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Ada to Become the First AI-based Medical App to be Offered in Swahili

by Fred Pennic 10/10/2018 Leave a Comment

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

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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

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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

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Philips Launches Ambient Experience to Offer Positive Distraction/Relaxation Pre & Post Medical Procedure

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

by Fred Pennic 10/04/2018 Leave a Comment

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

by Fred Pennic 10/03/2018 Leave a Comment

Cerner Establishes All-Star Team for 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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Waystar Acquires UPMC’s Ovation Transaction Services Business for Enhanced Claims Monitoring Capabilities

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Waystar Acquires UPMC’s Ovation Transaction Services Business for Enhanced Claims Monitoring Capabilities

Waystar(formerly known as ZirMed), a provider of healthcare revenue cycle management services, today announced it will be acquiring a major part of the transaction services technology business of Ovation, a health information management and management cycle solution currently owned and operated by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.Ovation Transactions uses advanced algorithms to monitor claims at many health systems and
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Innovaccer’s Healthcare Data Platform Helps ACOs Save More Than $264M Annually

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Revenue Integrity Dysfunctional Patient Billing Major Distraction for Patients & Clinicians 6 Metrics to Improve Hospital Revenue Cycle ROI_revenue cycle makret

Innovaccer, a San Francisco-based healthcare data platform company, proudly announced the success of its partner accountable care organizations (ACOs) that achieved over $264 million in savings across 1 million managed lives. The data has been gathered from different commercial insurance providers and the Medicare Shared Savings Program performance data for 2017.According to CMS’ results, ACOs in P.Y. 2017 have achieved about $314 million in Medicare savings. More than 60% of the 472 ACOs
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Mayo Clinic Researchers Develop Genetics-based Prognostic Tool for Myelodysplastic Syndrome

by Fred Pennic 10/01/2018 Leave a Comment

Mayo Clinic Researchers Develop Genetics-based Prognostic Tool for Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new genetics-based prognostic tool for myelodysplastic syndrome, according to their findings are published in the October print issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.Researcher Dr. Tefferi and collaborators from National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, examined gene mutations and their effect on survival in 685 patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Researchers identified a favorable gene mutation, SF3B1, and unfavorable gene mutations, ASXL1
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4 Benefits of Leveraging Real-Time Situational Awareness in Healthcare

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4 Benefits of Leveraging Real-Time Situational Awareness in Healthcare

A term usually found in aviation, military operations and nuclear engineering industries are now making a significant impact in healthcare. “Situational awareness” — maintaining an understanding of what’s going on around you at every moment and using that information to mitigate risk — is helping more and more healthcare providers and hospitals improve patient outcomes.A new white paper just launched by Amplion Clinical Communications, a company focused on transforming the legacy nurse call to
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