Cerner has announced an integration agreement with Hospira, Inc., a provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies to enhance interoperability between Hospira's smart intravenous (I.V.) infusion devices and Cerner'sCareAware solutions to meet the evolving needs of healthcare organizations. The new expanded agreement focuses on broadening interoperability among Hospira's portfolio of smart infusion pumps with Hospira MedNet™ safety software and Cerner'sMillennium™ healthcare
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Medsphere Unveils OpenVista NoteAssist to Transform Clinical Documentation Process
Medsphere Systems Corporation, a provider of "open" EHR solutions, introduced OpenVista NoteAssist, a new clinical documentation tool. To give clinicians greater flexibility and control, NoteAssist streamlines the process of compiling patient data and incorporating it into various types of documentation such as progress notes and discharge summaries by remembering user preferences and text input between both user sessions and individual notes.
OpenVista NoteAssist Overview
Using NoteAssist,
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Imprivata Launches New Patient Identification Platform
Lexington, MA-based healthcare IT security company Imprivata, has launched Imprivata PatientSecure, a positive patient identification solution that uses palm vein biometrics to create a one-to-one link between patients and their correct medical record in their provider’s EHR system. Patient mis-identification is a growing national problem—on average 7 to 10% of patients are misidentified when their medical records are accessed. In addition, medical identity theft impacted more than 2 million
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DynoSense Raises $9.4M for Tricorder-Size Health Scanner
DynoSense, developer of the world's first fully integrated multi-function health scanner has raised $9.4 million in Series A funding, with participation from WI Harper Group; JKOM Cloud Health Technology Co; Plug and Play Tech Center; Jinmao Capital; and Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati. The Sunnyvale, CA-based digital health innovator will use the capital to support U.S. regulatory clearance and commercialization of its patented medical grade quality Dyno health scanner.
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New Self-Test Kit Can Detect Cancer and Prevent Heart Failure – with a Simple Prick of the Finger
Dr Now, a UK-based medical diagnostic and delivery mobile platform from Now Healthcare Group, has unveiled a self-test ‘tumor marker’ kits to help diagnose ovarian cancer and assess the severity of potential future heart failure. The self diagnosis test kits allow patients to administer a thorough blood test themselves, simply by pricking their finger and providing a small blood sample. Results are then returned to the patient within 24 hours of the sample being received by the Dr Now
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HealthSpot to Bring 7 Minute Blood Tests to Telehealth Kiosks
HealthSpot, a provider of enclosed telemedicine kiosks, unveiled the telehealth industry's first integrated lab test with Samsung Electronics' rapid lab testing device at NACDS Expo in Denver on Monday. Samsung's latest medical innovation, the Samsung LABGEO PT10 is a smart, compact clinical chemistry analyzer that will quickly analyze patient blood samples while they wait with just a drop of blood from a finger stick. Pending FDA approval, both patients who visit a HealthSpot station, and their
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5 Tips for Helping Med Students Conquer Information Overload
The practice of medicine includes dealing with tons of information, from prescription drug updates to the latest evidence-based treatment guidelines. How does a med student keep current with disease, drug and guideline data while making rounds and learning the ropes of clinical care all at the same time?
With medical schools starting up again for the year, the physician-editors of DynaMed Plus offer their suggestions for med students. The DynaMed Plus editors are all MDs or DOs at
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Capital BlueCross To Offer Telehealth Visits to Members via Amell
Capital BlueCross, a Harrisburg, Pa-based healthcare solutions and insurance company announced it will now offer telehealth visits its health plan members beginning Jan. 1, 2016. To deliver telehealth visits for its health plan members, Capital BlueCross has partnered with American Well to deliver Amwell, the nation's largest telehealth service, to members. Amwell's model contrasts with its competitors in that patients are connected face-to-face with a doctor in less than two minutes, instead of
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Google’s Alphabet Launches Life Sciences Company
After Google's announcement to restructure into Alphabet, Google has launched a Life Sciences company as the first new company under the Alphabet umbrella. "3 years ago we embarked on a project to put computing inside a contact lens -- an immensely challenging technical problem with an important application to health. While I am delighted at the progress that project has made, I could not have imagined the potential of the initiative it has grown into -- a life sciences team with the mission to
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Xerox To Acquire RSA Medical to Expand Healthcare Services Offerings
Xerox has announced a definitive agreement to acquire RSA Medical that will expand Xerox’s portfolio of healthcare service offerings to payers and life insurers using predictive analytics to enhance member outreach services aimed at improving overall population health. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The RSA Medical management team and its employees will remain with the company with Salviola leading operations and reporting to Rakowski.
RSA Medical is a leading provider
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