Global wearables brand Fitbit and DexCom, Inc, a provider of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for people with diabetes, today announced an partnership to develop and market products to help people better manage their diabetes and get a more complete picture of their overall health with easy-to-use mobile tools.The first rollout as part of their collaboration is the integration of Dexcom’s CGM data to Fitbit’s new smartwatch, Fitbit Ionic that will allow DexCom users on either Android or iOS
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Truveris Raises $25M for Data-Driven Platform to Transform Prescription Benefits Ecosystem
Truveris, a provider of cloud-based data analytics solutions for the prescription benefits industry has raised $25 million in Series D funding led by McKesson Ventures, and included Canaan Partners, New Leaf Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, and New Atlantic Ventures. The company plans to use the latest round of funding to advance the company’s data and insights capabilities, which help manage rising prescription drug costs.Founded in 2009, Truveris aggregates data and insights from
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Cerner Forms Advisory Council to Support VA EHR Modernization Project
Cerner, today announced the creation of an Advisory Group to provide insights and recommendations in support of Cerner’s work on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. The group is comprised of distinguished former government, military and private sector leaders sharing a common interest in Veterans health and wellness.Former U.S. Senator and Nebraska Governor Bob Kerrey, a U.S. Navy Veteran has been appointed the chair of the The VA
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HealthSouth, Cerner Launches Post-Acute Innovation Center
HealthSouth Corporation in collaboration Cerner Corporation has announced the launch of the the Post-Acute Innovation Center to develop enhanced tools to manage patients across the continuum of care.HealthSouth and Cerner's collaboration initially began with the development and implementation of HealthSouth's clinical information system that has been installed in 116 of HealthSouth's 126 hospitals thus far. The Post-Acute Innovation Center will develop clinical decision support tools designed to
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CHIME, DirectTrust Partner to Promote Secure, Interoperable Exchange of Health Information
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and DirectTrust today announced they are collaborating to promote the universal deployment of the DirectTrust framework and health information exchange network as the standard electronic interface for health information exchange across the country.DirectTrust’s network is the largest standards-based network for the exchange of health information, with more than 1.5 million send and receive endpoints, at over 100,000 healthcare
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Optum to Acquire The Advisory Board Company’s Healthcare Business for $1.3B
United Health Group’s healthcare consulting and services unit, Optum has agreed to acquire The Advisory Board Company’s healthcare business for $1.3 billion, including the assumption of The Advisory Board Company’s debt. Based in Washington D.C., Advisory Board is a strategic healthcare advisory services firm that uses a combination of research, technology and consulting to improve the performance of more than 4,400 healthcare organizations.For Optum, the acquisition of the Advisory Board
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Fitango Health Adds Social Determinants of Health to Digital Health Platform
Fitango Health, a patient centric platform for chronic care management has added ‘Social Determinants of Health’ to its digital health platform. Social determinants of health are defined as “the determining and structural conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age” as they apply to a person’s health. These factors can include socioeconomic status, education, the physical environment, employment, and social support networks, as well as general or geographical access to health
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doc.ai Launches First Blockchain-Enabled NLP for Quantified Biology
doc.ai Incorporated ("doc.ai"), a San Francisco, CA-based digital health startup has announced the launch of its blockchain-enabled natural language processing (NLP) platform for quantified biology. Founded by the entrepreneurial Walter De Brouwer in 2016, doc.ai utilizes the blockchain to timestamp its datasets and decentralize artificial intelligence to generate insights from combined medical data.doc.ai is building a new platform for established medical companies to enable patients to have
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Intermountain Sets Goal to Reduce Opioid Prescribing by 40% Using EHRs
Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare has pledged to reduce by 40 percent the average amount of opioids prescribed per acute pain prescription at its 22 hospitals and 180 clinics by the end of 2018. To accomplish this 40 percent reduction, Intermountain will add prompts and default order sets into its electronic health records (EHRs) to help reduce the number of tablets prescribed. Intermountain has already provided training to about 2,500 caregivers within its system, with plans to expand
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Lumity Raises $19M to Accelerate Data-Driven Health Benefits Platform
Lumity, a San Mateo, CA-based technology-driven benefits solution for growing companies has raised $19M in Series B funding led by DFJ, with participation from current investors Social+Capital Partnership and True Ventures. As part of the recent round, Lumity is now expanding the company’s benefits advisory practice and technical and back office teams. DFJ Partner, Josh Stein, will also join the company’s Board of Directors.Founded in 2013, Lumity helps employers and employees make better, more
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