CarynHealth, the small business association health plan brand of Association Health Plans of America, LLC (“AHPA”), today announced that it has selected HSBSuite from HSBlox to power its “association in the box”, the next-generation approach to the small employer healthcare marketplace. AHPA was formed to meet the breakthrough opportunity provided by the Association Health Plan regulation recently put forth by the U.S. Department of Labor allowing small businesses to group together for health
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Backpack Health & Sticky J Partner to Amplify Medical ID for Emergency Situations
Backpack Health, a cloud-based platform used by people to manage, store and share all of their health information, has partnered with Sticky J to improve its medical ID accessories by engraving a simple URL on it. By wearing designated StickyJ Medical ID accessories engraved with unique URLs that link to their Backpack Health Emergency Share Card, individuals always have their full health records on hand during an emergency or when being admitted to the hospital – and the information is
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DrChrono Integrates with CoverMyMeds to Expedite Prior Authorization Processing
DrChrono, today announced its expanded partnership with CoverMyMeds to help providers expedite prior authorization processing, gain insight into prescription prices and help patients get the medication they need when they need it.DrChrono/CoverMyMeds Integration DetailsDrChrono’s integration with CoverMyMeds includes:· RxBenefit Clarity - RxBenefit Clarity is a medication decision support platform that displays the most accurate prescription price information at the point of prescribing. This
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eHealth Exchange Integrates FHIR Directory with InterSystems to Power Network Expansion
eHealth Exchange, a nationwide health information networks connecting the public and private sectors, announced it will integrate its FHIR Healthcare Directory with InterSystems solutions. The integration will enable the HIE network to enhance its patient-centric services while also completing its implementation of the Carequality Interoperability Framework, which is used by an estimated 600,000 physicians to share data today across and among networks. Integration DetailsThe eHealth Exchange
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AdoRx Therapeutics, J&J Team Up to Develop Novel Lung Cancer Therapeutics
AdoRx Therapeutics, a UK based drug discovery company, and Johnson & Johnson are teaming up to develop novel therapeutics for the treatment of lung cancer. As part of the strategic collaboration, AdoRx has granted an exclusive option to research, develop and commercialize novel antagonists within the AdoRx portfolio, and the groups will collaborate on drug discovery and preclinical development activities. AdoRx Therapeutics is pursuing the discovery of new therapeutics for cancer-based on
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Sturdy Memorial Signs 7-Year Agreement to Implement Cerner EHR
Sturdy Memorial Hospital (SMH), a full-service independent community hospital has signed a 7-year agreement to implement Cerner’s EHR platform at its 132-bed hospital in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Through this agreement, SMH will use Cerner CommunityWorks, a cloud-based deployment model, tailored to help community health care organizations securely manage patient health history, including clinical and financial data. The software deployed through this model is designed to support transparency
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MedStack Lands $2.4M to Expand Privacy & Security Platform for Healthcare Apps
MedStack, a privacy and security compliance solution for healthcare apps, today announced it has raised a $2.4 million in seed funding. The seed round was led by TELUS Ventures, with participation from ScaleUP Ventures and Panache Ventures. Existing investor Ontario Centres of Excellence and several existing angel investors also participated in this round.The TELUS Ventures investment into MedStack represents a strategic synergy between MedStack's growing reputation as an enabler for digital
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Orbita Expands Voice Capabilities for Voice and Chatbot Apps in Healthcare
Orbita, Inc. today unveiled a trio of enhancements that significantly expand the capabilities of Orbita Voice, a HIPAA-compliant platform for voice and chatbot applications in healthcare. The three new features dramatically simplify the process of designing, building, managing, and optimizing secure, enterprise-grade healthcare applications that integrate conversational AI technology:- Orbita Answers is a unique knowledge management framework for quickly building conversational voice and chatbot
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SCL Health, Zocdoc Launches Real-Time Online Appointment Booking
SCL Health has launched real-time online appointment booking and verified physician reviews powered by Zocdoc, offering its patients seamless, anytime access to a select group of SCL Health providers. The announcements mark SCL Health as the first health system in the Colorado-Montana region to partner with Zocdoc.Partnership DetailsThrough this partnership, patients will be able to find and digitally schedule appointments with participating SCL Health providers any time of day, even when the
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Crossover Health Acquires Virtual Primary Care Platform Sherpaa Health
Crossover Health, a provider of comprehensive health services for self-insured employers, has acquired the exclusive rights to the technology platform developed by Sherpaa Health, the pioneer of virtual primary care. The announcement is part of Crossover Health’s efforts to accelerate the creation of a seamless “in person, online and anytime” system of health for its national base of self-insured employers and their employee members.Virtual Primary Care PioneerFounded in 2012 by Jay Parkinson,
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