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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Truepill Nabs $13.4M for B2B Pharmacy API and Fulfillment Service
Truepill, a San Mateo, CA-based B2B pharmacy fulfillment service announced it has raised $13.4 million in Series A funding led by Initialized Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Sound Ventures, Tuesday Capital and others. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand its team and fulfillment facilities across the US and enter the UK market.
Why Truepill?
As healthcare undergoes a massive shift towards telemedicine and direct-to-consumer care and treatment, Truepill is the
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Olio Raises $2.5M to Connect Acute & Post-Acute Providers by Specialty
Olio, a Carmel, IN-based digital communication platform that digitally connects hospital and physician teams with post-acute providers around the patient's healthcare episode type, announced today that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The oversubscribed round was concentrated in strategic seed investors who explicitly understand the complexity of the healthcare environment, the challenges ahead within the industry, and the challenge that Olio addresses.
Olio
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UMass Lowell Awarded $1M Grant to Develop Secure Cyberinfrastructure for Translational Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year grant totaling nearly $1 million to a team of UMass Lowell researchers led by Prof. Yan Luo of UMass Lowell's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to develop a secure cyberinfrastructure for translational research. Luo's fellow researchers on the project are Associate Prof. Yu Cao of UMass Lowell's Computer Science Department, along with colleagues Assistant Prof. Peilong Li of Elizabethtown College and Prof. Silvia
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