Get Well takes digital approach to tackling monkeypox
With monkeypox now officially declared a public health emergency in the US, digital health company Get Well has developed a management plan to track people […]
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Rethinking Custom RTLS: Indoor Positioning Simplified as a Service
For healthcare facilities, real-time location services (RTLS) were initially established on premise for patient safety to later become a priority in mainstreaming operations, improving patient […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Femtech Startup Nanopath Raises $10M to Develop POC Diagnostics for Women’s Health
What You Should Know: – Nanopath, a molecular diagnostics company enabling high-quality molecular testing in minutes raises $10M in Series A funding, co-led by co-led […]
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, […]
Diagnostic Robotics Raises $45M for Medical-Grade AI Triage & Clinical Predictions Platform
What You Should Know: – Diagnostic Robotics has announced the closing of a $45M Series B funding round led by StageOne investors, with participation from […]
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 […]
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 […]
RapidAI Awarded FDA Clearance for AI-Powered CT Scans to Identify Intracerebral Hemorrhage
What You Should Know: – RapidAI, the global leader in neurovascular and vascular AI-enhanced clinical decision support and patient workflow, today announced it has received […]
The Benefits of Supporting Medical Information Teams with AI Agents
Richard Marcil, Chief Customer Officer at ConversationHEALTH Simon Johns, Director of Medical Information and Marketed Product Safety at IQVIA Life science organizations field a wide […]
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 […]
UCI Health Partners with Luna to Expand Access to Care with In-Home Outpatient Physical Therapy
What You Should Know: – Luna, the leading provider of in-home physical therapy, has teamed up with UCI Health, to expand access to patient care […]
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 […]
6 Success Strategies as CMS Drives More Accountable Care by 2030
Siddharth Thakkar, VP, Product and Marketing at IKS Health For the better part of a decade, the shift toward value-based care in the U.S. has […]
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, […]
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.” […]
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 […]
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 […]
Analysis: How Will The Roadmap for Diagnostic Cardiology Devices Develop?
Like most healthcare markets, the diagnostic cardiology market has had a bumpy ride in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic saw global revenues for Resting ECG […]
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 […]
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 […]
What Hospital Success Looks Like Under Value-Based Care
Mike Ipekdjian, MBA-HM, BSN, RN, SANE, PHRN, NREMT, Head of Clinical & Solution Hospitals are increasingly turning to value-based care initiatives to transform care delivery, […]
How IoT Data Integration Helps Deliver Improved At-Home Healthcare in 2022
Patricia (Pat) Black, Director of Technical Solutions at Cardinal Peak When it comes to your health and treatment, hospitals leverage a variety of sensors and […]
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 […]
4 Steps for Operationalizing the FDA’s Call To Improve Health Outcomes for All Patients
C.K. Wang, Chief Medical Officer of COTA, Inc. In April, FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf laid out areas of challenge and opportunity when it comes […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Geisinger & Tempus Create AI Model to Identify Structural Heart Disease
What You Should Know: – Tempus, an $8B precision medicine company, announced a collaborative study with Geisinger focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) model that can accurately identify patients at increased […]
Data-Driven Healthcare Operations Will Transform Outcomes
Tom James, Healthcare Cloud Services and Solutions Leader at 2nd Watch You don’t need another story urging you to “get to the cloud.” That’s old […]
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. […]
Polygon to Partner with MSP on Healthcare Blockchain Initiative
What You Should Know: – Today, Polygon Networks, a leading blockchain and scaling solution, announced a partnership with Tokenology and MSP Recovery to deliver LifeChain […]
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 Healthcare Providers Are Adapting in the Era of Telehealth, and Why Radiology was Uniquely Suited to Go Hybrid
Brian Fabrizio, Medical Information Displays Team Leader at LG Business Solutions USA As hospitals and private health offices nationwide slowly begin to emerge from the […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
3 Senior Living Providers Merge to Form Curana Health
What You Should Know: – Three leading organizations that provide healthcare services to senior living communities – Elite Patient Care, Provider Health Services, and AllyAlign Health […]
DiA Imaging Analysis Partners with Intel to Improve Ultrasound Analysis by 40%
What You Should Know: – DiA Imaging Analysis Ltd, a global provider of AI-powered ultrasound analysis software, has teamed up with Intel to streamline artificial […]
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, […]
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, […]
Mayo Clinic Partners with VUNO to Develop AI-Driven Precision Oncology Solutions
What You Should Know: – Mayo Clinic has signed a research agreement with VUNO, a global medical artificial intelligence (AI) company to develop advanced AI-driven […]
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 […]
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 […]
Diligent Robotics Secures $30M for Robots to Assist Hospital Staff with Routine Tasks
Diligent Robotics co-founders, Dr. Andrea Thomaz and Dr. Vivian Chu pose with Moxi, a robot they created to help take the stress off of nurses […]
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 […]
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 […]
At-Home Digital Health Innovations Transforming Diabetes Care
Mark Clements, MD, PhD, CPI, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer, Glooko, Inc. If you’re looking for a silver lining in the COVID-19 dark cloud still enshrouding […]
The Need and Value for Connected Virtual Care
Dr. Shayan Vyas, SVP and Medical Director of Hospitals and Health Systems at Teladoc Health Patients today have more options than ever for accessing care […]
Researchers Develop AI Method for Personalized Diabetes Treatment
What You Should Know: – Hitachi, U of U Health, and Regenstrief researchers partnered to develop and test a new AI method to improve personalized […]
9am.health, Ascensia Partner to Expand Virtual Diabetes Clinic
What You Should Know: – 9am.health today announced it is expanding its virtual diabetes clinic through a strategic partnership with Ascensia to add the CONTOUR®NEXT ONE Blood Glucose […]
Day 3 HIMSS Roundup: Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT, GE Healthcare/AliveCor Integration
Venture Capital, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT® to Expand Diabetes Offerings in France Glooko, a leading provider of remote patient […]
HIMSS22 Day 2 Roundup: Google Partners with MEDITECH, Microsoft’s Health Cloud Strategy Expansions
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity OptimizeRx Acquires EvinceMed, a Specialty Drug Prescription Initiation Platform OptimizeRx, a provider of point-of-care technology solutions helping patients start and […]
House Rx Secures $30M to Optimize the Specialty Pharmacy Experience for Patients and Their Care Teams
What You Should Know: – Today House Rx, a health technology platform that empowers oncology and rheumatology physician practices with medically integrated dispensing, announced they’ve secured […]
Precision Medicine Startup Prenosis Raises $20M for Acute Care Solutions, Starting with Sepsis
What You Should Know: – Prenosis, Inc., a precision medicine company, announced a venture investment from PACE Healthcare Capital, an early-stage investment firm committed to improving health outcomes. This investment brings total funding […]
How to Make The Transition to Rules-Based Nurse Scheduling Software
Tony Torti, SVP of Schedule360 at QGenda In today’s complex and fast-paced healthcare landscape, the benefits of rules-based nurse scheduling software are undeniable. First, consider […]
LG and Amwell Partner Co-Develop Digital Health Service Solutions
What You Should Know: – LG announced its partnership to Amwell to expand the boundaries of virtual care. By combining LG’s broad innovation portfolio with Amwell’s […]
MediView XR Secures $9.9M for Augmented Reality Surgical Navigation Platform
What You Should Know: – MediView XR, Inc., raises $9.9M in SAFE financing syndicated by Inside View Investments, LLC, a private investment firm. MediView has raised approximately […]
Flume Health Secures $30M for Health Plan Administration Platform
What You Should Know: – Flume Health, a NYC-based Health-Plan-as-a-Service platform announced today a $30M round of Series A funding led by Optum Ventures with […]
Cedars-Sinai Establishes New Division: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM)
What You Should Know: – Today, the department of Cedars-Sinai announced it has established a new division to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can be […]
XRHealth Secures $10M to Expand Virtual Reality Treatment in the Metaverse
What You Should Know: – XRHealth, the gateway to the healthcare metaverse, announced today that they raised $10M in funding to expand virtual healthcare treatment in the Metaverse. The […]
Selux Diagnostics Raises $50M for Next-Generation Phenotyping Platform
What You Should Know: – Selux Diagnostics, Inc., a personalized diagnostics company to combat superbug infections and fight antibiotic resistance raises $50M in Series C financing led by RA Capital […]
Crisis in the U.S. Healthcare Workforce: Why It’s Time to introduce AI
Andrew Pucher, CEO of Dascena, Inc. One of the many acute challenges during the pandemic has been the departure of approximately 18% of the U.S. […]
Ventilator Consumables Market Analysis: COVID-19 Pandemic Repercussions
Consumables are often associated with low-cost, standardized products. This has often been the case with breathing system solutions used in ventilation. However, the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Pithiatism Redux
BY MARTIN SAMUELS Those of us in medicine have all seen the famous painting of the Tuesday afternoon lessons at the Salpȇtrière in Paris in […]
Healthcare Is A Cyber Criminal’s Dream, But It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
Vidya Murthy, Chief Operating Officer at MedCrypt Healthcare is a cyber criminal’s dream. It presents the intersection of a data treasure trove, weak security posture, […]
Why The Future of Healthcare Interfaces is Fluid
Sajjad Kamal, Healthtech Partner at Global Ventures Nazmus Saquib, HCI & Interfaces Expert Tools we use to do our daily work have rapidly evolved following […]
Infrastructure Funding Will Improve Broadband Access for Telehealth & Combat Opioid Epidemic
Jacob Crothers, MD, Chief Outcomes and National Medical Director at Groups Recover Together The recently passed federal funding for infrastructure improvements signals a boon for […]
Rad AI Nabs $25M to Automate Radiology Impressions, Save Time, Reduce Burnout, Improve Patient Care
What You Should Know: – Rad AI, a Berkely, CA-based radiologist-led AI company, today announced $25M in Series A funding led by ARTIS Ventures with […]
Reshaping Imaging: 4 Areas Enhancing Provider Workflows & Patient Care
Paul Shumway, co-founder at Novarad Ever since Wilhelm Roentgen created the first X-ray image in 1895, few technologies have had more influence on medicine than […]
CommonSpirit, Vital Expand Partnership After Successful Pilot to Improve Patient Experience in ED & Patient Care Delivery
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 […]
Can Predictive AI Fully Inform Patient Care Decisions?
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 […]
4 Ways 5G is Transforming Healthcare & Patient Care
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 […]
Report: 22% of providers saw death rates spike following a ransomware attack
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% […]
Clinicians Believe Telehealth Will Make Up Majority of Future Patient Care, Report Finds
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 […]
Healthcare Automation Most Urgent Need to Improve Patient Care, Report Finds
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 […]
4 Key Ways 5G Technology is Transforming Patient Care
Bent Philipson, Founder of Philosophy Care We hear a lot about 5G technology, but for many of us, its link to our lives goes as […]
How to Bolster EHR Efficiency and Access to Offer Better Patient Care
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, […]
Talking about Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Medical Devices Shouldn’t be Taboo
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 […]
OpenLoop Raises $3M to Expand Digital Health Marketplace for Clinicians
What You Should Know: – Techstars-backed OpenLoop raises $3M in funding to expand digital health marketplace to connect certified clinicians to telehealth opportunities. – The […]
PHINs: Addressing the Fundamental Flaws that Have Broken Healthcare
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 […]
Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity
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 […]
Why the Digital-First, Patient-Centered Care is Critical to Healthcare
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 […]
Does Telemedicine Impede or Help the Patient-Centered Medical Home?
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 […]
Cardinal Health and Deep Lens Collaborate for AI-based Oncology Clinical Trial Matching
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, […]
Key Lessons from COVID-19 & How We Can Better Support our Healthcare Provider
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 – […]
Boost Operational, Clinical and Financial Performance with Good Data
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 […]
Oneview Healthcare Launches Cloud-Based Virtual Care Experience Platform
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 […]
COVID Exposed The Dire Need for Real-Time Healthcare Data Sharing
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 […]
UK ED Dept. Shows Poor Usability for Major EHRs, Survey Finds
What You Should Know: – Emergency doctors in the UK have said many electronic health records (EHRs) in use are close to being unacceptable, and […]
To Advance Health Equity, Put Real-World Cancer Data to Work
Dr. Miller, Medical Director of CancerLinQ LLC Despite decades of scientific progress against cancer, access to treatment remains highly unequal. Some of the reasons — […]
AKASA Raises $60M to Automate Revenue Cycle Operations for Health Systems
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, […]
Strive Health Raises $140M for Value-Based Kidney Care Platform
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, […]
Unite Us Nabs $150M, Reaching $1.6B Valuation to Address Social Determinants of Health
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 […]
Quality Virtual Care Matters for Patients – Even More Than Telehealth
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 […]
Why A Smart Command Center Requires A Health Cloud Platform
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 […]
How Artificial Intelligence Is Making Senior Care More Human
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 […]
Innovative, Non-Invasive Technologies Advanced Earlier Detection & Monitoring of Liver Disease
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 […]
Improving Inventory Management During COVID-19 and Beyond
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 […]
Health Gorilla Nabs $15M to Expand FHIR-based APIs for Digital Health
What You Should Know: – Health Gorilla raises $15M to scale its FHIR-based API solutions for digital health and expand into new markets. – Health […]
How to Optimize Your Healthcare Practice with Advanced Technology Solutions
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 […]
11 Best Practices of a Successful Care Model Transformation Plan
Moha Desai, Principal, Healthcare Strategy & Transformation Health systems across the country will require a plan to react to government deep spending cuts and revenue […]
Best Practices to Ensure Telehealth Security and Protect Patient Data
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 […]
Why Labor Management Systems Are a Resource Healthcare Can Rely On
In 2021, the role of advanced technology solutions across the healthcare sector can – and should — be expanded. They already have been applied in […]
ECRI Institute: Top 10 Health Technology Hazards to Watch in 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 […]
Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions
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 […]
Can AI Pave the Path to Reducing Physician Burnout?
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 […]
Why hospitals want CMS, FTC to examine two UnitedHealthcare policies
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. […]
Philips Launches Medical Tablet to Expand Remote Patient Management
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 […]
Volpara Acquires Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Platform CRA Health for $18M
What You Should Know: – Volpara Health, an integrated breast care platform assisting in the delivery of personalized patient care has acquired breast cancer risk […]
Treat in Place: Protecting Nursing Home Patients From Hospital Readmission
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 […]
The Combination of 5G and AI Will Transform Healthcare in 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. […]
A New System to Fit A New Economy: How Healthcare Can Recover From COVID-19
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 […]
Why CMS Will Lead the 2021 Kidney Care Revolution
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 […]
How Automation is Key to the Future of Healthcare Operations
Giri Rajaiah, Executive Leader, Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences, DISYS As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. A similar correlation is […]
CHIME-KLAS Report Reveals 10 Key EMR Interoperability Trends
What You Should Know: – New CHIME-KLAS interoperability report reveals steady progress in some areas related to interoperability and leaps forward in others. – A […]
MetroHealth System, Care Simple, Epic Launch Remote Patient Monitoring Program
What You Should Know: – Care Simple, Epic, and MetroHealth System announced that they have entered into a strategic remote patient monitoring integration partnership. – […]
From Analog to Digital Neurology: 3 Steps to Better Inform Patient Care
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 […]
Top 5 Business Opportunities for Digital Health Companies in 2021. Where Is The Money?
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 […]
Challenges of Operationalizing Remote Patient Monitoring Data
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 […]
HealthStream Acquires Policy Management System ComplyALIGN for $2M
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 […]
Philips Acquires Medical Device Integration Platform Capsule for $635M
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 […]
Transitioning from Traditional to E-Fax: How Healthcare Communications are Transforming Post-COVID
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 […]
Shields Health Solutions, ExceleraRx Announce Specialty Pharmacy Merger – M&A
What You Should Know: – Shields Health Solutions and Excelera announce a major specialty pharmacy merger that will form a combined company that consults with […]
M&A: TigerConnect Acquires Hospital Middleware Solution Critical Alert
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 […]
UnitedHealth Group Acquires Change Healthcare to Combine with OptumInsight for $13B
What You Should Know: – UnitedHealth Group has reached an agreement to acquire Change Healthcare in a deal valued at more than $13 billion, marking […]
Meaningful Use of Genomics Requires Informatics Beyond EMRs
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 […]
DaVita & RenalytixAI Partner for Early Risk Identification to Help Slow Kidney Disease Progression
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 […]
12 Telehealth & Virtual Care Predictions and Trends for 2021 Roundup
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 […]
2020’s Top 20 Digital Health M&A Deals Totaled $50B
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 […]
30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021
As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare executives to share their predictions and trends for 2021. Kimberly Powell, Vice President & General […]
5 Post-Acute Care Industry Trends to Watch in 2021
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 […]
For Better Patient Care Coordination, We Need Seamless Digital Communications
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 […]
COVID-19 Exposed The True Vulnerability of Healthcare Infrastructure
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 […]
M&A: Philips Acquires Remote Cardiac Monitoring BioTelemetry for $2.8B
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 […]
VHA Innovation Ecosystem Taps MDClone to Leverage Synthetic Data for Faster Healthcare to Veterans
What You Should Know: – Data analytics and digital health company MDClone announced a partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) VHA Innovation Ecosystem […]
Mayo Clinic Researchers to Validate Interoperability of Encrypted Algorithms and Training on Encrypted Data
What You Should Know: – Mayo Clinic researchers are collaborating with TripleBlind on next generation algorithm sharing and training on encrypted data. – TripleBlind’s solution […]
Innovaccer, SyTrue Partner to Generate Actionable Insights from Healthcare Data
What You Should Know: – Innovaccer partners with SyTrue to uncover powerful insights and accelerate its efforts to drive healthcare’s digital transformation. – The integration […]
Cerner, Banner Health, Xealth Partner to Simplify How Clinicians Prescribe Digital Health
What You Should Know: – Cerner Corporation today announced with Xealth new centralized digital ordering and monitoring for health systems, starting with Banner Health, to […]
Pair Team Emerges Out of Stealth with $2.7M to Automate Primary Care Operations
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, […]
5 Steps for Interoperability Excellence for Healthcare Providers
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 […]
5 Myth-Busting New Hospital ADT Notification Requirements
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 […]
M&A: Olive Acquires AI Prior Authorization Company Verata Health
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 […]
Virtual Engagement During COVID Pushes Paradigm Shift for Physician Training and Patient Care
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 […]
Your Room is Ready: How to Recapture Health System Revenue by Solving “The Motel Problem”
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 […]
Zebra Medical Vision to Co-Develop AI-Based Models for Osteoporosis Early Detection & Prevention
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 […]
How Care Coordination Technology Addresses Social Isolation in Seniors
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. […]
SPAC Mergers with 2 Telehealth Companies to Form Public Digital Health Company in $1.35B Deal
What You Should Know: – GigCapital2 Inc has agreed to merge with UpHealth Holdings Inc and Cloudbreak Health LLC to create a public digital healthcare […]
Nuance Sells Off Transcription and EHR-Go-Live Services Businesses to DeliverHealth
What You Should Know: – Nuance announced that it’s planning to sell two sections of its healthcare business – Health Information Management (HIM) and Electronic […]
While We Wait for 5G, Is Wi-Fi or Cellular Better for RPM Solutions?
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 […]
M&A: Central Logic Acquires Patient Care Transition Platform Ensocare
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 […]
Providence Taps Nuance to Develop AI-Powered Integrated Clinical Intelligence
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 Solve Healthcare Interoperability, We Must ‘Solve the Surround’
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 […]
4 Ways to Combat Hidden Costs Associated with Delayed Patient Care During COVID-19
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) […]
Sony Updates NUCLeUS Medical Imaging Platform to Support Remote Patient Observation
What You Should Know: – Today, Sony announced an update to our NUCLeUS medical imaging platform, which improves support for remote patient observation. – NUCLeUS […]
How Data-Driven Technology Holds The Promise of Better Outcomes for Vascular Patients
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 […]
COVID-19 Underscores Need for Identity Governance Administration
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 […]
What can we learn from women’s health data?
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 […]
Kettering Health to Deploy Nuance’s AI-Driven Physician Documentation for ED
What You Should Know: – Nuance Communications, Inc. announced the Kettering Health Network has selected ED Guidance for Nuance Dragon Medical Advisor. – This AI-powered […]
CMS Direct Contracting Model Options for Value-Based Care
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 […]
Holy Name, Sheba Medical Center Partner to Develop Digital Health Solutions
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 […]
Making the Case: Why Pagers and Smartphones Should Wed
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 […]
The Future of the ICU? How Clinical Decision Support Is Advancing Care
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 […]
Patient Leakage & Keepage: State of the Industry Report
What You Should Know: – “The Patient Keepage & Leakage Report” offers an in-depth, state of the industry look at health system executives’ views on […]
Veterans Affairs Expands Telehealth Services Using Nuance Dragon Medical One
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 […]
Fujifilm & Volpara Partner to Help Clinicians Determine Patient Breast Density
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 […]
UAB Medicine, Advanced ICU Care to Develop Tele-ICU Care Operations Center
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, […]
WellSky Acquires CarePort Health from Allscripts for $1.35B
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 […]
Thriving in a Value-Based Care Environment: Impacting Outcome-to-Cost Ratio
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 […]
Remote Medical Documentation Startup Augmedix Closes $25M, Reverse Merger with Malo Holding
What You Should Know: – Augmedix closes $25 million in private placement funding and completion of a reverse merger transaction with Malo Holdings Corp. – […]
AWS, PHDA Collaborate to Develop Breast Cancer Screening and Depression Machine Learning Models
What You Should Know: – Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance (PHDA) announce a collaboration to produce more accurate machine learning […]
New Jersey Urology Launches First-Ever Urologic-Centric Epic EHR
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 […]
How Low-Code Solutions Reduce Headaches for Healthcare CIOs
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 […]
Why Hasn’t A More Holistic Approach to Patient Care Become The Norm?
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 […]
Rolling out the welcome mat: Hospitals making visits less intimidating
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Change Healthcare Acquires Cloud-Native Imaging Platform Nucleus.io
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 […]
Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic: It Starts With Cleaning Our Devices
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 […]
Innovaccer Launches Perioperative Optimization Platform for Surgeons
What You Should Know: – Innovaccer launches a perioperative optimization solution for surgeons to realize clinical and financial goals with patient-risk analysis. – The solution […]
XRHealth Appoints Deepa Javeri as Chief Financial Officer
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 […]
New Attacks, Regulations, and Stakes Call for New Security Strategies
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 […]
Lumeon Lands $30M to Expand Care Pathway Management Platform
What You Should Know: – Lumeon, the leader in care pathway orchestration announced it has raised $30M in Series D funding to extend the reach […]
How Times of Crisis Spur Needed Change in Healthcare Delivery
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 […]
Greenway Health Taps AWS to Develop Cloud-Based, Data Services Platform
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, […]
Cerner Integrates Nuances Virtual Assistant Platform with Millennium EHR to Reduce Physician Burnout
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 […]
Philips Launches Pre-Hospital Wireless Monitoring Solution for Emergency Medical Response
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 […]
Ciox Health Acquires Biomedical NLP Company Medal
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 […]
Sharecare Acquires WhiteHatAI to Enhance Healthcare Payment Integrity
What You Should Know: – Sharecare acquires WhiteHatAI to provide health plan and provider clients with additional capabilities to ensure healthcare payment integrity – WhiteHatAI’s […]
How ADT-Based E-Notifications Can Enable Better Safety for COVID-19 Patients
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 […]
Virtually or In-Person, Automation Improves The Healthcare Experience
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 […]
Israeli Hospital Launches Innovative “Mega Lab” to Improve Lab Results & Patient Care
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 […]
Cohere Health Launches with $10M to Increase Transparency Across Care Journey
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 […]
Mayo Clinic Performs First Shoulder Arthroplasty Procedure Using Mixed Reality
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 […]
Banner Health to Implement Cerner Revenue Cycle Management Across Enterprise
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 […]
Wake Forest Baptist Health Launches Drone Delivery for Medicines, PPE for COVID-19
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 […]
Medly Pharmacy Lands $100M to Expand Digital On-Demand Pharmacy Platform
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 […]
HHS Taps Fenway Health as Pilot Site for Precision Medicine Project
What You Should Know: – Fenway Health has been selected as the pilot site to participate in the Advancing Standards for Precision Medicine (ASPM) project. […]
Paige Lands Additional $15M for AI-Native Digital Pathology Ecosystem
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 […]
Enhancing Patient Care With a Touchscreen EMR Interface
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 […]
COVID-19 Has Permanently Shifted Patient Behavior Towards Virtual Care
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, […]
Health Catalyst Acquires Clinical Workflow Optimization Solution healthfinch
What You Should Know: – Health Catalyst announces an agreement to acquire clinical workflow optimization solution healthfinch using a mix of stock and cash. – […]
