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Amazon expands healthcare reach with Omada partnership, General manager of Oracle Health to depart + more · Becker’s Healthcare Digital Health + Health IT

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  here is your daily industry news briefing
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  for today, January 8th.
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  First, GE Healthcare will now use Mins Software Technologies
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  to further their innovation in AI
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  oriented patient care mission.
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  In a January 4th press release,
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  GE Healthcare General Letic Healthcare arm entered into
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  agreement with MIMS Software, a provider
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  of medical imaging analysis and AI
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  and radiation oncology,
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  molecular radiotherapy diagnostic imaging
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  and urology Software produced by MIM is used to streamline
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  and strengthen imaging procedures so
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  that repetitive tasks may be performed
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  by the technology rather than physicians.
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  GE is pushing to use MIM technologies in the fields
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  of radiology, molecular imaging, and radiation oncology.
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  Second, Amazon Health is partnering with Omada,
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  a virtual first healthcare provider focused on treating
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  and preventing chronic conditions including
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  diabetes and hypertension.
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  Omada and Amazon are launching the health condition
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  programs, which will promote OMA a's cardiometabolic
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  programs with a goal of encouraging more consumers to enroll
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  through their employer-sponsored or individual health plans.
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  Nearly 25% of employees report that they're unaware
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  of all benefits available to them through their health plan.
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  According to an ome, a press release
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  and the partnership between Amazon
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  and Omada aims to increase awareness of the DI
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  of diabetes prevention, diabetes and hypertension services.
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  Through the partnership, Amazon can identify people
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  who search for diabetes, diabetes prevention,
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  and hypertension products
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  and promote a pathway for those customers
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  to see if they're eligible for AM ME'S programs.
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  Consumers can also find the general healthcare check on
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  Amazon Health's website
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  and they'll be, they'll be guided
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  to Ed's website if they're eligible to enroll.
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  Aaron Martin, vice president of Amazon said, quote,
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  when consumers are shopping
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  for health related products on Amazon,
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  we can surface these benefits
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  to provide even more support in improving their health
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  at no additional cost.
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  End quote. Omada accepts health plan enrollment from 1,900
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  employer plans that include 20 million covered lives.
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  Amazon made big moves
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  to deepen the company's reach in healthcare over the last
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  year, including multiple collaborations
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  between large health systems and its one medical, virtual
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  and in-person care platform.
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  After closing the $3.9 billion acquisition last February,
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  it also expanded Amazon Clinic.
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  Its virtual clear platform across all 50 states.
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  Third, Travis Dalton, executive vice president
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  and general manager of Oracle Health has taken on
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  - A a new position in Multi-Plan Corp.
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  Mr. Dalton has been named president
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  and CEO of Multi-Plan,
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  a company specializing in providing data analytics
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  and technology enabled end-to-end cost management solutions
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  to the healthcare industry.
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  He will officially take on the new role beginning March 1st.
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  According to a press release from the company
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  he succeeds, Dale White.
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  Mr. Dalton is currently employed at Urkel Health
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  where he is responsible for the company's worldwide client
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  and sales team according to his LinkedIn.
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