Patient Care

CommonSpirit, Vital Expand Partnership After Successful Pilot to Improve Patient Experience in ED & Patient Care Delivery

Artificial Intelligence, digital health, Health IT, Patient Care, patient experience, Vital / October 20, 2021

What You Should Know: – Today at HLTH 2021, CommonSpiritHealth announced the results of its pilot with Vital, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software improving patient experience and follow-up visit loyalty in hospital emergency departments (ED) and inpatient stays. Vital’s digital tool, ERAdvisor, helps keep patients informed and in control of their visit by providing real-time …

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Can Predictive AI Fully Inform Patient Care Decisions?

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Care Coordination, Change Healthcare, Health IT, Opinion, Patient Care, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) / October 15, 2021

Laura Coughlin, RN, BSN, MBA VP, Clinical Innovation and Development, Change Healthcare In recent years, the healthcare industry has fully embraced the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to transform healthcare practice and delivery. From the advent of big data to the arrival of EHRs, the industry is familiar with the hype that accompanies technology advancements. …

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4 Ways 5G is Transforming Healthcare & Patient Care

Health IT, Patient Care, Telehealth / September 29, 2021

Bent Philipson, Founder of Philosophy Care We hear a lot about 5G technology, but for many of us, it’s link to our lives goes as far as our smartphones and mobile service providers. But to think that 5G technology is only valuable for making our data speeds faster is like saying that electricity is great …

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Report: 22% of providers saw death rates spike following a ransomware attack

attacks, complications, cybersecurity, Daily, death rate, Health IT, hospitals, length of stay, News, outcomes, Patient Care, patient transfers, ransomware, risk, SYN, Top Story, Vendors / September 27, 2021

Ransomware attacks had an impact beyond mortality rates as well, with 71% of respondents saying that these cyberattacks drove up lengths of stay and 36% saying they led to an increase in clinical complications.

Clinicians Believe Telehealth Will Make Up Majority of Future Patient Care, Report Finds

Artificial Intelligence, digital health, Patient Care, Telehealth, virtual care / September 17, 2021

What You Should Know: – 76% of patient-facing clinicians believe telehealth will make up a majority of patient care in the near future, according to key findings from Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) first-ever multi-country Future of Healthcare” Survey.  The new report not only found healthcare clinicians and IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) optimistic about the future …

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Healthcare Automation Most Urgent Need to Improve Patient Care, Report Finds

Artificial Intelligence, Health IT, Olive AI, Patient Care, Revenue Cycle Management, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) / September 17, 2021

What You Should Know: Half of the healthcare administrative staff report seeing an increase in the amount of manual data entry in the past 12 months — and 92% of clinicians agree that too much time spent on administrative tasks is a major contributor to healthcare worker burnout. This and other findings are revealed in …

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How to Bolster EHR Efficiency and Access to Offer Better Patient Care

EMR/EHR, Health IT, Opinion, Patient Care / May 26, 2021

Dessiree Paoli, Senior Solution Marketing Manager at Interlace Health Over the past few decades, technology has advanced health care in incredible ways. Between robotic surgery, training through augmented reality, and the use of wearables to enhance health data, the industry has embraced numerous advances to improve patient care. However, the industry’s relationship with technology hasn’t …

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Talking about Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Medical Devices Shouldn’t be Taboo

Cybercriminals, cybersecurity, FDA, Health IT, HIT, Medical Device, Medical Devices, medical technology, Opinion, Patient Care, Phishing, public health, risk / May 17, 2021

Nastassia Tamari, Director of Information Security Operations for BD According to the National Vulnerability Database, 18,353 vulnerabilities were reported in 2020. That’s nearly three times the volume of vulnerabilities reported five years ago, and higher than any year in the previous two decades. Given the rise in connected devices, this increase is not entirely unexpected. …

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OpenLoop Raises $3M to Expand Digital Health Marketplace for Clinicians

digital health, Partners, Patient Care, PhD, Physicians, rural healthcare, Startups, Techstars, Telehealth, Telemedicine, virtual healthcare, Virtual Healthcare Services / April 14, 2021

What You Should Know: – Techstars-backed OpenLoop raises $3M in funding to expand digital health marketplace to connect certified clinicians to telehealth opportunities. – The company plans to use the funding to This financing enables OpenLoop to expedite the development of their marketplace technology and grow their team of experts. OpenLoop, a Des Moines, Iowa-based …

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PHINs: Addressing the Fundamental Flaws that Have Broken Healthcare

Caregivers, Clinical Trial, diagnostic testing, Health IT, Health Systems, Interoperability, medication, model, Oncology, Opinion, Patient Care, patient experience, Physician Notes, Physicians, Precision Medicine, public health, risk / April 13, 2021

 Brad Bostic, CEO, hc1 The fundamental problem with healthcare can be summed up in one sentence:  We expect healthcare services that cater to our individual needs, yet the health care system operates under a one-size-fits-all, trial-and-error model. It is a model that results in missed diagnoses, protracted illnesses, and even premature death and wastes $935 …

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Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity

Accolade, Acute Care, Affordable Care Act, AI, Amazon, Anthem, Appriss Health, Artificial Intelligence, Azalea Health, Biotech, Care Coordination, Cedar, Change Healthcare, Cigna, Cityblock Health, Clinical Decision Support, cloud, Data Analytics, decision support, digital health, Digital Therapeutics, Doctor on Demand, Doximity, Drug Discovery, Electronic Health Record, EMR, Evidation Health, health insurance, Health IT, healthcare growth, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, HHS, initial public offering, Innovaccer, integrity, IPO, Kaiser Permanente, kidney disease, Life Sciences, Lightbeam Health Solutions, M&A, MD, mdlive, medical coding, Medical Device, Medicare, mental health, Mental Healthcare, model, Most Popular, Outcome Health, Partners, Patient Access, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, patient payment, PatientPing, PatientPoint, Payers, Pharmacy, Philips, Physicians, point of care, post-acute care, primary care, Private Equity, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, Sema4, Sharecare, SPAC, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Unite Us, Value-Based Care, venture capital, virtual care, VistA, workplace / April 12, 2021

The first quarter of 2021 has been one of investor optimism as the vaccine rollout continues ahead of expectations and economic activity begins to accelerate in response.  Within the Health IT industry, the already strong investment and M&A trends seen in 2020 have only accelerated.  Over the course of the quarter, we observed $7 billion in private …

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Why the Digital-First, Patient-Centered Care is Critical to Healthcare

assistants, cloud, digital health, Digital Transformation, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, HIT, Life Sciences, medical records, Microsoft, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, patient experience, patient safety, patient-centered care, Physician Practices, public health, Ransomware Attacks, Security Breaches, Telehealth, virtual care, Vital, vmware / April 12, 2021

Michael D. Robinson Vice President, Healthcare North America at VMware In the turmoil of one of the hardest years the healthcare industry has experienced, many healthcare organizations innovated nearly overnight, transforming bedside tablets into virtual care providers and parking garages into field hospitals. Through the help of agile, flexible technology, healthcare has empowered providers to …

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Does Telemedicine Impede or Help the Patient-Centered Medical Home?

ALLSCRIPTS, Care Coordination, care teams, Electronic Medical Records, Health IT, Health Systems, medical records, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, patient experience, Patient-Centered Medical Home, Payers, physician practice, Physician Practices, Physicians, Portal, primary care, risk, Telehealth, Telehealth Services, Telemedicine, urgent care, Value-Based Care, virtual care / April 8, 2021

Traditional patient care patterns have been radically altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. And after more than a year of disruption, it’s doubtful that everyone will revert to those patterns after the pandemic. New habits have been formed, and consumers are more willing to pursue the path of least resistance in obtaining care, such as opting …

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Cardinal Health and Deep Lens Collaborate for AI-based Oncology Clinical Trial Matching

AI, cancer, Cardinal Health, Clinical Trial, Clinical Trials, cloud, decision support, Deep Lens, digital health, Electronic Medical Records, Episode of Care, genomic data, Jvion, medical records, Oncology, Patient Access, Patient Care, patient portal, Population Health, Portal, practice management system, Precision Medicine, rcm, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, risk, Telehealth, Value-Based Care / April 7, 2021

What You Should Know: – Today, Deep Lens and Cardinal Health announced a strategic collaboration that will integrate Deep Lens’ AI-based clinical trial matching solution, VIPER, into community-based oncology practices throughout the Cardinal network. VIPER will be a part of Cardinal Health’s new Navista advanced suite of technology solutions designed to help oncologists improve outcomes, …

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Key Lessons from COVID-19 & How We Can Better Support our Healthcare Provider

care teams, Clinical Decision Support, cognitive overload, Coronavirus (COVID-19), decision support, Health Systems, MD, mental health, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, patient safety, PhD, Philips, remote patient monitoring, risk, sensors, Tele, Tele-ICU, Telemedicine, University Hospital, workplace / April 6, 2021

Peter Ziese PhD, MD, Business Leader, Monitoring and Analytics, Philips COVID-19 has been a novel pandemic in many ways beyond the actual virus itself – from the irreparable impacts it’s having on society, to the immense strain it’s put on the healthcare industry. A recent report stated that 93% of healthcare professionals reported experiencing stress, …

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Boost Operational, Clinical and Financial Performance with Good Data

care teams, cloud, CMS, data management, EMR, Final Rule, GHX, Health IT, integrity, Medicaid, Medicare, Patient Care, Payers, Price Transparency, risk, Value-Based Care / April 1, 2021

Peter Nelson, VP & General Manager, Global Alliances at GHX There’s an old adage that every challenge is merely an opportunity in disguise. COVID-19 highlighted the healthcare industry’s ongoing challenge with producing clean, standardized data. As the industry looks to rebound from the severe financial impact of the pandemic, there’s a renewed urgency among hospitals …

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Oneview Healthcare Launches Cloud-Based Virtual Care Experience Platform

care teams, cloud, digital health, Microsoft, Oneview Healthcare, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, Samsung, Telehealth, video, virtual care, Virtual Care Platform / April 1, 2021

What You Should Know:  – Oneview Healthcare collaborated with long-time client, NYU Langone Health, to roll out a virtual patient engagement platform in response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.  – CXP Cloud Enterprise powered by Microsoft Azure technology with the use of Samsung tablets, helps engage patients, reduce non-clinical demands on care teams …

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COVID Exposed The Dire Need for Real-Time Healthcare Data Sharing

AI, apple, Apple Watch, big data, blockchain, cancer, Caregivers, Coronavirus (COVID-19), DexCom, diabetes, Health IT, Healthcare Data, Healthcare Supply Chain, HIM, Interoperability, Life Sciences, Medtronic, Most Popular, NIH, Opinion, Patient Care, Payers, Portal, primary care, Quantified Self, Uber, Uber Health, Vital / March 31, 2021

Birju Shah, Head of Product for Uber Health & Communities Nick Jordan, Founder and CEO, Narrative In a world where technology and Big Data can provide us with instantaneous access to our banking transactions, and our financial information and credit reports can be retrieved with a few keystrokes when applying for a mortgage — trying to …

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UK ED Dept. Shows Poor Usability for Major EHRs, Survey Finds

digital health, EMR/EHR, grail, healthcare delivery, NHS, Patient Care, patient safety / March 29, 2021

What You Should Know: – Emergency doctors in the UK have said many electronic health records (EHRs) in use are close to being unacceptable, and this is likely to be having a negative impact on patient care. A national survey of more than 1500 members and fellows of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine ranked …

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To Advance Health Equity, Put Real-World Cancer Data to Work

Advance Health, big data, Biomarkers, cancer, CancerLinQ, Clinical Trial, Clinical Trials, digital health, FDA, Health Systems, Lung, lung cancer, Oncology, Opinion, Patient Care, Payers / March 26, 2021

Dr. Miller, Medical Director of CancerLinQ LLC Despite decades of scientific progress against cancer, access to treatment remains highly unequal. Some of the reasons — like institutional racism and poverty — are a reflection of our broader society. Other inequities may go unrecognized but are no less damaging. People with underlying health conditions, for example, …

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AKASA Raises $60M to Automate Revenue Cycle Operations for Health Systems

algorithms, cloud, Electronic Health Record, Health IT, Health Systems, hipaa, HITRUST, Machine Learning, Patient Care, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, revenue cycle operations, SAN FRANCISCO, Startups / March 23, 2021

What You Should Know: – AKASA (formerly known as Alpha Health), a South San Francisco, CA-based Unified Automation™ company for revenue cycle management in healthcare, announced it has raised $60 million in its series B round of funding. – Founded in 2018, AKASA uses the same machine learning approaches that made driverless cars possible to …

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Strive Health Raises $140M for Value-Based Kidney Care Platform

Alphabet, Health IT, Humana, kidney disease, Medicare, model, Patient Care, risk, Startups, Value-Based Care / March 16, 2021

What You Should Know: – Strive Health, a Denver-based provider of value-based kidney care today announced $140 million in Series B funding with Alphabet’s independent growth fund, CapitalG, as the lead investor. Strive has more than doubled its presence in regional markets and grown its employee base by more than 600% in the last year. This funding will further increase that momentum.  …

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Unite Us Nabs $150M, Reaching $1.6B Valuation to Address Social Determinants of Health

Aetna, behavioral health, Care Coordination, Cleveland Clinic, Health IT, Humana, Interoperability, Kaiser Permanente, Medicaid, Medicare, Most Popular, Partners, Patient Care, Population Health Management, social determinants of health, Startups, Unite Us / March 16, 2021

What You Should Know: –   Unite Us, the tech company creating coordinated care networks nationwide, has just announced a $150M Series C round of funding led by ICONIQ Capital, bringing its valuation at $1.65 billion.   – Unite Us is leading the care transformation movement towards whole-person health with its core product, Unite Us Platform, an outcome-focused coordination software sconnecting community-based …

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Quality Virtual Care Matters for Patients – Even More Than Telehealth

Apervita, Diagnostic Imaging, Health Systems, Lumeon, Medicaid, Medicare, medication, Opinion, Patient Access, Patient Care, patient experience, physical therapy, Telehealth, Telehealth Visits, video, virtual care / March 16, 2021

Rick Halton, Vice President of Marketing, Lumeon The COVID-19 pandemic made healthcare visits over video or phone the norm, likely turning telehealth into a permanent fixture within the U.S. healthcare system. In fact, the majority of patient access leaders at large hospitals believe 20-30 percent of appointments will happen over video in 2021, according to …

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Why A Smart Command Center Requires A Health Cloud Platform

Aetna, American Medical Association, Artificial Intelligence, care management, care teams, cloud, cloud computing, data management, Health Systems, Healthcare Data, healthcare delivery, Healthcare Leaders, Innovaccer, Integrated Healthcare, mckesson, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, patient experience, Patient Wait Times, Physicians, point of care, Population Health, Predictive Analytics, primary care, WASHINGTON / March 11, 2021

Dr. David Nace, Chief Medical Officer at Innovaccer Aviation, military, NASA, or even utilities like the New York Power Authority—almost all high-consequence, complex organizations have one thing in common: a command center. The concept of a command center or a ‘war room,’ or ‘air traffic control’ has been around for a while. Command centers help …

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How Artificial Intelligence Is Making Senior Care More Human

AI, Artificial Intelligence, assistants, Caregivers, dementia, depression, Facebook, Health IT, Internet of Things, IoT, model, Opinion, palliative care, Patient Care, patient experience, physical therapy, risk, senior care, sensors, video, Vital, wound care / March 8, 2021

Bent Philipson, Founder of Philosophy Care When it comes to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in particular and long-term care in general, a human-centered and empathetic approach is not only necessary, it’s obligatory. Putting the needs, constraints, and perspectives of patients first enhances the level of care we’re able to provide.  Perhaps ironically, it is the …

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Innovative, Non-Invasive Technologies Advanced Earlier Detection & Monitoring of Liver Disease

American Hospital Association, cancer, diabetes, Echosens, FDA, global health, Health Systems, Hypertension, insulin, obesity, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, Physician Practices, Physicians, point of care, primary care, risk / March 5, 2021

Jon Gingrich, CEO, Echosens North America Leveraging technological advances to facilitate new ways of engaging patients and integrating non-invasive technology into a liver disease program not only serves to improve individual outcomes and reduce costs but also strengthens the financial performance of health systems and provider organizations that include this approach to testing. At a …

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Improving Inventory Management During COVID-19 and Beyond

Coronavirus (COVID-19), Medical Devices, Opinion, Patient Care, patient safety, Portal / March 3, 2021

Todd Stewart, Vice President, Enterprise Workflow Solutions, CenTrak Healthcare systems across the country are facing high patient volumes combined with higher patient expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, hospitals and other healthcare facilities need to consider technology that can help them keep pace with evolving demands while prioritizing the health, safety, and experience of …

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Health Gorilla Nabs $15M to Expand FHIR-based APIs for Digital Health

API, digital health, drchrono, FHIR, Heal, Health Gorilla, Health IT, Health IT Interoperability, Health Systems, hipaa, hipaa-compliant, Interoperability, K-Health, Life Sciences, master patient index, medical records, Patient Care, Payers, Startups, Virta Health / March 2, 2021

What You Should Know:  – Health Gorilla raises $15M to scale its FHIR-based API solutions for digital health and expand into new markets.  – Health Gorilla will introduce new APIs to enable consumer access to medical records, payer-to-payer data sharing, and data quality assessments.  Health Gorilla, a Sunnyvale, CA-based provider of healthcare APIs, today announced …

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How to Optimize Your Healthcare Practice with Advanced Technology Solutions

cybersecurity, Digital Healthcare, healthcare technology, Interoperability, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, patient experience, Patient Monitoring, patient satisfaction, PHI, remote patient monitoring, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, Telehealth, virtual care, Vital / March 1, 2021

Terrence D. Sims, President of Strategic Growth and Marketing, Raintree Systems As COVID-19 continues to influence patient behaviors and causes providers to reevaluate how they operate their businesses, healthcare practices all around the world started looking for solutions that emphasize clinical efficiencies, elevate patient revenue cycle management, as well as feature enhanced reporting, and analytics …

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11 Best Practices of a Successful Care Model Transformation Plan

AHRQ, behavioral health, big data, Data Analytics, Deloitte Consulting, Health IT, Health Systems, Home Care, home healthcare, Interoperability, model, Opinion, Partners, Partners Healthcare, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, patient satisfaction, patient-centered care, Payers, public health, revenue cycle, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Value-Based Care, virtual healthcare / February 19, 2021

Moha Desai, Principal, Healthcare Strategy & Transformation  Health systems across the country will require a plan to react to government deep spending cuts and revenue shortfalls due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital services have seen a significant downturn in demand in 2020, and the recent resurgence in cases has led to further decreases. The public …

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Best Practices to Ensure Telehealth Security and Protect Patient Data

apple, cloud, health insurance, healthcare technology, hipaa, HITRUST, integrity, medical records, Microsoft, Opinion, Partners, Patient Care, PHI, risk, Telehealth, Telehealth Services, unstructured data / February 18, 2021

Paul Banco, CEO of etherFAX To support the sudden increase in test results and medical records being transmitted during the pandemic, hospitals, laboratories, and pharmacies implemented additional devices and remote connections into their networks. After the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) lifted penalties around telehealth to expand care options amid the crisis, new platforms were …

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Why Labor Management Systems Are a Resource Healthcare Can Rely On

Acute Care, Caregivers, Health IT, hipaa, Nursing Homes, Opinion, Patient Care, patient experience, Vital, workplace / February 16, 2021

In 2021, the role of advanced technology solutions across the healthcare sector can – and should — be expanded. They already have been applied in such areas as billing, administrative work, in prescription management and some staff position scheduling.  But with the ongoing advances in digital capability and automated intelligence, now is the time to …

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ECRI Institute: Top 10 Health Technology Hazards to Watch in 2021

AI, Artificial Intelligence, assistants, cybersecurity, Diagnostic Imaging, ECRI, FDA, Health IT, Healthcare Leaders, Medical Device, Medical Devices, medication, Patient Care, patient population, public health, risk, Telehealth, Vital / February 16, 2021

What You Should Know: – ECRI Institute identified the complexity of managing medical devices with COVID-19 emergency use authorization as the number one technology hazard in its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2021 report. ECRI Institute’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards, now in its 14th year, identifies top health technology concerns that warrant attention from healthcare leaders. The …

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Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions

Cybercriminals, cybersecurity, Department of Health and Human Services, Emulate, Health and Human Services, Health IT, healthcare it, Healthcare IT Security, hipaa, HIT, Information Blocking, Malware, Microsoft, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, Phishing, Ransomware Attacks, remote patient monitoring, risk, Security Breaches, Telehealth, Telehealth Services / February 15, 2021

Michelle Drolet, CEO of Towerwall, Healthcare organizations have faced continual stress from heavy COVID-19 caseloads in 2020. Cyberattacks on their information networks also loomed as a serious threat, and the pressure to protect data is expected to grow this year, as more criminals target healthcare providers. Protecting patient data from unauthorized access has long been …

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Can AI Pave the Path to Reducing Physician Burnout?

AI, Artificial Intelligence, assistants, Clinical Documentation, Diagnoss, digital health, HIM, Machine Learning, medical coding, Opinion, Patient Care, physician burnout, Physicians, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, risk, technology in healthcare, virtual assistant / February 11, 2021

Abboud Chaballout, Founder of Diagnoss The timing couldn’t be more critical for us to start making serious headway to reduce the growing problem of burnout among America’s physicians. In 2018, physician burnout was already at an alarming 42%, but that number is growing as COVID-19 cases surge around the country.  While we are at a hopeful place …

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Why hospitals want CMS, FTC to examine two UnitedHealthcare policies

access, CMS, Daily, Diagnostics, examine, FTC, News, Patient Care, Payers, policies, Policy, specialty pharmacy, surprise billing, SYN, Top Story, UnitedHealthcare / February 9, 2021

Two UnitedHealthcare policies have raised several concerns among providers, including that they may display anti-competitive behavior and could block patient access to certain healthcare services. The American Hospital Association is asking the FTC and CMS to review and potentially block these policies.

Philips Launches Medical Tablet to Expand Remote Patient Management

digital health, Patient Care, patient population, Philips, remote patient monitoring, virtual care / February 3, 2021

What You Should Know: – Philips announced the launch of the Philips Medical Tablet, an end-to-end, easy-to-implement, portable monitoring kit that enables remote access to patient data and allows clinicians to care for patients outside of the hospital. – Aiming to serve larger patient populations during emergency situations like the COVID-19 pandemic, the Medical Tablet …

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Volpara Acquires Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Platform CRA Health for $18M

AI, algorithms, breast cancer, cancer, cloud, Harvard Medical School, Health IT, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Oncology, Patient Care, primary care, risk / February 2, 2021

What You Should Know: –  Volpara Health, an integrated breast care platform assisting in the delivery of personalized patient care has acquired breast cancer risk assessment platform CRA Health. – CRA Health, LLC, is a breast cancer risk assessment company spinoff from Massachusetts General Hospital — a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital. Today the company delivers more …

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Treat in Place: Protecting Nursing Home Patients From Hospital Readmission

Acute Care, HIM, HIT, Hospital Readmissions, MD, Nursing Homes, Opinion, Patient Care, Physicians, post-acute care, Telehealth, Telemedicine / February 2, 2021

Waseem Ghannam, MD, President, Telehealth Solution A night doctor’s dilemma Five years ago, I was practicing medicine in a rural hospital in North Carolina as a nocturnist, when I received a call from an Emergency Room (ER) doctor. “Hey, it’s Blake. Room 7. Demented. UTI,” he says, and hangs up. I was struck by the …

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The Combination of 5G and AI Will Transform Healthcare in 2021

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cardiac Monitoring, Caregivers, cloud, Connected Health, diabetes, Heart, insulin, IoT, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, remote patient monitoring, sensors, technology in healthcare, Telemedicine / January 29, 2021

Bryan Lubel, Executive Vice President, Connected Health of KORE Not many will disagree that the global pandemic has accelerated the use of technology in healthcare. With a healthcare system stressed to a breaking point, medical professionals have had to prioritize critical cases and increasingly turn to technology tools such as telemedicine and remote patient monitoring …

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A New System to Fit A New Economy: How Healthcare Can Recover From COVID-19

Artificial Intelligence, chronic care, CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), f, health insurance, MD, medical technology, model, Opinion, Patient Access, Patient Care, Physicians, Price Transparency, primary care, public health, risk, Telemedicine / January 28, 2021

Paula Muto, MD, FACSFounder and CEO, UBERDOC, Inc. We are at a watershed moment. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to reevaluate our priorities both economically and with regard to public health. Living with a healthcare system that was created in response to an emergency measure during World War II, US consumers have struggled for …

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Why CMS Will Lead the 2021 Kidney Care Revolution

ACO, algorithms, care management, care teams, CMS, Final Rule, Health IT, kidney disease, Machine Learning, Medicaid, Medicare, model, Opinion, Partners, Patient Care, Patient Journey, Physicians, Population Health, Population Health Management, risk, social determinants of health, Value-Based Care / January 27, 2021

Chris Riopelle, CEO of Strive Health After an unprecedented year, kidney care providers, including nephrologists, dialysis facilities, and care extenders are expecting 2021 to follow suit. We will see an overhaul in reimbursement and major industry shifts, partly led by CMS, that will require providers to advance their capabilities in a way that will usher …

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How Automation is Key to the Future of Healthcare Operations

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Box, CAQH Index, Charge Capture, cloud, Data Analytics, data management, Definitive Healthcare, digital health, Digital Transformation, global healthcare, Life Sciences, Machine Learning, NIH, Opinion, Patient Care, patient experience, Prior Authorization, Public Cloud, rcm, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, revenue cycle operations, Robotic Process Automation, Vital / January 27, 2021

Giri Rajaiah, Executive Leader, Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences, DISYS As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. A similar correlation is seen in the quest to leverage innovation and out-of-the-box thinking to address key problems facing the healthcare industry. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought the immense pressure the U.S. healthcare …

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CHIME-KLAS Report Reveals 10 Key EMR Interoperability Trends

API, apple, CHIME, digital health, EMR, EMR interoperability, emr solutions, FHIR, Health IT, Health IT Interoperability, healthcare it, Interoperability, KLAS, KLAS Report, Partners, Patient Care, Population Health, white paper / January 27, 2021

What You Should Know: – New CHIME-KLAS interoperability report reveals steady progress in some areas related to interoperability and leaps forward in others. – A total of 67% of provider organizations reported they often or nearly always had access to needed records in 2020, up from 28% in 2017. Providers noted improvements in functionality and …

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MetroHealth System, Care Simple, Epic Launch Remote Patient Monitoring Program

clinical alerts, Electronic Health Record, EMR/EHR, health innovation, Health IT, home health, Medical Devices, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, Payers, Population Health, Population Health Management, public health, remote patient monitoring, risk, Tactio, virtual care / January 27, 2021

What You Should Know: – Care Simple, Epic, and MetroHealth System announced that they have entered into a strategic remote patient monitoring integration partnership. – Under the terms of the agreement, CareSimple will empower the Cleveland, Ohio public health system with simple, patient-friendly RPM solutions to improve health outcomes for their high-risk senior and chronically …

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From Analog to Digital Neurology: 3 Steps to Better Inform Patient Care

AI, algorithms, athenahealth, care pathways, Clinical Decision Support, Clinical Reports, cloud, Data Integration, decision support, Interoperability, multiple sclerosis, neurological conditions, Opinion, Patient Care, Personalized Medicine, Philips, Physicians, Predictive Analytics, radiology, unstructured data / January 26, 2021

Dr. Nandor Pinter, Director of Neuroimaging Research, DENT Institute Dr. Murray Gillies, General Manager of Digital Cognitive Dx Venture, Philips The field of neurology is at an inflection point. With a growing aging population, neurologists are facing an increasing number of patients needing care, and the pent-up demand for services due to COVID-19 only exacerbates …

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Top 5 Business Opportunities for Digital Health Companies in 2021. Where Is The Money?

apple, Apple Watch, digital health, Global Digital Health, global health, mHealth, Notable, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, Remote Patient Care, remote patient monitoring, Research2Guidance, Rock Health, Salesforce, sensors, Tactio, Telehealth, Telehealth Services, Verily, video, workplace, Zocdoc / January 25, 2021

Ralf-Gordon Jahns, Managing Director of R2G For many companies, 2020 has been a devastating year due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the same can be said for the digital health sector, the pandemic has also paved a way for unexpected and extraordinary business opportunities in 2021. In 2020, Digital health start-ups and …

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Challenges of Operationalizing Remote Patient Monitoring Data

AI, algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, blood pressure, cloud, Connected Health, health monitoring devices, Heart, Lark, Lark health, Machine Learning, Medical Device, medication, Middleware, model, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, primary care, remote patient monitoring, Siemens, Telehealth / January 21, 2021

Roberto Martinez, President, Mexico, Encora Among the many evolving technologies in the healthcare industry, there may be none more important or impactful than remote patient monitoring (RPM) hardware and software solutions. This technology is opening up new possibilities in extended healthcare – saving patients money, limiting visits to the doctor’s office, and providing healthcare professionals …

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HealthStream Acquires Policy Management System ComplyALIGN for $2M

Health IT, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, healthcare technology, Patient Care / January 20, 2021

What You Should Know: – HealthStream, a provider of workforce and provider solutions for the healthcare industry acquires ComplyALIGN (incorporated as ProcessDATA, Ltd.), a Chicago-based healthcare technology company for $2M in cash. – The number of policies and procedures that a typical hospital needs to manage and continue to process rarely falls below one thousand. Staff members …

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Philips Acquires Medical Device Integration Platform Capsule for $635M

AI, care management, care teams, Clinical Surveillance, clinical workflows, cloud, Health IT, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Interoperability, Medical Device, Medical Devices, model, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, Philips, Remote Patient Care, sensors, Telehealth, Vital / January 19, 2021

What You Should Know: – Philips announces the acquisition of Capsule, a leading vendor-neutral Medical Device Integration Platform with a software-as-a-service business model – The Capsule acquisition is a strong fit with Philips’ strategy to transform the delivery of healthcare along the health continuum with integrated solutions. Philips, today announced that it has signed an …

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Transitioning from Traditional to E-Fax: How Healthcare Communications are Transforming Post-COVID

behavioral health, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Health Systems, HIT, Interoperability, medical group, MGMA, Opinion, Patient Care, patient experience, Patient Privacy, Secure Messaging, Telehealth, UPDOX, video, virtual care / January 15, 2021

Michael Morgan, CEO of Updox The majority of industries have decreased or eliminated their use of the traditional fax machine over the past decade, including aviation, retail, and even finance. While the healthcare industry is at the forefront of disease research and treatment, however, it is still heavily reliant on this aging technology.  Traditional fax …

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Shields Health Solutions, ExceleraRx Announce Specialty Pharmacy Merger – M&A

care management, Health IT, Health Systems, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Henry Ford, integrated care, Intermountain Healthcare, medication, Medication Adherence, model, Patient Care, Pharmacy / January 12, 2021

What You Should Know: – Shields Health Solutions and Excelera announce a major specialty pharmacy merger that will form a combined company that consults with 700+ hospitals in 43 states, including Mass General Brigham, Yale New Haven, Intermountain Healthcare and Henry Ford. – The network of hospitals is designed to improve patient care through an …

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M&A: TigerConnect Acquires Hospital Middleware Solution Critical Alert

behavior, Benchmarking, Care Coordination, cloud, FDA, Health IT, Health Systems, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Interoperability, Medical Device, Middleware, Patient Care, patient safety, Telemedicine, TigerConnect, TigerFlow, Vital / January 6, 2021

What You Should Know: – TigerConnect has announced an expansion in their suite through the acquisition of Critical Alert, a leading provider of enterprise-grade middleware for hospitals and health systems. – For the hundreds of thousands of nurses that currently use TigerConnect, these new capabilities will deliver real-time, contextual information to their mobile device or …

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UnitedHealth Group Acquires Change Healthcare to Combine with OptumInsight for $13B

Change Healthcare, Clinical Decision Support, Data Analytics, decision support, Health IT, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, healthcare technology, Optum, Patient Care, Payers, Physicians, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, Vital / January 6, 2021

What You Should Know: – UnitedHealth Group has reached an agreement to acquire Change Healthcare in a deal valued at more than $13 billion, marking the first major acquisition of 2021. – Change Healthcare will be combined with OptumInsight to advance a more modern, information, and technology-enabled healthcare platform. UnitedHealth Group’s has reached an agreement …

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Meaningful Use of Genomics Requires Informatics Beyond EMRs

2bPrecise, ALLSCRIPTS, cancer, Data Governance, dna, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, EMR/EHR, genomic data, Genomic Testing, Genomics, Health Systems, Healthcare Leaders, Heart, HHS, Interoperability, Meaningful Use, medical records, model, Opinion, Patents, Patient Care, point of care, Population Health, Population Health Management, Precision Medicine, primary care, risk, Vital / January 6, 2021

Assaf Halevy, Founder and CEO of 2bPrecise Electronic medical records (EMRs) are widely expected to serve as a cornerstone technology that drives the delivery of modern patient care.  But can the EMR alone support all the informatics capabilities required by an ever-evolving healthcare industry? The rapid growth of precision medicine, particularly the use of genetic …

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DaVita & RenalytixAI Partner for Early Risk Identification to Help Slow Kidney Disease Progression

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Biomarkers, cancer, care management, digital health, Electronic Health Record, kidney disease, KidneyX, Machine Learning, Patient Care, Patient Education, patient experience, primary care, RenalytixAI, risk, risk stratification / January 5, 2021

What You Should Know: – RenalytixAI and DaVita announce a program partnership that aims to slow kidney disease progression and improve outcomes for the nation’s estimated 37 million adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD). – This is the first clinical-grade program that delivers advanced early-stage prognosis and risk stratification, combined with actionable care management to …

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12 Telehealth & Virtual Care Predictions and Trends for 2021 Roundup

apple, AristaMD, Babyscripts, behavior, behavioral health, Box, CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), digital health, Digital Transformation, drchrono, ePrescribing, EVISIT, Health Systems, healthcare delivery, Heart, hipaa, Interoperability, Life Sciences, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medisafe, mental health, model, Patient Care, patient experience, Patient Monitoring, primary care, remote patient monitoring, risk, Telehealth, Telehealth Services, Telehealth Visits, Telemedicine, urgent care, Value-Based Care, video, virtual care, virtual healthcare / January 4, 2021

Dr. Paul Hain, Chief Medical Officer of GoHealth Telehealth is Here to Stay in 2021 Prior to the pandemic, telehealth was a limited ad-hoc service with geographic and provider restrictions. However, with both the pandemic restrictions on face to face interactions and a relaxation of governmental regulations, telehealth utilization has significantly increased from thousands of …

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2020’s Top 20 Digital Health M&A Deals Totaled $50B

Acute Care, AI, ALLSCRIPTS, AMN Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, cancer, Cardiac Monitoring, Care Coordination, care teams, CarePort, CarePort Health, CareZone, Central Logic, Cerner, Change Healthcare, Cloudbreak Health, Collective Medical, Data Analytics, digital health, Digital Healthcare, global health, Health and Human Services, Health Systems, healthcare it, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Healthcare Payments, Heart, home health, InTouch Health, Kantar Health, Life Sciences, Livongo, Machine Learning, Medicare, medication, Oncology, Partners, Patient Access, Patient Care, Payers, Pharmacy, Philips, PointClickCare, post-acute care, Private Equity, Radiation Oncology, radiology, rcm, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, SAN FRANCISCO, senior care, Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Startups, Stratus Video, Teladoc, Telehealth, Telemedicine, UPMC, Veritas, Veritas Capital, video, virtual care, Virtual Care Platform, Vital, Walmart, Waystar / December 31, 2020

Teladoc Health and Livongo Merge The combination of Teladoc Health and Livongo creates a global leader in consumer-centered virtual care. The combined company is positioned to execute quantified opportunities to drive revenue synergies of $100 million by the end of the second year following the close, reaching $500 million on a run-rate basis by 2025. …

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30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021

ACA, Acute Care, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Biofourmis, Biomarkers, blockchain, Blockchain Technology, cameron deemer, Care Coordination, Central Logic, chronic disease management, CipherHealth, Clinical Quality Measures, clinical research, Clinical Trial, Clinical Trials, clinical workflows, cloud, CMS, critical access hospitals, Cybercriminals, Data Governance, decision support, digital health, Digital Transformation, DrFirst, Drug Discovery, electronic medical record, Elsevier, Genomic Analysis, Health Disparities, Health Informatics, Health IT, Health Systems, healthcare analytics, Healthcare Data, healthcare it, Healthcare Leaders, Healthcare Price Transparency, home health, Home Health Care, honor, integrity, Internet of Things, Interoperability, IoT, Life Sciences, Linguamatics, Machine Learning, MD, Medicaid, medical records, Medicare, medication, Medisafe, mental health, Mental Illness, model, NLP, NTT DATA Services, Patient Access, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, Patient Journey, Patient Monitoring, PatientPing, Payers, Pharma, physician burnout, Physicians, Population Health, Population Health Management, post-acute care, Predictive Analytics, Price Transparency, remote patient monitoring, risk, SAP, sensors, social determinants of health, Solutionreach, Teladoc, Telehealth, Telemedicine, THREAD, Uber, unstructured data, Value-Based Care, virtual care, Virtual Visits, Vital, Vocera, Wearables / December 30, 2020

As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare executives to share their predictions and trends for 2021. Kimberly Powell, Vice President & General Manager, NVIDIA Healthcare Federated Learning: The clinical community will increase their use of federated learning approaches to build robust AI models across various institutions, geographies, patient demographics, and medical scanners. The sensitivity and …

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5 Post-Acute Care Industry Trends to Watch in 2021

Acute Care, CMS, Health IT, healthcare technology, himss, home health, Interoperability, model, Partners, Patient Care, post-acute care, public health, risk / December 29, 2020

What You Should Know: – Healthcare technology company Forcura names the five most significant trends for the post-acute care industry in 2021. The post-acute care (PAC) sector saw some of its most profound challenges this year, from deadly COVID-19 outbreaks in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to a suddenly accelerated need for the services provided by …

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For Better Patient Care Coordination, We Need Seamless Digital Communications

Advisory Board, Care Coordination, Caregivers, CMS, Electronic Health Record, f, Final Rule, foundational, google, health information exchanges, Health Information Technology, Health IT, Heart, HIEs, Interoperability, MD, Meaningful Use, Medicaid, medical records, Medicare, medication, Medication Adherence, mental health, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Education, PhD, Physicians, Portal, primary care, public health, risk, Secure Messaging / December 22, 2020

Catherine Thomas: Co-Founder and VP, Customer Engagement, careMESH  Peter Tippett MD, PhD: Founder and CEO, careMESH A recent Advisory Board briefing examined the annual Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Readmission penalties.  Of the 3,080 hospitals CMS evaluated, 83% received a penalty for payments to be made in 2021, based on expected outcomes for a …

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COVID-19 Exposed The True Vulnerability of Healthcare Infrastructure

Augmented Reality, behavior, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Cybercriminals, Malware, model, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, Phishing, Ransomware Attacks, remote patient monitoring, risk, Telehealth / December 21, 2020

Martyn Crew, Director of Solutions Marketing at Gigamon In 2019, 41 million patient records breached in 572 reported incidents at an average cost of $1.8 million per breach. These statistics are far from surprising with healthcare records selling for a reported average of $45 on the dark web. Unfortunately, the year 2020 aggravated these issues …

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M&A: Philips Acquires Remote Cardiac Monitoring BioTelemetry for $2.8B

AI, Cardiac Monitoring, care management, clinical research, Clinical Trials, cloud, Data Analytics, digital health, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Heart, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, Philips, Philips HealthSuite Digital Platform, Physicians, Remote Patient Care, remote patient monitoring, Telehealth, Telemetry / December 18, 2020

What You Should Know: – Philips acquires BioTelemetry, a U.S. provider of remote cardiac diagnostics and monitoring for $72.00 per share for an implied enterprise value of $2.8 billion (approx. EUR 2.3 billion). – With $439M in revenue in 2019, BioTelemetry annually monitors over 1 million cardiac patients remotely; its portfolio includes wearable heart monitors, …

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VHA Innovation Ecosystem Taps MDClone to Leverage Synthetic Data for Faster Healthcare to Veterans

chronic disease management, clinical research, Data Analytics, Department of Veteran Affairs, digital health, MDClone, mental health, Patient Care, Precision Medicine, risk / December 17, 2020

What You Should Know: – Data analytics and digital health company MDClone announced a partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) VHA Innovation Ecosystem to democratize data and provide better, smarter, faster healthcare to U.S Veterans. – By leveraging MDClone’s data platform, the VHA is able to tackle this massive problem by securely accessing, …

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Mayo Clinic Researchers to Validate Interoperability of Encrypted Algorithms and Training on Encrypted Data

AI, algorithms, Cardiologist, Health IT, Intellectual Property, Interoperability, knowledge management, Mayo Clinic, Patient Care / December 16, 2020

What You Should Know: –  Mayo Clinic researchers are collaborating with TripleBlind on next generation algorithm sharing and training on encrypted data. – TripleBlind’s solution functions as the innovative data encryption conduit that keeps the data and intellectual property in the algorithm secure. TripleBlind announced today it is collaborating with Mayo Clinic researchers who will use TripleBlind tools to …

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Innovaccer, SyTrue Partner to Generate Actionable Insights from Healthcare Data

Digital Transformation, FHIR, Health IT, Healthcare Data, healthcare data integration platform, Innovaccer, medical records, NLP, Partners, Patient Care, Patient Journey, Progress Notes, risk, Sytrue, unstructured data, Vital / December 15, 2020

What You Should Know: – Innovaccer partners with SyTrue to uncover powerful insights and accelerate its efforts to drive healthcare’s digital transformation. – The integration of SyTrue’s proprietary NLP OS with Innovaccer’s FHIR-enabled Data Activation Platform will empower healthcare organizations to identify diagnosis codes and Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) from patient care progress notes and …

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Cerner, Banner Health, Xealth Partner to Simplify How Clinicians Prescribe Digital Health

Babyscripts, behavioral health, care teams, Cerner, chronic disease management, diabetes, digital health, digital innovation, Digital Therapeutics, Electronic Health Record, GetWellNetwork, Glooko, Health IT, Health Systems, Healthwise, medication, mental health, Mental Health Apps, Patient Care, Patient Education, Patient Monitoring, Pharmacy, remote patient monitoring, ResMed, Telehealth, virtual care, WellDoc, Xealth / December 10, 2020

What You Should Know: – Cerner Corporation today announced with Xealth new centralized digital ordering and monitoring for health systems, starting with Banner Health, to foster digital innovation. – Health systems can prescribe digital therapeutics, smartphones, and internet apps directly within the EHR to address areas such as chronic disease management, behavioral health, maternity care, …

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Pair Team Emerges Out of Stealth with $2.7M to Automate Primary Care Operations

AI, Artificial Intelligence, assistants, cancer, Care Coordination, CMS, digital health, Healthcare.gov, Medicaid, Medical Practices, Medicare, model, Patient Care, primary care, SAN FRANCISCO, Startups / December 9, 2020

What You Should Know: – San Francisco-based digital health startup Pair Team emerges out of stealth with $2.7M in seed funding backed by Kleiner Perkins, Craft Ventures, & YC. – Pair Team provides both a remote team and AI that automates workflows, provides infrastructure & improves medical practices — efficiencies and billing as you’d expect, …

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5 Steps for Interoperability Excellence for Healthcare Providers

Care Coordination, CMS, critical access hospitals, foundational, Health IT, Health IT Interoperability, Health Systems, healthcare it, Heart, himss, Hospital Readmissions, Information Blocking, Interoperability, Meaningful Use, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Office of the National Coordinator, ONC, Opinion, Partners, Patient Access, Patient Care, patient experience, Patient Privacy, patient safety, public health, virtual care, Vital / December 7, 2020

Shanti Wilson, Consultant, Freed Associates  As if 2020 couldn’t be any more challenging for healthcare providers, new federal rules on interoperability and patient access, granting patients direct access to their healthcare data, begin taking effect this November and continue into 2022. These rules, while ultimately beneficial to patients, bring an additional level of operational complexity to …

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5 Myth-Busting New Hospital ADT Notification Requirements

ACOs, Box, Care Coordination, care teams, CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Electronic Health Record, health information exchange, Healthcare Blockchain, HHS, HIE, HIEs, Meaningful Use, Medicaid, Medicare, Opinion, Partners, Patient Care, Precision Medicine, Precision Medicine Initiative, primary care / December 4, 2020

 Claudia Williams, CEO of Manifest MedEx When doctors know their patients have been to the hospital, they can act fast to provide needed support. Widespread use of hospital event notifications is associated with all kinds of health benefits, including a 10 percent decrease in readmissions for Medicare beneficiaries. These event notifications are one of the …

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M&A: Olive Acquires AI Prior Authorization Company Verata Health

AI, digital health, Electronic Health Record, Health Systems, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Olive AI, Patient Access, Patient Care, patient experience, Payers, Prior Authorization, Revenue Cycle Management / December 3, 2020

What You Should Know: – On the heels of $225.5 million dollars in funding and a $1.5B valuation this week, Olive today announced its acquisition of Verata Health to create a combined AI prior authorization solution for providers and payers under the Olive name. – Prior authorization is a $31 billion dollar issue in healthcare, …

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Virtual Engagement During COVID Pushes Paradigm Shift for Physician Training and Patient Care

cancer, cybersecurity, Facebook, google, Harvard Medical School, Heart, MD, medical education, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Privacy, Perioperative care, Physicians, Telehealth, Telemedicine, video, Webinars / December 2, 2020

Shalini Shah, MD is Vice-Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, and Enterprise Director of Pain Services, UC Irvine Health The dominant presence of COVID-19 has not meant the absence of cancer, ear infections, heart attacks, chronic pain, or other illnesses that need attention and care. Physicians have continued treatment for all …

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Your Room is Ready: How to Recapture Health System Revenue by Solving “The Motel Problem”

American Hospital Association, cloud, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Health Systems, Healthcare Leaders, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Wait Times / December 1, 2020

Rich Miller, Chief Strategy Officer of QGenda Healthcare leaders attempting to regain some of the revenue lost during the COVID-19 shutdowns now face a formidable challenge. The American Hospital Association estimates that U.S. hospitals and health systems lost $202.6 billion in just the four months from March 1 through June 30—roughly $50.7 billion per month. …

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Zebra Medical Vision to Co-Develop AI-Based Models for Osteoporosis Early Detection & Prevention

AI, Artificial Intelligence, digital health, Digital Transformation, Machine Learning, model, NHS, Patient Care, risk, Zebra Medical Vision / November 25, 2020

What You Should Know: – Zebra Medical Vision, the deep-learning medical imaging analytics company, and Scottish digital transformation consultancy Storm ID were chosen to co-develop new AI-based osteoporosis prevention solutions under EUREKA intergovernmental network.  – The UK-Israel research and development grant will be co-developed with clinical teams from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Assuta …

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How Care Coordination Technology Addresses Social Isolation in Seniors

Acute Care, alzheimer's disease, Best in KLAS, blood pressure, Care Coordination, care management, Case Management, Data Analytics, depression, diabetes, Harvard Medical School, Health Disparities, Health Systems, Heart, heart disease, Hypertension, integrated care, KLAS, MD, Medicare, mental health, obesity, Opinion, Patient Care, Population Health, Population Health Management, post-acute care, Predictive Analytics, primary care, public health, risk, senior care, social determinants of health / November 24, 2020

Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Director, HealthEC Senior isolation is a health risk that affects at least a quarter of seniors over 65. It has become recognized over the past decade as a risk factor for poor aging outcomes including cognitive decline, depression, anxiety, Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, hypertension, heart disease, impaired immune function, …

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SPAC Mergers with 2 Telehealth Companies to Form Public Digital Health Company in $1.35B Deal

Acute Care, Artificial Intelligence, behavioral health, care management, Cloudbreak Health, digital health, Digital Healthcare, Health Systems, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, integrated care, model, Patient Care, Pharmacy, Population Health, Population Health Management, Substance Abuse, Tele, Telehealth, Telemedicine, telepsychiatry, Telestroke, urology, video / November 24, 2020

What You Should Know: – GigCapital2 Inc has agreed to merge with UpHealth Holdings Inc and Cloudbreak Health LLC to create a public digital healthcare company valued at $1.35 billion, including debt, the blankcheck acquisition company said on Monday. – The combined company will be named UpHealth, Inc. and will continue to be listed on …

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Nuance Sells Off Transcription and EHR-Go-Live Services Businesses to DeliverHealth

AI, Clinical Documentation, clinical documentation improvement, Clinical Intelligence, cloud, Diagnostic Imaging, Digital Transformation, Dragon, Electronic Health Record, health information management, Health IT, HIM, Nuance, Nuance Dragon, Partners, Patient Access, Patient Care, physician burnout, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, transcription / November 19, 2020

What You Should Know: –   Nuance announced that it’s planning to sell two sections of its healthcare business – Health Information Management (HIM) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Go-Live Services – to a new independent company, called DeliverHealth, in early 2021. – Nuance will be a minority shareholder of DeliverHealth and continue to provide its …

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While We Wait for 5G, Is Wi-Fi or Cellular Better for RPM Solutions?

blood pressure, Home Care, home healthcare, Medical Devices, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, remote patient monitoring, Telehealth, Vital / November 18, 2020

Mark Denissen, President and CEO, Anelto Many in the healthcare industry are keeping an eye on the rollout of 5G wireless, which promises to connect people and things at higher speed and lower latency. In the healthcare realm, this means high-resolution images such as CT scans and X-rays can be taken and transmitted instantaneously to …

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M&A: Central Logic Acquires Patient Care Transition Platform Ensocare

Acute Care, Care Coordination, Central Logic, Health IT, Health Systems, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Medicare, Partners, Patient Care, patient satisfaction, post-acute care, Private Equity / November 17, 2020

What You Should Know: – Central Logic has acquired Omaha-based Ensocare, which automates the referral process for patients from hospital to post-acute care (PAC) when they are being discharged. – This acquisition means that Central Logic’s technology solution will now expand its reach across the care continuum, from acute to post-acute care—into, through and out …

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Providence Taps Nuance to Develop AI-Powered Integrated Clinical Intelligence

AI, Artificial Intelligence, capd, Caregivers, Clinical Documentation, Clinical Intelligence, cloud, digital health, Dragon, Electronic Health Record, Health IT, Health Systems, integrity, Microsoft, model, Nuance, Nuance Communications, Nuance Dragon, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, patient experience, Phillips, physician documentation, Physicians, radiology, revenue cycle / November 12, 2020

What You Should Know: – Nuance Communications, Inc. and one of the country’s largest health systems, Providence, announced a strategic collaboration, supported by Microsoft, dedicated to creating better patient experiences and ease clinician burden. – The collaboration centers around Providence harnessing Nuance’s AI-powered solutions to securely and automatically capture patient-clinician conversations. – As part of …

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To Solve Healthcare Interoperability, We Must ‘Solve the Surround’

AI, API, apple, Clinical Trials, cloud, CMS, EHR Incentives, Electronic Medical Records, Final Rule, foundational, health information exchanges, Health Information Technology, Health IT, Health IT Interoperability, Healthcare Interoperability, HIE, HIEs, Interoperability, MD, medical records, Microsoft, model, NIH, ONC, Patient Care, Philips, Portal, Precision Medicine, public health, risk / November 9, 2020

Peter S. Tippett, MD, Ph.D., Founder & CEO of careMesh Interoperability in healthcare is a national disgrace. After more than three decades of effort, billions of dollars in incentives and investments, State and Federal regulations, and tens of thousands of articles and studies on making all of this work — we are only slightly better …

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4 Ways to Combat Hidden Costs Associated with Delayed Patient Care During COVID-19

behavior, diabetes, Health Systems, HIM, medication, mental health, Opinion, Patient Access, Patient Adherence, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, Patient Journey, patient safety, primary care, risk, social media, Telehealth, Telehealth Visits, urgent care, video / November 6, 2020

Matt Dickson, VP, Product, Strategy, and Communication Solutions at Stericycle COVID-19 terms such as quarantine, flatten the curve, social distance, and personal protective equipment (PPE) have dominated headlines in recent months, but what hasn’t been discussed in length are the hidden costs of COVID-19 as it relates to patient adherence.   The coronavirus pandemic has amplified …

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Sony Updates NUCLeUS Medical Imaging Platform to Support Remote Patient Observation

algorithms, CMS, Diagnostic Imaging, Endoscopy, Health IT, Medical Imaging Cloud, OBSTETRICS, operating room, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, remote patient monitoring, Surgical Analytics Platform, surgical management, urology, video / November 5, 2020

What You Should Know: – Today, Sony announced an update to our NUCLeUS medical imaging platform, which improves support for remote patient observation. – NUCLeUS has added new functionality and features, including powerful bi-directional telestration capabilities allowing multiple remote users to simultaneously annotate, draw or highlight areas of interest in a live stream video or …

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How Data-Driven Technology Holds The Promise of Better Outcomes for Vascular Patients

Abbott, digital health, HIM, Hospital Readmissions, Medical Devices, model, Patient Adherence, Patient Care, Patient Journey, Patient Monitoring, patient satisfaction, Physicians, primary care, remote patient monitoring, Telemedicine / November 4, 2020

Abbott recently released global research on vascular patient care, designed to shine a light on the vascular patient journey. The report called “Beyond Intervention” uncovers the universal challenges faced by physicians who deliver vascular care, their patients, and the hospital administrators who support them. It also explores how the right use of technology and data …

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COVID-19 Underscores Need for Identity Governance Administration

Coronavirus (COVID-19), cybersecurity, Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances, EPCS, Health IT, Health Systems, healthcare delivery, healthcare it, Imprivata, Microsoft, Microsoft Teams, Opinion, Patient Care, patient experience, PHI, remote identity proofing, revenue cycle, risk, Single Sign On Technology, Sutter Health / November 2, 2020

Wes Wright, CTO at Imprivata If you work in healthcare, chances are that the COVID-19 pandemic forced you to quickly scale up or move staff around to manage the onslaught of patients. The demand for clinicians and support staff grew alongside the spread of the virus, making organizations add clinicians or reassign employees with new …

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What can we learn from women’s health data?

data, digital, Patient Care, pregnancy, R&D, Views & Analysis, Views and analysis, womens health / October 27, 2020

Analysing real-world health data could help overcome the bias towards men in traditional medical research, says Sensyne Health’s Dr Lucy Mackillop. Collecting and analysing anonymised patient data has the potential to generate valuable insights that can catalyse research, lead to improved patient care, and power the development of new treatments. Being able to analyse large …

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Kettering Health to Deploy Nuance’s AI-Driven Physician Documentation for ED

AI, Artificial Intelligence, capd, cloud, computer assisted physician documentation, Data Analytics, Dragon, Electronic Health Record, Health IT, HITRUST, Machine Learning, Nuance, Nuance Communications, Nuance Dragon, nuance healthcare, Patient Care, patient safety, physician documentation, Physicians, point of care, risk / October 26, 2020

What You Should Know: – Nuance Communications, Inc. announced the Kettering Health Network has selected ED Guidance for Nuance Dragon Medical Advisor. – This AI-powered computer-assisted physician documentation (CAPD) solution will help reduce physicians’ administrative burden while lowering the risk of adverse safety events, missing diagnoses, and malpractice litigation – priorities for all physicians, especially …

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CMS Direct Contracting Model Options for Value-Based Care

Accountable Care, ACO, Care Coordination, care teams, Clinical Intelligence, CMS, CMS Innovation Center, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, model, Patient Care, PatientPing, Payers, Physician Practices, Policy, primary care, risk, Shared Savings, Value-Based Care / October 26, 2020

Vanessa Kuhn, Director of Health Policy, PatientPing The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) created the Direct Contracting Model to expand opportunities for more diverse providers and healthcare organizations to participate in value-based care arrangements for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries. The goal of the new model is to create the next generation of risk-sharing …

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Holy Name, Sheba Medical Center Partner to Develop Digital Health Solutions

Artificial Intelligence, big data, digital health, digital innovation, global healthcare, healthcare innovation, Patient Care, Precision Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Telehealth, Telemedicine / October 23, 2020

Sheba ARC Innovation Center What You Should Know: – Holy Name Medical Center based in New Jersey and Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, the largest medical center in the Middle East announced a strategic partnership to develop digital health and telehealth solutions, The Times of Israel reports. – As part of the partnership, Holy Name’s team …

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Making the Case: Why Pagers and Smartphones Should Wed

Care Coordination, Caregivers, Health IT, hipaa, Pager, pagers, Patient Care, Physicians, radiology, Secure Messaging / October 20, 2020

Fred Lizza, CEO at Statum Systems Clinicians in healthcare settings typically have information coming at them from all directions, at all times, and often with little distinction as to the level of urgency. It makes for inefficiency and confusion for today’s busy doctor. In today’s hospital setting, that disjointed communication creates dissonance and distraction. Even …

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The Future of the ICU? How Clinical Decision Support Is Advancing Care

AI, algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Case Management, Clinical Decision Support, Clinical Surveillance, Decisio Health, decision support, digital health, Figure 1, GE healthcare, Health IT, Health Systems, healthcare technology, iMDsoft, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, PeriGen, Philips, Physicians, Predictive Analytics, primary care, risk, Sepsis, Signify Research, Spok, Tele, Tele-ICU, Telehealth, virtual care, Vital / October 19, 2020

Kelly Patrick, Principal Analyst at Signify Research Without a doubt 2020 has been a devastating year for many; the impact of COVID-19 on both personal lives and businesses has had long-term consequences. At the end of September, the number of COVID-19 cases fell just short of 350 million, with just over 1 million deaths reported. …

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Patient Leakage & Keepage: State of the Industry Report

Central Logic, Health IT, Health Systems, Patient Care, patient leakage, Value-Based Care / October 16, 2020

What You Should Know: – “The Patient Keepage & Leakage Report” offers an in-depth, state of the industry look at health system executives’ views on the challenge of patient leakage, in which patients seek care beyond their networks. Although 96% of health system execs surveyed said that addressing patient leakage is a top priority, very …

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Veterans Affairs Expands Telehealth Services Using Nuance Dragon Medical One

Cerner, Cerner Millennium, Clinical Documentation, clinical documentation improvement intiative, cloud, Dragon, Health IT, Health Systems, Nuance, Nuance Communications, Nuance Dragon, Patient Care, Physicians, Telehealth, Telehealth Services, video, virtual care, Virtual Visits / October 16, 2020

What You Should Know: – Nuance Communications, Inc. announced the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is using the Nuance Dragon Medical One speech recognition cloud platform and its mobile app, PowerMic Mobile. – The solution helps VA doctors better document patient care in-person, and now remotely through expanded telehealth services necessary in the COVID-19 era. …

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Fujifilm & Volpara Partner to Help Clinicians Determine Patient Breast Density

AI, Artificial Intelligence, breast cancer, cancer, Diagnostic Imaging, digital health, FDA, Machine Learning, Patient Care, risk / October 15, 2020

What You Should Know: – FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. and Volpara Solutions announced the extension of their partnership to provide mammography facilities and clinicians with breast imaging solutions designed to improve image quality, streamline workflow and accurately assess a patient’s breast density. – Building on a successful 6-year partnership, Fujifilm’s customers using ASPIRE Cristalle …

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UAB Medicine, Advanced ICU Care to Develop Tele-ICU Care Operations Center

Advanced ICU Care, digital health, healthcare delivery, Patient Care, Tele, Tele-ICU, Telehealth, Telemedicine, UAB Medicine / October 14, 2020

What You Should Know: – UAB Medicine has announced a large-scale, strategic telemedicine partnership with Advanced ICU Care that will encompass the entire health system, one of the top three largest public hospital facilities in the U.S. – The relationship initiates the development of a new tele-ICU care operations center and envisions serving up to …

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WellSky Acquires CarePort Health from Allscripts for $1.35B

Acute Care, ALLSCRIPTS, Care Coordination, CarePort, CarePort Health, EHR-Agnostic, EMR, global health, Health IT, Health Systems, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Patient Care, patient satisfaction, Payers, post-acute care, Predictive Analytics, Value-Based Care, Vital / October 14, 2020

What You Should Know: – Health technology leader WellSky has agreed to acquire CarePort Health to power coordinated care transitions for acute and post-acute care patients for $1.35B. – By providing end-to-end visibility across the continuum, WellSky and CarePort can improve outcomes, lower costs, and increase patient satisfaction. WellSky, a global health, and community care …

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Thriving in a Value-Based Care Environment: Impacting Outcome-to-Cost Ratio

Acute Care, case study, healthcare reimbursement, model, Oncology, Opinion, Partners, Patient Care, Radiation Oncology, radiology, Value-Based Care / October 14, 2020

Jerry Carlson, Product Support Manager, BG DI BU IC Sales, Dunlee As the COVID-19 pandemic creates surges in acute care, many imaging departments are experiencing a decrease in volume, due to patients deferring or canceling non-urgent appointments and surgeries. The impact of this makes it painfully obvious that — because imaging departments rely on a …

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Remote Medical Documentation Startup Augmedix Closes $25M, Reverse Merger with Malo Holding

assistants, Augmedix, Clinical Documentation, clinical documentation improvement, clinical documentation improvement intiative, digital health, EHR integration, Health Systems, hipaa, mckesson, McKesson Ventures, Partners, Patient Care, Remote Scribes, Startups, Telemedicine / October 6, 2020

What You Should Know: – Augmedix closes $25 million in private placement funding and completion of a reverse merger transaction with Malo Holdings Corp. – Following the transaction, the merged entity will be named “Augmedix, Inc.”, and will continue the historic and innovative business of Augmedix.  Augmedix, a company specializing in providing remote medical documentation …

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AWS, PHDA Collaborate to Develop Breast Cancer Screening and Depression Machine Learning Models

Amazon, Amazon Web Services (AWS), behavior, bioinformatics, Biomarkers, breast cancer, cancer, deep learning, depression, digital health, Machine Learning, Patient Care, Precision Medicine, Precision Medicine Oncology, radiology, risk, UPMC / October 6, 2020

What You Should Know: – Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance (PHDA) announce a collaboration to produce more accurate machine learning models for breast cancer screening and depression. – In work funded through the PHDA-AWS collaboration, a research team led by Shandong Wu, an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh …

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New Jersey Urology Launches First-Ever Urologic-Centric Epic EHR

cancer, Electronic Health Record, EMR/EHR, Health IT, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, urology / October 5, 2020

New Jersey Urology What You Should Know: –  New Jersey Urology (NJU) becomes the first urology-only group to launch a urologic-centric Epic electronic health record (EHR). – NJU is the largest urology practice providing complete urologic care and comprehensive individualized treatment at more than 60 convenient locations, including six state-of-the-art Cancer Treatment Centers. New Jersey …

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How Low-Code Solutions Reduce Headaches for Healthcare CIOs

API, cloud, CMS, Data Integration, foundational, Health IT, healthcare technology, Interoperability, John Hopkins, Life Sciences, ONC, Opinion, Partners, Patient Care, patient experience, primary care, Public Cloud, Telehealth, Telehealth Services / October 2, 2020

Ruby Raley, VP of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Axway Twenty years ago, technology consultants started advising CIOs to build less. That’s when the movement towards Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) began.  Today, there are many shops, especially those in small and medium-sized organizations, with few programmers who build new applications from scratch.   Yes, they …

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Why Hasn’t A More Holistic Approach to Patient Care Become The Norm?

behavior, behavioral health, chronic disease management, depression, diabetes, Electronic Health Record, Heart, heart disease, Intermountain Healthcare, Medicare, mental health, model, Omada Health, Opinion, Patient Care, Physicians, primary care, public health, risk, Wearables / September 30, 2020

When food production technology made it possible, wheat flour processors started to eliminate the tough exterior (bran) and nutrient-rich core (germ) of the kernel to get at the large, starchy part (the endosperm) only. The bread produced from this process is white and fluffy, and it makes great PB&Js and takes forever to grow mold, …

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Change Healthcare Acquires Cloud-Native Imaging Platform Nucleus.io

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Change Healthcare, cloud, Deep Learning Medical Imaging, Diagnostic Imaging, Health IT, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Imaging Research Warehouse, Medical Imaging Cloud, Patient Care, Physicians, radiology cloud / August 19, 2020

What You Should Know: – Change Healthcare acquires Nucleus.io to create the first of its kind end-to-end, cloud-native Enterprise Imaging to integrate Change Healthcare’s next-generation medical imaging platform. – The acquisition will accelerate Change Healthcare’s timeline to implement a complete cloud-based, end-to-end Enterprise Imaging solution with customers by leveraging the 7,500+ organizations Nucleus.io currently serves. …

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Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic: It Starts With Cleaning Our Devices

Health IT, Healthcare Leaders, Opinion, Patient Care, Physicians, risk / August 18, 2020

Rikki Jennings, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Zebra Technologies The importance of handwashing has never been more obvious than in recent months, but as experts continue to share information on the spread of the virus, there’s a need to disinfect more than just our hands. In healthcare settings where the spread of infectious diseases is not …

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Innovaccer Launches Perioperative Optimization Platform for Surgeons

algorithms, care management, electronic medical record, Health IT, Health Systems, healthcare delivery, healthcare technology, Innovaccer, Machine Learning, model, Patient Care, patient stratification, risk, SAN FRANCISCO, social determinants of health, Surgery Platform / August 18, 2020

What You Should Know: – Innovaccer launches a perioperative optimization solution for surgeons to realize clinical and financial goals with patient-risk analysis. – The solution redefines surgical planning and post-surgical recovery with machine learning-based patient stratification for optimized surgery experience and personalized patient care management. Innovaccer, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare technology company, recently …

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XRHealth Appoints Deepa Javeri as Chief Financial Officer

Data Analytics, digital health, FDA, Patient Care, Remote Patient Care, Telehealth, Telehealth Clinic, XRHealth / August 17, 2020

XRHealth appoints Deepa Javeri as CFO and is significantly expanding their US headquarters. XRHealth, a Boston, MA-based provider of extended reality therapeutic applications and XR telehealth services, today announced Deepa Javeri – a seasoned, global financial expert and executive – has been named Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. Javeri’s appointment comes at an exciting moment of global growth and …

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New Attacks, Regulations, and Stakes Call for New Security Strategies

Anthem, cloud, Facebook, Healthcare Data, Healthcare Data Breach, hipaa, honor, integrity, Medical Device, Medical Devices, Opinion, Patient Care, PHI, Phishing, Ultrasound / August 17, 2020

 Tim Callan, Senior Fellow, Sectigo The amount of data generated by the healthcare industry is staggering—and constantly increasing.  Healthcare data encompasses the personal information of patients, doctors, nurses, and administrators. It includes diagnostic information, test results, ultrasound images, x-ray images, and of course insurance and financial information. With so much sensitive patient information there for …

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Lumeon Lands $30M to Expand Care Pathway Management Platform

Care Coordination, care pathways, care teams, Clinical Decision Support, Data Analytics, decision support, Electronic Health Record, Health IT, Health Systems, healthcare technology, Interoperability, Lumeon, Optum, Optum Ventures, Partners, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, Startups, virtual care / August 11, 2020

What You Should Know: – Lumeon, the leader in care pathway orchestration announced it has raised $30M in Series D funding to extend the reach of its Care Pathway Management (CPM) platform. – The platform empowers providers to improve care quality, deliver better outcomes, reduce costs, and ultimately develop and scale new models of care delivery …

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How Times of Crisis Spur Needed Change in Healthcare Delivery

Change Healthcare, Coronavirus (COVID-19), foundational, Health IT, Health Systems, healthcare delivery, Interoperability, NantHealth, NaviNet, Opinion, Partners, Partners Healthcare, Patient Care, patient experience, Payers, Physicians, Prior Authorization, Provider Reimbursement, risk, Value-Based Care / August 4, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change healthcare operations in the world, foundational systems are being adapted to meet these new demands. Sometimes it takes extreme circumstances to see the cracks in a system. COVID-19 has exposed areas with more room for improvement in the healthcare system, such as optimizing operational efficiency. Organizations and individuals …

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Greenway Health Taps AWS to Develop Cloud-Based, Data Services Platform

Amazon, cloud, Data Analytics, digital innovation, Greenway Health, Health Information Technology, Health IT, Machine Learning, Patient Care, Private Equity, Value-Based Care, VistA / July 30, 2020

What You Should Know: – To help meet the needs of ambulatory care practitioners in a post-COVID environment, Greenway Health, a leading health information technology, and services provider, today announced a new strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). – Leveraging AWS cloud services, Greenway is developing a new cloud-based, data services platform, Greenway Insights, …

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Cerner Integrates Nuances Virtual Assistant Platform with Millennium EHR to Reduce Physician Burnout

AI, assistants, care teams, Cerner, Clinical Intelligence, cloud, CPOE, Dragon, Electronic Health Record, EMR/EHR, hipaa, hipaa-compliant, Nuance, Patient Care, patient experience, physician burnout, Physicians, point of care, virtual assistant / July 30, 2020

What You Should Know: – Cerner expands its AI collaboration with Nuance to provide joint customers with more advanced natural language virtual assistant technology to navigate electronic health records (EHRs) using just their voice, giving clinicians more time to spend with patients and less time with a computer. – As part of the expanded collaboration, Nuance will offer Cerner deeply …

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Philips Launches Pre-Hospital Wireless Monitoring Solution for Emergency Medical Response

care teams, data management, decision support, digital health, ecg, FDA, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, Philips, remote patient monitoring, Tempus, Vital / July 29, 2020

What You Should Know: – Philips receives 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its pre-hospital wireless monitoring solution (Tempus LS- Manual), now offering its remote monitor and defibrillator solution (Tempus ALS) to EMS customers in the U.S. – Solution delivers real-time bidirectional data transfer for remote patient monitoring, giving EMS responders a new approach to …

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Ciox Health Acquires Biomedical NLP Company Medal

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Knowledge, Biotech, CIOX, Ciox Health, clinical research, Clinical Trials, deep learning, digital health, FDA, Healthcare Data, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Healthcare Natural Language Processing, hipaa, hipaa-compliant, LabCorp, medical records, Natural Language Processing (NLP), NIH, NLP, Partners, Patient Care, Pharma, SAN FRANCISCO, unstructured data / July 28, 2020

What You Should Know: – Ciox Health has acquired Medal, Inc., a biomedical Natural Language Processing (biomed-NLP) technology company. – The acquisition will lead Ciox to better and more quickly enable real-world data in support of research that advances patient care. Ciox Health, a leading health technology company, today announced its acquisition of San Francisco-based biomedical Natural Language …

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Sharecare Acquires WhiteHatAI to Enhance Healthcare Payment Integrity

AI, Artificial Intelligence, CMS, digital health, Health IT, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Healthcare Payments, integrity, Partners, Patient Care, Payers, Physician Practices, Revenue Cycle Management, risk, Sharecare / July 27, 2020

What You Should Know: – Sharecare acquires WhiteHatAI to provide health plan and provider clients with additional capabilities to ensure healthcare payment integrity  – WhiteHatAI’s ability to detect erroneous claims before they are paid will help Sharecare’s health plan partners reduce costs associated with FWA. – Sharecare will integrate WhiteHatAI’s capabilities to foster deeper engagement …

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How ADT-Based E-Notifications Can Enable Better Safety for COVID-19 Patients

ACOs, Acute Care, Care Coordination, care management, care teams, CMS, CMS Innovation Center, Final Rule, home health, Interoperability, Medicaid, Medicare, Opinion, Patient Access, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, patient safety, PatientPing, Physicians, post-acute care, primary care, public health, Telehealth / July 27, 2020

Jay Desai, CEO & Co-Founder, PatientPing As COVID-19 continues to impact the country, providers across the continuum face new challenges delivering care and ensuring safety for their patients and themselves.  During this period, sharing real-time information about patients’ care encounters across provider types and care settings matter more than ever. In particular, hospitals sharing admission, …

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Virtually or In-Person, Automation Improves The Healthcare Experience

algorithms, Amwell, Artificial Intelligence, assistants, cancer, care management, care pathways, Clinical Documentation, digital health, Digital Transformation, Doctor on Demand, Health Systems, MD, Notable, Opinion, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, Patient Journey, Patient Monitoring, Physicians, remote patient monitoring, risk, Teladoc, Telemedicine, video, virtual care, Virtual Visits, Vital / July 22, 2020

Muthu Alagappan, MD, Medical Director at Notable Health The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented shift in the way consumers view and access a variety of goods and services—and healthcare is no exception. Recent studies show that many patients, including vulnerable populations like those living with cancer, are delaying recommended care and procedures—and will continue to do so for at least several …

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Israeli Hospital Launches Innovative “Mega Lab” to Improve Lab Results & Patient Care

digital health, Patient Care, PhD, Sheba Medical Center / July 21, 2020

What You Should Know: – Israel’s Sheba Medical Center launches “Mega Lab” solution that improves patient care through lab technology advances that expedite lab test results and decrease human error.  – The “Mega Lab” simultaneously processes routine as well as urgent tests, under world regulatory standards of the medical lab-specific ISO 15189. An automated system …

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Cohere Health Launches with $10M to Increase Transparency Across Care Journey

algorithms, behavior, Care Coordination, Flare Capital Partners, Health IT, Human-centered design, MD, Partners, Partners Healthcare, Patient Care, Patient Journey, Physicians, Prior Authorization, SCIO Health Analytics, Startups, value-based arrangements, Value-Based Care / July 16, 2020

What You Should Know: – Boston-based health IT start-up Cohere Health announced the official launch of its company with a $10 million Series A funding round led by Flare Capital Partners. – The company’s patient journey-focused platform improves the notoriously difficult prior authorization process and replaces an existing patchwork of legacy, siloed processes, and antiquated …

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Mayo Clinic Performs First Shoulder Arthroplasty Procedure Using Mixed Reality

Artificial Intelligence, digital health, Mayo Clinic, medical education, medical group, Mixed Reality, Patient Care, Virtual Reality / July 16, 2020

What You Should Know: – Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN performed the first-ever shoulder arthroplasty procedure using Wright Medical’s groundbreaking BLUPRINT Mixed Reality Technology, which provides surgeons a 3-D holographic view of the patient’s pre-operative plan. – The Mixed Reality Application is the latest addition to Wright’s BLUEPRINT ecosystem and enables a surgeon to maintain a direct view of the surgical …

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Banner Health to Implement Cerner Revenue Cycle Management Across Enterprise

Cerner, Cerner Millennium, Cerner Millennium Revenue Cycle, EMR/EHR, Health IT, Health Systems, Patient Care, patient experience, Population Health, rcm, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, revenue cycle management systems / July 16, 2020

What You Should Know: – Cerner and long-time client Banner Health announced a new deal to implement a comprehensive suite of revenue cycle management solutions as part of a long-standing strategic alignment to use health care technology to drive population health improvement. – The revenue cycle integration will take place across Banner Health’s entire system, including …

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Wake Forest Baptist Health Launches Drone Delivery for Medicines, PPE for COVID-19

digital health, Drone-Assitsed Medical Aid Delivery, integrity, Medical Drones, model, Partners, Patient Care, Pharmacy, risk / July 15, 2020

What You Should Know: – Wake Forest Baptist Health will establish a hospital drone delivery network to carry patient-specific time- and temperature-sensitive medicines and PPE for medical professionals treating COVID-19. – In partnership with Matternet and UPSFF today started operating on two routes from one location at Wake Forest Baptist Health to two other health …

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Medly Pharmacy Lands $100M to Expand Digital On-Demand Pharmacy Platform

digital health, healthcare technology, model, Partners, Patient Care, Pharmacy, Physicians, prescription delivery, Startups, venture capital / July 15, 2020

What You Should Know: – Medly Pharmacy raises $100M investment co-led by Volition Capital and Greycroft to propel Medly’s leadership in the $500B+ digital on-demand pharmacy market. – Medly will use the funding to expand its digital on-demand pharmacy platform, enter new markets, and provide category-leading services to patients and partners across the country that …

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HHS Taps Fenway Health as Pilot Site for Precision Medicine Project

athenahealth, digital health, Electronic Health Record, HHS, Interoperability, mobile health, NIH, Office of the National Coordinator, ONC, Patient Care, Precision Medicine, social determinants of health, WASHINGTON / July 14, 2020

What You Should Know: – Fenway Health has been selected as the pilot site to participate in the Advancing Standards for Precision Medicine (ASPM) project. – The ASPM project is focused on how healthcare providers can systematically identify the socio-economic factors that may impact the health of patients in order to provide more individualized care …

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Paige Lands Additional $15M for AI-Native Digital Pathology Ecosystem

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Biomarker Discovery, BioPharma, cancer, Clinical Trial, digital health, Digital Pathology, Life Sciences, Partners, Patient Care, Startups / July 13, 2020

What You Should Know: – Paige secures an additional $15M from Goldman Sachs for a total Series B funding round of $70M for its AI-native digital pathology ecosystem. – The company’s continued product portfolio of innovation in telepathology and digital diagnostics accelerated by further investment. Paige, an NYC-based leader in computational pathology transforming the diagnosis …

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Enhancing Patient Care With a Touchscreen EMR Interface

care teams, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Health Systems, Heart, MD, medical records, medication, Opinion, Patient Care / July 13, 2020

 Jeff Fountaine, Director, Healthcare Vertical Market, Elo A clinician’s mission is to deliver the best possible care to his or her patients. However, when technology gets in the way of the workflow, clinicians are obligated to spend valuable time making sure data inputs are accurate and complete across disparate systems. Nowhere is this more prevalent …

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COVID-19 Has Permanently Shifted Patient Behavior Towards Virtual Care

Accenture, behavior, Clinical Trial, Clinical Trials, Coronavirus (COVID-19), digital health, Life Sciences, Medical Device, Oncology, Patient Care, patient experience, risk, video, virtual care / July 10, 2020

What You Should Know: – The COVID-19 crisis has significantly impacted the patient care paradigm, and the ripple effects have altered patient behaviors and expectations, requiring a significant change in how life sciences companies engage with and support patients – Accenture surveyed 2700 patients about changes in care during COVID-19 and found a major shift …

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Health Catalyst Acquires Clinical Workflow Optimization Solution healthfinch

Able Health, care management, clinical workflows, cloud, EMR, EMR/EHR, Health Catalyst, Health IT, Health Systems, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, Healthfinch, Patient Care, patient experience, patient safety, Physicians, point of care, Population Health / July 9, 2020

What You Should Know: – Health Catalyst announces an agreement to acquire clinical workflow optimization solution healthfinch using a mix of stock and cash. – As part of the acquisition, healthfinch will be a new application suite category called EMR Embedded Insights and its refills, care gaps closure, and visit planning applications will continue to …

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