On Thursday, Shares of CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS), gained 2.26% to $105.20.
CVS Health declared it has reached new clinical affiliations with two leading health systems, St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and TriHealth in Cincinnati, Ohio. These affiliations will assist enhance access to high quality, affordable health care services for patients. Through these clinical affiliations, CVS Health will provide prescription and visit information to the participating health care organizations by enabling communication between our secured electronic health record (EHR) systems, which will assist enhance clinical care for patients. In addition, patients will continue to have access to clinical support, medication counseling, chronic disease monitoring and wellness programs at CVS/pharmacy stores and MinuteClinic, the retail medical clinic of CVS Health.
“We are happy to work with St. Luke’s University Health Network and TriHealth to enhance access to patient care, improve health outcomes and lower health care costs in communities throughout Pennsylvania and Ohio,” said Troyen A. Brennan, MD, Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health. “By allowing our electronic health records and information systems to communicate and share important information about the patients we collectively serve, we will have a more comprehensive view of our patients, which can aid in health care decision making and assist ensure patients adhere to important medications for chronic diseases.”
CVS/pharmacy presently has more than 7,800 retail pharmacy locations across the U.S. where CVS pharmacists provide counseling to patients to assist them be adherent to their chronic disease medications. In addition, MinuteClinic also plays an important role by providing patients with timely, affordable, and high-quality walk-in health care. There are also nearly 1,000 MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics accessible at CVS/pharmacy retail stores. MinuteClinic locations are open seven days a week, offering evening hours with no appointment necessary and most health insurance is accepted. The clinics are staffed by nurse practitioners and/or physician assistants who provide treatment for common illnesses and administer wellness and prevention services, counting health-condition monitoring for patients with chronic diseases.
CVS Health Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, provides integrated pharmacy health care services in the United States. The company operates through Pharmacy Services and Retail Pharmacy segments.
Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), inclined 3.51% to $518.37, during its last trading session.
Amazon, declared two new recipients of the Alexa Fund, Musaic and Rachio. The Alexa Fund will provide up to $100 million in investments dedicated to supporting developers, manufacturers, and start-ups of all sizes who are passionate about creating new experiences designed around the human voice. Musaic and Rachio are the latest additions to the growing portfolio of Alexa Fund recipients, and join the seven formerly funded companies declared in June. Learn more and apply for funding at developer.amazon.com/AlexaFund.
“We’re ongoing to invest in new ideas for how voice technology can improve everyday life,” said Greg Hart, Vice President, Amazon Echo and Alexa Voice Services. “Musaic and Rachio are both innovative companies whose products can assist customers create a truly connected home, and with Alexa people will be able to interact with the technology in a new way. We can’t wait to assist bring these new products to customers.”
Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates in two segments, North America and International. The company serves consumers through retail Websites, such as amazon.com and amazon.ca, which primarily comprise merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors and those offered by third-party sellers.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Shares of Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), gained 2.47% to $42.26.
Xilinx, declared it will showcase All Programmable solutions for data center acceleration at Intel Developers Forum 2015. Through a series of demonstrations, Xilinx will highlight high-performance workload acceleration solutions enabling operators to enhance data center efficiency and capacity, optimize the return on invested capital, and decrease operating costs. To learn more, visit Xilinx at booth #458, September 18-29, 2015 at the Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco, California.
Xilinx, Inc. designs and develops programmable devices and associated technologies worldwide. Its programmable devices comprise integrated circuits (ICs) in the form of programmable logic devices (PLDs), such as programmable system on chips, and three dimensional ICs; software design tools to program the PLDs; targeted reference designs; printed circuit boards; and intellectual property (IP), which comprises of Xilinx and various third-party verification and IP cores.
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