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Digital Health and Outcomes: The Payer’s Perspective

When it comes to the payor’s perspective, we owe Dr. Kenneth Snow a great deal of gratitude for his expertise and insight on digital health and outcomes. Dr. Snow is Clinical Portfolio Medical Director in the Transformation Section of CVS Health. His focus is on the advancement of the CVS Health clinical strategy to improve …

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HLTH VRTL 2020 Recap: Telehealth is Having its Moment

The theme of HLTH VRTL 2020 reflected not only the new virtual format of the conference, but also the dramatic virtual shift toward telehealth. Over the 5 days of content, 24 keynotes, 10 one-on-one debate-style presentations, 30 ground-breaking announcements, and 15+ community programs, these 3 takeaways resonated throughout the event. 1. COVID-19 has Accelerated Digital …

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DTx East Recap: Digital Healthcare is a Journey, Not a Destination

DTx East looked different this year, but the insights and conversations were just as lively as ever! This was the first major virtual DTx event. While sometimes its location hinders who attends, it appeared that virtual attendees joined from all over the world. Many panels and presentations echoed the same theme: digital health solutions have …

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Workplace Safety During COVID-19

We are now reaching a point in the fight against COVID-19 where businesses are reopening and employees are returning to the workplace. For businesses that can still operate remotely, it may be much longer before employees return, but we can all take steps to prepare for these changes now. One important factor to consider is …

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Dr. Anand K. Iyer, PhD, MBA Chief Strategy Officer, Welldoc, Inc.

COVID-19: A Note from our Chief Strategy Officer

A paradigm shift is now rearing its head in healthcare: Rather than you going to your healthcare services, they need to come to you.  Thomas Friedman coined this shift years ago in “The World is Flat” as “mobile-me.” Our team at Welldoc has believed in this for many years and it’s at the core of what we do. And …

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National Nurses Day: 3 Things To Know

While many nurses are working tirelessly through the coronavirus pandemic, it is certainly top of mind on National Nurses Day. Despite all of the challenges in this moment, now more than ever, we want to pay special recognition and celebrate nurses. Here at Welldoc, we would like to say thank you to every single nurse …

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COVID-19: A Note from our SVP of Clinical Services

In this challenging time, it is hard for us to balance and even determine what our priorities are as the external world is changing day to day. For people with diabetes, there is an additional layer of challenges – that darn disease that we keep hearing about every time the newscasters speak about COVID-19. What …

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Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day

Food features are the most commonly used in BlueStar®. In honor of Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day, take some time to get to know two Registered Dietitians who make a major impact on our products and the Welldoc team. Registered Dietitians are trained in the impact of food on health. They complete an undergraduate degree and …

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Heart Month: High Blood Pressure Control—We Got This!

Every February, American Heart Month is a reminder to open a dialog about heart health and diabetes. The CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention is encouraging people to tackle uncontrolled high blood pressure, which is far too common. We got this! Our platform not only focuses on diabetes, but also supports multiple chronic …

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Diabetes Awareness Month: The 360 Degrees of Diabetes

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month; a time to come together and bring awareness to the signs, symptoms, and impact of diabetes. If you work in this industry may know that over 30 million American adults are living with diabetes. You may also know that of those, one in four don’t know they have the …

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Taking Diabetes Self-Management to the Next Level