Maimonides Medical Center, an independent hospital known for their nationally recognized heart and vascular center based in Brooklyn, NY is eyeing a potential partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health Systems, Daily News reports.
The provider announced on Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into exclusive partnership negotiations with North Shore-LIJ Health Systems, one of the nation’s largest healthcare networks with 19 hospitals in New York City, Long Island,
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Archives for 2015
HHS & ONC To Invest $28M to Advance HIT Interoperablity
After issuing the nationwide health IT Interoperability Roadmap draft late last week, the ONC today announced it will invest $28 million to advance the adoption and use of interoperable health IT tools and services to support the exchange of health information. These investments will improve care coordination, which in turn will help achieve the goal of better care, smarter spending, and healthier people.
Grant Program Overview
The two-year grant program will provide between 10 to 12 awards
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Rally Health Launches Digital Wellness Platform With Over 5M People
Rally Health, Inc., a leading developer of data-driven solutions for consumer health engagement, today announced the launch of its flagship product, RallySM. The HIPAA-compliant platform leverages the power of personal health data, social networking, and gamification to drive behavior change that is tied to value for the consumer.
Available to consumers through health plans and employers, Rally is a multi-payer, multi-channel platform. The company is a primary provider of
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StartUp Health Adds 6 Digital Health Startups to its Portfolio
StartUp Health, a global entrepreneurship development company for Healthcare Transformers, today announced the addition of 6 new digital health startups to its global portfolio, bringing the total to 90 companies. The company now boasts the largest peer network of Healthcare Transformers and portfolio of digital health companies with nearly 200 entrepreneurs from companies in 8 countries and more than 45 cities. Other key stats as of January 2015 include:
- Total Raised to Date: $190
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athenahealth Expands Further Into Inpatient EHR Market
athenahealth acquires Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's (BIDMC) inpatient EHR system to further penetrate the 100-bed-and-over hospital market.
Cloud based ambulatory EHR provider athenahealth announced today it has purchased webOMR, the web-based inpatient EHR system developed by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) to accelerate the company's ability to penetrate the hospital and health system market. In addition to the purchase, the two organizations have entered a
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Yale New Haven Health System to Implement Mobile Hearbeat CURE App
Mobile Heartbeat, a provider of smartphone clinical communications has inked an enterprise agreement with Yale New Haven Health System to rollout their Mobile Heartbeat CURE (Clinical Urgent Response) smartphone application to clinicians in all facilities in the provider’s network, which include Yale-New Haven Hospital, Bridgeport Hospital, Greenwich Hospital and the YNHHS Saint Raphael campus. Mobile Heartbeat has recently completed pilot implementations which helped YNHHS to realize
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3 Winona Health Clinics Earn Stage 7 Ambulatory Awards
HIMSS Analytics awarded three Winona Health ambulatory clinics with Stage 7 Ambulatory Awards.
Developed in 2011, the EMR Ambulatory Adoption Model provides a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for ambulatory facilities owned by hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics™ Database. Stage 7 represents the highest level of EHR adoption and indicates a health system’s advanced electronic patient record environment.
During the fourth quarter of
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Judge Blocks Partners HealthCare Expansion to Prevent Market Dominance
On Thursday, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Janet L. Sanders rejected an agreement for Partners HealthCare to acquire South Shore Hospital in Weymouth and two Hallmark Health System hospitals, in Medford and Melrose, Boston Globe reports. Outlined in a 48-page decision, Sanders found the settlement was to complex for the court to properly enforce and did not provide sufficient protections to keep Partners’ market power in check. According to Sander, the acquisition would “cement Partners’
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Enterprise Imaging Leader DR Systems Appoints New CEO
Dr. Murray Reicher has been named CEO of DR Systems, Inc., where he succeeds Rick Porritt, who has retired after 20 years with the company. Dr. Reicher co-founded DR Systems in 1992 and has been instrumental in the company's growth to become an industry leader in PACS, RIS, EHR and medical image exchange.
As CEO, Dr. Reicher will continue to focus on partnering with healthcare organizations to improve their clinical and financial success.
"Every day we commit ourselves to
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Cerner Closes $1.3B Acquisition of Siemens Health Services
Cerner announced this morning the completion of its $1.3B acquisition of Siemens Health Services’ assets, client relationships and associates. Cerner expects revenue in 2015 to be approximately $4.8 billion to $5 billion, with a client base spanning more than 30 countries across more than 18,000 facilities.
The combined business unit now have a combined annual research and development investment of more than $650 million that will enable Cerner to speed delivery of the
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