- CHG Healthcare has acquired physician credentialing company Modio Health for an undisclosed term. - Modio and CHG are combining forces to improve credentialing for CHG employees and the thousands of providers and healthcare facilities it works with, making the process faster, safer, and more cost-effective.Healthcare staffing company CHG Healthcare has acquired Modio Health, a San Francisco, CA-based physician credentialing provider. The acquisition will improve credentialing for Change
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Partners HealthCare Launches $80M Investment Funds Towards AI & Digital Translation
- Partners HealthCare launches two new investment funds aimed at addressing the lack of translational funding in pre-clinical life sciences, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technology development. - The Partners HealthCare Artificial Intelligence and Digital Translation Fund (AIDIF) has an initial funding of $30M over five years and the Translational Innovation Fund (TIF) has funding of $50M over six years.Partners HealthCare today announced the creation of two new investment venture
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Cleveland Clinic, American Well Launches New Company to Offer Virtual Visits
- Cleveland Clinic and American Well form a new joint venture, The Clinic, to distribute comprehensive health services through virtual visits. - Through a secure digital platform powered by American Well, people from around the world will be able to connect with Cleveland Clinic's leading specialists and receive insights, opinions, recommendations, and assistance for a variety of conditions.Cleveland Clinic and American Well are partnering on a first-of-its-kind initiative to provide broad
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Google Appoints Karen DeSalvo As First-Ever Chief Health Officer
- Google appoints former ONC chief Dr. Karen DeSalvo as the company’s first-ever Chief Health Officer to further establish its aggressive movement in the healthcare market.
- In her new role as Chief Health Officer, she will report to former Geisinger Health CEO David Feinberg.
Dr. Karen DeSalvo, who served as National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Assistant Secretary for Health (Acting) during the Obama administration has been appointed by Google to serve as the
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Cerner Acquires Strategic Health IT Consulting & Engineering Firm AbleVets
- Cerner announced it will acquire strategic health IT consulting and engineering firm AbleVets as a wholly-owned subsidiary. - The acquisition will help Cerner expand its scale and expertise in implementing health IT modernization solutions in the federal market.Today, Cerner Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire AbleVets—a strategic health IT consulting and engineering firm—as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Through its work with civil and defense health agencies, AbleVets
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Top Global Digital Health/Health IT VC Funding Categories in Q3 2019
Global venture capital (VC) funding in digital health/health IT, including private equity and corporate venture capital, reached $2B in funding across 156 deals in Q3 2019, according to market research firm Mercom Capital Group. The 9M & Q3 2019 Digital Health (Healthcare IT) Funding and M&A Report reveals global venture capital reached $7.2B over 474 deals in the first nine months of 2019 compared to $8B in 556 deals in 9M 2018. In Q3 2019, Digital Health companies raised $2B in 156
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Study: VR Mirroring Can Improve Range of Motion in Chronic Pain Patients
- Mirroring techniques in virtual reality have the potential to improve range of motion in chronic pain patients, a new Karuna Labs study finds. - The study provides evidence that MVF, originally developed to help with neuropathic pain, in VR can influence the perception of pain in the affected limb.- These results may lead to greater knowledge of the mechanisms by which MVF can relieve chronic pain in additional areas. Karuna Labs, the creator of chronic pain management programs using virtual
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Philips Launches AI-Powered Patient Risk Prediction Algorithm for ICU
- Philips launches Sentry Score, a predictive algorithm for the intensive care unit (ICU) that shows a patient’s probability of receiving an intervention within 60 minutes.
- The proprietary predictive algorithm enhances Centralized Virtual Clinical Operations to provide decision support and intervention for ICU patients.
- Sentry Score provides clinicians in the tele-ICU with a more comprehensive view of the patient, allowing them to coordinate assessments and recommended actions with
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Microsoft, Nuance Partner to Develop Ambient Clinical Intelligence to Combat Clinician Burnout
- Nuance and Microsoft have joined forces to accelerate the delivery of ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) technologies that will power the exam room of the future where clinical documentation writes itself.
- Strategic partnership's focus is to reduce clinician burnout by enabling doctors to focus on patients, while AI focuses on administrative tasks.
Today, Microsoft and Nuance Communications announced a
strategic partnership to accelerate the
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Valley Children’s Healthcare Launches Healthcare Innovation Lab
- Valley Children’s launches healthcare innovation lab named George’s Idea Lab to accelerate new digital health solutions that will transform pediatric healthcare. - Innovation program builds off Valley Children’s recent partnership with The Innovation Institute and will operate as part of The Innovation Lab.Valley Children’s Healthcare, one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation has announced today the launch of a new healthcare innovation program. The innovation program
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