What You Should Know:
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) payment adjustments did not adequately address hospitals increased costs for FY 2021, according to new data from Premier.
- The data reveals this discrepancy has resulted in hospitals receiving only a 2.4 percent rate increase, compared to a 6.5 percent increase in hospital labor rates, which account for 76 percent of hospital costs.
- The data CMS uses to account for real
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Physicians Say Access Challenges Impact Their Care Plans for Up to 33% of Patients
What You Should Know:
- Physicians would make a different therapy choice for 33% of patients if medication access was not a factor, and physicians had to change their treatment plan for 26% of patients due to medication access challenges, according to recent survey findings from OptimizeRX Corp.
- The results of a survey of 102 specialist physicians highlight how inefficient access pathways negatively impact patient care.
Survey Report Background
The survey, conducted in March
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Blackrock Neurotech Acquires Spatial Computing Firm MindX
What You Should Know:
Blackrock Neurotech, a provider of Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology, has acquired the spatial computing software house, MindX. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- MindX’s spatial computing technology is used to recognize and interpret the movement of objects in physical space, and in combination with Blackrock’s BCI technology, will unlock additional levels of interaction between patients and their physical
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Golden Valley Memorial Goes Live on MEDITECH Expanse Genomics
What You Should Know:
- MEDITECH announces that Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (GVMH) is their first client to go live on Expanse Genomics, opening the organization’s possibilities for delivering precision medicine by allowing them to analyze and parse genetic results into discrete, actionable data, displayed directly in patient charts.
- Providers can order genetic testing directly in Expanse, and the results will be received and stored in a codified format along with full PDF reports
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PreciseDx’s AI-Enabled Digital Pathology Proven to Detect Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease
What You Should Know:
- Mount Sinai spinout, PreciseDx, today announced that its AI-enabled digital pathology is the first proven to detect early-stage Parkinson’s disease, according to a recent research study.
- The study, conducted in collaboration with Michael J. Fox Foundation, identified that PreciseDx’s technology can accurately diagnose Parkinson's disease in living patients prior to the severe onset of symptoms.
Challenges Diagnosing Parkinson’s
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Transcarent Launches Oncology Care for Collaborative Cancer Care Experience
What You Should Know:
- Transcarent, a new, different, and better health and care experience company for employees of self-insured employers and their families launches Transcarent Oncology Care, a collaborative cancer care experience that connects employees and their families with high-quality cancer care from leading cancer institutes, top-rated oncology providers and researchers, and clinical trial identification irrespective of their geographic location.
- Transcarent Oncology Care
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Blue Spark Technologies Raises $40M for AI-Based Remote Patient Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Blue Spark Technologies, Inc., a Cleveland, OH-based provider of wearable remote patient monitoring solutions, announced that it has raised $40 million in growth funding led by Ghost Tree Partners with support from Aon.
- The funding will go towards scaling the company’s sales and marketing functions and the continued advancement of Blue Spark’s wearable remote patient monitoring solutions.
Continuous, Real-Time Body Temperature Monitoring System
TempTraq®,
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HonorHealth Deploys Loyal’s Symptom Checker to Improve Patient Triage/Experience
What You Should Know:
- Phoenix-based HonorHealth has deployed Loyal’s Symptom Checker chatbot solution to assist with patient intake and triage. Symptom Checker leverages machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) to identify which clinical symptoms may be affecting patients – with the ability to handle multiple health conditions and access a clinical database of over 1,200 symptoms, 660+ conditions and 130+ risk
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Vital Start Health Launches Virtual Reality-Enabled Telemedicine Platform for Maternal Mental Health
What You Should Know:
- Vital Start Health, a University of Pennsylvania startup and a member of Microsoft for Startups, has launched COURAGE as the next-generation, virtual reality, multi-lingual coaching and psychotherapy telehealth platform for maternal well-being support across the pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and postpartum stages.
- The platform empowers patients with experiential practice and immersive psychoeducation, with the goal of driving better diagnoses, and
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UpStream Selects Innovaccer Health Cloud for 360-Degree Patient Views
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer Inc., the Health Cloud company, announced that UpStream Healthcare, the fastest-growing primary healthcare solution provider in the country, has chosen the Innovaccer Health Cloud, its Data Activation Platform, and the entire application suite to accelerate UpStream’s mission to transform U.S. healthcare by driving better outcomes for patients and improving financial outcomes for providers.
- UpStream will be able to equip these unified care teams with
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