Only 43 percent of healthcare organizations feel they are currently on track with their preparation, according to key findings from Navicure's fourth ICD-10 readiness survey. Navicure and Porter Research deployed the survey in August 2015 as the fourth wave of a research study designed to trend attitudes and behavior regarding the transition to ICD-10. The survey finds that majority (85 percent) are still optimistic they will be ready when the transition happens, yet more than half of
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MEA|NEA Acquires The White Stone Group to Create Integrated Platform for Secure Health Exchange
MEA|NEA, a provider of secure health information exchange for medical and dental providers, announced today that it has acquired The White Stone Group, Inc., a best-in class provider of healthcare communication management solutions. This acquisition positions the company to create a single, highly-integrated platform for the secure exchange of protected health information and communication management between patients, providers and payers. Financial terms of the acquisition were not
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CVS Signs Telehealth Partnerships with American Well, Doctor On Demand, Teladoc
CVS Health has signed telehealth partnerships with American Well, Doctor on Demand and Teladoc to expand its broader commitment to connected health, exploring new and effective ways that digital technology can improve the health care experience. Under terms of the partnerships, CVS Health will explore how direct-to-consumer telehealth providers, retail pharmacy and retail clinic providers can collaborate to improve patient care.
"During our initial phase of exploration of telehealth in our
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Cerner to Integrate Hospira’s Infusion Pump Data Into EMR
Cerner has announced an integration agreement with Hospira, Inc., a provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies to enhance interoperability between Hospira's smart intravenous (I.V.) infusion devices and Cerner'sCareAware solutions to meet the evolving needs of healthcare organizations. The new expanded agreement focuses on broadening interoperability among Hospira's portfolio of smart infusion pumps with Hospira MedNet™ safety software and Cerner'sMillennium™ healthcare
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Medsphere Unveils OpenVista NoteAssist to Transform Clinical Documentation Process
Medsphere Systems Corporation, a provider of "open" EHR solutions, introduced OpenVista NoteAssist, a new clinical documentation tool. To give clinicians greater flexibility and control, NoteAssist streamlines the process of compiling patient data and incorporating it into various types of documentation such as progress notes and discharge summaries by remembering user preferences and text input between both user sessions and individual notes.
OpenVista NoteAssist Overview
Using NoteAssist,
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HealthSpot to Bring 7 Minute Blood Tests to Telehealth Kiosks
HealthSpot, a provider of enclosed telemedicine kiosks, unveiled the telehealth industry's first integrated lab test with Samsung Electronics' rapid lab testing device at NACDS Expo in Denver on Monday. Samsung's latest medical innovation, the Samsung LABGEO PT10 is a smart, compact clinical chemistry analyzer that will quickly analyze patient blood samples while they wait with just a drop of blood from a finger stick. Pending FDA approval, both patients who visit a HealthSpot station, and their
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Bayer HealthCare Launches Digital Health Accelerator in Berlin
Bayer HealthCare has launched its own digital health accelerator program in Berlin, Germany called "Grants4Apps," selecting five digital health startups from around the globe that will advance their business ideas and technology in areas such as hormone tests, patient adherence, breathing patterns, clinical trials and vitamin deficiency. The selected five digital health startups will receive financial support of up to 50,000 Euro and will work out of the company's pharmaceutical division in
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Novant Health To Integrate Epic MyChart with FitBit & HealthKit
Starting this month, Novant Health patients will be able to share data from FitBit and Apple HealthKit with their doctor through Novant Health's patient portal, Epic MyChart. By integrating with Fitbit and Apple HealthKit, Novant Health's more than 430,000 MyChart patient portal users will be able to submit data from personal fitness devices, such as smart scales and wearable fitness trackers, directly to their doctors.
According to Epic, Novant Health leads the nation in patient engagement
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New OR Workflows Helps Reduce $5 Billion in Supply Chain Waste
Every year, more than $5 billion is wasted on expired, lost or uncaptured medical device and implantable charges. While this supply chain waste is pervasive throughout entire health systems, the intricacy of managing high-value items is exceptionally demanding in the operating room (OR). To help address waste in the OR, Cardinal Health Inventory Management (CIMS) has launched new, cloud-based automated workflow modules for challenging-to-manage inventory such as biological implants, sutures, and
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New Roche App Measures Parkinson’s Disease Fluctuations
Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED) has developed a smartphone app for those with Parkinson’s disease that complements traditional physician-led assessments with automated tests that continuously measure their symptom fluctuations. According to Roche, this could potentially be the first time that such an app has been used to measure disease and symptom severity in a medicine development program in Parkinson’s disease. Developed in consultation with Max Little, a pioneer in PD
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