Accolade, the consumer health engagement platform for large employers and payers, announced that it has secured $22.5 million in strategic funding from a subsidiary of Independence Health Group, the parent company of Independence Blue Cross (Independence), and McKesson Ventures.
Accolade will use this investment to further strengthen its technology and analytics capabilities while capitalizing on a growing market demand for healthcare solutions that are proven to save money, drive the right
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Archives for 2015
Infographic: Do People Trust Telemedicine?
Telemedicine initiatives may have a promising future within the American healthcare system, and could alleviate the shortage of general practitioners, increase reliable access to basic and preventative care, and reduce overall costs. Despite potential positive outcomes of telemedicine platforms, patients remain dubious about this remote option and the quality of diagnosis made during virtual appointments.
The infographic shown below illustrates the key findings of a recent nationwide study
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medCPU Raises $8M To Help Clinicians See Complete Clinical Picture of Patient
medCPU, Inc., a healthcare enterprise clinical decision support solution, announced that it closed an $8 million financing round, consisting of $5 million series B-2 equity and $3 million in debt financing. The equity round was led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and New Richmond Ventures, and debt financing was provided by Silicon Valley Bank. The company will utilize the additional capital to enable medCPU to continue to assert its leadership position in the dynamic clinical decision
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National Billing Center, SyTrue Partner to Automate Medical Billing
SyTrue, Inc., a healthcare data-refinement company, that specializes in natural language processing (NLP) solutions to translate unstructured clinical data into actionable clinical information, announced today, a partnership with National Billing Center, who provides cloud-based automation services for hospital billing.
National Billing Center (NBC) is leveraging a component of SyTrue’s proprietary smart data platform for the company’s hospital Coding Automation Tool (CAT). The technology
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75% of Patients Wouldn’t Trust A Diagnosis Via Telemedicine
Approximately 75 percent of patients reported they either would not trust a diagnosis made via telemedicine, or would trust this method less than an in-doctor visit, according to a recent nationwide study conducted by TechnologyAdvice Research. The report reveals that although telemedicine initiatives may have a promising future to increase reliable access to basic and preventative care, patients remain dubious about this remote option and the quality of diagnosis made during virtual
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DreamIt Health Philadelphia Unveils Its Latest Class of Startups
Philadelphia-based healthcare technology incubator Dreamit Health has announced its third class of health tech startups. The selected startup teams will participate in a 16-week boot camp from from July to October 2015 to rapidly achieve key business milestones in building high-growth potential companies.
In exchange for 8% in equity, each team will receive:
– $50,000 in seed capital, plus up to $250K in follow-on funding from DreamIt Ventures.
– coaching/mentorship from successful tech
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Epic to Create Clinical Decision Support Tool for Falls Prevention
On Monday at the White House Conference on Aging, EHR leader Epic Systems announced it will create a clinical decision support tool (CDS) too for patient falls prevention based on CDC's guidelines. The CDS tool is expected to be available to all Epic clients by the end of the year designed to make it easier for health care providers to screen for falls, intervene to reduce risk, and provide follow-up care.
Additionally, it was announced that Kaiser Permanente will implement the CDC’s
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Wikipedia Healthcare Editors Gain Access to Evidence-Based Clinical Content
Wikipedia is a top destination for healthcare professionals and consumers to search for medical information. Now, Wikipedia healthcare editors can enhance their entries on the popular Internet encyclopedia and be confident in their accuracy thanks to a collaboration with EBSCO Health, the creators of DynaMed Plus.
Wikipedia’s top healthcare editors have complimentary access to DynaMed Plus, a cross-platform, evidence-based clinical reference solution, to assist in content generation, research
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How NLP Is Unlocking Data Driven Insights for Radiologists
This post is sponsored by SyTrue
When healthcare executives gather these days, discussion quickly turns to growing data volumes, ways to extract patient data across the spectrum of care, and tools for gaining insights from data. These familiar issues are driven by new “value-based” (versus “volume-focused”) shifts launched throughout healthcare in the past decade.
For radiology executives, the “value-based” environment also breeds pressures from falling reimbursements. To change
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PerfectServe’s Communications Platform Reaches 50k Physician Users
Adoption of the population health model of care is increasing, and with that means larger care teams spanning across more care settings that may not be equipped with the technology or processes to ensure providers remain connected outside the four walls of a hospital. This shift has created a demand for unified clinical communication tools that facilitate timely care team collaboration among providers scattered across multiple locations, which for PerfectServe, led to a 51.2 percent increase in
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