Innovaccer, a San Francisco-based healthcare data platform company, has announced the launch of its financial analytics solution for hospitals and health systems. The new offering will be built on top of its cutting-edge healthcare data platform, InData and will be a part of the analytics module, InGraph. The new offering will be built on top of its cutting-edge healthcare data platform, InData and will be a part of the analytics module, InGraph.As healthcare providers delve deeper into evolving
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Capturing Patient Experience: Current Challenges & Future Needs Report
Today’s healthcare organizations (HCOs) are under increasing pressure to develop effective models for capturing patient experience data for quality performance scores, as the recent CMS 2019 policy changes made clear when they adjusted the weightings for Star Ratings measures. This in turn is motivating executives to gather data about the patient experience in real-time and not retrospectively, in theory enabling them to adjust policies and practices more effectively. However, they are likely to
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Medalogix Deploys New Predictive Analytics Predictive Analytics for Home Health Utilization
Nashville-based healthcare data science company, Medalogix, announced today its newest product, Medalogix Care. This home health utilization management solution leverages predictive analytics and optimization technology to provide guidance on patient care plans to healthcare providers, based on the historical analysis of millions of patient records, care plans and outcomes. The announcement comes after Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Health Economists peer-reviewed Medalogix’s models and
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Mayo Clinic to Explore Use Cases of Blockchain-based EHRs
Medicalchain, a UK-based startup using blockchain technology to secure store EHRs securely has signed a joint development agreement with Mayo Clinic to explore the value of blockchain in healthcare. As part of the joint development agreement, both organizations will work together to develop use cases utilizing blockchain-based EHRs. This agreement comes after months of discussions between Mayo Clinic and Medicalchain on the potential benefits blockchain technology can bring to
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DrChrono EHR Integrates with Square to Enable Physician Payment Processing
DrChrono Inc., the company enabling the medical practice of the future, today announced a new integration with Square that incorporates payment processing into the DrChrono EHR cloud-based platform, enabling physicians to collect patient payments much faster and more easily. The DrChrono/Square integration enables medical practices to accept and save a patient’s debit and credit card information directly within the DrChrono EHR and OnPatient patient portal. Patient payments can be collected
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Partners Healthcare Taps Circulation to Bring On-Demand Medical Transportation to Patients
Circulation Health, a on-demand medical transportation exchange that coordinates transportation logistics for health organizations, today announced an agreement with Partners Healthcare, an integrated, not-for-profit health system with facilities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.As part of the collaboration, Partners will utilize Circulation's on-demand ride technology, which interfaces with Lyft, to move patients to and from their appointments. The relationship also allows for expansion to
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Rock Health Expands to Life Sciences with ZS Partnership
ZS, a global provider of life sciences consulting and technology solutions has inked a partnership with digital health-focused venture fund Rock Health to bring the latest innovations to its life sciences expertise. Rock Health's partners span the healthcare spectrum, from leading health systems to payers, manufacturers and industry advocates, all focused on removing barriers and supporting industry growth. This partnership enables ZS to bring its thought leadership and deep technical expertise
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The State of Value-based Care in 2018: 10 Key Trends to Know
Value-based care is bending the healthcare cost curve, reducing unnecessary medical costs 5.6% on average while improving care quality and patient engagement—effectively starting to achieve the long-sought triple aim. Despite easing or ending of federal mandates, commercial lines of business are investing in value-based innovation, accelerating the decline of pure fee-for-service faster than previously projected levels. Indeed, today nearly two-thirds of payment are now based on value.These
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IlumiCare Integrates with Epic EMR to Improve Clinical Decision Making
IllumiCare, a pioneer in point-of-care healthcare information technology, announces today integrations with multiple health systems using the Epic electronic medical record (EMR). IllumiCare’s Smart Ribbon® technology currently runs in 22 hospitals using Epic, with additional facilities being added.IllumiCare offers an EMR-agnostic ribbon of information that unobtrusively puts the wholesale cost of medications, labs and radiology tests, iatrogenic risks, and other actionable information within a
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Report: Digital Health Market to Reach $379B by 2024
Digital health market is expected to reach $379B, representing to register a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 26% over 2017-2024, according to a recent Global Market Insights report. The recent decades have witnessed an augmented development in terms of technology – a trend that has propelled digital health market to traverse a path of exponential growth.In the present healthcare industry scenario, a patient can schedule an appointment with the doctor, seek medical advice, view medical
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