Greenway Health, a provider of physician practice-focused health IT solutions, announced that it has appointed Scott Zimmerman as its new Chief Executive Officer. Tee Green, co-founder and former CEO of Greenway Health, will remain in an active, full-time role as Executive Chairman, focusing on innovation and growth initiatives.Under his leadership, Greenway is preparing to launch several new and enhanced product and service offerings to the market, such as population health management,
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Mount Sinai Joins OpenNotes Initiative Allowing Patients Access to Clinical Notes
Mount Sinai Health System has launched OpenNotes Initiative that allows patients electronic access to their provider’s notes in their medical records, at the East 102nd Street and East 85th Street Primary Care Associates of the Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice offices. OpenNotes aims to provide the highest quality care possible by increasing transparency, communication, and trust between patients and physicians.Four Mount Sinai physicians in various clinical practices conducted the initial
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SAP Unveils SAP® Health Engagement Solution to Connect Caregivers, Patients
SAP today unveiled SAP® Health Engagement, a new solution to connect patients directly to physicians and health program managers. The solution gives health providers, health insurances and pharmaceutical companies the ability to build custom apps to help patients track their health through goal setting, as well as pull personalized assessments for chronic diseases and conditions.By directly linking patients to healthcare professionals with real-time data and high-speed analytics, the technology
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Health IT VC Funding Tops $1.4B in Q1 2016: 10 Things to Know
Health IT VC funding increased 27 percent quarter over quarter (QoQ), coming in at $1.4 billion in 146 deals compared to $1.1 billion in 145 deals in Q4 2015, according to a new Mercom Capital Group report. The report highlights 615 companies funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the Healthcare Information Technology (IT) / Digital Health sector for the first quarter of 2016. Here are ten key things to know: 1. Healthcare practice-centric companies received 42 percent of
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IBM Launches Health Corps to Tackle Health Disparities Via IBM Watson
This week during 13th Annual World Health Care Congress, IBM unveiled IBM Health Corps, a global first -of-its-kind pro-bono program focused on tackling health disparities using IBM Watson's cognitive tools and analytics. The new service initiative will bring IBM’s top talent and cognitive technologies to help communities address health challenges such as primary care gaps, health worker shortages, and access to safe water and nutritious food. Unity Health Care Pilot ProjectIBM plans to pilot
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Vermont to Implement Real-Time Data Sharing Network for Providers
On Tuesday, Vermont Blueprint for Health 2016 in Burlington, VT, announced that it will become the first state in the nation to implement a real-time data sharing network across in-state healthcare providers. The state will deploy Patient Ping, a Boston-based digital health company designed to enhance medical information transparency between once disconnected health care providers.How It WorksPatientPing, providers receive "Pings," real-time notifications whenever their patients receive care at
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Mayo Clinic, GE Ventures Partner to Bring IoT Approach to Cell, Gene Therapies
Today, GE Ventures and Mayo Clinic announced they are teaming up to launch Vitruvian Networks, Inc., an independent platform company committed to accelerating access to cell and gene therapies through advanced, cloud-ready software systems and manufacturing services. Vitruvian Networks will partner with therapy producers and serve them by providing a state-of-the-art software and manufacturing platform to bring the Internet of Things (IoT) to cell and gene therapies. At scale, the platform will
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Midmark Acquires Versus to Optimize Outpatient Clinical Workflows Using RTLS
Midmark Corporation, a provider of outpatient workflow solutions has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire real-time locating system provider Versus Technology, Inc. (“Versus”). As part of the acquisition, Midmark will acquire all the issued and outstanding common shares of the Tranverse City, MI-based Versus. Versus core operations will also remain in Traverse City, Mich.Versus is the most-deployed real-time locating systems (RTLS) provider in healthcare, using location
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On Demand Webinar: Decoding the DNA of Health Innovation — in Digital and Beyond
About the WebinarThe global health landscape is undergoing tremendous and rapid change catalyzed by a range of forces in the areas of economics, policy and, most famously, technology. In the midst of these changes, executives, medical professionals, innovators, entrepreneurs and others are seeking guidance about how best to navigate, succeed and innovate in the fast-paced health marketplace. This complimentary on-demand webinar, “Decoding the DNA of Health Innovation — in Digital and Beyond”
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Google’s New Patent: Drone-Assitsed Medical Aid Delivery
Google has been awarded a patent that indicates its interest in using drones for transporting and delivering medical aid. Unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs – also known as drones – have long been a topic of conversation among healthcare innovators, who hope to use the fast flying technology to deliver medical aid at record speed. The patent describes the drone as having a housing with at least one interface configured to accept one or more inputs that are each indicative of a particular medical
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