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LifeBridge Health Taps Artifact Health to Streamline Physician Queries

by Fred Pennic 03/20/2019 Leave a Comment

AHIMA, Artifact Health Team Up for Standardized Physician Query Templates

Artifact Health, a Boulder, CO-based mobile platform that streamlines the physician query process, announced today that LifeBridge Health has selected Artifact’s solution to improve workflow for its clinicians and expedite the accurate coding of patient records. Artifact’s solution will be deployed in early spring 2019 starting at Sinai Hospital and Northwest Hospital.Transforming Time-Consuming Physician Query ProcessTraditionally, the query process is onerous and time-consuming for physicians,
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Teladoc Acquires French Telemedicine Provider MédecinDirect to Expand Global Footprint

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Teladoc Acquires French Telemedicine Provider MédecinDirect to Expand Global Footprint

Virtual care provider Teladoc Health has acquired Paris, France-based telemedicine provider MédecinDirect to offer its full continuum of services to insurers and employers in Europe’s third largest market. Co-founded by François Lescure and Marc Guillemo in 2008, MédecinDirect’s accredited and mobile platform of medical expertise provides secure and completely confidential, doctors are committed to answering all medical questions by telephone and Internet seven days a week. MédecinDirect
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Amazon Choice Integrates with One Drop for Diabetes and Hypertension Management

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Amazon Choice Partners with One Drop for Diabetes and Hypertension

One Drop, a provider of digital therapeutics solutions, today announced an integration partnership with Amazon’s exclusive health brand, Choice. The integration with One Drop’s app will provide Amazon’s Choice customers living with diabetes and hypertension with affordable, accessible, and comprehensive digital health management services.One Drop/Amazon Choice Integration BenefitsLaunched in late 2018, Amazon Choice was developed by Arcadia Group to offer an array of affordable medical devices
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Peerfit Lands $18M to Redefine Corporate Wellness

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Peerfit is a digital health platform that connects employers and carriers with personalized fitness experiences.

  Peerfit, a digital health platform that connects employers and carriers with personalized fitness experiences has raised $18 million in Series C funding led by Virgo Investment Group. The company plans to use the latest round of funding to expand its core brand, reach more employers and their employees, and will also help with its expansion into the Medicare Advantage space with Peerfit Move.   Peerfit Background   Founded in 2011, Peerfit digital platform helps insurance
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EHR Fax Server Error Exposes Thousands of Physician Notes, Medical Records

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Thousands of physicians’ notes and medical records were left exposed by a fax server error within Meditab, an all-in-one multi-specialty EHR, Practice Management and Billing software solution, TechCrunch first reports. Dubai-based cybersecurity firm SpiderSilk discovered the unsecured exposed fax server was running an Elasticsearch database with over 6 million records since its creation in March 2018. It is unknown if anyone else discovered the exposed fax server or how long the data was
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Change Healthcare Files for $100M IPO Under CHNG Symbol on Nasdaq

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Change Healthcare Acquires Credentialing Tech Docufill to Improve Administrative Efficiency

Revenue cycle management company Change Healthcare has filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a $100 million initial public offering (IPO). The company plans to be listed on the Nasdaq Exchange under the trading symbol "CHNG."Founded in 2005, the Nashville-based company provides data and analytics-driven solutions to improve clinical, financial and patient engagement outcomes through its suite of comprehensive suite of software, analytics, technology-enabled
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Partners HealthCare Integrates MassPAT with Epic EHR to Curb Opioid Abuse

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Partners HealthCare Integrates MassPAT with Epic EHR to Curb Opioid Abuse

Partners HealthCare today has fully integrated the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Prescription Awareness Tool (MassPAT) directly into it's Epic electronic health record (EHR) system. The integration marks Partners as the first healthcare network to have the tool immediately available to clinicians at the point-of-care and demonstrating a significant step forward in the Commonwealth’s efforts to align health care providers across Massachusetts on a common platform to monitor opioid
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ECRI Names Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2019

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ECRI Names Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2019

Organizations across the continuum of care are striving to become high-reliability organizations, and part of being highly reliable means staying vigilant and identifying problems proactively. ECRI Institute has released its annual list of Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns to support organizations in their efforts to proactively identify looming patient safety challenges and offers suggestions and resources for addressing them. This top 10 report highlights patient safety concerns from across the
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CAQH Develops AI Solution to Improve Provider Directory Accuracy

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CAQG Develops AI Solution to Improve Provider Directory Accuracy

CAQH's AI tech identifies incorrect provider data and improves the accuracy of directories without bothering the provider CAQH has developed patent-pending artificial intelligence (AI) technology to identify incorrect healthcare provider data and improve the accuracy of directories without contacting the provider. In fact, this AI tech has the potential to save health plans $91 million annually. Challenge of Maintaining Accurate Provider Directories Maintaining accurate provider directories
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U of Michigan Launches 3-Year Health Data Collection Study Using Apple Watch

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U of Michigan Launches 3-Year Apple Watch Health Wellness Study

The University of Michigan has launched a three-year research study to understand if data collected on Apple Watch, combined with other health information, can provide insight into health, wellness, and disease. The goal of the research study is to understand the role of wearable mobile devices in predicting the onset of common health conditions and understanding the health trajectories of participants with these conditions. MIPACT Study Background The study called
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