Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan announced their intent to merge their nonprofit organizations. The new organization, yet to be named, will become one of the region’s largest nonprofit health services organizations and will serve close to 2.4 million members in Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Combined offerings include offering employer-sponsored plans; Medicare and Medicaid plans; Qualified Health Plans; and plans for those who are dually
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FDA Cancer OCE, Syapse Partner on Regulatory Use of Real-World Evidence (RWE)
Syapse and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE) have signed a multi-year Research Collaboration Agreement (RCA) focused on the use of real-world evidence (RWE) to support regulatory decision-making. Syapse and the OCE will work with stakeholders across the FDA to address key regulatory questions about testing and treatment patterns, dosing and safety, and outcomes in oncology, with a focus on precision medicine.Methods to Derive RWE From Multiple
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Clinithink Integrates With Healthitx HIE to Facilitate Assessment of Pre-Trial Feasibility
Clinithink and Healthix – the largest public health information exchange (HIE) in the U.S. – are partnering on a program designed to leverage Healthix clinical data to facilitate assessment of pre-trial feasibility, ensuring the validity of protocol design. The new program aims to improve population health in New York City and Long Island by eventually making cutting-edge treatments available to patients.Healthix Data & Clinithink AI – A Blueprint for InsightWith health data of over 17
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MedAnswers Raises $5M for Scientifically, Clinically Validated FertilityAnswers App
MedAnswers, a health tech company has raised $5 million in seed round funding led by Special Situations’ Life Sciences Innovation (LSI) Fund, managed by David Sable, with Viking Global Investors also participating. MedAnswers is leveraging technology, genetics and other health data to match those struggling to conceive to a curated network of fertility experts and solutions to help users conceive faster. The company is a graduate of the 7th cycle of Illumina Accelerator. FertilityAnswers AppThe
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Mercy Launches a Nationwide Real-World Evidence (RWE) Network to Pool De-Identified Patient Data
Mercy Technology Services (MTS), the information technology arm of St. Louis-based Mercy health system, has launched a nationwide real-world evidence network to pool clinical data for advanced analysis. The new initiative aims to create a new model of curated data sharing among providers, drug and device makers, regulators and more to power better patient care.MTS Real-World Evidence (RWE) Network BackgroundDeveloped in partnership with global tech giant SAP, MTS’ new network aims to tap into
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Imprivata Unveils Identify Governance for Secure, Role-Based Access to Apps
Imprivata, the healthcare IT security company, today introduced Imprivata Identity Governance as the first step in enabling end-to-end Healthcare Identity and Access Management (IAM) with Microsoft Azure Active Directory. Imprivata Identity Governance delivers a new level of security and compliance to healthcare organizations by ensuring the right users have the right access to the right on-premises and cloud applications, and the audit trail to prove it.Complements Microsoft Azure Experience
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Connecticut Launches State-Wide Hospital Quality Scorecard & Cost Estimator
The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) has launched a state-wide online hospital quality scorecard and cost estimator solution called Healthcare CT to assist residents in making informed decisions concerning their healthcare among healthcare providers. The website has interactive tables and graphs that allow consumers to search, sort, and filter by entity, quality measure, health topic, and rating. In addition, the solution promotes cost transparency in healthcare improves access to
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Norton Healthcare Goes Live on Kyruus ProviderMatch Patient Access Platform
Norton Healthcare, a not-for-profit health system based in Louisville, has deployed the Kyruus patient-provider matching solutions to enhance patient access across its five hospitals, 14 urgent care clinics, and 190 medical practices. Now working with Kyruus, Norton Healthcare is empowering consumers to choose the providers that best suit their unique clinical needs and personal preferences for both adult and pediatric care.Enterprise-Wide Provider DirectoryBefore deploying ProviderMatch for
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M&A: Experian Acquires Care Coordination Platform MyHealthDirect
Experian has acquired MyHealthDirect, a developer of digital care coordination solutions based in Nashville that optimizes scheduling and care planning for providers, payers and consumers. The move gives Experian’s health business a strategic boost as it continues enabling clients to meet the changing demands of consumers – in particular, demands around removing complexity and increasing transparency in healthcare. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Growing Importance of
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UCHealth Offers Virtual Assistant “Livi” to Patients Through Amazon Alexa
UCHealth announced this week it now offers a virtual assistant called “Livi” who allows patients to interact universally across the healthcare system using conversational AI, accessed through smart speakers.Introducing Virtual Assistant "Livi"Livi is a fully functional, all-inclusive virtual assistant sets the healthcare system apart from others that have launched virtual assistants only for a few services or specific tasks. Visitors to www.uchealth.org can chat with Livi through text commands,
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