Richard King Mellon Foundation gives $5M for digital health initiative
The Richard King Mellon Foundation on Monday gave $5 million to Highmark Health to help develop its digital Living Health program and further improve services for mental and medical health initiatives. The funding will be used to help people w.....»»
Highmark Health adds new members to board
Highmark Health named two western Pennsylvania residents to its board of directors. Taking their place on the board immediately are Debbie Demchak, a former VP at JP Morgan, and Scott Izzo, a senior consultant for the Richard King Mellon Foundation. .....»»
Tull family donates $1.5M to Pittsburgh hospital
The Tull Family Foundation has donated $1.5 million to the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, according to a statement from the hospital on Tuesday. The majority of that sum — $1 million — will go to the Richard King Mellon Institute for Pediatric.....»»
Why ‘Crypto Dad’ Is Building the Digital Dollar Foundation
With the proverbial digital currency barbarians at the gate, ex-CFTC chair Christopher Giancarlo launches a digital dollar initiative......»»
Duke lands $3M grant to grow liberal arts colleges, HBCU visiting faculty
Duke University has landed a $3 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to grow its relationships with liberal arts colleges and historically black colleges and universities. The grant will fund a 5-year initiative called Humanities Unbou.....»»
Brainstorm Health: New Genentech CEO, IBM Blockchain Initiative, Profiting Off Climate Change,
Brainstorm Health Daily: January 24, 2019 Good afternoon, readers. Blockchain, that digital ledger technology that .....»»
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist driver “saving the day” for passengers
Richard Darwin “Dar” Hack is a driver at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s Van Services. He’s been with the organization on and off since 2016 and loves his job, often finding himself “saving the day” for passengers. H.....»»
A digital dollar could speed up benefit payments and aid "underbanked" Americans, says Fed Governor Lael Brainard
A CBDC could provide a foundation on which .....»»
My View: Scholarship initiative can increase Arizona postsecondary enrollment after Covid-19
In this guest column, the CEO of Helios Education Foundation looks at a new high school scholarship initiative with multiple Arizona partners that is taking aim at helping to boost the number of college-bound students in the state......»»
Howmet Aerospace Foundation, Gateway Health commit combined $2M in scholarship gifts to The Pittsburgh Promise
Scholarships will be established with the funds from both companies, and 10 graduating seniors each year will be named a recipient of scholarships......»»
NYC digital health care company Ro buys women"s fertility firm
The sale price was reported upwards of $225 million......»»
Rho Technologies launches corporate card — plus other NYC tech news
Huma Therapeutics has raised nearly $130 million in financing to scale its digital health platform and sparkling tequila brand Onda closed on a $5 million Series A financing......»»
New York unicorn digital health startup to acquire Ooda Health for $425M
The acquisition of Ooda will position Cedar to be a leader in the health care financial technology industry......»»
Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce after 27 years
The couple, who co-chair the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a global health and development ch.....»»
Everyone"s waiting to see what digital health pioneer Omada"s next move will be
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for May 3. Hello,Welcome to Insider Hea.....»»
Health official: King County should brace for return to Phase 2 of reopening plan
With Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations on the rise in King County, the county’s public health director told the Metropolitan King County Council on Tuesday to prepare to slide back to Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s reopening plan, the Seatt.....»»
40 Under 40 2021: Lanisha Hunter
In addition to serving as a nursing director for Cone Health, Lanisha Hunter organized a community initiative to collect clothing, toiletries, canned goods, etc. for Leslie’s House around the holidays......»»
CFG Bank contributes $2M to help address health care staffing shortage
Living Classrooms will partner on the new initiative, which is the latest in a long list of philanthropic giving by CFG Bank owner and local philanthropist Jack Dwyer......»»
Exclusive: Diginex CEO Talks Bitcoin, Says "We Are Only Just Beginning The Run-Up"
Diginex Ltd (NASDAQ: EQOS) is a digital asset ecosystem, CEO Richard Byworth told "Power Hour" host Luke Jacobi on the Benzinga YouTube show Tuesday. read more.....»»
: Will China’s new digital yuan threaten King Dollar’s reign?
China is the first major economy to issue a blockchain-enabled, digital version of its currency, the yuan, and this development has some in Washington worried that the U.S. dollar's status as the global reserve currency is under threat......»»