- Aktana raises $20M in debt financing from CIBC Innovation Banking for AI-enabled decision support for the global life sciences industry.
- CIBC Innovation Banking delivers strategic advice, cash management, and funding to innovation companies at each stage of their business cycle, from startup to IPO and beyond.
- Using embedded AI and machine learning refined by real-time human insight, Aktana gives life sciences commercial teams the tools and information to anticipate customer
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Through EHR Integration, CVS Specialty Launches Specialty Expedite to Streamline Prescription Onboarding
- CVS Specialty launches Specialty Expedite, a pharmacy solution that uses technology to significantly streamline the process and keep patients informed of the status of their prescription along the way.
- Streamlined prior authorization and benefits verification process using connectivity with EHR platforms, helping patients get their medications in as little as three days.
- Patients are also able to choose how they want to get their specialty medications – at their local CVS
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Founded by Medical Doctors, Clinical Cyber Defense Systems (CCDS) Launches Security Analytics Platform
- Founded by two medical doctors, Clinical Cyber Defense Systems (CCDS) officially launches in Boston with a new security analytics platform called DYNAMIKANALYTIX.
- CCDS is a healthcare cyber defense systems manufacturer dedicated to protecting hospitals and preserving patient safety.
- CCDS ‘ Active Threat Intelligence (ATI) solutions translate technical security findings into real-time healthcare outcomes so hospital leaders, from the CISO to the CMIO have access to actionable
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XRHealth, Allscripts Partner to Integrate VR/AR Platforms, Leveraging Open APIs
- XRHealth forms a partnership with Allscripts to provide integrated VR/AR platform, leveraging Allscripts Open APIs.
- The partnership enables medical professionals to prescribe and monitor the progress of VR/AR therapies on patient health.
XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, a provider of in extended reality and therapeutic applications, today announced a partnership with Allscripts to provide an integrated VR/AR platform, leveraging Allscripts Open APIs. The Allscripts Developer Program
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University Hospitals Health System to Deploy NextGen Population Health Platform
- University Hospital Health System has selected NextGen to deploy their population health platform to help enhance patient care. - NextGen Population Health platform aggregates and analyze patient data, and drive meaningful insights across clinical, financial and administrative data.University Hospitals Health System, a health system based in Northern Ohio has selected NextGen to deploy their NextGen Population Health platform that identifies gaps in care and enhances proactive patient health
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Amazon Launches Pilot Virtual Primary Care Clinic in Seattle for its Employees
- Amazon launches Amazon Care, a pilot virtual primary care clinic in Seattle for its Amazon employees and in-person healthcare services from Oasis Medical. Oasis Medical.
- Amazon Care offers employees access to video care, care chat, mobile care, and a care courier available Monday to Friday, 8 am to 9 pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 8 am to 6 pm.
- Eligible Amazon employees and their families can request to enroll at any time during the year.
Today, Amazon announced the
launch of
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Which Physician Specialties Have The Most Inpatient Cost Variation?
- IllumiCare’s new research found thousands of dollars in disparities among providers of the same specialties taking care of the same type of patients, both across different hospitals and within the same hospital. - The variations stem from costs providers make judgment calls about — such as ordering medications, lab tests and radiological exams.-The report sheds light at how provider choices in medications, labs, and radiology tests create big differences in spend on a similar diagnosis/patient
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Philips Launches Expanded SmartSleep Suite of Solutions in US Market
- Philips launches its expanded SmartSleep suite of digital solutions in the US market to ultimately address approximately 80 percent of all sleep issues worldwide- Collaborative efforts with Walgreens, WebMD enhance consumer access to sleep information and solutions- The new SmartSleep solutions are now available for purchase on Philips.com, Walgreens.com, and BestBuy.com. SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband and Snore Relief Band will begin to roll out to BestBuy stores across the United States in
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Walgreens Find Care Platform Integrates with Philips SmartSleep Analyzer
- New collaboration between Walgreens and Philips helps put quality sleep within reach, integrating Philips SmartSleep Analyzer with Walgreens Find Care. - Walgreens Find Care users are now able to use the tool to help identify the potential reasons contributing to their sleep issues and connect to sleep diagnostics, guidance, products, and solutions online and through the Walgreens mobile app.- Walgreens Find Care users who access the SmartSleep Analyzer will receive personalized insights and
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EMPATHIQ Acquires Patient Experience & Reputation Platform Rivews
- EMPATHIQ acquires Rivews, a patient experience and reputation platform that enables healthcare organizations in instantly connecting with patients via text-message post-care.
- The acquisition will enable EMPATHIQ to further advance from its current online reporting and monitoring platform to enabling healthcare organizations in the collection of real-time patient feedback and surveys after-care.
- To date, Rivews has identified over 32,500 patient complaints with 17,500 of them
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