Partners Connected Health and Hitachi, Ltd., today announced a collaboration to develop a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict with high accuracy, the risk of hospital readmissions within 30 days for patients with heart failure. The tool will help identify appropriate patients to participate in a readmission prevention program study following hospital discharge, and can explain the reason why patients were identified as being at high risk.Hospital Readmission Prediction Study
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NewYork-Presbyterian, Walgreens Partner to Launch In-Store Telemedicine Kiosks
NewYork-Presbyterian and Walgreens has announced a new collaboration to bring convenient access to NewYork-Presbyterian's world-class care through in-store telemedicine kiosks at select Duane Reade drugstores in New York. NewYork-Presbyterian, New York's No. 1 hospital, is offering the telemedicine services as part of its NYP OnDemand suite of digital health services.The first NewYork-Presbyterian NYP OnDemand telemedicine kiosk is currently available at the Duane Reade location at 40 Wall
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Change Healthcare, TIBCO Integrate to Accelerate Healthcare Data Transformation
Healthcare technology company Change Healthcare has announced an integration partnership with TIBCO Software Inc., a provider of integration, API management, and analytics. The goal of the integration partnership is aimed at helping providers, payers, and pharmacies better use their health IT data to improve efficiency and effectively manage complex workflows. By integrating the TIBCO® Connected Intelligence portfolio with Change Healthcare's broad portfolio of software and analytics, network
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Philips Acquires Mayo-Backed VitalHealth to Expand Population Health Management Offerings
Philips has acquired VitalHealth, a Netherlands-based provider of cloud-based population health management solutions for the delivery of personalized care outside of the hospital, for example, in regional care networks. Building on the acquisition of Wellcentive in 2016, the acquisition complements Philips population health management portfolio with advanced analytics, care coordination, patient engagement and outcome management solutions. Financial details of the acquisition were not
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Nokia Launches Healthcare Blockchain Pilot to Share Personal Health Data Via Wearable Smartwatch
In October, communication giant Nokia and OP Financial Group, one of the largest financial services group in Finland has teamed up to launch a new healthcare blockchain pilot project, according to a recent Nokia blog post. The healthcare blockchain pilot will focus on giving consumers secure control over their personal health data including how it is shared, accessed and used powered by blockchain technology. Healthcare Blockchain Pilot DetailsThe first blockchain pilot will begin with an
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Allscripts Reaches 1 Billion API Health Data Exchanges in 2017
Health IT solutions provider Allscripts, today announced it has reached a milestone of one billion application Programming Interfaces (APIs) health data exchange transactions within 2017. The milestone marks the most ever in a single year through its open platform, and its relationships with innovative entrepreneurs and with healthcare providers.To date, the Allscripts Developer Program (ADP) has certified nearly 200 distinct apps and devices for its users, all currently available through the
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SwipeSense Lands $10.6M to Expand Location-Aware Hospital Apps
SwipeSense, a Chicago-based healthcare technology company has raised a $10.6 million in Series B2 funding led by Eclipse Ventures, with participation from Sandbox Industries and other existing technology and healthcare investors. The company plans to utilize the funding to improve its location-aware apps for healthcare platform, explore new use cases and expand its growing team.Founded in 2012 by Mert Iseri and Yuri Malina, SwipeSense's mission is to eliminate Hospital Acquired Infections, a
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HealthiPASS Raises $7.2M for Patient-Centric Digital Payments Platform
HealthiPASS, a Chicago-based healthcare payments company, today announced it has raised a $7.2 million in Series A funding round, led by FCA Venture Partners. The round also included participation from OCA Ventures, Healthy Ventures, HealthX Ventures, Waterline Ventures and a small group of strategic investors. As high deductible health plans become more and more prevalent and patient out of pocket burden continues to increase, HealthiPASS simplifies the payments experience for both patients
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Aptean Acquires Web-based Clinical Portal Connect to Expand Healthcare Offerings
Aptean, a global provider of mission-critical enterprise software solutions, has acquired the Connect division of Influence Health to add to its growing suite of products that serve the healthcare industry and public sector. As part of the acquisition, employees focused on the Connect product have joined Aptean and will continue to work in their current locations. Financial terms of the acquisition was not disclosed. Connect, a division of Influence Health, offers a web-based clinical portal to
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Circulation and Lyft Team Up for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Circulation, the pioneer in on-demand non-emergency medical transportation, today announced a partnership with Lyft, the fastest growing rideshare company in the US. This partnership will expand non-emergency transportation options for Circulation’s clients nationwide, which currently number more than 1,000 healthcare facilities. Starting today, all Circulation users can schedule Lyft rides directly through Circulation’s on-demand patient-centric digital transportation platform.Founded in 2016
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