Intermountain Healthcare and Oxeon have announced the formation and launch of health IT startup Empiric Health, an independent company that activates evidence-based healthcare delivery to improve both clinical outcomes and operational efficiency. Its technology-enabled service has proven success in addressing variation in cost and outcomes for clinicians and health system administrators.Unlike traditional solutions, Empiric Health evaluates actual clinical and patient outcomes data, structured
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Survey: 25% of Healthcare Organizations Are Putting Patient Data at Risk in the Public Cloud
25 percent of healthcare organizations are not using any form of encryption in the public cloud, according to workload security provider HyTrust's latest Healthcare Cloud Survey. The Cloud Adoption survey of 51 healthcare and biotech organizations analyzes healthcare organizations use of public cloud, the utilization of public cloud implementations, and how data is protected in these cloud environments. The survey also found that 63 percent of healthcare organizations say they intend to use
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Schoen Klinik Taps PeerWell to Offer Tech Assisted Prehab Programs For Its Surgical Patients
PeerWell, whose PreHab mobile platform helps patients prepare both physically and mentally for surgery to recover faster, today has teamed up with European orthopedic leader Schoen Klinik, to offer technology assisted prehab programs for its surgical patients. As part of the partnership, PeerWell will be used to help optimize the health of hip and knee replacement patients at select Schoen Klinik sites. Patients who schedule surgery at select Schoen Klinik sites will have the opportunity to
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Survey: 97% of UK Patients Demand Access to Digital Health Apps Through NHS Choices
97% of patients in the United Kingdom want access to doctor's appointments via digital health apps through NHS Choices to make primary healthcare more accessible to patients. , according to a new survey conducted by Now Healthcare Group. The survey asked 100 members of the public reveals that such a move could significantly reduce the unnecessary costs and pressures on an increasingly overstretched NHS.Currently, the NHS Choices system enables patients to choose how they receive their secondary
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TeleTracking Integrates With Hospital IQ’s Predictive Analytics Platform
Hospital IQ and TeleTracking has announced a strategic partnership that will improve patient flow, clinical outcomes and financial performance. Under the partnership, TeleTracking will integrate capabilities from Hospital IQ’s cloud-based predictive analytics platform with Teletracking’s Analytics solution portfolio. The two companies will also work together on joint product development efforts. Hospital IQ’s platform helps hospitals optimize efficiency through data-driven performance
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HealthTap Expands Global Health Practice to 1.4 Billion Chinese Speakers
HealthTap, a Global Health Practice, providing 24/7 immediate access to top doctors via video, text, or voice, announced that its most advanced services are now available in Chinese, the world’s most spoken language. With this expansion to China, the 1.4 billion Chinese-speaking people worldwide can get immediate access to U.S.-licensed doctors and their knowledge, quickly and cost-effectively via the HealthTap Chinese mobile app and website.According to a report released by the US Census
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Launchpad Digital Health Invests 5 New Digital Health Startups
Launchpad Digital Health, a focused next generation accelerator has added six new startups to its 12-month accelerator program. Among the companies that closed the new seed capital funding are: Amicomed, Aida Health, Stop Breathe & Think, Tueo Health. These companies have now begun its twelve-month in-house immersion program.In addition, Launchpad Digital Health closed a follow-on round for LifeDojo, an advanced corporate wellness company ) with other leading investors. These investments
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CareDash Lands $2M for Online Doctor Rating & Review Platform
CareDash.com, an online doctor review and rating portal has secured nearly $1 million in venture debt financing and an additional $1 million line of credit led by Link Ventures, a Cambridge-based investment firm focused on internet and technology companies. With this new investment, the Cambridge, MA-based company plans to increase consumer awareness of the brand as a resource dedicated to transparency in the doctor review industry with a steadfast promise to reject payments from doctors seeking
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Dimension Data Unveils New Clinical Mobility Solution to Improve Healthcare Patient Safety & Caregiver Efficiency
Dimension Data, a global IT services and solutions provider has unveiled its Clinical Mobility Solution, designed to improve healthcare patient safety and caregiver efficiency, while minimizing institutional operating expenses. The solution – a framework to help healthcare organizations develop, execute and evolve their mobility strategies – draws on Dimension Data’s experience serving hundreds of healthcare institutions across the world. With 90 percent of healthcare professionals using mobile
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San Juan Regional to Implement Cerner EHR Platform to Replace 75 Health IT Applications
San Juan Regional Medical Center has selected Cerner to implement it's Millennium EHR, revenue cycle management and population health management platform to displace more than 75 health IT applications. The integration of Cerner’s Millennium® EHR and revenue cycle management solutions combines clinical and financial information within a single platform to support an individual’s health care journey across the continuum. The Cerner implementation will result in a Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle™
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