Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Duke University Health System have together formed Experience Health, a new health insurance company to offer a Medicare Advantage Plan in 2020. Jointly owned by Blue Cross NC and Duke Health, Experience Health brings together two of the most trusted and innovative names in healthcare to create a locally owned and operated non-profit health plan.Why Experience Health?Blue Cross NC and Duke Health formed Experience Health to take advantage of the
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AMA, UnitedHealthcare Develop ICD-10 Codes to Support Social Determinants of Health
UnitedHealthcare and the American Medical Association (AMA) are teaming up to support using data for social determinants of health (SDOH) to improve and simplify how referrals are made to social services. The collaboration builds off work initiated by UnitedHealthcare to standardize how data is collected, processed and integrated regarding critical social and environmental factors that contribute to patient well-being.
New ICD-10 related to Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
Today, nearly 80%
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Medical Informatics Corp. Raises $11.9M for FDA-Cleared Patient Monitoring and Predictive Analytics Platform
Medical Informatics Corp. (MIC), a Houston, TX-based provider of an FDA-cleared patient monitoring and predictive analytics platform has raised $11.9M in Series A funding led by Data Collective Venture Capital (DCVC) with significant participation from Intel Capital and the Texas Medical Center (TMC) Venture Fund.The Inaccurate State of Today’s Predictive Analytics in Hospital SystemsHospital systems across the country are searching for ways to use machine learning and AI to get ahead of
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HealthQuest Capital Closes $440M Fund to Invest in Innovative Growth-Stage Companies
HealthQuest Capital, a Silicon Valley-based growth capital firm has closed a $440 million fund to invest growth-stage companies delivering innovation across all sectors of the healthcare industry to improve patient outcomes, enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Fund III was oversubscribed and closed at a hard cap. Target markets for Fund III include growth- and commercial-stage companies focusing on medical technologies, diagnostics, digital health, and innovative services.HealthQuest Capital
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Rock Health Q1 2019: Digital Health Funding Breaks $986M
Digital health funding reached $986M across 61 digital health deals in Q1 2019, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The Q1 2019 funding represents about half of the $1.62B that was raised a year ago in Q1 2018 but in line with 2017 and 31% below 2016.
Compared to the $1.2B in Q4 2018, quarterly funding has averaged $1.4B over the past two years (Q1 2017-Q1 2019). Rock Health signals the $986M invested in this past quarter are somewhat below
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3M Unveils Medical Transfer Adhesive for Wearable Medical Devices
Today, 3M announced it has added 3M Extended Wear Medical Transfer Adhesive, 4075 to its lineup of advanced adhesives for wearable medical devices. Designed to laminate many substrates, 3M medical transfer adhesive, 4075 features an extended wear pressure sensitive transfer adhesive and allows design engineers to use a variety of backings. 3M medical transfer adhesive, 4075 offers excellent initial skin adhesion with up to a 14-day wear time, depending on the backing material used.The Critical
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Behavioral Health Startup Blueprint Nabs $1.3M for Mental Health Assessment Platform
Blueprint (formerly known as HelloJoy), a Chicago, IL-based behavioral health company whose software allows mental health clinicians to efficiently practice measurement-based care (MBC) has raised $1.3M in seed funding led by Lightbank and Hyde Park Angels. The company plans to use the capital to expand its clinician outreach and grow its engineering and sales teams.
Impact of Measurement-based
Care (MBC)
Today, 43 million Americans suffer from a mental illness,
but there are only 28K
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UM Spinout Fifth Eye Lands $11.5M for Early Warning Patient Deterioration System for Hospitals
Fifth Eye, a medical device software spinoff from the University of Michigan building clinical early warning patient deterioration system for hospitals has raised $11.5 million in Series A funding led by Arboretum Ventures and Cultivation Capital. Other participants in the round include were MINTS, the direct investing arm of the University of Michigan’s endowment, along with additional capital from previous investors Invest Michigan and 35 private angel investors.Why Clinicians Need A Better
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Research: Doctors More Likely to Prescribe Therapies Using EMR Dashboards
Purely educating doctors about the importance of prescribing certain therapies may not be enough to make a meaningful impact, according to a new Penn Medicine study published in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. Using acid suppression therapy--an effective method of reducing the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding in vulnerable cardiac patients--Penn researchers tested interventions that utilized both education and an EMR dashboard to provide doctors with up-to-date
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CMS Launches $1.65M Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the launch of their first-ever Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge. The three-stage competition accelerates artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to better predict health outcomes such as unplanned hospital and skilled nursing facility admissions and adverse events for potential use by the Innovation Center in testing innovative payment and service delivery models under the authority of section 1115A of
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