Intelerad Acquires PenRad Technologies
What You Should Know: – Today, Intelerad, a leading global provider of enterprise medical imaging solutions, announced its acquisition of PenRad, a software provider for […]
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Philips Appoints New CEO Amid Respiratory Device Recall
Philips CEO Roy Jakobs What You Should Know: – Philips today announced that Roy Jakobs is proposed to succeed Frans van Houten as President and Chief […]
Apixio Launches Real-Time Health Data Management Solution
What You Should Know: – Apixio, today, announced the launch of Apicare ChartSpace™, a health data management solution that provides real-time data access to centralized […]
How Actionable Data and Expert Analysis Supports Service Providers, Fosters Better Care and Ensures Financial Benefits
Ashish Kachru, CEO at DataLink Approximately 42% of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans—a segment projected to reach 46% by 2025. Due to […]
Why ThedaCare is pouring $3M into Qventus
Neenah, Wisconsin-based health system ThedaCare announced it is investing $3 million into Qventus, a SaaS company that uses artificial intelligence to automate care operations. The […]
Wisp Launches Telemedicine Abortion Care in California
What You Should Know: – Wisp, a sexual and reproductive telehealth provider, today introduced its first medical abortion service in an effort to increase access […]
UnitedHealthcare Awards $11M in Grants to Address Social Determinants of Health
What You Should Know: – Health insurer UnitedHealthcare has donated $11M in grants to nonprofit organizations across 11 states. – These grants are part of […]
Hazelden Betty Ford Taps Oracle Cerner and Xealth to Simplify Access to Addiction Treatment
What You Should Know: – The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is simplifying the distribution of addiction treatment and recovery support content with the Oracle Cerner EHR and Xealth’s digital therapeutic distribution […]
Signal AI Acquires Healthcare Rep & Risk Insights Platform Kelp
What You Should Know: Signal AI, the leading global External Intelligence company, today announces that it has acquired US company KELP Inc., the first actionable […]
A Glimpse of the Holy Grail for Healthcare Cost Transparency
Michael Rea, PharmD, Founder & CEO at Rx Savings Solutions Imagine being told which car or computer you must buy and just forking over whatever […]
Teladoc Brings At-Home Diabetes Testing for Members
What You Should Know: – Teladoc Health recently added an at-home A1C testing program to its chronic care solution, making it easier for members to manage their diabetes while also bridging health […]
New Strategic Partnership Helps Hospitals Deploy Epic EHR to AWS Cloud
What You Should Know: – Cloudticity and Sapphire Health announced a strategic partnership to help hospitals and healthcare providers that use Epic EHR to undergo […]
ThedaCare Invests $3M in Qventus to Deploy AI-Enabled Care Operations Automation
What You Should Know: Health system ThedaCare announced it has invested $3M in Qventus and it also deploying the technology to drive operational efficiencies in inpatient and […]
Optimizing data mining from EHRs to improve the patient experience [Sponsored]
In a recent webinar, Carta Healthcare CEO Matt Hollingsworth shared how his health tech business is using AI for data mining in healthcare to transform […]
Welcoming Patients Through The Digital Front Door
Justin Jacobson, VP & General Manager, Patient Engagement Solutions at Nuance Communications When patients contact their healthcare providers, they look for efficiency, convenience, and compassion. […]
Project US@ – Advancing Health Equity Requires Better Data
One of the single greatest social determinants of health is where a patient lives. It can determine their risk factor for a specific illness or […]
Availity to Acquire Diameter Health to Expand Clinical Data Interoperability
What You Should Know: – One of the nation’s largest real-time health information networks Availity announced an agreement to acquire Diameter Health, a national leader in […]
Hacking healthcare: Protecting patient data while maintaining access
With cyber attacks on a steady incline, something needs to be done so that similar fates can be avoided and patient trust can be prioritized. […]
Velatura Services Selected for Amazon Web Services Health Equity Initiative
What You Should Know: – Velatura Services (Velatura) today announced that it has been selected as part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Health Equity Initiative, […]
GHX Launches Lumere Consulting Services for Clinically Integrated Supply Chain
What You Should Know: – GHX Lumere announced the launch of its consulting service to support healthcare providers that want to optimize savings and reduce […]
Unlocking interoperability for digital transformation with a blockchain-powered network
Payers, providers, financial institutions and tech innovators – often known as “frenemies” – need to set aside their old competitive spirit and come together as […]
What is the Potential for Digital Twins in Healthcare?
David Talby, CTO, John Snow Labs Digital twins are virtual representations of an object or system that spans its lifecycle, is updated from real-time data, […]
How Neuroflow’s app improved nurses’ wellbeing at Trinity Health
Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic partnered with mental health software provider Neuroflow last August to mitigate healthcare’s burnout crisis by providing its nurses with the Philadelphia-based startup’s […]
HIMSS Delivers 9 Recommendations for Strengthening Primary Healthcare
What You Should Know: This week, The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) responded to a Request for Information (RFI) from the Office of […]
Healthcare & Life Science M&A Activity Plummets 1H’22
What You Should Know: – The index of Healthcare & Life Science equities tracked by Stout was down 16.8% in Q2 2022, which was in […]
GSA Renews Contract with Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots
What You Should Know: – Xenex Disinfection Services has announced the 5-year renewal of its U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract, which enables federal agencies […]
FlipMD launches physician hiring platform to eliminate recruiting’s ‘spray and pray’ approach
FlipMD recently launched a recruiting platform designed to help healthcare providers, drugmakers and digital health companies find qualified physicians to fill a variety of roles […]
Our Nursing Home Industry – A National Scandal
David Chess, MD, Chief Health & Policy Officer & Chairman of the Board / Founder, Tapestry Health A society defines itself by how it cares […]
Annexus Health Raises $33M to Optimize Patient Access and Affordability
What You Should Know: – Annexus Health, Inc. has announced its Series B financing of $33 million, which was led by leading digital health growth […]
Teladoc can recover by looking at what Amazon did 20 years ago, Babylon Health CEO says
With the recent disclosure of its Q2 financial results, Teladoc’s losses have swelled to nearly $10 billion in the first half of 2022. Ali Parsa, […]
Samsung EVP Outlines Vision for Digital Health and Wellness
TaeJong Jay Yang, EVP and Head of Health R&D for Samsung What You Should Know: – This week, TaeJong Jay Yang, EVP and Head of […]
Meet the 7 startups UCLA Health selected for its health equity accelerator
UCLA Health recently announced the inaugural cohort of startups for its health equity accelerator. The seven digital health startups, which represent pre-seed through Series A-stage […]
Adventist HealthCare to Deploy Innovaccer Health Cloud for Value-Based Whole-Person Care
What You Should Know: – Adventist HealthCare has selected Innovaccer Inc., the Health Cloud company to be their next-generation population health management and value-based care […]
A Hybrid, Technology-Driven Approach to Overcome Coding and RCM Staff Shortages
Cheryl Cruver, Chief Revenue Officer, AGS Health Exacerbated by pandemic-induced burnout, resignations, and even terminations1, chronic coding and revenue cycle management (RCM) staffing shortages have […]
Lisa Health launches digital menopause app with Mayo Clinic
Digital health startup Lisa Health recently launched Midday, an app it co-developed with Mayo Clinic to help women navigate menopause. The Oakland-based company also announced […]
Lyniate Acquires CareCom to Expand Semantic Interop Capabilities
What You Should Know: – Lyniate, a global leader in healthcare data interoperability acquires CareCom, a provider of semantic interoperability. This acquisition builds on Lyniate’s recent merger with NextGate, […]
CareFirst BCBS Taps Headway to Expand Access to Mental Healthcare
What You Should Know: – Today, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst), the largest not-for-profit health plan in the mid-Atlantic region, and Headway, a tech-enabled company that expands […]
Digital Pharmacies 2022: Disruptors or Just Another Delivery Channel?
New Insider Intelligence report highlights the current state of digital pharmacies in 2022 along with the challenges and digital opportunities for online pharmacies to appeal to […]
Brave Health & MedArrive Partner to Power Virtual Mental Health
– Brave Health, a virtual-first behavioral health provider focused on serving Medicaid and Medicare populations, today announced an innovative referral partnership with MedArrive. – Through […]
Carrot Health founder launches SPV-only health tech VC fund
Engage Venture Partners, a Minneapolis-based venture capital firm, recently launched with a focus on early stage medical tech companies. The firm was established to decrease […]
Who won INVEST PharmaTech Pitch Perfect contest?
At the INVEST PhamaTech conference last month, five startups shared their vision for how they are seeking to reinvent clinical trials as part of the […]
An Innovative Program to Expand the Use of HIE Data for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
ONC is excited to announce “Using Machine Learning Techniques to Enable Health Information Exchange to Support COVID-19-Focused PCOR,” a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Trust Fund […]
The Twin Toll of Peripheral Artery Disease and Diabetes on Minority Communities
Elizabeth Hogan Hamacher, MHL, BSN, RN, VP of Clinical Services and Support, Podimetrics Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in the United […]
Oncoustics Raises $5M for AI-Driven Point-of-Care Diagnostics
What You Should Know: – Oncoustics, San Francisco, CA-based ultrasound-based tissue characterization solutions announces the initial close of a $5 million+ seed round of funding […]
Analysis: Amazon-One Medical deal puts $4B spotlight on primary care convenience, but doesn’t threaten health systems
Amazon made its next move into healthcare, announcing an agreement to acquire primary care provider One Medical in a deal valued at about $3.9 billion. […]
ONC Staff Feature: JaWanna L. Henry
How does your division/office fit into ONC? I work in OTECH’s Technical Strategy and Analysis Division, which is responsible for the technical strategy and analysis […]
Kristen Ballantine, VP of Government Relations at Gainwell
Kristen Ballantine, VP of Government Relations at Gainwell For most patients, it has always been extremely difficult to their personal health and medical data electronically. […]
There’s a spotlight on nurses’ poor mental health, but little action is actually being taken
The healthcare industry is certainly having a conversation about nurses’ mental health, but actual action to address wellbeing concerns among these burnt out workers is […]
New Study Links One Drop’s AI-Powered Blood Glucose Forecasts to Better Engagement and Diabetes Outcomes
What You Should Know: – One Drop, a leader in precision health solutions for people living with diabetes and other chronic conditions, announced outcomes from […]
Only 22% of Health Systems Have A Custom Mobile Engagement Platform
What You Should Know: – Nine out of ten healthcare executives believe a well-designed, consumer-facing mobile app would help their organization achieve its digital strategy […]
The “only AI-powered 24/7 mental health solution” raises $20M
Wysa, a company that provides AI-driven mental health support through an app, received $20 million in series B funding. The company differentiates itself from competitors […]
Curana & Innovaccer Partner to Improve Outcomes for Senior Living Communities
What You Should Know: – Today, Innovaccer Inc., the Health Cloud company, announced that Curana Health is partnering with Innovaccer to build a leading edge […]
Inovalon Launches Race & Ethnicity Data Enrichment Offering for Health Plans
– What You Should Know: Inovalon, a provider of cloud-based software solutions empowering data-driven healthcare unveils a new data enrichment offering that allows health plans to improve […]
Relatient teams up with RCM company to boost provider adoption of patient engagement tech
Patient engagement SaaS company Relatient recently announced a referral partnership with TriZetto Provider Solutions to offer its suite of patient scheduling and engagement software to […]
Digital health investment is just cooling off after a scorching year
Digital health startups raised $10.3 billion across 329 deals during the first half of 2022. This putts the sector on track to rake in $21 […]
Executive Roundtable: Can Innovation Alleviate Clinician Burnout?
The U.S. Surgeon General’s recent advisory about clinician burnout cited numerous societal, cultural, structural, and organizational causes—including excessive workloads, administrative burden, and lack of organizational support. The potential fallout of this trajectory is […]
Canvas Medical Raises $24M for EMR & Payments Platform
What You Should Know: – Canvas Medical, the EMR that enables clinicians and developers to power the future of care delivery, has raised $24M in […]
Sutter Health Signs 10-Year Contract with R1 RCM for End-to-End RCM
What You Should Know: – Sutter Health, a not-for-profit integrated health system that provides high-quality care across Northern California has signed a 10-year agreement with […]
Practicing for the Next Pandemic with Real-World Data
Mac Bonafede, Ph.D., MPH, VP of Real World Evidence at Veradigm Data reporting challenges during the current pandemic relate to the lack of connectivity between […]
How health plans can improve member experience through consumerized data
The current structure of health plan provider searches does not have to be the standard. Rapid consumerization in other industries has given health plans a […]
HPG Acquires HIT Consulting Services Provider HDS
What You Should Know: – Healthcare Performance Group, Inc. (HPG) acquires Health Data Specialists, LLC (HDS), a healthcare IT consulting firm with expertise in Epic, […]
Canvas Medical rakes in $24M, earns ONC certification for API
EMR startup Canvas Medical recently raised $24 million in a Series B funding round and became the first EMR company founded in the past two […]
athenahealth Alums Launches Fold Health: Digital Health Tech Stack For Primary Care
What You Should Know: – A team of serial health tech entrepreneurs who sold their mobile EHR app to athenahealth has announced the launch of […]
Northwell Health Selects Google Cloud to Accelerate Digital Transformation
What You Should Know: – Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, and Google Cloud today announced a collaboration to improve patient […]
COVID-19: Addressing the Urgent Mental Health Needs of Frontline Workers
Jorge E. Palacios, MD, Ph.D. – Senior Digital Health Scientist at SilverCloud Health It is no secret that one by-product of the ongoing pandemic is […]
June was a good month for healthcare hiring, but the staffing crisis can only be solved by tech, VBC
Healthcare employment levels are still significantly below what they need to be, and they aren’t on track to get there any time soon. Experts are […]
$3.7 Trillion Reasons to Centralize Chronic Disease Management
Ty Vachon M.D., Cofounder at Oatmeal Health 59% of all Americans (194 million) suffer from at least one chronic disease, and almost one in three adults […]
Innovaccer Expands into Public Sector to Accelerate Public Health Transformation
What You Should Know: – Health cloud company Innovaccer Inc, today announced it is expanding into the public sector to improve collaboration between agencies, optimize […]
5 Anti-Aging Solutions Aided by Healthcare Technology
Displaying signs of aging is a natural part of getting on in the years. But it doesn’t automatically mean that you can’t do anything to […]
Komodo Health, Turquoise Health Partner to Better Understand Price Transparency
What You Should Know: – Today, Komodo Health and Turquoise Health announce a partnership to bring data-driven intelligence to healthcare price transparency across the U.S. – […]
Particle Health Raises $25M to Scale Health Data Exchange API Platform
What You Should Know: – Particle Health, a New York-based API platform for advanced healthcare data exchange, , today announced its Series B financing of […]
Sharecare Appoints Harsha Panyadahundi as Chief Technology Officer
Harsha Panyadahundi, Chief Technology Officer at Sharecare What You Should Know: – Sharecare appoints Harsha Panyadahundi has been named chief technology officer to further the […]
Defining Cyber Immunity: A Solution to Cyberattacks
Arti Raman, CEO and Founder of Titaniam In recent years, the world has become aware of the effects and nature of a far-reaching virus. Biologically, […]
Tebra raises $72M to scale its operating system for independent practices
Tebra, a company that sells software to independent physician practices, announced it has raised more than $72 million and reached a valuation greater than $1 […]
5 Public Health Challenges to Watch in the Post-Pandemic Era
What You Should Know: – Public health agencies across the US are at a crossroads, finds the Reimagining Public Health Survey produced by Ernst & […]
GE Healthcare Launches First 5G Innovation Lab for Remote Care
What You Should Know: – GE Healthcare, a leading global medical technology, diagnostics, and digital solutions innovator, inaugurated its 5G Innovation Lab in Bengaluru, India, […]
Tebra Raises $72M to Help Independent Practices Thrive
What You Should Know: – Tebra, the digital backbone for independent healthcare practices, announced that it has closed more than $72M in funding at a […]
3 Lessons Learned to Build A More Resilient Pharmacy
Dennis Wright, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Omnicell Winston Churchill had great insight when he said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” […]
Teladoc expands its primary care services to include medication delivery, at-home phlebotomy
Teladoc Health announced Wednesday that it is expanding the services offered under its virtual primary care platform. The new offerings include care coordination support and […]
FQHCs must collaborate with each other to remain independent of hospital affiliation, report says
Most federally qualified health centers are committed to remaining independent of hospital affiliation. In order to maintain their independence, it is critical that FQHCs face […]
StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
Check out news from Equiva, Vida Health, Canaery, and DocPanel.
Digital Mental Health Companies Draw Scrutiny and Growing Concerns
When Pat Paulson’s son told her he was feeling anxious and depressed at college, Paulson went through her Blue Cross Blue Shield provider directory and […]
Healthcare hires of note
Read about executive hires across healthcare and life sciences.
Epic Integrates Caris Molecular Testing Portfolio with Epic’s ORA Network
What You Should Know: – Caris Life Sciences (Caris), the leading molecular science and technology company today announced an enhanced partnership with Epic to integrate […]
WellNow Urgent Care Acquires Physicians Immediate Care
What You Should Know: – WellNow Urgent Care, one of the country’s fastest-growing urgent care providers has completed the strategic acquisition of Physicians Immediate Care, […]
Medical Solutions Acquires Healthcare Marketplace Platform Matchwell
What You Should Know: – Medical Solutions, one of the nation’s largest providers of total workforce solutions serving the healthcare industry acquires Matchwell, a tech-enabled […]
Innovaccer Launches Connected Digital Health Solution for Biopharma & Medtech
What You Should Know: – Today Innovaccer, the Health Cloud company, announced its Connected Digital Health solution, a new way for life sciences companies to […]
Teladoc Health Expands Whole-Person Primary Care Offering
What You Should Know: – Today, Teladoc Health announced the expanded capabilities available to Primary360 users to remove barriers to access and offer comprehensive primary care […]
Path to Predictive Patient Data: Silencing The Noise of Healthcare
Shane Cooke, CEO and President of Etiometry As the healthcare industry is experiencing major changes in the wake of the pandemic, how do we cut […]
Quality Improvement: Eliminating the Silo Effect in Healthcare Organizations
Vikram Savkar, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Medicine Segment of the Health Learning, Research & Practice business at Wolters Kluwer The healthcare industry has […]
Big Employers Are Offering Abortion Benefits. Will the Information Stay Safe?
In response to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Americans’ constitutional right to abortion, large employers thought they had found a way to help workers living […]
ACAP Launches Center for Social Determinants of Health Innovation
What You Should Know: – Today, the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) announced the launch of The ACAP Center for Social Determinants of Health Innovation. […]
Most Healthcare Facilities Lack Holistic Digital Identity Strategy, Report Finds
What You Should Know: – Healthcare facilities are struggling with implementing and enforcing holistic digital identity management strategies, according to the new Imprivata report released […]
Indegene Partners with Amwell to Customized Digital Patient Engagement
What You Should Know: – Indegene, a technology-led healthcare solutions provider, today announced a partnership with Amwell to facilitate life sciences organizations to connect patients […]
ClearSky Health Expands Contract With Oracle Cerner
What You Should Know: ClearSky Health, a network of inpatient rehabilitation facilities is expanding its contract an additional five years with Oracle Cerner to support […]
What’s New in the 2022 Approved Standards via Standards Version Advancement Process
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Approved Standards for 2022 for our annual Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP). The SVAP is designed […]
Why Health Plans Are Vital to Health Equity
Rachael Jones, SVP of Performance Analytics and Quality at Cotiviti In Florida, where Black residents are three times more likely to be hospitalized or die […]
Olive Launches Autonomous Revenue Cycle (ARC) Suite
What You Should Know: – Olive, the automation company creating the Internet of Healthcare, today launched its Autonomous Revenue Cycle (ARC), the company’s flagship Revenue Cycle […]
How health systems can successfully manage and grow their provider networks with an EHR
Against the backdrop of the pandemic, the preferences and expectations of healthcare consumers have […]
Analysis: Is Oracle Cerner Planning to Build A National EHR?
Earlier this month Oracle closed its $28.3B acquisition of Cerner and shortly after Oracle founder and CTO, Larry Ellison, outlined Oracle’s vision for Healthcare IT […]
Health Care Startups Turn to ‘Coaches’ to Help Patients Cope and Monitor Treatment
In 2011, Sean Duffy and Adrian James were sitting in San Francisco’s Dolores Park debating what to call some workers at the company they founded, […]
FAST Continues FHIR Scalability Work as a New HL7 FHIR Accelerator
The HL7® Fast Heathcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR ®) at Scale Taskforce (FAST) initiative has officially left the nest and taken flight! In 2017, ONC spearheaded […]
Personalize the Healthcare Experience for Improved Outcomes, Happier Patients
John Nash, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Redpoint Global A consumer desire for a personalized experience is converging with the healthcare consumerism trend to […]
How health tech can improve the patient and provider experience [Sponsored]
Leaders in healthcare draw attention to the myriad ways cloud computing technology is transforming healthcare.
How to cure the system with data analytics
Collecting SDOH, adding this data to patient profiles, enabling health data analytics, and taking data-based actions has proven to help significantly.
Lessons from the Pandemic and the Smart Facilities of Tomorrow
Charlie Meyer, Senior Vice President of Sales, QLess As much as we all wish it were otherwise, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives and […]
Sharing Genomic Data for Patient Care – Sync for Genes Phase 4 Wraps Up
The Sync for Genes program, launched by ONC in 2017 in partnership with the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, aims to enable the sharing […]
3 Ways Health Plans Can Improve Sleep Health for their Members
Dr. Melissa Lim, Chief Medical Officer at Somnology Getting a good night’s sleep should have nothing to do with having a great health plan — […]
Journalists Dig Deep on Medical Debt and the Boundaries of AI in Health Care
KHN senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed America’s medical debt crisis on NPR’s “Morning Edition” on June 16. Click here to hear Levey on “Morning […]
Health Net, MedArrive Partner to Bring In-Home COVID-19 Vaccine to At-Risk Medicaid Members
What You Should Know: – One of California’s longest-serving and most-experienced Medi-Cal partners, Health Net (a Centene plan), and virtual care and in-home health services provider MedArrive is collaborating […]
The No Surprises Act: How Payers Can Stay Compliant
Michael Gardner, Chief Strategy Officer at Virsys12 As the healthcare system continues to evolve to adopt a more patient-centric approach, surprise billing has become a […]
What’s hindering healthcare organizations from adopting multicloud?
If multicloud is on the rise in other industries and desired by healthcare IT professionals, what’s holding them back from deploying it? The answer isn’t […]
Elation Health and Dock Health Partner Optimize Clinical Operations
What You Should Know: – Primary care EHR provider Elation Health and provider workflow management platform provider Dock Health announced an integration to significantly improve task management for […]
Healthcare Interoperability Has Arrived: 3 Ways to Harness the Potential
Shawna Koch Mishael, Head of Healthcare and Biomedical, RN, MBA, SenecaGlobal This year’s HIMSS Conference offered some exciting insights and a renewed focus on data-sharing […]
Philips’ Future Health Index 2022 Report: 4 Key Trends to Know
What You Should Know: – Today, Philips announced the publication of its Future Health Index (FHI) 2022 report: ‘Healthcare hits reset: Priorities shift as healthcare leaders navigate a […]
Using Health IT to Support Safer Use and Management of Controlled Substance Prescriptions
New ONC data show that, as of 2021, nearly all non-federal acute care hospitals were enabled to electronically prescribe controlled substances (EPCS). According to the […]
Why On-Site Search Should Be A Priority for Healthcare
Madison Miner, CEO & Founder of WompHealth Healthcare websites are dependably complicated. From finding providers to searching for locations, customers are forced to dig around a […]
ONC Staff Profiles – Carmen Smiley
The Office of the National Coordinator is launching a new blog series featuring ONC staff called Inside ONC. Inside ONC will highlight an inclusive landscape […]
Why Health Plans Must Have Next-Gen CAPS Technology for Digital Transformation
Sagnik Bhattacharya Chief Operating & Product Officer HealthEdge Core Administrative Processing Systems (CAPS) operate as the brains behind a health plan’s business. These systems are […]
It’s time to start innovating to make administrative data interoperable
Just as with clinical interoperability, greater administrative interoperability could help eliminate many of the costs related to billing and insurance, freeing up much-needed investment resources.
Scaling-Up Inclusive Healthcare Initiatives in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are on the rise in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), increasing the financial and health burden affecting these vulnerable populations. To reverse […]
Improving the financial experience in healthcare
At the INVEST Digital Health conference, scheduled for Wednesday, September 28, in Dallas and presented in collaboration with Health Wildcatters, healthcare experts will address a […]
Take Command Acquires Technology from Savvy to Expand Benefits Platform
What You Should Know: – Take Command, a tech-enabled service that offers HRA administration, has acquired innovative HRA intellectual property assets from Savvy, a San Francisco-based, […]
Rural Provider Homeward Forms In-Market Partnership with Rite Aid to Support Seniors in Underserved Communities
What You Should Know: – Homeward, the comprehensive rural care provider network launched by former Livongo titan, Dr. Jenny Schneider, has announced a partnership with […]
CareMax Acquires Steward Health’s Medicare Value-Based Care Business for $25M
What You Should Know: – CareMax, a tech-enabled provider of value-based care to seniors announced an agreement to acquire the Medicare value-based care business of […]
4 Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout
Ben Sawyer, VP of Market Development at ABOUT There has been frequent reporting about the problem of provider workforce shortages within hospitals and health systems […]
Oracle Receives Antitrust Approval for $28.3B Cerner Acquisition
What You Should Know: – Today, Oracle announced that all required antitrust approvals have been obtained for its proposed $28.3B ($95 per share) acquisition of […]
As use of smart devices soars, startup that secures IoT devices wins $40M
The Santa Clara, California company uses both machine learning and an advanced method of examining and managing network traffic, to secure connected devices and bring […]
SnapLogic Launches Amazon HealthLake Accelerator to Store, Share Patient Data
What You Should Know: – SnapLogic, a provider of Enterprise Automation, today launched the SnapLogic Accelerator for Amazon HealthLake, which enables healthcare and life sciences […]
Lightbeam Health Acquires Jvion AI and SDOH Solutions – M&A
What You Should Know: – Lightbeam Health Solutions, Inc., a provider of population health management solutions and services has entered into an asset purchase agreement to […]
St. Peter’s Health to Deploy Innovaccer Health Cloud for Optimized Care Management
What You Should Know: St. Peter’s Health, a regional nonprofit healthcare system in Helena, Montana, is moving to the InnovaccerⓇ Health Cloud’s Data Activation Platform […]
Is It Finally Time for Hospital-at-Home or is Time Up?
Karen Conway, VP of Healthcare Value, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) All the signs point to a bright and expansive future for hospital-at-home programs, which have […]
Phenomix Sciences Launches Obesity Biobanking Registry Studying Personalized Treatment Options Based on Genetics
What You Should Know: – Biotech company Phenomix Sciences launches its biobanking registry, marking the first obesity registry to study the impact of personalized treatment based on phenotyping. The […]
StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
Check out news from Memory Health, Equiva, KAID Health, Tegria, and Japa Health.
Taking the Pulse on eCME – What’s Next for Continued Medical Education
Matt Titus, VP & Chief Commercial Officer at epocrates Over the past two years, we’ve witnessed the massive digital disruption in healthcare that was spurred […]
No Mask, No COVID-19 Pandemic, Right?
The end of the public transportation mask mandate, officially undone by federal Judge Kathryn Mizelle on April 18, may be recognized as the day the […]
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland Taps Tegria for National Digital Transformation
What You Should Know: – Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI) has enlisted the support of global healthcare technology specialist, Tegria, and digital health consultancy, […]
Buried Under Dirt or Under Debt: Can Patients Survive the Struggle of Getting Care?
Srulik Dvorsky, TailorMed CEO and Founder New patients at a cancer center in Michigan receive a 79-page handbook when their treatments commence. The handbook includes […]
Geisinger Selects AWS as Strategic Cloud Provider to Migrate Over 400 Apps to AWS
What You Should Know: – Geisinger has chosen Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its strategic cloud provider and will transition its entire digital portfolio of […]
Interoperability: A Powerful Solution to Staffing Challenges Continues to be Overlooked
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President for the National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care (NASL) Therasa Bell. Co-founder, President, and Chief Technology Officer at […]
How Patient Movement Benefits from Standardized Acuity Scoring
Dr. Martin Sellberg, Co-Founder of Motient Nurses and providers typically assess patient acuity and volume at the beginning of their shift, whether formally or informally. […]
What has Covid-19 taught us about virtual clinical trials?
At the upcoming INVEST PharmaTech virtual conference scheduled for July 26, the conversations will span myriad topics at the intersection of digital health and drug […]
Solving health IT labor gaps with strategic interoperability partnerships
By leveraging aligned interoperability partners, health systems can alleviate the inevitable pressures of IT personnel shortages and the strains that labor fluctuation puts on organizational […]
Hospital Telehealth Vendor Financials Round Up – Teladoc Health, Amwell & SOC Telemed
Several hospital telehealth vendors enjoyed great success in 2020 as they benefitted from unprecedented demand for their IT and services during the pandemic. But as […]
Olive Partners with Magenta to Revolutionize Risk Adjustment Process
What You Should Know: – Olive, the automation company creating the Internet of Healthcare, today announced its partnership with Magenta Care Continuum, a HIPAA-compliant health records […]
High-Tech’s Business Model Hasn’t Worked for the Cue Covid Test
“I’ve got this,” coos Gal Gadot in Cue Health’s Super Bowl TV commercial. Cue hired the “Wonder Woman” actress to be the voice of the […]
The Private Sector Steps In to Protect Online Health Privacy, but Critics Say It Can’t Be Trusted
Most people have at least a vague sense that someone somewhere is doing mischief with the data footprints created by their online activities: Maybe their […]
ePROs: Better Patient Input for Better Trial Output
Kris Gustafson, Vice President and Global Head Patient Centered Technologies, IQVIA During the pandemic, electronic clinical outcomes assessments (eCOAs) gained prominence as sponsors looked for […]
Cerner Collaboration to Increase Access to Cancer Clinical Trials
What You Should Know: – Cerner, Elligo Health Research® and Freenome are collaborating to enable a clinical trial through the Learning Health Network to help advance early cancer detection. – Together they […]
Nearly 60% of Hospitals and Health Systems Have More Than 100 Job Vacancies
What You Should Know: – More than 57 percent of health systems and hospitals have more than 100 open roles to fill across their operations, […]
HealthStream Acquires Continuing Education Platform CloudCME
What You Should Know: HealthStream, a provider of workforce and provider solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced the completion of its acquisition of the […]
Greater Good Health Raises $10M for NP-Centered Primary Care Model
What You Should Know: – Greater Good Health, the company redefining value-based care through the first primary care model centered around nurse practitioners (NPs) raises […]
Protecting hospitals from evolving cyber threats
Prevention and cyber resiliency—an organization’s ability to bounce back and operate in the event of a cyber attack—have become all the more important as cyber […]
Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout
Ben Sawyer, VP of Market Development at ABOUT Healthcare, Inc There has been frequent reporting about the problem of provider workforce shortages within hospitals and […]
How will the interoperability rule transform value-based care?
The intent of Interoperability and Patient Access regulations is not to wash your hands off them. A more empowering viewpoint is that they give organizations […]
Building the Public Health Informatics Workforce of the Future
As we continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as a nation, it has been made clear that we are also in the midst of […]
Helping employers navigate healthcare in a post-pandemic world at INVEST Digital Health
MedCity INVEST Digital Health will be held in collaboration with Health Wildcatters in Dallas, Texas on September 28. Want to speak on a panel or […]
Should You Worry About Data From Your Period-Tracking App Being Used Against You?
It’s estimated that millions of people in the U.S. use period-tracking apps to plan ahead, track when they are ovulating, and monitor other health effects. […]
Analysis: Seeking Balance in the Hyperactive Mental Health Tech Market
The prevalence of mental and behavioral health conditions has been on the rise in recent decades, further aggravated by the pandemic in the last two […]
Surescripts webinar highlights: Interoperability progress depends on how you look at it [Sponsored]
Register to view a webinar, sponsored by Surescripts, highlighting progress made on interoperability and what’s needed to improve and expand it.
How Can We Reduce Clinician Burnout? Improving Patient and Caregiver Engagement
Carina Edwards, CEO of Quil Health Even as we (hopefully) approach the tail-end of the latest COVID-19 wave, one growing healthcare challenge continues to worsen: […]
Bon Secours Mercy Health Launches Digital Holding Company Accrete Health Partners
What You Should Know: – Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) today announced the launch of Accrete Health Partners, a digital holding company, that will function […]
Turquoise Health Raises $20M for Healthcare Pricing Platform, Launches Direct Contracting Platform
What You Should Know: – Turquoise Health, an end-to-end healthcare pricing platform, today announced a $20M Series A investment led by existing investor Andreessen Horowitz […]
David Blumenthal to Step Down as Commonwealth Fund President at End of Year
David Blumenthal, M.D What You Should Know: – David Blumenthal, M.D., will step down as president of the Commonwealth Fund at the end of 2022, […]
Patient Engagement: 3 Lessons Learned from Consumer & Service Industries
Alison Budor, Consultant, Freed Associates If there’s been a constant in healthcare the past two years, it’s been in the rapidity of change, largely in […]
Teladoc Health CEO highlights evolution of telemedicine [Sponsored]
In an interview, Teladoc Health CEO Jason Gorevic talked about its services for primary care, chronic conditions, mental health, and how it works with hospitals […]
Digital Documentation: How PDFs Can Help Providers Expedite Care
Deboshree Sarkar, Product Marketing Manager, PDF Editor Product line at Foxit We live in an increasingly digital world. Across industries, companies and consumers have come […]
Rimidi and ARKRAY Partner to Bring Glucose Data to the EHR
What You Should Know: – In an effort to make blood glucose data more actionable for providers and patients alike, Rimidi, a leading clinical management […]
ScionHealth Signs 10-Year End-to-End RCM Partnership with R1 RCM
What You Should Know: – Today, R1 RCM, a leading provider of technology-driven revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions, is announcing a 10-year end-to-end partnership with […]
Coping with Crises: Using Telemedicine to Deliver Effective Virtual Critical Care
Lisa Lindgren, Senior Vice President at Avel eCare The COVID-19 pandemic has proven that telemedicine is essential for keeping the healthcare system running during a […]
Cerner & AKASA Partner on AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Automation
What You Should Know: – Health IT leader Cerner and AI developer for healthcare operations AKASA announce a partnership to scale automation within the revenue […]
Axuall’s CEO Talks Why Health Administrators Should Adopt Robotic Process Automation
Charlie Lougheed, CEO & Founder, Axuall Axuall’s CEO & Founder, Charlie Lougheed shares why health administration teams should embrace the power of robotic process automation […]
Raising Clinical Outcomes and Engagement Through Healthcare Equity: What Health Plans Need to Know
Anne Davis, VP of Government Markets & Strategy at Wellth Structural racism and poverty are correlated with a higher incidence of obesity among Black Americans […]
Luma Health & Change Healthcare Partner to Develop Solutions to Optimize Patient Journeys
What You Should Know: – Luma Health, a digital health company streamlining patient-provider communications announced a strategic partnership with Change Healthcare, a healthcare technology company […]
Magellan Federal Launches Population Health Platform for Military Families
What You Should Know: – Magellan Federal, which serves 300 U.S. military bases, has partnered with NeuroFlow to support United States military families with personalized, digital […]
Vivalink Launches Multi-Vital Blood Pressure Patch for Remote Patient Monitoring
What You Should Know: – Vivalink, a leading provider of digital healthcare solutions launches a multi-vital blood pressure patch for remote patient monitoring is now […]
Divurgent Appoints Ed Marx as New CEO
Ed Marx, Chief Executive Officer, Divurgent What You Should Know: – Divurgent, a healthcare IT consulting company, today announced it has appointed Ed Marx, a […]
Why digital health companies should be HITRUST-certified
HITRUST is a framework for systematically managing digital security far above what HIPAA requires. Its stringency explains both why it can be daunting to implement […]
Can Automation Drive Health System Outcomes?
Pranay Kapadia, Co-founder and CEO at Notable The United States spends about $1 trillion per year on healthcare administration. 95% of healthcare workforce growth since […]
Report: Advancing Tech-Enabled Health & Home Care
What You Should Know: The Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging today released a report to identify actionable recommendations to better integrate health […]
HSBlox Releases Enhanced VBC Contract Builder
What You Should Know: – HSBlox, a technology company empowering healthcare organizations with the tools and support to deliver value-based care (VBC) successfully and sustainably, today […]
Health Tech VC Firm Flare Capital Partners Closes $350M Fund
What You Should Know: – Flare Capital Partners, a Boston-based healthcare technology venture capital firm closes its third fund with $350M, which follows up on […]
At US Hospitals, a Drug Mix-Up Is Just a Few Keystrokes Away
More than four years ago, Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught typed two letters into a hospital’s computerized medication cabinet, selected the wrong drug from the search […]
What’s The Role of Digital Health in Public Health?
To a certain extent, the national conversation about the importance of a robust public health system has been happening for the last couple of years […]
INVEST Pitch Perfect winner: Athelo helps patients navigate cancer journey
Athelo Health’s software is a personal coach that supports women with breast and gynecological cancers. The startup was judged co-winner in the pharmatech category during […]
A CMO’s and CIO’s perspective on the future of healthcare
Chief medical officers (CMO) and chief information officers (CIO) believe that the medical industry in on the cusp of transformative change and this partnership will […]
ONC Turns 18
On April 27, 2004, President Bush signed Executive Order (EO) 13335 and created the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). Like tapping […]
Former OptumRx CEO Launches Waltz Health with $33M to Lower Drug Costs
What You Should Know: – Mark Thierer — the former CEO of OptumRx who took that role after selling Catamaran to UnitedHealth Group for $13B, today announced the launch of Waltz Health with $35.4M […]
Fathom Receives Strategic Investment for Medical Coding Automation Platform
What You Should Know: – Fathom, the first medical coding automation company to receive an investment from a national physician group, Inflect Health the innovation hub […]
Enlyt Health Secures $10M to Expand Healthcare Digital Front Door
Transform Patient Engagement with a Digital Front Door from Ryan Blachly on Vimeo. What You Should Know: – Enlyt Health, a St. Petersburg, FL-based low […]
CareLinx by Sharecare Forms Clinical Advisory Board for Home Health Platform
What You Should Know: – Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, today announced the formation of […]
3 Steps to Approach & Tackle Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Michael Norring, President and CEO of GCSIT Artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to save the US healthcare economy $150 billion by 2026. Replacing legacy systems […]
BCBS of Michigan Launches Joint Venture with Honest Medical Group
What You Should Know: – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) today announced a joint venture with Nashville-based Honest Medical Group to offer physicians comprehensive operational, clinical, […]
Kyruus and Upfront Partner to Maximize Digital Patient Acquisition and Retention
What You Should Know: – Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solutions for healthcare organizations, and Upfront, preeminent patient communication and engagement platform, today announced a new […]
How Automation Can Help with Healthcare’s “Messy” Data Problem
Dr. Bob Lindner, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of veda Efficient data processing and data sharing are essential functions across healthcare—from patient care, clinical research, […]
What the New CMS Staff Turnover Data Means for Nursing Homes
Ben Tengelson, VP of Data Science at IntelyCare To make it easier for families and caregivers to evaluate the quality of nursing homes, the Center […]
NexHealth Nabs $125M for End-to-End Patient Experience Platform
What You Should Know: Today, NexHealth announced its $125M Series C funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $1B for its patient experience platform. – The funding […]
Analysis: CMS Data Underestimates Hospital Labor Spending
What You Should Know: – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) payment adjustments did not adequately address hospitals increased costs for FY 2021, according […]
Physicians Say Access Challenges Impact Their Care Plans for Up to 33% of Patients
What You Should Know: – Physicians would make a different therapy choice for 33% of patients if medication access was not a factor, and physicians […]
Using NLP Technology To Uncover Real-World Patient Insights
It’s estimated that humans create a combined 2.5 quintillion bytes of data each day – and that around 90% of all data to ever exist was created […]
Why a Focus on Behavioral Health is Key to Improving Quality Measures
Tom Zaubler, MD, Chief Medical Officer of NeuroFlow Since the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act in 2008, the U.S. healthcare […]
Heartbeat-Tracking Technology Raises Patients’ and Doctors’ Worries
If someone’s heart skips a beat, tech companies want to let them know about it. Gadget firms — starting with Apple and now Fitbit, which […]
Transcarent Launches Oncology Care for Collaborative Cancer Care Experience
What You Should Know: – Transcarent, a new, different, and better health and care experience company for employees of self-insured employers and their families launches […]
The Critical Shift in ASC EHR Adoption: Overcoming Barriers
Maura Cash RN, BSN, CASC, VP of Clinical Strategies for HST Pathways Extraordinary advances in technology have opened up previously unthinkable possibilities for the healthcare […]
Is Empathy The Key to Healthcare Collections in 2022?
Jada Lewis, Director of Healthcare Product Management at Finvi As we enter into the third year of the global health emergency, the impact on healthcare […]
How To Revolutionize Your Nonprofit Health Center’s Tech Stack To Support Your Community
Neil Taurins, General Manager of Nonprofit Solutions with MIP Fund Accounting Whether a Federally Qualified Health Center or a nonprofit health clinic that’s self-sustaining, you […]
Report: Digital health funding tanks in the first quarter
A new CB Insights report found global digital health funding fell 36 percent in the first quarter of the year from that in Q4, 2021, […]
UpStream Selects Innovaccer Health Cloud for 360-Degree Patient Views
What You Should Know: – Innovaccer Inc., the Health Cloud company, announced that UpStream Healthcare, the fastest-growing primary healthcare solution provider in the country, has chosen […]
VDI: Promising Approach for Healthcare IT to Ease Endpoint Management?
Emanuel Pirker, Founder and CEO, Stratodesk Healthcare IT has always faced unique challenges. Among these challenges are the increasing mobility of healthcare workers. Healthcare providers […]
Next Generation of Risk Adjustment: Uniting Health Plans and Providers
Shahyan Currimbhoy, VP at Edifecs Aaron Fulner, Sr. Director at Edifecs Up until now, risk adjustment has been addressed as a mechanism to accurately represent the overall risk profile of […]
Who Doesn’t Text in 2022? Most State Medicaid Programs
West Virginia will use the U.S. Postal Service and an online account this summer to connect with Medicaid enrollees about the expected end of the […]
How next-generation automation technology can improve healthcare revenue management
The revenue cycle is incredibly complex due to shifting payer requirements, continuous regulatory compliance and coding updates, and emerging and evolving payment models. That complexity […]
CipherHealth Launches Suite of Pre-Care Digital Front Door Solutions
What You Should Know: – CipherHealth launches a suite of pre-care digital front door solutions powered by CipherConnect to drive appointment volume and reduce no-shows. CipherConnect […]
How Digitizing HR Operations Alleviates Burnout & Increases Retention in Healthcare
Peter Corless, EVP of Enterprise Development at OnShift Human resources (HR) leaders in healthcare are facing an uphill battle with the Great Resignation heavily impacting […]
San Diego Health Connect Takes a Big LEAP Over the Barrier of Consent Management
Editor’s Note: On April 14, 2022 at the ONC Annual Meeting, San Diego Health Connect will be demo-ing their project in the exhibit hall. How […]
Improving Person-Centered Care in Home and Community-Based Services with FHIR
Editor’s Note: On April 14, 2022 at the ONC Annual Meeting the Missouri DMH LEAP team will share insight into their pilot demonstration and progress […]
Vytalize Health Raises $50M for Value-Based Care Platform for Seniors
What You Should Know: – Vytalize Health raises over $50 million to advance its value-based care platform for seniors helping primary care doctors strengthen relationships […]
4 Keys to Delivering A Retail-Like Patient Experience Journey
Grant Harland, Retail and Hospitality Industry Analyst at Windstream Enterprise Melinda Cisnero, Healthcare Industry Analyst at Windstream Enterprise When it comes to the quality of […]
Echo Health Ventures Expands Investment Model to Nashville
Echo Health Advisors Principal Hayley Hovious What You Should Know: – Echo Health Ventures, a healthcare strategic venture capital and growth equity investment firm, today […]
Epic Selects Lyniate for Integration within Epic Garden Plot Offering
What You Should Know: – EHR leader Epic has selected Lyniate, a provider of healthcare data interoperability, for integration within its new Garden Plot Software as a Service (SaaS) model for independent medical […]
Potential of Implementing Polygenic Risk Scores in Healthcare Systems
Dr. George Busby, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Allelica The promise of personalized medicine is a world in which interventions, screening, and therapeutics are […]
Eleos Closes $20M to Unlock CareOps Automation for Behavioral Health
What You Should Know: – Eleos Health has announced a $20 million Series A round, co-led by F-Prime Capital and Eight Roads Ventures, bringing their […]
Clarify Health Secures $150M for Value-Based Payments Platform
What You Should Know: – Clarify Health, a cloud analytics and value-based payments platform company, announced today that it secured $150 million in Series D […]
Azalea Health Launches Azalea Apps Marketplace to Improve Patient Care & Profitability
What You Should Know: – Azalea Health Innovations Inc. (Azalea Health or Azalea), a provider of cloud-based patient management and health IT solutions, today launched Azalea Apps Marketplace, a one-stop app library of approved third-party […]
Corporate venture capital-backed funding for digital health startups increased sharply in 2021
According to a CB Insight’s report, GV (formerly Google Ventures) funded the most digital health companies with 22 investments, making it most active investor in […]
Why Digital Transformation is Imperative to Combat Healthcare’s Labor Crisis
Juan Pablo Segura, Co-founder of Babyscripts As the coronavirus pandemic first spread across the globe, health systems turned to technology and virtual care while focusing […]
Tech Glitches at One VA Site Raise Concerns About a Nationwide Rollout
Spokane, Washington, was supposed to be the center of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ tech reinvention, the first site in the agency’s decade-long project to […]
Here are the winners of the INVEST Pitch Perfect contest
Winners were selected across each of the four tracks of the startup pitch contest: care coordination and value-based care; diagnostics 2.0; pharmatech; and remote patient […]
athenahealth Improves Care for Transgender & Non-Binary Patients
What You Should Know: – athenahealth launches new capabilities in athenaOne, the company’s cloud-based suite of electronic health records (EHR), healthcare billing, and patient engagement […]
Powered by Biofourmis, Blessing Health System Partners Launches Home Hospital Services
What You Should Know: – Blessing Health System, an integrated rural health system selects Biofourmis, a virtual care and digital therapeutics provider to launch its own […]
Digital tech for mental care grows as way to help patients navigate health deserts
The need for mental health services continues to strain the ability of the healthcare system to respond. New technologies are helping to improve patient access […]
PE Firm Acquires Intelligent Medical Objects (IMO) for $1.5B+
Blue IMO logo horizontally oriented for use on light backgrounds. Lower resolution and smaller size for on-screen use. What You Should Know: – Thomas H. […]
Analysis: US Ambulatory EHR Market Shake-Up at HIMSS 2022
During, and in the run-up to, HIMSS earlier this month there were several announcements from US EHR vendors that will shake up the US EHR […]
Healthcare’s data conundrum: How to succeed in a data-filled world [Sponsored]
Here are some essential steps that healthcare organizations can use to better meet current consumer expectations.
UHG’s Optum Acquires Home Health Business LHC Group for $5.4B
What You Should Know: – UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum has agreed to acquire LHC Group, a national patient-focused provider of high-quality in-home health care services […]
LCMC Health Delivers Remote Pregnancy Care to More Than 1,200 Mothers Through Babyscripts
What You Should Know: – Babyscripts, a virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, announced a one-year partnership with LCMC Health, a New Orleans-based, non-profit health system. – The partnership has provided more than […]
Zero Clients: The New Face of Security for Healthcare
Healthcare data is notoriously vulnerable to hacking. The pandemic has stretched industry resources thin, and data quality and security are suffering as a result. In addition, the rise […]
Revenue Cycle Management Company nThrive Rebrands as FinThrive
What You Should Know: – Healthcare revenue cycle management platform provider nThrive today announced it has rebranded, FinThrive™, which will be formally launched through a pending […]
What The Finance Industry Can Teach Healthcare About Digital Transformation
Mike Serbinis, Co-Founder and CEO of League The COVID-19 pandemic feels like a once-in-a-lifetime event for those of us involved in healthcare, but the patterns […]
LG Launches LA Business Innovation Center for Medical Environments
What You Should Know: – LG Business Solutions USA has opened its new Los Angeles Business Innovation Center, the first comprehensive LG technology and education […]
Health Plan Invests $100M to Introduce Real-Time Claims Payments for Providers
What You Should Know: – CalOptima will be the first health plan to introduce ‘real-time claims payments’ permanently for providers as part of this historic $100+ million investment in the safety net in Southern […]
COTA Promotes Miruna Sasu to President and CEO
Miruna Sasu, Ph.D., MBA, President & CEO at COTA, Inc. What You Should Know: – COTA, Inc., an oncology real-world data and analytics company, announced […]
Exploring the next chapter of interoperability [Sponsored]
A webinar, sponsored by Surescripts on April 28, will include: Surescripts CEO Tom Skelton, Epic CEO Judy Faulkner, Healthcare Leadership Council President Mary Grealy, McKesson […]
When Automation Meets Empathy: Intelligent Virtual Assistants for Healthcare
Nate Treloar, COO & Co-Founder at Orbita Advances in conversational artificial intelligence are transforming basic chatbots into intelligent virtual assistants that provide comfort and utility […]
Early Use of Diabetes Technology Drives Better Patient Outcomes in Kids
David Maahs, MD, Division Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford Children’s Health A recent study from Stanford found that pediatric patients with rapid access to continuous […]
Fresenius Health Partners, InterWell Health, and Cricket Health Announce $2.4B Merger
What You Should Know: – Cricket Health is announcing today that it will merge with Fresenius Health Partners (the value-based care arm of Fresenius), and […]
DeliverHealth Acquires Revenue Cycle Company PresidioHealth
What You Should Know: – DeliverHealth, a provider of technology-enabled solutions for hospitals, health systems, and group practices, today announced the acquisition of PresidioHealth, a […]
Money Flows Into Addiction Tech, But Will It Curb Soaring Opioid Overdose Deaths?
David Sarabia had already sold two startups by age 26 and was sitting on enough money to never have to work another day in his […]
What Healthcare Leaders Need to Do Now About Ransomware
Aaron Biehl, Chief Operating Officer, Reliable IT If ransomware is not a topic of conversation around any healthcare organization’s boardroom table, directors and senior executives […]
Report: Private Hospitals Overcharge NYC Government Over $2B Annually
What You Should Know: – The 32BJ Health Fund, a self-insured fund that provides care for 32BJ SEIU members and their dependents, today released a report that […]
