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Selling insurance products under UnitedHealthcare, and health care services under the Optum brand, it is the world's ninth-largest company by revenue and the largest health care company by revenue. The company is ranked 8th on the 2024 Fortune Global 500. [4] UnitedHealth Group had a market capitalization of $460.3 billion as of December 20, 2024.
Optum serves employers, government agencies, health plans, life science companies, care providers and individuals and families offering products in data and analytics, pharmacy care services, health care operations and delivery, population health management and advisory services. [7]
Connected health is a socio-technical model for healthcare management and delivery [1] by using technology to provide healthcare services remotely. Connected health, also known as technology enabled care (TEC) aims to maximize healthcare resources and provide increased, flexible opportunities for consumers to engage with clinicians and better self-manage their care. [2]
The central feature that makes any system a patient portal is the ability to expose individual patient health information in a secure manner through the Internet. In addition, virtually all patient portals allow patients to interact in some way with health care providers.
Beyond its large insurance business, UHG also owns, among other things, a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), surgical clinics, home health providers, and the nation’s largest physician group.
The eHealth Exchange, formerly known as the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN or NwHIN), is an initiative for the exchange of healthcare information.It was developed under the auspices of the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), [1] and now managed by a non-profit industry coalition called Sequoia Project (formerly HealtheWay). [2]
UnitedHealthcare and Novu Launch Online Portal That Enables Medicare Beneficiaries to Create Their Own Personalized Wellness Programs MINNETONKA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UnitedHealthcare and Novu ...
Medical and health care providers experienced 767 security breaches resulting in the compromised confidential health information of 23,625,933 patients during the period of 2006–2012. [78] One major issue that has risen on the privacy of the US network for electronic health records is the strategy to secure the privacy of patients. Former US ...