What You Should Know:
- XIFIN enters the pharmacy market with the acquisition of OmniSYS to support the healthcare industry shift to more convenient, cost-effective care settings; provides a technology-driven connection between pharmacies, diagnostic providers, and payors.
- The XIFIN/OmniSYS transaction is aligned with this activity and will support retail pharmacies as they move in this direction. Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic on top of the increasing consumerization of healthcare and
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M&A: CentralReach Acquires ABA Tools
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- CentralReach, a provider of electronic medical record (EMR) software and services for ABA and related behavioral health providers, today announced the acquisition of ABA Tools, a software provider of digital materials for applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy providers.
- The acquisition adds to CentralReach’s suite of end-to-end solutions and provides ABA organizations with an alternative to paper-based learning materials,
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Medical Bills Continue to Plague Consumers as Source of Anxiety, Mystery and Frustration
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- More than half (55%) of consumers find it stressful paying a medical bill, understanding their plan's coverage and benefits (53%) or comprehending what they owe (53%), according to results of Cedar’s Annual Healthcare Consumer Experience Study.
- 4 in 10 (41%) are unsatisfied with their billing experiences, and nearly 90% of consumers would find it at least "somewhat useful" if their healthcare provider posted pricing information on their website around expected
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HCA Healthcare to Deploy MEDITECH Expanse in New Hampshire
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- HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, has begun implementing MEDITECH Expanse EHR platform across three hospitals in New Hampshire as a part of its digital transformation initiatives. HCA will go-live by the end of 2022.
- The three locations — Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, Parkland Medical Center in Derry, and Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth — will leverage Expanse to help hospital teams deliver excellent
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4 Key Barriers to Prevent Surprise Medical Bills
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A new AKASA survey highlight the challenges hospitals and health systems face when trying to prevent surprise medical bills.
AKASA™, the developer of AI for healthcare operations, today released findings from a new survey highlighting the challenges hospitals and health systems face when trying to prevent surprise medical bills. Commissioned by AKASA, the survey fielded responses from 514 chief financial officers and revenue cycle leaders at hospitals and health
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Ksana Health Joins Novo Nordisk’s Global Prevention Accelerator
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-Ksana Health, a digital behavioral health company that uses technology to provide continuous objective measurement, personalized insights and interventions to improve mental health care, announced its selection by Novo Nordisk’s Global Prevention Accelerator. Organizations were selected based on a set of criteria including the ability to make a global impact and provide scalable digital solutions that can be adapted for local populations.
- Ksana Health will pilot
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AT&T, Samsung and Qure4u Partner to Deliver Remote Patient Monitoring
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AT&T, Samsung and Qure4u team up to deliver remote patient monitoring with FirstNet® for high-risk patients.
Qure4u, a provider of digital health solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration with with AT&T and Samsung to provide remote patient monitoring (RPM) for patients with high blood pressure. As part of this collaboration, Qure4u chose FirstNet®, Built with AT&T, to provide reliable and highly secure connectivity to
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Ochsner Health Selects Kyruus to Simplify Patient Access Across Enterprise
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- Ochsner Health in Louisiana, is simplifying patient access to care with Kyruus’ provider directory and enhanced search capabilities.
- Patients seeking care online will now have access to rich, up-to-date information on more than 3,000 providers.
Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems, today announced that Ochsner Health, the largest non-profit, academic health system in Louisiana, is utilizing the company’s provider
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Walmart Expands Partnership with Inovalon for Complete View of Patient Journey
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- Inovalon, a provider of cloud-based platforms empowering data-driven healthcare today announces an expansion of their partnership with Walmart Inc.
- This new multi-year agreement will provide the retailer access to Inovalon’s industry-leading Data Insights solution enabling acceleration to a more patient-centric healthcare model through the application of large-scale analyses of aggregated, de-identified data.
- Walmart has been working with Inovalon since
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Surescripts and Diameter Health Partner to Enhance Clinical Intelligence
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Surescripts and Diameter Health are partnering to simplify specialty prescribing by incorporating powerful clinical intelligence and standardizing patient data to communicate comprehensive patient histories.
Surescripts has simplified the specialty prescribing and fulfillment process to help specialty pharmacies and physician practices realize decreased phone calls, increased dispense rates and improvements in time to therapy. Now, Surescripts is
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