapore’s three startup buys, Novant Health and Tyto Care partner
Slow gait speed at age 45 as an accelerated aging predictor–and result: Duke University study (A Must-Read if you are interested in aging and its causes)
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