What You Should Know:
- Inovalon announced the availability of its Cloud-Based “Consumer Health Gateway” Module, alleviating the need for health plans to build their own Patient Access API to comply with the new requirement of the 21st Century Cures Act.
- The Consumer Health Gateway is a consumer portal allowing the FHIR®-based exchange of a patient’s claims and clinical data securely with authorized third-party applications. It consists of a robust patient consent and authentication
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Cerner Releases COVID-19 Reopening & Social Distancing Projections Dashboard
Today, Cerner announced the release of the publicly available Reopening and Social Distancing Projections dashboard tool that helps organizations plan for reopening of elective care services and potential re-surges. Organizations can use the tool to view the trend of COVID-19 cases within their community, state, and country in the last 14 days and evaluate the potential consequences of reducing social distancing.
Understanding the Cerner Reopening Risk Index
Cerner has compiled a
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Fitbit Launches Study for Early Detection of COVID-19 and Flu
Wearable fitness leader Fitbit announced a new research study that will determine if it can build an algorithm to detect COVID-19, before symptoms even start. Now available in the Fitbit app, any Fitbit user in the U.S. and Canada who is over 21, especially those who currently have, or have had, symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or the flu, can participate - contributing to incredibly impactful research that will help Fitbit’s efforts to develop this algorithm. How to ParticipateIt is easy to
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Eko Launches AI-Powered Telehealth Platform for Virtual Pulmonary and Cardiac Exam
What You Should Know:
Eko launches first AI-Powered telehealth platform for virtual
pulmonary and cardiac exams, providing clinicians with in-person level exam capabilities
during video visits.
Already deployed by more than 200 health systems for telehealth, platform goes beyond standard video conferencing to facilitate stethoscope audio, ECG live-streaming, and FDA-cleared identification of atrial fibrillation (AFib) and heart murmurs.
Eko today
announced Eko Telehealth, an
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Hospital IQ & Cerner Partner to Deliver Predictive Analytics for OR
What You Should Know:
- Hospital IQ and Cerner just announced a relationship to support health systems with predictive analytics to improve clinical and operational awareness.
- Together, the companies will provide health systems with near real-time analytics and predictive capabilities to gain insight into where resources are being used, where they may be needed, and how they can be deployed more efficiently.
- Health system operators, administrators, and clinical leaders can
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Ontario System’s Acquires SwervePay to Create End-to-End SaaS Solution
What You Should Know:
- Ontario Systems, a provider of enterprise software that automates complex workflows and accelerates revenue recovery for clients in the healthcare, government, and accounts receivable management (ARM) markets, announced the acquisition of SwervePay®, a payment facilitator in the ARM and healthcare industries.
- With this transaction, Ontario Systems offers customers a simplified consumer payment engagement platform that helps drive revenue, reduces operational
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Microsoft Unveils New Cloud Offering for Healthcare Organizations
What You Should Know
Today, Microsoft announced its first industry-specific
cloud offering, Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, which builds upon
Microsoft’s core cloud capabilities to meet the most important needs for
healthcare organizations.
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare brings together trusted and integrated capabilities for healthcare organizations to improve collaboration, decision-making, and operational efficiencies to enhance patient engagement, connect health teams, and support
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Philips Launches HealthSuite Clinical Trial Accelerator
What You Should Know:
Philips launches HealthSuite Clinical Trial Accelerator
to help life science organizations run more flexible, patient-centric clinical
trials.
Clinical Trial Accelerator enables patient-centric trials
at home, managing the collection of data while providing the security and
compliance expected from both patients and life science organizations.
Philips, today
announced Clinical
Trial Accelerator on Philips HealthSuite. This new tailored set of
capabilities
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Tava Health Lands $3M to Expand Mental Telehealth Platform for Employees
What You Should Know:
- Tava Health just secured $3 million in seed funding to increase employee access to mental health resources.
- Since its founding in 2019, Tavahealth’s platform has driven 10 times more utilization of mental health resources than traditional mental health benefits and this funding will enable them to expand those services.
Tava Health,
a Salt Lake City, UT-based convenient and accessible mental telehealth platform
for employers, today announced the close of a
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COVID-19 Testing Provider Curative Acquires KorvaLabs
What You Should Know:
COVID-19 testing provider Curative Acquires KorvaLabs, a
CLIA certified and DEA licensed analytical laboratory.
Easy to use, accurate, and rapidly scalable oral fluid test will continue to be produced and processed in KorvaLabs’ San Dimas, CA facilities.
COVID-19 testing startup Curative
Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition
of KorvaLabs, Inc., a CLIA certified and DEA licensed analytical
laboratory based in San Dimas,
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