The University of Vermont (UVM) Health Network, a leading provider of quality care has signed a 10-year strategic partnership agreement with Philips. The partnership, which extends an existing relationship between the two organizations will help support staff in providing high-quality care and advance efforts to improve the health of the population in Vermont and Northern New York.Why UVM Health Network Selected PhilipsThe UVM Health Network provides high-quality care for patients on both sides
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Austin Blockchain Collective Creates Healthcare Working Group to Address Healthcare Challenges
The Austin Blockchain Collective announced the Austin Blockchain Collective Healthcare Working Group with an initial membership including local blockchain innovators and Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. The working group’s mission is to help develop, explore and promote the applications of blockchain technology that has the potential to positively impact health and healthcare outcomes for patients, the broader Austin community and the nation.Launched in March 2018,
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Quest Diagnostics Confirms 12M Patients Information Exposed in Data Breach
Quest Diagnostics, one of largest providers of diagnostic testing in the US, today confirmed that nearly 12 million customers may have had information compromised due to a data breach. American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a billing collections service provider notified Quest Diagnostics that an unauthorized user had access to AMCA’s system containing personal information AMCA received from various entities, including from Quest. AMCA provides billing collections services to Optum360, a
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Innovaccer, Launches InAPI to Aggregate Healthcare Data for Providers, Payers, and Vendors
Healthcare organizations are riding the wave of digital disruption with increased adoption of applications to power patient centric-care, communications, and collaboration with peer organizations in the network. With this objective, they are seeking to integrate crucial information across the care continuum and establish interoperability among complex and disparate data systems- including legacy systems.Existing Interoperability ChallengesThere are over 200 EHRs in the US healthcare space,
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Apprio Launches New Revenue Cycle Management Division , ApprioHealth
Apprio, a provider of specialized technology solutions for the health, defense, and homeland security markets, today announced it has created ApprioHealth, a new, commercially focused business unit focused on the revenue cycle management requirements of hospitals and health systems. ApprioHealth will be led by Donny Zamora who will serve as the division’s president.ApprioHealth OverviewApprioHealth will deliver services and advanced technology solutions tailored for health organizations’ revenue
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Bon Secours Mercy Health Sells $1.2B Majority Stake in Ensemble Health
Bon Secours Mercy Health sold their 51% majority stake in revenue cycle management company Ensemble Health to Golden Gate Capital, a private equity investment firm. Bon Secours is expected to receive $1.2 billion cash which will be reinvested in Bon Secours Mercy. As part of the agreement, Bon Secours Mercy Health will continue as a commercial partner to Ensemble, as well as remain a minority owner in the Company and continue to serve on the Company's board.Founded in 2014, Ensemble partners
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Mount Sinai Appoints Andrew Kasarskis As First-Ever Chief Data Officer
Mount Sinai has appointed Andrew Kasarskis, Ph.D., an internationally recognized expert in biomedical data as the health system’s first-ever Executive Vice President and Chief Data Officer (CDO). In this new role, Dr. Kasarskis will facilitate the accessibility and sharing of clinical, financial, and administrative data, and open application development, all in support of better patient care, decision-making, and healthcare innovation.
Accelerating Data-Driven Discovery and Patient
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EarlySign Unveils Commercial Availability of AI Diabetes Risk Predictors Algorithm
Medial EarlySign – an Israeli health AI company
has just announced the commercial availability of its first suite of machine
learning-based predictive diabetes risk solutions. Expanding the company’s
portfolio of clinical risk predictors, these new diabetes-focused AlgoMarkers
are designed to help healthcare systems identify and engage patients at high
risk for diabetes and downstream
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Updox Integrates Collaboration Platform with DrChrono EHR to Help Practices Eliminate Staff Fatigue
Mobile EHR provider DrChrono Inc. and Updox, an all-in-one healthcare collaboration platform is expanding its partnership that gives practices usingDrChrono’s EHR access to Updox’s full collaboration suite. The Updox platform allows DrChrono providers to consolidate administrative tasks, patient engagement initiatives, and provider communications.Integration Benefits for PracticesNow, by accessing the Updox app through DrChrono’s Healthcare App Directory, practices can eliminate staff fatigue
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Pillo Health Raises $11M to Expand Personal Home Health Robot
Pillo Health, a Boston-based digital health company improving longevity and quality of life for patients managing their health at home has raised $11M in Series A funding, led by Stanley Black & Decker’s corporate venture capital arm with significant participation from Samsung Ventures. Existing investors, including BioAdvance, Hikma Ventures – the corporate venture capital arm of Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC – Hackensack Meridien Health System’s Innovation Center Fund and
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