MeMD announces that its telemedicine partnership with Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) demonstrated a 78% ROI with a net savings of $74k.
A year after announcing the adoption of the MeMD Telemedicine Solution by MIHS, one of Arizona’s leading health care systems, a strong partnership has evolved, resulting in high utilization and large savings for MIHS. Through open communication, proven on-boarding strategies, continued support, and dedicated resources from MeMD, the partners have
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Nuance’s Clintegrity CDI Generates $2.2M Gain in Revenue for Valley Medical Center
Nuance's Clintegrity CDI generates $2.2 million gain in appropriate revenue and enables 11% improvement in Case Mix Index (CMI) for Valley Medical Center.
Nuance Communications, Inc. announced today that Valley Medical Center, part of the University of Washington Medical Center, has achieved higher levels of clinical excellence and gained additional revenue through proper reimbursements thanks to Nuance Clintegrity 360 solutions. Valley Medical has improved the quality of clinical information
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FDA Unveils Draft of Social Media Guidance for Pharma Companies
After five years, the FDA finally issued social media guidance outlining how drugmakers and medical device makers should utilize social media for their products/services. The guidance was issued to ensure that the information provided by pharma related companies is accurate and will help empower patients to make better informed decisions managing their health.
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Boston Children’s Hospital Chooses TigerText’s Secure Messaging to Streamline Clinical Workflows
TigerText, provider of secure, real-time messaging for the enterprise, today announced that Boston Children’s Hospital, one of the largest and top-ranked pediatric centers in the U.S., has selected TigerText as its secure messaging provider. Home to 40 clinical departments and 228 specialized clinical programs, Boston Children’s Hospital offers a complete range of health care services.
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Infographic: Embracing Cloud in Healthcare
HIMSS Analytics has released the results of their inaugural Cloud Survey on embracing the cloud in healthcare. According to the survey 150 healthcare organizations, 80 percent of respondents are currently using cloud services and almost all have plans to expand their use of cloud services.
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16 Healthcare Gamification Startups to Watch in 2014
An in-depth look at sixteen of the most promising healthcare gamification startups to watch in 2014 and beyond.
Video games aren't just for kids anymore. The earliest gaming consoles kept players stationary and sedentary, and thus became an object of concern in a world of rising obesity rates, diabetes and other health scares. But then came games that required players to move -- to participate with their physical bodies. That opened up a whole new world of gaming that is quickly morphing
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Cumberland Consulting Group Acquires Cipe Consulting Group
Cumberland Consulting Group, a national healthcare technology implementation and project management firm, today announced that it has acquired the assets of Seattle-based Cipe Consulting Group, LLC, a growing healthcare technology consulting firm specializing in electronic health records and revenue cycle system implementation and support, including workflow and business analytics.
The transaction expands Cumberland’s service offerings to include top-quality staffing resources with
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First-ever HIPAA-Compliant Hospital Navigation App with Smart Notification Integration Launches
Enterprise telecommunications software developer Mutare announced a key partnership agreement with Connexient, developer of hospital-based digital mapping and wayfinding solutions. The agreement sets the stage to integrate Mutare’s secure Vital Link™ notification system with Connexient’s MediNav™ rich indoor mapping platform to launch the first-ever, HIPAA-compliant hospital navigation app with full smart notification integration.
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Kareo’s CEO Dan Rodrigues Shares Tips on Selling to Doctors
In this video, Kareo CEO and Founder and seasoned healthcare entrepreneur Dan Rodrigues shares his tips on selling to doctors and bootstrapping a healthcare startup with Rock Health.
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BetterDoctor’s New Mobile Health App Integrates Medicare Provider & Payment Data
BetterDoctor, a company focusing on simplifying doctor discovery and booking has announced today that its mobile health app is the first to integrate Medicare's provider and payment data. The Medicare procedure and pricing data integration will help consumers make more informed decisions by providing a view to the most common procedures by over 800,000 providers that received payments in 2012 from Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits, tests and other treatments. An example of what the
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