What You Should Know:
- physIQ has been selected by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to develop an innovative AI-based COVID-19 digital biomarker solution to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Early detection of COVID-19 decompensation in patients
is complicated by infrequent and non-specific clinical data. The first-in-kind
tool will collect and analyzes continuous physiologic data could provide early
clinical indicators of COVID-19 decompensation.
The National Cancer
Institute
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TrustHCS, Visionary RCM, T-System, RevCycle+ Merge to Form New Entity CorroHealth
What You Should Know:
- CorroHealth – a newly-formed entity – combines the services and technologies of TrustHCS, Visionary RCM, T-System, and RevCycle+.
- Under this new entity, CorroHealth is committed to
helping clients navigate regulatory compliance complexities, ease physician burdens
and improve financial outcomes.
Today, four revenue cycle management services and technology organizations have merged together as a newly-formed entity—CorroHealth. TrustHCS, Visionary RCM,
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Amwell, Tyto Care Expand Partnership to Power Augmented Virtual Care Experiences
What You Should Know:
- Tyto
Care and Amwell® announced an expanded partnership, allowing
the companies to develop new integrations to enhance virtual care offerings for
providers.
- By pairing Tyto Care’s TytoHome device and platform
with Amwell’s platform, the two companies will together provide patients
and providers with augmented virtual care experiences and
broadly enrich the capabilities and satisfaction with healthcare organizations’
virtual
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UnitedHealth Acquires Online Pharmacy Startup DivvyDose
UnitedHealth
Group (UHG) has acquired
Illinois-based online pharmacy startup DivvyDose
for about $300M, according to sources familiar with the matter. Founded in 2015, divvyDOSE is a full-service personalized
pharmacy focused on those with multiple chronic conditions and complex
medication regimens. Customers receive a personalized roll of pre-sorted
medications into individual packs, with clearly marked dates and times.
Bloomberg first reported the acquisition discussions between UHG
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Updox, Redox Partner to Expand Network of Integrated EHRs, Deliver Seamless Telehealth
What You Should Know:
- Updox partners with healthcare integration platform
Redox to integrate with any EHR, deliver seamless telehealth to health systems
- Updox is expanding its network to include the largest
inpatient EHRs in order to supply healthcare professionals with solutions that
support in-person and virtual care.
As virtual care
continues to increase in demand, Updox,
a provider of care
coordination across both in-person and virtual care, announced today a
significant
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U.S. Airforce Awards $1.5M Contract to NeuroFlow to Increase Mental Healthcare Access
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Air Force has awarded NeuroFlow a $1.5M contract to leverage its digital integrated behavioral health solutions that will help counselors manage symptoms -- like trauma, depression, anxiety -- of Airmen remotely and in real-time. using journals and self-reported data insights.
- The technology will support Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) in an effort to digitally enhance and reinforce the mental health of service members. It will also involve the 'risk
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Create A Precision Medicine Trial Network Focused on Critical Illness
What You Should Know:
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center inks a strategic
partnership with Endpoint Health to create the world’s first precision medicine
trial network focused on critical illness.
- Late-stage interventional trials will evaluate
personalized approaches to existing care and novel targeted therapies.
Vanderbilt University
Medical Center (VUMC) and Endpoint
Health, the first targeted therapeutics company focused on integrated
solutions for critical illnesses, today
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Abbott Receives CE Mark for World’s Smallest & Thinnest Glucose Sensor in Europe
What You Should Know:
- Abbott has received CE Mark (European approval)
for its next-generation FreeStyle Libre 3 system for people with diabetes.
- FreeStyle Libre 3 is the latest advancement from
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre family of products and featuring the smallest, thinnest
continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensor (~size of two stacked U.S. pennies)
and a more environmentally sustainable system design.
Abbott, the worldwide
leader in continuous glucose
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Centene Becomes First Payer to Join AVIA’s Medicaid Transformation Project
What You Should Know:
- AVIA announces that Centene Corporation has become the first payer to join the Medicaid Transformation Project (MTP), which aims to transform healthcare and related social needs for vulnerable populations through digitally-enabled care models and new technology solutions
- Led by AVIA and
former CMS chief Andy Slavitt. Collaboration among Centene, 30 health systems,
and provider-sponsored health plans in MTP will enable these stakeholders to
improve outcomes
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Microsoft Teams, Epic Integrate to Power EHR-Connected Virtual Visits
What You Should Know:
- Microsoft Teams joins Epic App Orchard
Marketplace to enable clinicians to launch a virtual patient visit or
consultation with another provider in Teams directly from the EHR system.
- By integrating Epic’s context-aware linking, this solution helps clinicians embed Microsoft Teams' meeting capabilities directly into the EHR.
Microsoft
Teams has joined Epic’s
App Orchard marketplace to power telehealth workflows within a provider’s
organizations through
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