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What is the future of healthcare innovation? Today, massive technological shifts – driven by big data, mobility, security and cloud computing – are rapidly transforming business and society. Entire industries are being completely transformed, and healthcare is one of them. These trends are unlocking new possibilities for hospitals, researchers, doctors and patients.
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Imagine Health Raises $21M to Expand Benefits Model for Self-Insured Employers
Imagine Health, a provider of independent provider of high-performance provider teams has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Trident Capitaland HLM Venture Partners. The capital will be used to expand its transformative approach to healthcare into new markets, including immediate development activities in Phoenix,San Francisco and Atlanta. Imagine Health currently has high-performing hospital and physician teams—known as SmartCare™—in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Albuquerque
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Google Partners with Mayo Clinic to Improve Health-Related Search Content
59% of U.S. adults say they use the Internet to research and gather health information with approximately 35% of those adults end up using the information they find to diagnose themselves, according to the Pew Research Center. To improve the quality of health-related search content, Google is introducing structured, curated, and verified health information information into its Knowledge Graph smart search algorithm. To ensure consumers receive accurate information, Google has partnered with the
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Survey Reveals ICD-10 Costs for Small Physician Practices Significantly Lower
ICD-10 costs for small physician practices are significantly much lower than expected, according to a new study released today by the Professional Association of Health Care Office Management (PAHCOM). The survey of 276 physician practices of fewer than six providers revealed that total ICD-10 transition costs for an entire practice averaged $8,167. Per provider expenditures averaged $3,430 for a practice with a single provider to $1,838 for a practice with six providers. There were
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Deloitte Launches New EHR Implementation Approach, Evergreen
Today Deloitte announces Evergreen, a new approach to EHR implementation and maintenance designed to help reduce hospital system IT costs as health care moves to a value-based model more reliant on clinical and enterprise data. The solution is expected to help health systems save up to 30 percent on EHR operating costs by using a global staffing model and a standardized design that works to improve clinical optimization.
According to Mitch Morris, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and
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Can Mobile Health Streamline the Clinical Trial Workflow?
CliniOps Avik Pal explains why the time to revolutionize clinical trials has come.
While we tap away on our mobile devices, the healthcare industry continues to hone in on the untapped potential of connecting to the millions of users that hold them. The latest area calling for a mobile movement: clinical trials. The growing consensus: the time to clean up the clinical trial work flow has come— and mobile-driven solutions are the tools to get it done.
Despite the IT evolution in
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Emory, WellStar In Talks To Create “Unified Health System”
On Monday, Emory University and WellStar Health System announced formal discussions to combine Emory Healthcare, an entity owned by Emory University, and WellStar Health System into a new, unified health system. The unified health system could create a new, innovative healthcare system combined with the best of community-based care and academic medicine.
Both Board of Trustees have each approved a resolution to continue discussions for the next 45 days to weigh the options of
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Top 10 Trends Driving QA and Testing in Healthcare
Regulatory requirements, security concerns and innovations in cloud and mobility are among the Top 10 trends driving quality assurance and testing (QAT) in healthcare, according to Healthcare IT Leaders. The trends are drawn from industry research along with Healthcare IT Leaders’ real-world experiences assisting hospital, payor, pharma and life science clients with their QAT needs. Chief Quality Officer Michael Cooper presented his 10 key trends for the year in an on-demand webinar last
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Aventura Nabs $14M to Accelerate EMR Workflow Optimization
Aventura, a provider of healthcare workflow optimization software solutions, today announced that it raised a $14 million Series C funding co-led by Safeguard Scientifics and Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI). Existing investors Excel Venture Management, HLM Venture Partners, and Memorial Care Innovation Fund also participated in the round. Aventura will utilize the capital to expand sales and marketing, business development, and customer support, as well as accelerate product
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Garmin to Optimize Clinical Trials through Mobile Health
Garmin has announced a strategic partnership with Medidata, a provider of cloud-based solutions for clinical research to integrate Garmin’s vívofit activity tracker with Medidata's Clinical Cloud platform. The integration will optimize clinical trials through mobile health enabling enhanced patient engagement, data quality and operational efficiencies in clinical trials.
Integration Details
Designed to be worn on a person’s wrist 24/7, Garmin’s vívofit water-resistant device measures steps
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