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I began my Street career on a crisp autumn day as a sell-side stock analyst…
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Q&A with ST Advisors on whether the Oracle-Cerner tie-up will be another Big Tech-healthcare failureOther

Q&A with ST Advisors on whether the Oracle-Cerner tie-up will be another Big Tech-healthcare failure

There is the expression, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”…
January 6, 2022
ST Advisors collaboration with California Healthcare Foundation cited by JAMAOther

ST Advisors collaboration with California Healthcare Foundation cited by JAMA

ST Advisors' Telehealth MAT collaboration with California Healthcare Foundation was cited in a recent JAMA…
May 27, 2020
How Value-Based Care is Changing the Way You Build Digital Health CompaniesOther

How Value-Based Care is Changing the Way You Build Digital Health Companies

Fundamentally, value-based care requires vendors as well as providers to operate differently, but new revenue…
October 24, 2019
Insurers join forces to control value-based healthcare deliveryOther

Insurers join forces to control value-based healthcare delivery

Beyond government mandates, commercial insurers have become a key driving force in the transition to…
June 6, 2019
3 Trends Impacting Digital Health Strategy & Leadership Roles in 2019Other

3 Trends Impacting Digital Health Strategy & Leadership Roles in 2019

As always, this year was full of interesting developments in healthcare. As the year comes…
December 28, 2018
A Review of Electronic Prior Authorization TechnologyOther

A Review of Electronic Prior Authorization Technology

With U.S. national healthcare expenditures having reached $9,990 per person ($3.2 trillion total) in 2015…
June 9, 2017
Why Former Tech Execs Are Leaving Google And Twitter To Start Health Care CompaniesOther

Why Former Tech Execs Are Leaving Google And Twitter To Start Health Care Companies

When Stephanie Tilenius, a former senior executive at eBay and Google, decided to start a…
February 23, 2017
Drkoop.com Epitomized Hype of Tech Boom and BustOther

Drkoop.com Epitomized Hype of Tech Boom and Bust

In the late 1990s, Ben Rooks was an equities analyst, spending much of his time…
April 26, 2015