HealthCrowd, a provider of healthcare mobile messaging, announced today key findings obtained from an industry-first pilot program with Healthfirst. Healthfirst is a not-for-profit managed care organization sponsored by some of the most prestigious and nationally recognized hospitals and medical centers in New York. The pilot program’s process outcomes revealed that mobile messaging is a viable HEDIS outreach channel for Medicaid members. Leveraging HealthCrowd’s mobile messaging platform,
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HHS Announces First-Ever Behavioral Health Data Visualization Challenge
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)is hosting the first-ever behavioral health data visualization challenge called VizRisk. Its goal is to foster increased utilization, innovation, and critical analyses of publically available but underutilized government health data to better inform personal and health policy decisions. The challenge is calling on talented designers, coders, data scientists, public health experts, and others from around the country to analyze, organize, and
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Population Health Management Company Lumeris Closes $71M in Funding
Lumeris, a provider of population health management solutions, today announced that it has secured approximately $71 million in financing. The private-funding round includes capital from new and existing investors. Allen & Company LLC served as financial advisors.
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Consulting Firm Delivers 25% Savings to Hospitals via Consultant Development Program
Last year's HIMSS Workforce Survey indicated that 31% of HCOs had to place IT initiatives on hold due to staffing shortages, while 43% cited the lack of a qualified talent pool as a challenge to appropriately meeting their staffing needs. Today, Stoltenberg Consulting announced thirteen consultants having graduated from its Consultant Development Program to date. The program, designed to provide hospitals with first-time, certified consultants, continues to deliver cost-effective results to the
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Avinent Launches First Google Glass App for Dental Surgery
Avinent launches the world's first Google Glass app for dental surgery to provide clinicians with access to precise step by step information minimizing risk during implant surgery Avinent, a Barcelona, Spain-based dental implant company has developed a new Google Glass app for assisting surgeons with dental implant procedures. The application called Avinent Glass was developed in partnership with the software development company Droiders and Dr. Jesús López Vilagran opens up
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First Health Information Exchange in Texas and Fourth in the Nation to Achieve Full Accreditation
HIETexas today announced that Healthcare Access San Antonio(HASA), the Health Information Exchange organization for Bexar and 21 surrounding counties in South Central Texas, has achieved full accreditation with the Texas Health Information Exchange Accreditation Program (TX-HIEAP) from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) and the Texas Health Services Authority (THSA), which operates HIETexas.
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Meet the New York Digital Health Accelerator 2014 Class of 7 Startups
The New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA) has announced their 2014 class of seven early and growth stage digital health companies selected through a competitive process of over one hundred applicants by the executives and 23 healthcare systems. During the four-month program, participating start-ups will: - receive direct mentorship by twenty-three leading healthcare organizations, including insurance companies, medical centers and hospital groups - fine-tune and develop their
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Top 5 Most Widely Used EHRs by Physicians
Medscape EHR Report 2014 reveals the top 5 most widely used EHRs by physicians Epic, Cerner, Allscripts, eClinicalWorks and NextGen have been named the most widely used EHRs by physicians, according to Medscape's EHR Report. Epic continues to dominate the EHR market for hospitals and health systems with 37% of users, nearly three times as many as Cerner with 13% of hospital users. eClinicalworks was rated first in usage (10%) and NextGen and PractieFusion tied for second place with 8% each for
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Survey: 22% of Physicians Are Opting Out of Meaningful Use
22% of physicians are opting out of meaningful use, according to the 2014 Medscape EHR Report. The survey found that 16% said they will never attest to meaningful use requirements, and another 6% of participants said they are abandoning meaningful use after meeting the requirements in previous years, up 2% from 2012. Overall, 78% of participating physicians said they were attesting to meaningful use Stage 1(30%) or Stage 2 (48%) in 2014. The key findings are based on 18,575 physicians across
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Castlight Health Partners with Teladoc for Telehealth Integration
Enterprise Healthcare Cloud provider, Castlight Health has signed a partnership with Teladoc, the nation’s first and largest telehealth provider with more than 8 million members. This relationship enables Teladoc to offer its telehealth services through Castlight’s technology suite to all enterprises that work with both Castlight and Teladoc. Castlight empowers large businesses to manage healthcare spending and enables employees and families to make informed choices with a clear understanding
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