DexCom, Inc., a provider of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) solutions, announced a partnership with data integration platform Validic. As part of the partnership, DexCom will integrate CGM data from Dexcom’s cloud API is integrated into the Validic’s connectivity platform to establish a multi-measure platform to stream in-home clinical data directly into clinical workflows and systems. This partnership is part of a larger effort to improve the interoperability of clinical systems and provide
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Imprivata Completes Zebra Technologies Validation for Mobile Device Access
Imprivata, a healthcare IT security company, today announced that it has successfully completed Zebra Technologies’Validated Program for Imprivata Mobile Device Access, healthcare’s only mobile authentication solution that enables fast, secure access to clinical mobile devices and applications. This designation indicates to customers and partners that Imprivata Mobile Device Access was successfully tested – confirming its performance and functionality with select Zebra® devices.The
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Medisafe Integrates with Apple Health Records to Prevent Drug-to-Drug Interactions
Medisafe's new life-saving integration with Apple Health Records, which just became available to consumers. Medisafe is a medication management app that helps prevent deadly drug-to-drug interactions as well as fending off thousands of health risks and preventable hospitalizations. With Health Records, Medisafe can surface medications from multiple providers, and people will have even more access to their medication records and knowledge of potential DDIs.DDIs cause nearly 74,000 emergency room
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Lyft Partners with Luna Physical Therapists to Provide up to $500 in Travel Credits
Ridesharing company Lyft today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Luna, a Bay Area-based organization that's re-imagining the patient and physical therapist experience by providing state of the art, on-demand care to patients in need. This partnership enables physical therapists in urban areas to focus solely on patient care, at the patient’s home, by exclusively leveraging Lyft’s rideshare service.“Imagine a world where the physical therapist completes their patient visit, walks out
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Ada to Become the First AI-based Medical App to be Offered in Swahili
Ada will become the first health guidance app to feature Swahili language integration, making its health assessment technology available to more than 100 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ada, an AI-powered health platform that helps individuals understand their health and navigate to appropriate care, announced the launch of its Global Health Initiative (GHI) through partnerships with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Foundation Botnar. GHI is a series of major projects focused on
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Penn Highlands DuBois Launches Tele-ICU Clinical Services with Advanced ICU
Penn Highlands DuBois (PH DuBois), the largest hospital in the Penn Highlands Healthcare network, has partnered with Advanced ICU Care, a provider of high-acuity telemedicine services. The collaborative partnership will extend PH DuBois’ ability to deliver the gold standard of critical care by leveraging Advanced ICU Care’s cutting-edge ICU telemedicine technology (Tele-ICU) and virtual care by remotely located U.S. board-certified intensivists.For PH DuBois, Advanced ICU Care’s comprehensive
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eCLINICALWORKS Unveils Health Information Search Engine to Create Longitudinal View of Patient Record
Health information search engine Prizma presents data from various networks to create a complete longitudinal view of the patient recordeClinicalWorks, a provider of healthcare IT solutions, today announced the debut of Prizma, a health information search engine, to facilitate care across networks. By coordinating information from interoperability networks, such as CommonWell and Carequality, as well as payers such as CMS Blue Button® 2.0 API, Prizma will establish one longitudinal view to
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Philips Launches Ambient Experience to Reduce Pre-Op Stress & Enhance Post-Op Recovery Environment
Philips' ambient experience offers a personalized environment for positive distraction and active relaxation to reduce stress pre & post medical procedures. Royal Philips, a global provider of health technology, today announced the introduction of its Ambient Experience preparation & recovery bay in the U.S. Combining the creative use of colored dynamic lighting and video, this new offering provides patients with a uniquely personalized environment that delivers positive distraction and
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Industry Roundtable: AI, Greater Collaboration, Integration are Key to Unlocking Healthcare Data’s Ability to Enhance Care Delivery
Chasm Partners, an executive search firm in the healthcare technology and services space recently convened a roundtable discussion to assess how the transformation of “big data” in clinical informatics provides the healthcare industry with an opportunity to gain new insights into patient care, as well as key lessons learned about artificial intelligence’s impact on the industry.Hosted as part of the firm’s quality newsletter, ChasmPOV featured viewpoints from three recognized thought leaders in
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Cerner Establishes Team of Industry Leaders to Support VA EHR Modernization Project
Cerner, today announced it has established a team of industry leaders and innovators with extensive experience in large enterprise systems and commercial sectors to support the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR modernization project and provide seamless care to our nation's Veterans.The team of leaders includes a who's who of industry leaders including Leidos, Guidehouse, Accenture, Henry Schein Inc., AbleVets LLC, MicroHealth, ProSource360 and 17 additional businesses, many of which
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