What You Should Know:
- UAB Medicine has announced a large-scale, strategic
telemedicine partnership with Advanced ICU Care that will encompass the entire
health system, one of the top three largest public hospital facilities in the
U.S.
- The relationship initiates the development of a new
tele-ICU care operations center and envisions serving up to 750 ICU beds in
Alabama and surrounding states.
UAB Medicine, a nationally recognized leader in patient care, research and training and
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WellSky Acquires CarePort Health from Allscripts for $1.35B
What You Should Know:
- Health technology leader WellSky has agreed to acquire
CarePort Health to power coordinated care transitions for acute and post-acute
care patients for $1.35B.
- By providing end-to-end visibility across the
continuum, WellSky and CarePort can improve outcomes, lower costs, and increase
patient satisfaction.
WellSky, a global health, and community care technology company, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Allscripts to
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Geisinger, OSF, Presbyterian Double Down on Digital Transformation with AVIA
What You Should Know:
- AVIA, a healthcare innovation network comprised of 50+
health systems and other healthcare stakeholder groups, today announced that
Geisinger, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, and OSF HealthCare have renewed or
expanded their partnerships with the organization to accelerate digital
transformation within their individual systems.
- While hospital spending has steeply declined due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, today’s announcement indicates that AVIA Members value
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Cedar Joins Epic App Orchard to Enable Patient-First Billing Experience in MyChart
What You Should Know:
- Patient financial engagement platform Cedar announced the
availability of its patient billing solution, Cedar Pay in the Epic App Orchard
marketplace.
- Cedar engages patients through a frictionless billing
experience that is embedded in MyChart using single sign-on. By tailoring
in-app messaging and balance resolution workflows.
Cedar, a leading
patient financial engagement platform, today announced that Cedar Pay, its
flagship patient billing solution, is
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Clearwave Acquires Digital Patient Access Solutions Odoro
What You Should Know:
- Clearwave acquires Odoro, a provider of digital
patient-access solutions that makes the scheduling process easier and more
efficient for both healthcare providers and patients.
- Clearwave, a pioneer in digital check-in is poised to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive patient-engagement platform with the addition of Odoro’s rich, multi-channel scheduling capabilities.
Clearwave, a
healthcare industry leader in digital check-in and eligibility
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Innovaccer’s Data Activation Platform Now Available on Microsoft Azure
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer has partnered with Microsoft to co-develop
solutions for the healthcare cloud with our FHIR-enabled Data Activation
Platform.
- With artificial intelligence applications added on top of it, Innovaccer’s Data Activation Platform helps care teams improve outcomes in real-time. The platform has pre-built applications for doctors (InNote), care managers (InCare), healthcare leaders (InGraph), and patients (InConnect).
Innovaccer, Inc., a
leading
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Powered by Blockchain, IBM Watson Health Launches IBM Digital Health Pass
What You Should Know:
- IBM Watson Health launches IBM Digital Health Pass solution that will allow individuals to verify their health status while maintaining complete control of their personal health data.
Today at HLTH VRTL 2020, IBM Watson Health announced plans to launch IBM Digital Health Pass, which is being designed to help support organizations as they return individuals to a physical location, such as a workplace, school, stadium or airline flight. The new solution is powered
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GuideWell to Offer Livongo for Diabetes to Florida Blue Members
What You Should Know:
- GuideWell partners with Livongo to provide Florida Blue
Members an end-to-end consumer-centric virtual care experience.
- Florida Blue will become one of the first health plans to provide health consumers with a single access point for whole-person care through Livongo and Teladoc’s best-in-class combined care experience.
Livongo,
the leading Applied Health Signals company empowering people with chronic
conditions to live better and healthier lives, today
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Orbita Launches OrbitaENGAGE to Help Providers Curate Their Digital Front Door Strategy
What You Should Know:
- OrbitaENGAGE now supports new proactive campaigns and connections between healthcare providers and their patients, improving access to care, and increasing new patient acquisition.
Orbita, a Boston, MA-based provider of HIPAA-compliant conversational voice and chat solutions for healthcare and life sciences organizations, announced today the expansion of its solution offerings in response to the changing landscape in healthcare, particularly in the age of
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Humana, Fresenius Medical Care Expand Partnership to Improve Care Coordination for Medicare Advantage Members
What You Should Know:
- Humana Inc. and Fresenius Medical Care North America
(FMCNA) today announced an agreement to broaden their collaboration toward
improving the health of eligible Humana Medicare Advantage members
- The
agreement between Humana and Fresenius Medical Care North America goes into
effect Jan. 1, 2021.
Humana Inc. and leading renal care company Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) announced an agreement to broaden their collaboration toward improving the
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