Methodist Health System in Dallas has selected VisitPay to deploy its market-leading, cloud-based patient financial experience platform. The solution will provide Methodist patients with a simplified billing experience and more flexible financing options tailored to their specific needs. Through VisitPay, patients will have access to a Methodist-branded portal that displays a comprehensive accounting of their financial responsibilities. This helps patients understand what they owe and provides
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Qventus Lands $30M to Expand AI Platform for Hospital Operations
Qventus, a hospital operations management solution for health systems that leverages artificial intelligence (AI), announced that it has secured $30M in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital as well as existing investors Mayfield Fund and Norwest Venture Partners. The funding comes at a time when health systems are struggling to provide services to their communities at sustainable margins. The company, which has now raised over
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Cumberland Consulting Group Acquires LinkEHR to Expand Managed Services Practice
Health IT consulting firm Cumberland Consulting Group has acquired LinkEHR, a Madison, WI-based EHR-focused managed services firm specializing in Tier 1, 2 and 3 application support for health systems. Today’s announcement marks the firm’s fourth acquisition in just under five years.LinkEHR provides remote application support, including Epic Help Desk services, application break-fix and maintenance support for the full suite of Epic applications. In addition, the firm offers physician concierge
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Philips and Emory Healthcare Launch Remote Intensive Care Monitoring Program in Australia
Today, Philips and Emory Healthcare have announced the launch of a (eICU) remote intensive care monitoring program based at Royal Perth Hospital in Western Australia. Through this program, Emory Healthcare will use advanced technology that enables clinicians to monitor multiple critically ill patients remotely, alert ICU staff to any issues and ensure early intervention to improve outcomes. Based on the successes of a pilot program Emory Healthcare ran out of Sydney in 2016, this partnership is
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Complete HealthCare Solutions, Inc. Acquires PDQ Billing Services
Complete HealthCare Solutions, Inc. has announced the acquisition of PDQ Billing Services, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Founded in 1993, PDQ Billing Services provides revenue cycle management and credentialing services to the ambulatory healthcare segment. Complete HealthCare Solutions, Inc.'s offering includes a robust set of clinical and financial solutions supporting the full scope of care delivery processes — including Revenue Cycle Management Services, Credentialing, Patient Pay Solutions,
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Philips Acquires Sleep Apnea Wearable Nightbalance to Expand its Sleep & Respiratory Care Portfolio
Philips announced that it has acquired NightBalance, a Netherlands-based digital health startup that has developed a sleep apnea wearable that is used to treat positional obstructive sleep apnea and positional snoring. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious disorder in which breathing pauses and re-starts during sleep. Common symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome are snoring and excessive tiredness during the daytime.When most of these pauses in breathing occur when you lie on your
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Imprivata Names Former Sutter Health Executive Wes Wright as CTO
Health IT security company Imprivata, today announced the appointment of former Sutter Health executive Wes Wright to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the company's global technology strategy. As part of his new role as CTO, Wright will provide technical leadership across all areas of Imprivata’s overall business plan and strategic vision. Prior to Imprivata, Wright most recently served as CTO of Sutter Health where he was responsible for the technical services strategies and operational
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Alphabet and Michael J. Fox Foundation Team Up to Use Verily Study Watch to Research Parkinson’s Disease
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) and Verily Life Sciences LLC, an Alphabet company has announced a new collaboration on a two-year sub-study in Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative will include Verily Study Watch to add new dimension of health data. More than 800 participants will be equipped with Verily's multi-sensor investigational wearable device, to passively collect data on movement and physiologic and environmental measures continuously. The goal is to
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Innovaccer Raises $25 Million to Expand Unified Healthcare Data Platform
Innovaccer Inc., a Silicon Valley-based healthcare data platform company, announced today that it has raised $25 million capital in its Series B round of funding led by Westbridge Capital with participation from Lightspeed Ventures. This brings the total capital raised by Innovaccer to $41 million. Innovaccer plans to use the funds to continue building on its industry-leading suite and go-to-market capabilities.This includes enhancing its data platform by doubling down on its machine learning
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Wellist Lands $10M to Expand Integrated Patient Experience Solutions
Wellist, a Boston-based digital health startup focused in delivering Integrated Patient Experience Solutions to to address social determinants of health across their entire patient population has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Summation Health Ventures. This investment will enable Wellist to expand in several key geographic markets and enhance its proprietary digital health platform that connects patients to non-medical support services. The patient experience market has grown
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