- Conversational AI leader announces OrbitaASSIST, a digitally reimagined voice-powered, AI-driven virtual health assistant proven to improve patient communication at the bedside. - Research shows as much as 70% reduction in median response time to calls for help, 87% of nurses feeling more confident in responding to calls, and 100% of patients preferring it for future hospitalization.Orbita, the provider of healthcare's most powerful conversational AI platform, announced today that it is now
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New Stanford Hospital Officially Opens Its Door to Set New Standard of Care
- The new Stanford Hospital opened its doors to patients on November 17, 2019, that includes 368 private patient rooms, 20 operating rooms and four acres of gardens.
- More than 1,600 staff members and faculty help support the transition of around 200 patients into a new 824,000-square-foot hospital in 3.5 hours.
On Sunday, Stanford Health Care officially open its doors to the new Stanford Hospital and safely transporting around 200 patients to the new facility across the sky bridge that
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Inaccurate Provider Directories Costs Physician Practices $2.76B Annually
- Providers spend $2.76 billion each year on provider directory maintenance, a new survey by CAQH found. - For individual practices, this intensive process costs $998.84 per month--the equivalent of one staff day per week. That is time and money that most providers can't afford to waste.- CAQH surveyed 1,240 physician practices last month and just released "TheHidden Causes of Inaccurate Provider Directories"-- a new white paper that details the burdens the survey uncovered and what the industry
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CarePort Guide Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace to Optimized Discharge Planning
- CarePort Health announced that CarePort Guide, its post-acute provider database and patient choice application, is now available in the Epic App Orchard marketplace.- The integration allows Epic customers to increase conversions to preferred providers while preserving patient choice.CarePort Health, a provider of care coordination and post-acute outcomes management announced that CarePort Guide, its post-acute provider database and patient choice application is now available in the Epic App
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Bionic Pacemaker Slows Progression of Heart Failure, Research Finds
Using brain circuits made in silicon, scientists have alleviated symptoms of heart failure by reinstating the body’s natural heart rhythm. This study published today in The Journal of Physiology holds great potential for designing more effective pacemakers in the future.The research, funded by British Heart Foundation Horizons and European Union 2020 Horizon grants, is driving the commercial development of bioelectronic therapies for heart failure, which is undertaken by Ceryx Medical.Impact of
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Baystate Health’s Innovation Arm, Life Image Partner on AI Initiative for Cancer Research & Treatment
- Baystate Health selects Life Image to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to advance cancer research and increase treatment access. - Life Image will work with Baystate’s innovation arm, TechSpring, to develop and evaluate AI solutions to improve treatment decisions and clinical trial matching for cancer patients.Baystate Health, a Boston-based integrated health system serving more than 800,000 patients in western New England, today announced a strategic partnership with Life Image, the
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HITRUST Releases New Tools to Improve Third-Party Risk Management
- Comprehensive TPRM methodology and enhancements to HITRUST assessment XChange combine to overcome TPRM challenges. - The new release of the HITRUST TPRM Qualification Methodology expands on HITRUST’s popular Risk Triage Methodology with a six-step qualification process that provides organizations a comprehensive approach to defining inherent risk factorsHITRUST, a leading data protection standards development and certification organization, today announced a major release of its HITRUST
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Holon Solutions Appoints Jon Zimmerman As New CEO
- Healthcare IT leader Jon Zimmerman has been named CEO of Holon Solutions to accelerate their transition to value-based care through the adoption of purpose-built technology that solves their biggest challenges.
- Value-based care executive selected for his nearly 30 years’ experience in enhancing healthcare interoperability and proven track record in scaling growth-stage companies.
Holon Solutions, an Atlanta-based healthcare IT company that liberates healthcare data, today announced it has
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Strainprint Launches First Medical Cannabis Report from Real-World Observational Patient Study
- Canadian-based Strainprint releases a groundbreaking research report providing unique insight from over 800,000 real-time Canadian medical cannabis patient outcomes. - Strainprint seamlessly integrates with most electronic medical records (EMR) solutions and the largest data set of its kind in the world with more than 1.4 million sessions and 70 million data points on cannabis strain efficacy.- StraicnprintR is HIPAA, PIPEDA and PHIPA privacy compliant, 256-bit military-grade encrypted.
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American Well Acquires Aligned Telehealth to Create The Largest Telepsychiatry Platform
Key Highlights- American Well has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aligned Telehealth, a leader in the provision of behavioral telehealth and telepsychiatry services to hospitals and health plans. - The acquisition combines Aligned Telehealth’s ability to access a network of clinical experts with American Well’s digital care delivery platform. - The combination will create the largest enterprise telepsychiatry platform in the U.S.National telehealth leader American Well announced today
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