eCaring, a leading developer of award-winning Cloud-based home healthcare technology that has proven to save an average of over $4,000 per patient per month by reducing ER visits, hospitalizations and readmissions, substantially lowering patient costs while improving care quality.
This week, eCaring announced that LifeStyle Options, Inc., one of the Chicago’s leading home care companies, has signed an agreement with eCaring to provide its unique Cloud-based care and disease management
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Archives for 2015
Karen DeSalvo to Leave ONC Post, If Confirmed for Asst. HHS Secretary
On Wednesday, the White House nominated National health IT coordinator Dr. Karen DeSalvo to be assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). If confirmed by the Senate, DeSalvo would leave her post as the as the acting assistant secretary for the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology.
In a letter to HHS staff on Wednesday, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell wrote:
"I am pleased to share the news that earlier today the President
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Behavioral Health: We Need EHRs, But incentives Would Help
Editor's Note: D'Arcy Gue is one of the co-founders of Phoenix Health Systems, a healthcare IT consulting and outsourcing firm. In April 2015, Phoenix welcomed a merger with Medsphere Systems Corporation and now serves as the vice president of industry relations for Phoenix Health Systems, the health IT services division of Medsphere.
Acute care hospitals have demonstrated what happens when you pay people—when you incentivize them—to do something.
Just 9.4 percent of
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4 Strategies to Building A Modern Healthcare Billing & Payment System
The U.S. healthcare industry’s billing and payment system is a horse-and-buggy in a world contemplating driverless cars. Consumers, shouldering higher costs, are frustrated by the system, which still largely relies on paper and telephone calls for billing and payment. The $2.9 trillion sector needs to transform the way it does business, creating a more transparent, seamless, convenient way to bill and collect money from its customers, according to “Money matters: Billing and payment for a New
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Population Health Company Evolent Health Files for $100M IPO
Arlington, Va.-based Evolent Health, a population health management services organization (MSO) that integrates the technology, tools and on-the-ground resources to support health systems in executing on their population health and care transformation objectives has filed for a $100 million IPO, according to SEC filing. The company is looking to raise $100 million and will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol EVH.
Founded in 2011 by UPMC Health Plan and The Advisory
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The Impact of Health IT in Nursing (Infographic)
As we celebrate National Nurses Week this week, which is designed to celebrate nurses as well as examine progressive impacts on the profession. The following infographic created by Adventist University of Health Sciences illustrates the impact of health IT in nursing and how it is being used to raise efficacy in both the nursing and health industries.
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IBM Watson, Welltok Help Centura Health Deliver Concierge Consumer App
Digital health company Welltok, today announced that the Centura Health Heart and Vascular Network is implementing a new consumer engagement solution called CafeWell Concierge, an app powered by IBM Watson. Centura Health, a leading network of heart and vascular care is the first organization to embrace the app and roll it out to consumers who are transitioning back to everyday life after experiencing a heart condition.
App Features
The goal is to support and guide consumers in their
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Sherpaa Raises $2.25M to Expand Employer Telehealth Visits
NYC-based digital healthcare company, Sherpaa, has raised $2.25 million, bringing the company’s totally funding to $8 million. Investors for this round are O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Softbank and Draper and Associates.
Co-founded by Dr. Jay Parkinson MD, MPH in 2012, New York-based, Sherpaa is a health service that HR executives can provide on top of insurance plans. It allows employees to have access to physicians 24/7 through phone or asynchronous text communication as well as insurance
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Joint Telehealth Pilot Program Reduces Hospitalizations by 45%
An at-home telehealth pilot program for patients with multiple chronic conditions between Philips and Arizona-based Banner Health has led to a 45 percent reduction in hospitalizations. Working together to address the shift toward value-based care and increased penalties for readmissions, the Intensive Ambulatory Care (IAC) pilot program assessed the results of 135 patients1 to determine the effectiveness of the IAC program in meeting its clinical and financial goals.
Joint Telehealth Program
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Rare Genomics Institute to Study Impact of Crowdfunding on Rare Diseases
The Rare Genomics Institute (RG) is launching a new study aimed at determining how crowdfunding can promote scientific research to help rare disease patients called Amplify Hope Initiative. RG is an international non-profit providing rare disease patients with access to state of the art genomics sequencing technology, connections to scientists and researchers, and help for payment of these services through grants, insurance, or crowdfunding.
Study Details
Patients will be lead through
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