Gen Y Entrepreneurs Launch Oscar, a Consumer-Friendly Health Insurance Company in Bid to Disrupt Traditional Health Insurers

Apr 9, 2014 | Digital Pathology, Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology

In New York City, innovative clinical laboratories have the opportunity to become a network provider for the region’s newest health insurance company Three Generation Y entrepreneurs are ready to take on traditional health insurers with their own innovative health insurance company. They claim their novel start-up can better meet the new consumer expectations and behaviors within the insurance industry. If correct, their venture could disrupt the post-Obamacare insurance world. Game-changing...

Google Health’s Pending Demise Highlights PHR Challenges for Clinical Pathology Laboratories

Aug 12, 2011 | Digital Pathology, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Management & Operations

Google Health is an electronic health record system that terminates on January 1, 2012. It is notable that Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), on January 1, 2012, will shut down Google Health, its patient health record (PHR) platform. That announcement was made in June, so many pathologists and clinical laboratory managers may not realize that Google is exiting the PHR market. On Google’s official blog, company officials stated their intention was “to retire two products that didn’t catch on the way...
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