After 6 months of building and testing, senior home care startup HomeHero has launched a proprietary 15-point algorithm that matches clients in need of a caregiver with the perfect person to meet their needs -- like the Match.com for senior home care. The SoCal-based startup can now crunch millions of data points in seconds and deliver customized caregiver matches within only 10 minutes, compared to hours or even days for traditional home care agencies (HomeHero’s own manual matching process
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Teladoc Reaches 1 Millionth Telehealth Visit Milestone
On-demand telehealth platform Teladoc has crossed an industry milestone this week with the completion of its 1 millionth telehealth visit. Each telehealth visit reflects an interaction between a board-certified, state-licensed physician and a patient in need of health care via video, phone or online.
To date, more than 12.5 million U.S. members are connected to Teladoc’s network of over 2,000 board-certified, state-licensed physicians and behavioral health professionals who provide care for
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PatientSafe Solutions Acquires Merck subsidiary Vree Health
PatientSafe Solutions, a provider of connected healthcare workflow and care coordination solutions has acquired all assets of Vree Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck. The acquisition of Vree Health's service-enabled care coordination technology will help boost PatientSafe’s existing care coordination offerings to provide an end-to-end mobile care network at all points of patient care. As part of the acquisition, PatientSafe plans to maintain Vree Health's office in New Jersey, and the
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Cedars-Sinai, Techstars to Launch LA-Based Digital Health Accelerator
Cedars-Sinai is teaming up with Techstars to launch an LA-based digital health accelerator focused on developing innovative approaches to medicine and science that not only further enhance the quality of the care but ensure it is provided in a patient-centered, cost-effective manner. Together, the digital health accelerator will offer startups $120k in funding, 3 months of mentorship and guidance from senior leadership at Cedars-Sinai and the Techstars network of more than 7,000 founders,
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American Well Powers Telehealth Visits to 29 Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans
Telehealth services provider American Well, today announced it is the telemedicine partner of choice for 29 Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans in more than half of the United States. Beginning 1/1/16, 29 independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans rely on American Well to deliver care to members across 26 states. Through its app, Amwell health plans can give members a benefit they want, while reducing medical costs for key employer accounts.
"Modern technology like web and mobile lets us
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3 Trends Driving Medicare Towards Bankruptcy
The 50-year old Medicare program is not aging well; and that’s not good news for seniors, according to a new report by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Devon Herrick. When President Johnson signed the Medicare program into law on July 30, 1965, no one anticipated the program to grow at the rate it has. In 2014, the Medicare program spent over $613B to cover healthcare for 54 million beneficiaries. The law states that seniors do not qualify for Medicare until age
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Baptist Health Care to Implement Allscripts Sunrise EHR
Pensacola, Florida-based Baptist Health Care Corporation has selected Allscripts Sunrise EHR solution to improve the quality and safety of patient care and better manage their business operations over Cerner and Epic. The Allscripts solution will provide Baptist with a single, comprehensive health care record for every patient that is accessible by clinicians at any point of care, including hospitals, ambulatory sites, physician practices and other trading partners. Non-clinical departments will
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Amino Pulls In $19.4M to Match Patients with the Right Doctor
After spending more than two years in stealth mode developing a database that includes nearly every practicing doctor in America and experiences from more than 188 million people, digital health startup Amino has launched its consumer healthcare search platform designed to help consumers make confident health care decisions, starting with the doctors they choose. Amino’s new personalized service allows people to find and book an appointment with doctors based on their experience with specific
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Healthgrades: 1 in 6 Patients Receive Care In 1-Star Rated Hospitals
1 out of every 6 patients in the U.S. received care in a hospital rated 1-star[1], according to new research released by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. Had those patients researched local doctors and hospitals to identify and select a physician practicing in a 5-star hospital for their specific procedure or condition, they would have faced a 71 percent lower risk of dying or a 65 percent lower risk of experiencing
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Former Epic Employees Raises $3.5M for EHR Integration API
Founded by former Epic engineers, Redox, a health IT startup helping developers integrate with EHRs and health systems manage their connections to the cloud, today announced it has raised $3.5M in Series A funding led by .406 Ventures with participation by Flybridge Capital Partners and HealthX Ventures. The company hopes to solve the EHR interoperability problem with their RESTful API designed to help apps share data with almost any EHR vendor at any health system.
Redox's
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