What You Should Know:
- Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, has announced the interoperability of Philips Capsule Medical Device Information Platform (MDIP) with Philips Patient Information Center iX (PIC iX), providing hospitals with a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive patient overview.
- Interoperability between MDIP and PIC iX gives clinicians a new clinical perspective that enables the capture of streaming data flowing freely from a variety of medical device
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HLTH: NextGen Healthcare Unveils AI-Powered NextGen Ambient Assist
What You Should Know:
- NextGen Healthcare announced the availability of NextGen™ Ambient Assist, an ambient listening solution that interprets patient-provider conversations in real time to summarize appointments and document care plans at unprecedented speeds.
- Ambient Assist delivers AI-generated subjective, objective, assessment, and plan (SOAP) notes directly into the electronic health record (EHR) for provider convenience.
Fully Automated Ambient Listening Solution
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HLTH23: Withings Health Solutions Integrates Smart Scales/BPMs with Validic
What You Should Know:
- Withings Health Solutions announce its suite of cellular devices is now integrated into Validic's healthcare IoT platform.
- With their combined decades of expertise in transforming patient data into meaningful and actionable insights, these two organizations are advancing healthcare interoperability delivering high-quality patient-generated health data to their clients and partners.
Integration Details
This integration brings Withings Body
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HLTH23: Samsung Health, b.well Integrate To Make Personalized Healthcare A Reality
What You Should Know:
- b.well today announced at the HLTH 2023 conference that Samsung Health will use the b.well Connected Health platform to transform how consumers manage their health and engage with healthcare solutions and services.
- This new offering will enable Samsung Health users to create a longitudinal health record, receive proactive health insights, and conveniently access care from a growing network of trusted providers — all through a single secure application
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Commons Clinic Secures $19.5M for VBC Model for Spinal Care, Orthopedics, and Pain Management
What You Should Know:
- Commons Clinic, the branded, value-based health system offering all-inclusive, expert care for spine, orthopedics, and pain management, announced its $19.5M Series A financing led by RA Capital Management with participation from existing investors Floating Point and Courtside Ventures as well as new investor Time BioVentures.
- The latest financing brings Commons Clinic's total funding to $33.5M including investments from industry-pioneering angels such
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Teladoc Health Partners with Sword Health & Hinge Health
What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health announced new strategic partnerships with musculoskeletal (MSK) care providers Sword Health & Hinge Health to offer employers access to a full suite of digital physical therapy solutions for joint and muscle pain relief.
- MSK conditions are a top cost driver for 76% of employers in the U.S. (second only to cancer), costing an estimated $213B in annual treatment, care and lost wages. The move helps Teladoc Health clients offer a broader
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Uber, Optum Partner to Simplify Access to Supplemental Benefits
What You Should Know:
- Uber and Optum announced a strategic partnership to make it asier for consumers of participating health plans to cover the purchase of eligible expenses within the Uber app.
- Many people have access to supplemental health benefits that they may not use. Now, health plan benefit cards, including health spending account (HSA) and flexible spending (FSA) cards, can be added as a form of payment within the Uber app.
- This payment option can then be used
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Samsung Launches Open Innovation Initiative with MIT Media Lab, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine
What Should Know:
- Samsung announced a new Open Innovation Initiative in partnership with leading universities and academic hospitals – with the ultimate goal of enhancing the digital health ecosystem and delivering new approaches to wellness.
- Collaborating with the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine and Samsung Medical Center, the new research program will explore enhancements to the
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UnitedHealthcare Launches No Deductible Health Plan, Surest
What Should Know:
- UnitedHealthcare has announced the Surest™ health plan leads to more preventive care, improves satisfaction and lowers costs for members and employers.
- UnitedHealthcare’s Surest, which eliminates deductibles and offers upfront pricing information to people in advance of treatment, helps members more frequently access preventive care services and lower out-of-pocket costs, according to recent data.
- Hundreds of employers with a combined
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Expectation vs. Reality: Improving the Patient Payment Experience
If you’ve ever worked behind the scenes at a provider organization, you likely gained a deep understanding of what makes medical practices tick, giving you the ability to make fairly accurate assumptions about how patients will probably behave in different scenarios. However, when it comes to the patient payment experience, inevitably some patients respond differently than expected.
Seasoned healthcare workers have likely experienced a number of common misconceptions about patients’
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