On Monday, Allscripts announced it is embedding Elsevier's CPM Framework into Allscripts Sunrise EHR to to support clinical decision at point of care. The collaboration strengthens coordination of patient care capabilities in the Allscripts Sunrise EHR, the core of the solution Allscripts and CSC exclusively proposed to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the $11B DoD EHR Modernization project. DHMSM seeks an open EHR solution that is interoperable between a wide range of public and private
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Archives for 2015
Apple Launches ResearchKit Platform With 5 mHealth Apps
On Monday, Apple announced a new open source software framework called ResearchKit designed for medical and health research with five inaugural apps.The framework is designed to help doctors and scientists gather data more frequently and more accurately from participants using iPhone apps. With a user’s consent, ResearchKit can seamlessly tap into the pool of useful data generated by HealthKit — like daily step counts, calorie use, and heart rates — making it
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Cleveland Clinic Taps Theranos for Innovative Lab Testing
Cleveland Clinic and Theranos Inc. have formed a long-term strategic alliance designed to improve patient care through innovation utilizing Theranos’ CLIA-certified laboratory services. Under the new alliance, Cleveland Clinic’s best-in-class pathology team in the Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute will collaborate with Theranos to provide advanced clinical diagnostic services and, over time, implement Theranos’ groundbreaking, CLIA-certified laboratory services within
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Infographic: 5 Signs of What’s To Come in Digital Health
There is no question that 2014 was an exciting and eventful year for digital health. Even with all of the advancements and innovations in 2014, this year promises to be even better. The growth in business cases for new models of healthcare delivery and integration of digital health technology is reaching the point of convergence — creating powerful synergies where there was once only data silos and skepticism.
Maybe we have not quite achieved this synergy yet, but the trends emerging in 2015
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Survey: Digitally Engaged Patients Are Satisfied With Their Health
Digitally engaged patients are satisfied with their health despite the fact they appear to be sicker than those not using technology to help manage their conditions, according to new research findings from Klick Health, Google, and the Digital Health Coalition.
The findings revealed 18% of chronic patients who frequently use digital technologies for health reasons, 70% define the state of their health as good, very good, or excellent – even though 43% admitted to visiting a hospital
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Why the ICD-10 Dual Coding Proposal Is A Recipe for Disaster
The Coalition for ICD-10 has issued a new position statement in response to the latest trial balloon from ICD-10 opponents, which proposes that CMS allow a ICD-10 dual coding system approach in which small physician offices would be able to submit claims coded in either ICD-10 or ICD-9 during a transition period after Oct. 1, 2015.
Members of the Coalition are united in making the following statement:
Concerns have been raised about the potential financial impact on small physician offices
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Why Healthcare Price Transparency Is So Murky
I’ve spent the better part of the last two years trying to improve price transparency in healthcare. When my startup, Medlio, began down this path, we had a very simple vision - that consumers should be able to use their smartphones to find, connect, and transact with their healthcare providers. By "transact," I mean schedule appointments, submit medical forms and insurance information, receive an upfront estimate of the cost of the visit, make payment, and receive their data afterwards.
Now,
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Health Tech Incubator MATTER Roster Tops 70 Members
Chicago based health tech incubator MATTER has added ten more startups to its membership bringing its total to 70 companies, Chicago Tribune reports. The recently launched incubator aims to collectively fuel the future of healthcare innovation in Chicago through mentorship, networking opportunities, partnerships with companies and affordable workspace.
The incubator also recently partnered with the American Medical Association (AMA) to create the transformative health care innovation and
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Anthem Refuses Full Security Audit of IT Systems from OIG
Anthem, the country’s second-largest health insurer has refused to allow the Office of Personnel Management's Office of Inspector General (OIG) to conduct vulnerability scans on its IT systems after recently suffering a data breach affecting 78.8M individuals, according to GovInfoSecurity. Anthem previously refused an audit from vulnerability tests from OIG back in 2013.
"What we had attempted to schedule for the summer of 2015 was a sort of 'partial audit' - what we call a 'limited scope
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Qualcomm’s Mobile Ultrasound Project Wins GSMA mHealth Award
This week during Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, the Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative and Trice Imaging won the GSMA Global Mobile award for Best Innovation in Mobile Health for their Mobile Ultrasound Patrol project in Morocco. The Mobile Ultrasound Patrol project in Morocco demonstrates the power of advanced wireless technology in addressing maternal health. Through this project, Qualcomm Wireless Reach and Trice Imaging, in conjunction with support from the Moroccan Ministère de
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