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Tech-minded insurance company Oscar Health announces IPO

Mobi Health News

Founded in 2012, Oscar has grown to an approximate membership of 529,000, an annual revenue of $1.67 billion and a lifetime accumulated deficit of $1.43

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Preventable hospital patient safety events declined over past decade, Leapfrog Group says

Healthcare Dive

Incidents of falls and trauma and of objects unintentionally left in a body after surgery decreased by about 25% since 2012, according to the group that assigns letter grades to hospitals.

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

The selections feature topics ranging from a review of modifications to blood glucose monitoring systems and related patent protections, an examination of insulin price changes from 2012-2019, and a discussion of why a proposed federal bill that would ban government health care programs from using the quality-adjusted life-year is misguided.

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Reclaiming Salus Populi

Bill of Health

For example, in 2012, New York City’s board of health proposed a cap on the portion size of sugary sodas, a measure that was struck by that state’s high court. Many pre-pandemic preparedness efforts also stressed legal tools , including emergency laws , which could be used in response to a pandemic or other public health emergency.

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Understanding Climate and Disability Justice: Mitigating Structural Barriers to the Right to Health

Bill of Health

Cecil Williams and Clark Morse at the Northern Nevada Correctional Compound in 2012. Yet, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has not reported a heat-related death since 2012. They became best friends after meeting in prison. Source: Ron Levine, ‘ Prisoners of Age.’)

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Behavioral health has a supply-demand issue. Can virtual care help?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hasselberg will outline the tele-behavioral health model developed at the University of Rochester, inspired by the eight-month waitlist he faced in 2012 as a practicing geriatric psychiatrist. People who live in parts of the country with few clinicians, he says, can have access to specialists in more saturated regions.

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Gympass' fitness benefits platform barrels into unicorn status with $300M raise

Mobi Health News

Founded in 2012, the startup currently has more than 2,000 clients and is active across 14 countries.

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