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Digital Health Ecosystems Part 2: The Discovery Growth Engine

In Part-1, ecosystem characteristics and successes in digital health were discussed. In Part-2, the focus turns to Discovery’s Vitality health ecosystem. In September ’18, John Hancock declared that it would discontinue traditional life insurance and instead offer only its Vitality branded interactive health policies. This announcement was newsworthy at the time, as behavior-based programs such…
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16 September 2021 0

Digital Health Ecosystems Part 1: Insurtechs as connectors

The business ecosystem paradigm is not alien to the healthcare industry. In the past, players ranging from payers to providers as well as big tech companies, have led initiatives to build ecosystems as a means to integrated, value-driven care. There were notable successes among health maintenance organizations, such as Kaiser Permanente, but most of the…
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9 September 2021 0