Mobile EHR provider drchrono has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Runa Capital with participation from Maxfield Capital, Eric Dunn (CEO of Quicken Inc. and Intuit’s first CTO), and FundersClub. Andre Bliznyuk from Runa Capital and Oleg Koujikov from Maxfield Capital have joined the drchrono board of directors as part of this funding round. The company plans to utilize the funding to invest in their EHR platform, talent acquisition, operation expansion to support their growth demand
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University of Miami Health to Launch New Precision Medicine Initiative for Personalized Cancer Care
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth – the University of Miami Health System, announced today is it partnering with Syapse to launch a scalable precision medicine initiative that will benefit thousands of cancer patients in South Florida and improve survival rates. The partnership with Syapse will enable doctors at UMiami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center to deliver personalized care that matches patients with targeted, cutting-edge cancer therapies, resulting in better
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PAREXEL Unveils Patient Sensor Solution To Transform Clinical Trial Data Collection
PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL), a biopharmaceutical services provider has unveiled its new patient sensor solution that securely captures, transmits, stores and visualizes study subject data in clinical trials. The new offering is powered by he Perceptive MyTrials® Analytics platform, enables an end-to-end services and technology solution that facilitates the remote collection of study subject data via medical devices.The PAREXEL® patient sensor solution supports the generation
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Health Screening Kiosk higi Acquires Health Rewards Tracker EveryMove
Chicago-based digital health startup higi has acquired Seattle, WA-based EveryMove, an app-based platform that lets users track their healthy habits and rewards them with gift cards and reduced health-care premium. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The company has also raised a Series B investment from BlueCross BlueShield Ventures Partners that will help higi create the most extensive set of tools to transform population health activities through the collection and
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Samsung Integrates with MedyMatch’s A.I. Platform to Improve Stroke Assessment in Ambulances
Samsung NeuroLogica Corporation has announced an collaboration with Tel Aviv-based startup MedyMatch to integrate its MedyMatch’s A.I.-based clinical decision support app with Samsung NeuroLogica's medical imaging hardware in the acute care marketplace. This collaboration will create support tools which provide a second read capability to help caregivers quickly and accurately assess patients in prehospital environments. The announcement marks the Israel-based company traction following its
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CareCloud EHR Offers Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Success Guarantee for Medical Groups
Cloud-based practice management EHR provider CareCloud announced today it has integrated Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) regulations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) into their clinical quality management programs. For eligible clinicians, the integration of clinical quality templates will streamline MIPS reporting for CareCloud clients through a new guarantee program that promises that its medical practice clients will avoid costly penalties.Eligible
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Health IT Startup Iris Plans Awarded Winner of 2017 Vator Splash Health Competition
Health IT startup Iris Plans has been awarded winner of the 2017 Vator Splash Health competition in San Francisco that invites healthcare innovators to present their cutting-edge technology solutions throughout several rounds of judging. 8 finalists were narrowed from companies around the country to present to a panel of judges at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Judges were comprised of leaders from the healthcare sector and the nation’s top investment firms. Iris Plans is a tech-enabled
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African Hospitals Adopt Artificial Intelligence to Advance Clinical Genomics
Sophia Genetics, a provider of data-driven medicine, today unveiled the list of African hospitals that have started integrating SOPHiA, the company’s artificial intelligence, into their clinical workflow to advance patients’ care across the continent. Medical institutions at the forefront of innovation already using SOPHiA in Africa include:· PharmaProcess in Casablanca, Morocco;· ImmCell in Rabat, Morocco;· The Al Azhar Oncology Center in Rabat, Morocco;· The Riad Biology Center in Rabat,
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Integra Connect Launches First End-to-End Solution for Oncology Care Model Success
Integra Connect, the leading provider of technologies and services for value-based specialty care, today announced a uniquely comprehensive solution for oncology practices participating in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Oncology Care Model (OCM) payment program.The OCM, introduced in July of 2016 to further delivery of higher quality, more coordinated oncology care at a lower cost, involves 190 practices representing more than 3,200 US oncologists. Integra Connect’s solution
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Connance Integrates Patient’s Socio-demographics Into CareWire’s Patient Engagement Platform
Connance, a provider of healthcare predictive analytics solutions, has partnered with CareWire, a text-first, mobile patient engagement solution provider, to integrate a new set of predictive analytics into CareWire’s HIPAA-compliant messaging platform for patients. Connance and CareWire are piloting the solution and anticipate general release of the enhanced capabilities in Q4. Connance leverages data science, integrated to workflow to drive enhanced performance. Connance delivers Patient Pay
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