Category: Electronic Health Records

AllStripes raises $50 million to support rare disease research

AllStripes, Daily, Electronic Health Records, Health Tech, Lux Capital, rare disease, SAN FRANCISCO, Startups, SYN, Top Story / August 24, 2021 August 24, 2021

The startup, which is focused on letting patients share their health records for rare disease research, plans to use the funds to launch 100 rare disease programs.

Apple Aims to Push More Patient Data to Doctors. But Who Can Gauge Its Impact on Health?

California, Electronic Health Records, Health Industry, Health IT / August 12, 2021 August 12, 2021

Soon, Apple announced recently, it will enable doctors to monitor health data from their patients’ phones and watches between visits, part of the push into health care that Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, has declared will constitute the company’s greatest contribution to mankind. Since 2014, health systems around the country have partnered with Apple to tap …

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Roivant spinout Datavant merges with Ciox to form $7bn health data giant

Ciox Health, DataVant, digital, digital health, Electronic Health Records, M&A, News, patient data / June 10, 2021 June 10, 2021

Datavant and Ciox Health have agreed a merger that will create what they claim will be the largest health data company operating in the US market. The combined company – which will take the Datavant name – will be worth around $7 billion and have annual revenues of around $700 million, according to the two …

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The real cost of electronic health records

Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, healthcare it / May 31, 2021 May 31, 2021

Electronic health records (EHR) are moderns marvels. The ability to communicate and safely store patient information has the potential to greatly improve quality of care. Implementing EHR, however, is not costless. There is of course the cost of the EHR system itself and the cost of training staff on how to use the EHR system. …

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Opinion: Our country’s health IT infrastructure needs an upgrade

Daily, Electronic Health Records, Health IT, healthcare cloud, MedCity Influencers, News, Opinion, Prior Authorization, SYN, Top Story / May 19, 2021 May 19, 2021

The value of tech-enablement in a clinician’s day-to-day goes beyond our current outbreak scenarios. So much is still done by hand and faxed around that it screams of mid-90s nostalgia, but not in a charming way.

Google, Ascension expand pilot of health record search tool

Ascension, Daily, Electronic Health Records, google cloud, Google Health, Health IT, Health Tech, St. Louis, SYN, Top Story / February 24, 2021 February 24, 2021

After Google struck a controversial partnership with Ascension to build a searchable health record, the companies are now launching an expanded clinical pilot of the tool. Now, about 250 clinicians will be able to use it.

Huge Gaps in Vaccine Data Make It Next to Impossible to Know Who Got the Shots

Biden Administration, CDC, COVID-19, Electronic Health Records, public health, States, Vaccines / January 28, 2021 January 28, 2021

As they rush to vaccinate millions of Americans, health officials are struggling to collect critically important information — such as race, ethnicity and occupation — of every person they jab. The data being collected is so scattered that there’s little insight into which health care workers, or first responders, have been among the people getting …

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