What You Should Know:
- As a Carequality Implementer, Redox has added access to
more than 500,000 Carequality-enabled physicians to its already extensive
network.
- Redox members can use the same patient search query to
search all the participants in the Carequality framework as they would if they
used a direct patient search API provided by an electronic health record (EHR)
vendor.
Redox
Inc., the leading interoperability platform for healthcare data exchange,
today announced that
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Allscripts & eClinicalWorks EMRs Not A Good Fit for Ambulatory Pediatric Practices, KLAS Report Finds
What You Should Know:
- According to a recent KLAS report, Allscripts and
eClinicalWorks EMRs are not a good fit for pediatric practices, while Greenway
Intergy is improving.
- PCC, athenahealth, and Office Practicum EMRs named best suited for pediatric offices.
Despite their unique needs, many ambulatory pediatric
offices are expected to “make do” with generalized EMR templates and charting.
From growth charts, to well-child visits, to immunization tracking, to
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Virtual Behavioral Health Could Reduce Costs, Improve Patient Outcomes, Report Finds
What You Should Know:
- A new Accenture report called “Breakthrough Behavioral
Health Access: Think Virtual” finds that the use of virtual behavioral health could
expand care for more than 53 million Americans facing these conditions.
- Demand for behavioral health specialists significantly outweighs current availability; in addition to severe wait times of 25 days for first clinical appointments, we are projected to have a shortage of 250,000 behavioral health and mental health
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Holon Integrates with Cerner’s HealtheIntent PHM Platform for Value-Based Care Insights
What You Should Know:
- Holon and Cerner announced a partnership
to advance the delivery of relevant patient insights to providers when they
need it most.
- Holon and Cerner will deploy patented
technology that automatically delivers contextually relevant patient information
from Cerner’s HealtheIntent® population health platform, which
is EHR-agnostic, directly to clinicians in their workflow to inform care
decisions.
Holon
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Current Health, Dexcom Partner to Deliver Continuous, Remote Glucose Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Current Health has partnered with Dexcom to add continuous
glucose monitoring (CGM) capabilities to its remote patient monitoring (RPM)
platform – enhancing care and improving outcomes for diabetics.
- Dexcom CGM data will transmit directly into the Current
Health wearable and platform for review by the care management and clinical
teams, improving post-discharge and chronic care of diabetes patients outside
the hospital.
- Through this partnership, Current
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Cerner Launches New Cloud-Based Offering for Rural and Critical Access Hospitals
What You Should Know:
- Cerner announced a new offering, CommunityWorks
Foundations aimed at reducing costs and speeding up the implementation process
for Rural and Critical Access Hospitals.
- This much-needed offering caters to small rural healthcare providers, who often face challenges such as geographic isolation, workforce shortages, educational disparities, and diminishing resources that can make it harder to deliver high-quality care.
- Rural hospitals serve about 20% of all
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Change Healthcare Launches SmartPay Integration with Epic MyChart to Improve Patient Payments
What You Should Know:
- Change
Healthcare's SmartPay integration with Epic MyChart helps facilitate patient
payments both pre- and post-service, and connectivity with Hyperspace® creates
a “one-stop shop” experience that lets providers' staff stay within Epic to
process point-of-service payments.
- Change Healthcare’s SmartPay Payment Integration for
MyChart and encrypted device integration is available in the Epic App Orchard.
Change
Healthcare announced the launch of its
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Eko Awarded $2.7M NIH Grant for Heart Murmur & Valvular Heart Disease Detection Algorithms
What You Should Know:
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted next-generation
cardiac AI company Eko an award totaling $2.7 million to support continued
collaborative work with Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
- The grant will focus on validating algorithms and help
more accurately screen for heart murmurs and valvular heart disease during
routine office visits with Northwestern Medicine.
- By incorporating data from tens of thousands of
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GoodRx Expands Telehealth Service Nationwide Across All 50 States
What You Should Know:
- GoodRx today announced it has expanded the reach of
HeyDoctor by GoodRx and it is now available across all 50 states and Washington
D.C.
- HeyDoctor provides affordable access to online medical visits from US-licensed providers to treat a wide range of conditions — regardless of insurance status. Treatment and services include routine doctor visits starting at $20, prescription refills, and mail delivery.
GoodRx announced that its telehealth
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HealthEdge Acquires Payment Integrity Solution The Burgess Group
What You Should Know:
- HealthEdge Software announces the acquisition of The Burgess
Group, LLC (“Burgess”), an innovative payment integrity software company
focused on improving healthcare payment operations for an undisclosed sum.
- The strategic acquisition will boost Health Edge’s position in
the payment integrity market and extends best-in-class claims processing to
include software-driven payment integrity
- Burgess’ product, Burgess
Source®, is the first solution to natively
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