- Researchers develop and tested machine learning algorithms using EMR data to identify patients who may be at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
- Researchers gathered data on patients from the Indiana Network for Patient Care using the information on prescriptions and diagnoses, which are structured fields, as well as medical notes, which are free text, to predict the onset of dementia.
Information gathered from routine visits to the doctor is enough to
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symplr Acquires Quality & Risk Management Platform The Patient Safety Company
- symplr, a leading healthcare governance, risk and compliance (“GRC”) software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) platform has acquired Patient Safety Company, a quality and risk management platform for healthcare organizations.
- The strategic acquisition further strengthens industry-leading healthcare governance, risk, and compliance software offerings.
symplr, a
leading healthcare governance, risk and compliance (“GRC”)
software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) platform, backed by Clearlake Capital
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PhysIQ Expands Patent Portfolio for Artificial Intelligence Analytics in Wearables
- PhysIQ awarded patents for a game-changing deep net approach to estimating functional capacity daily from continuous wearable sensor data.
- PhysIQ’s adds yet another patent to its extensive portfolio on personalized physiology analytics powered by the similarity-based modeling machine learning approach.
PhysIQ continues to
receive recognition for the novelty and value of its technology with the
announcement of two new patent allowances by the US Patent & Trademark
Office on
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Atrius Health to Deploy Kyruus to Enhance Patient Access Across Eastern Massachusetts
- Kyruus today announced that Atrius Health has selected the company’s solutions to enhance patient access across Eastern Massachusetts.- KyruusOne will serve as the backbone for Atrius Health’s future consumer-facing search offerings for its more than 745,000 adult and pediatric patients, as well as new patients to the system.Atrius Health, the Northeast’s largest non-profit independent medical group, has selected Kyruus, the leader in provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems
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C. Light Launches AI-Driven Retinal Eye-Tracking; Predicts Neurological Health in 10 Seconds
- C. Light Technologies launches the world’s first AI-driven retinal eye-tracking technology to assess neurological health in the blink of an eye.
- The neurotech & AI company has the most sensitive tracker for eye motion on the cellular scale available today to predict neurological diseases in seconds.
C. Light Technologies, a Berkeley,
CA-based neurotech and AI company
participating in UC Berkeley’s premier accelerator SkyDeck, is introducing the
world’s first retinal
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Cotiviti Launches Longitudinal Data Set in Healthcare
- Cotiviti has launched Caspian Insights, which represents the most comprehensive data set in healthcare and includes longitudinal data on 40% of Americans.
- Unlike other platforms, Caspian unites financial and clinical information with other data types (i.e. social determinants of health, pharmacy, dental, and labs) creating a “single source of truth” never before seen in healthcare to this scale.
- By offering an all-encompassing view of each member, Caspian gives health plans and
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OnShift, Inc. Acquires Talent Acquisition Software Provider Avesta Systems
- Healthcare human capital platform OnShift, Inc. acquires Avesta Systems, Inc., a talent acquisition software provider that streamline recruiting and hiring processes.
- The acquisition reinforces OnShift’s strategy to offer healthcare providers a modern, purpose-built software suite that redefines the employee experience.
In the continued expansion of OnShift’s next-generation
human capital management platform, the company today announced it has acquired
Avesta Systems, Inc., a
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Capital Rx Wins Top Award at Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge
- Capital Rx has been named first-place Innovation Champion and Carrot Health as second-place Top Innovator of the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge.
- Capital Rx’s clearinghouse model connects pharmacies and employers to establish a marketplace for drug pricing to reduce costs and create a better experience for both plan sponsors and patients.
Capital Rx has been
named Innovation Champion of the Accenture
HealthTech Innovation Challenge, which recognizes innovative approaches
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Commure Launches FHIR-Native Open Platform for Healthcare Developers
- Commure launches an FHIR-native open platform for healthcare developers that makes it easy to build and deploy the next generation of healthcare apps by providing a secure, reliable, and interoperable foundation.
- The Commure Platform provides REST APIs, SDKs and cloud services that support healthcare application development by the broadest range of developers across the application life cycle.
Commure, a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare technology company, announced the launch of
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HIMSS Names The 6 Most Influential Women in Health IT
HIMSS names
Iris P. Frye, Kim Garriott, Dr. Lucienne Ide, Eva Karp, RN-BC, Dr. Geeta Nayyar,
and Tressa Springmann as the most influential women in health IT.
This week, HIMSS announced its Most Influential Women in Health IT, an annual recognition celebrating women striving to harness the power of information technology to drive healthcare transformation. The award winners will be honored at HIMSS20 in Orlando next month and will join other innovators, leaders, and entrepreneurs at the
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