MedCity News September 21, 2021
Anuja Vaidya

Unite Us will integrate NowPow’s tools and community partners into its closed-loop referral system, which can be used to screen for social factors that negatively affect health, like food or housing insecurity, and then electronically refer patients to resources in their community.

New York City-based Unite Us, a technology company focused on connecting healthcare and social service providers, has acquired NowPow, which offers a personalized community referral platform, for an undisclosed amount.

Together, the companies aim to reduce the fragmentation that exists between health and social care networks to enable better care coordination.

Chicago-based NowPow’s tools and community partners will be integrated into the Unite Us closed-loop referral system, which can be used by clinicians to screen for social factors...

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