Health care is full of buzzwords. The latest is “engagement.” The theory behind it is that all will be well if we can just get people—especially those with chronic diseases—more involved with their illnesses. But what if the opposite is true?
Shub Debgupta, CEO and Founder of 7Wire portfolio company WiserTogether, talks to Employee Benefit Adviser magazine about health transparency tools and how they’ve become an imperative piece in benefit packages that include high-deductible medical plans.
As we celebrate Independence Day, there is much to be grateful for – and in particular our freedoms. It is not just the freedom from work for a day to barbecue and enjoy fireworks with friends and family.
In his latest Forbes column, 7wire’s Managing Partner Glen Tullman talks about what Uber and Apple can teach us about fixing health care.
There is palpable excitement in the investment community about the emerging combination of health care technology and disease/cost management. We saw it bubble over in March, when software maker Castlight Health pulled off one of the most successful — and controversial — IPOs in recent memory.
7Wire Ventures portfolio company WiserTogether is featured in a new Workforce article which highlights how the company’s WiserHealth platform is encouraging employees to “become active participants in decisions about their medical care” by understanding all their options.
I am a big fan of OnStar because it provides a fantastic service that can help you out in a number of jams – anything from unlocking your car if you leave your keys inside or alerting you to an impending service need. It can even help if your navigation system is flaking out and routes you into an alley, as mine once did.
Glen Tullman, 7Wire’s Managing Partner and Special Advisor to Box, joins Box CEO Aaron Levie at a special VIP dinner. The dinner, hosted by Box, included an array of innovators, startups, healthcare systems, payors and venture capital influencers.
In a recent co-written op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor issues a significant verdict on the importance of blended learning.
7Wire Managing Partner Glen Tullman talks to the Chicago Tribune about how he aims to harness communication technology to improve healthcare and education.