Amazon PillPack’s 'empathy training' highlights the importance of understanding your customers and their needs https://t.co/5Ad3vnNAwi @chrissyfarr#pillpack#amazon#drugs#customer
I asked Omada's Sean Duffy if hospitals/health systems should be threatened by his vision of building a 21st-century provider, which includes a lot more health at home.
"I think there’s a growing reckoning that consumers want digital," he said.
https://t.co/ZdsbYKrKPc
I dug into the CVS v. PillPack legal filings so you don't have to.
In summary: There isn't much to learn about Amazon's strategy, but a whole lot of speculation about how the company will displace incumbents. And that shows CVS and others are worried:
https://t.co/j9Fj53i6gw
Amazon hasn't really said it's doing anything in pharmacy, aside from buying PillPack. So it's interesting that shifts are already happening in the industry to position brick-and-mortar pharmacies against a potential e-commerce threat: https://t.co/iCE2AEbhxV
I started working on this feature 6 months ago and it tops 4,000 words (amazing editing job, @levynews) Means a lot that readers are taking the time & I hope to do more. Send ideas! https://t.co/WmM913URBk
@matthewherper@lyft Could see Lyft/Uber also:
-- Adding iPads/a screen so that passengers can fill out info on their ride over vs. dealing with clipboards in the waiting room
-- Getting into pharmacy/prescriptions delivery
-- Getting into home care business by transporting nurses/caregivers
It's going public, but that's not the big news: Slack is seeking HIPAA compliance to become a platform where health care providers can use it to share sensitive patient health information. https://t.co/dC3tVLphxq @chrissyfarr
NEW: Apple and Aetna are teaming up on a health app that provides rewards to members for healthy behavior, including a free Apple Watch. There’s also reminders to do things like take meds on time.
This app goes a lot further than most wellness programs https://t.co/lEzznG70Rm
Service für junge Eltern: Hebammenrat! Für die Mitglieder der @BARMER_Presse ist der Service kostenlos, auch die R&V Versicherung und ein paar Krankenhäuser haben eine Kooperation mit @Kinderheldin abgeschlossen. https://t.co/l1nEgaQ80U
Apple CEO Tim Cook isn't holding back: "I believe, if you zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, “What was Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind?” it will be about health."
https://t.co/J1epxTE98N
New column: We’ve spent billions of dollars on digital health and other innovations to make us healthier in the past decade...
So why aren’t we any healthier? https://t.co/tdag9Tkr4u